2018

25th of April 2018

NOTICE REGARDING PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS FOR YEAR 2017 BY THE ROMANIAN

COMMERCIAL BANK (BCR SA)

Information on the distribution of dividends

Following the Decision of the Ordinary General Meeting of BCR SA shareholders no. 2 from April

25th, 2018 BCR SA announces the payment of dividends for financial year 2017 to BCR

shareholders starting with June 25th, 2018.

The value of the gross dividend per share is RON 0.0140354471.

The dividend tax will be withheld by BCR SA in accordance with the regulations in force at

payment date. For situations were a shareholder considers that he should be subject to a lower

tax rate or is fully exempt in accordance with the applicable legal regulations (double taxation

avoidance agreements, international agreements etc.) he will forward to the Romanian

Commercial Bank the documents proving the applicability of the legal provisions mentioned above

(including also the cited legal texts) until June 20th, 2018. The documents will be sent by e-mail to

the following address: DividendeBCR@bcr.ro

BCR SA reserves the right to decide to what extent the supporting documents are sufficient as

form and content for applying the tax invoked by the shareholders, having the option of requesting

additional information in order to prove the above mentioned.

Dividend payments will be made as follows:

Payment by bank transfer in case of individuals or legal entity shareholders holding a current

account in RON at BCR or opening a current account in RON at BCR until June 20th, 2018. There

is no need for the shareholder to notify the bank about the current account newly opened,

provided that the account opening deadline is not exceeded.

Payment in cash at any BCR branch by presenting identification documents such as: personal ID

/ passport, as the case may be, and if the cash withdrawal is requested by legal representatives a

notarial empowerment must be presented.

Bank transfers (to BCR/other banks accounts) and cash withdrawals at BCR counters will not be

charged by the bank at the time of payment. BCR does not assume any further expenses

generated by specific transactions requested by the shareholders and/or the fees/commissions

charged by the beneficiary’s bank (if other than BCR).

If the non-resident shareholders do not have a current account opened in RON at BCR, the

payment will be made in the accounts submitted by the shareholders to the e-mail addresses

communicated below by enclosing the following documents and payment details:

- Beneficiary’s name, IBAN code, Beneficiary’s bank, Swift/BIC code, Transfer currency,

Country;

- Valid ID copy and a copy of an account statement in order to validate the IBAN code and

account holder.

Payment of dividends to BCR shareholders for the financial year 2017 is subject to the general

provisions on prescription, being prescribed starting with 30 June 2021, respectively within three

years from 30 June 2018 (30 June 2021 being the last day in which 2017 dividends will be paid).

Additional information regarding:

- Dividends payment may be requested at the following e-mail address: DividendeBCR@bcr.ro

- BCR shareholders' register may be requested at the following e-mail addresses:

Melania.Smocot@bcr.ro; Mihaela.Prelipceanu@bcr.ro; Luminita.Tiganas@bcr.ro ;

Catalina.Voicu@bcr.ro or at the following phone numbers: +40373510418; +40373510419;

+40373510417; +40373510376.

19th of March 2018

BCR SA Supervisory Board announces a vacant position within the Supervisory Board starting with February 1st, 2018, as the mandate of Mr. Wilhelm Koch ended based on his resignation.

Therefore, the call notice for the General Shareholders’ Assembly will be sent for the meeting that will include on the agenda the appointment of a new member of the Supervisory Board. By that respective date of the General Shareholders’ Assembly, all the formalities and requirements related to the appointment and adequacy evaluation process will have been completed.

For further information, please contact the Group Secretariat Department of BCR SA at the following telephone numbers:

+40373510376

+40373510417

2017