OREANDA-NEWS. Reference is made to the previous announcements by Statoil ASA (the "Company", OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) regarding the Dividend Issue for fourth quarter 2015.

The share capital increase related to the Dividend Issue was registered today with the Norwegian Registry of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret). Following the completion of the share capital increase, the share capital of the Company is NOK 8,017,365,112.50 divided into 3,206,946,045 shares, each with a par value of NOK 2.50.

The Dividend Shares will be registered with VPS under ISIN NO 0010096985 and will be traded on Oslo Børs under the Company's ticker "STL". Trading of the new shares will commence on 27 June 2016.

Payment of the cash dividend will take place on or around 24 June 2016.