omv ag said it has decided to amend its shareholder distribution policy and add special dividends as an additional instrument to its existing dividend policy the austrian oilandgas company said tuesday it aims to distribute around 20 to 30 of its operating cash flow including net working capital effects per year to its shareholders if its leverage ratio is below 30 the distribution will be made through omvs regular dividend and if sufficient funds are available through a special dividend our company has a strong cash generation capability and with this new framework we will enhance our ability to return a significant portion of our cash flow to shareholders across a variety of market conditions said chairman and chief executive officer alfred stern the progressive regular dividend policy will remain unaffected by the amendment omv said