EANS-Adhoc: OMV Aktiengesellschaft / Adhoc announcement on core shareholders´ intended participation in the OMV capital increase

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OMV / Oil / Gas / Austria

17.05.2011

IPIC has informed OMV that it will exercise its subscriptions rights
in the OMV capital increase. ÖIAG has already announced in a separate
news release to substantially take part in the raise of equity and to
keep its stake at a level above 30%. ÖIAG and IPIC are the two core
shareholders of OMV with current stakes of 31.5% and 20.0%
respectively.

Disclaimer:

The information contained in this announcement serves information
purposes in Austria and does not constitute an offer to sell nor a
solicitation to buy or subscribe for any securities of OMV
Aktiengesellschaft. Investors should not subscribe for or purchase
any rights or securities referred to in this announcement except on
the basis of information contained in the prospectus to be published
by OMV Aktiengesellschaft in due course in connection with the rights
issue. A public offer of securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft may
only be made in Austria after publication of a prospectus prepared in
accordance with the provisions of the Austrian Capital Markets Act
(Kapitalmarktgesetz). Any securities orders received prior to the
commencement of a public offer will be rejected. If a public offer of
securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft is made in Austria, a prospectus
prepared in accordance with the Austrian Capital Markets Act will be
published in accordance with the Austrian Capital Market Act; it will
be available at the company´s website under www.omv.com and at OMV
Aktiengesellschaft, Trabrennstraße 6-8, A-1020 Vienna, Austria free
of charge. Any offer of securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft in
Austria will be made solely by means and on the basis of the
published prospectus.

This information is not for release, publication or distribution in
or into the United States of America and may not be distributed to
U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) or publications with
a general circulation in the United States, except to persons
reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers, as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. This information does not
constitute an offer of securities for sale, a solicitation of an
offer to purchase or to subscribe for securities of OMV
Aktiengesellschaft in the United States. The securities will not be
registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold or
delivered within the United States or for the account or benefit of
U.S. persons absent from registration under or an applicable
exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. securities
laws. There will be no public offer of securities of OMV
Aktiengesellschaft in the United States.

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issuer: OMV Aktiengesellschaft
Trabrennstraße 6-8
A-1020 Wien
phone: +43 1 40440/21600
FAX: +43 1 40440/621600
mail: investor.relations@omv.com
WWW: http://www.omv.com
sector: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities
ISIN: AT0000743059
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

ots Originaltext: OMV Aktiengesellschaft
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

OMV
Investor Relations:
Angelika Altendorfer-Zwerenz
Tel. +43 1 40 440-21600
e-mail: investor.relations@omv.com

Media Relations:
Michaela Huber
Tel. +43 1 40 440-21661
e-mail: media.relations@omv.com

Internet Homepage: http://www.omv.com

Branche: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities
ISIN: AT0000743059
WKN: 874341
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wien / official market