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Austria's OMV amends dividend policy to reflect Borouge chemicals deal
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 3, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 3, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
OMV amends its dividend policy to include Borouge merger payouts, enhancing shareholder returns. The first payout under this policy is expected in 2027.
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austrian oil and gas group OMV is amending its dividend policy to include payouts from its stake in merged chemicals business Borouge that is due to be formed next year, the company said on Friday.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and OMV agreed in March to merge their polyolefin businesses to create a chemicals powerhouse, Borouge Group International, with an enterprise value of $60 billion.
The first dividend under the new formula will be paid out in 2027.
"OMV will now distribute 50% of BGI dividends attributable to OMV plus 20–30% of Operating Cash Flow excluding BGI dividends attributable to OMV," the company said in a statement, adding that had the formula been applied to this year's payout, it would have increased it by 6% on a like-for-like basis.
The Borouge deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.
"By linking the dividend to the performance of BGI, we are ensuring that our shareholders participate directly in the success of BGI, while maintaining our commitment to attractive and reliable returns," OMV CEO Alfred Stern said in the statement issued ahead of OMV's capital markets day on Monday.
(Reporting by Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Francois Murphy; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
A dividend is a portion of a company's earnings distributed to shareholders, typically in cash or additional shares, as a reward for their investment.
A merger is a business combination where two companies join to form a single entity, often to enhance competitiveness and efficiency.
Operating cash flow is the amount of cash generated by a company's normal business operations, indicating its ability to generate sufficient revenue to maintain and grow operations.
Equity represents ownership in a company, typically in the form of shares, and reflects the value of the shareholders' stake after liabilities are deducted.
Enterprise value is a measure of a company's total value, often used as a comprehensive alternative to market capitalization, calculated as market cap plus debt, minus cash.
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