EANS-Adhoc: OMV Aktiengesellschaft / Stockholding business of OMV sold

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18.01.2013

Today, OMV Aktiengesellschaft and Erdöllagergesellschaft m.b.H. (ELG)
have agreed the sale of Lagermanagementgesellschaft m.b.H. (LMG, a
100% subsidiary of OMV Aktiengesellschaft) to ELG. The parties have
agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

OMV - as importer of oil and oil products - is obliged according to
Austrian legal requirements to ensure availability of 25% of its
annual imports as compulsory emergency stock in case of a crisis. LMG
holds and manages a major part of these strategic reserves which
currently represents about 1 mn tonnes of crude oil units *. With
this transaction, ELG will assume this part of OMV's emergency
stocks. ELG, appointed as the national central stockholding entity,
is serving the industry to fulfil the requirements of the Austrian
oil stockholding act (Erdölbevorratungsgesetz), which is in line with
the stockholding regime of the European Union and the International
Energy Agency. OMV will realize a one-time positive EBIT effect of
approx. EUR 440 mn upon closing of the transaction, which is expected
in Q1/13 and is subject to approval of the Austrian Competition
Authority.

This transaction will make OMV's Refining and Marketing (R&M)
business more comparable to its peers, who, for the most part, either
do not have a similar stockholding obligation or have already
outsourced the stockholding. This step is in line with OMV's strategy
to restructure the R&M portfolio in order to improve balance sheet
efficiency.

* A crude oil unit is defined under the Austrian Stockholding Act and
is approx. one kg of available crude oil or an equivalent amount of
refined products.

Further inquiry note:
OMV
Investor Relations:
Lacramioara Diaconu-Pintea
Tel. +43 1 40 440-21600
e-mail: investor.relations@omv.com

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

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

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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
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