UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.
20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign
Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of
the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934
|
For
the month of January
2008
|
||
|
Golar
LNG
Limited
|
||
|
(Translation
of
registrant’s
name into
English)
|
||
|
Par-la-Ville
Place, 14
Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
|
||
|
(Address
of principal executive
offices)
|
Form
20-F
[X] Form 40-F [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the
registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby
furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes
[ ] No [X]
If
“Yes”is
marked, indicate below the file
number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-_______________
Item
1. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS
FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of
the press release of Golar LNG Limited (the “Company”)
dated November 19, 2007, announcing
the Company’s
successful completion of its 3.2
million new share issue.
Exhibit 99.1
 |
Golar
LNG - successfully completes new
share issue
Golar
LNG Limited (the “Company”)
is pleased to advise that the Company
on 16 November 2007 successfully completed a private placement of a total of
3.2
million new shares at a subscription price of NOK133.00 per share. Gross
proceeds from the equity issue amounted to NOK425.6 million (equivalent to
approximately US$77.5 million). The total number of shares outstanding after
the
issue will be 67,576,866. The share issue was well
oversubscribed.
The
net proceeds from the private
placement will be used to finance the equity portion of the purchase of the
LNG
Carrier “Granatina”.
The Company sees this addition to its
fleet as an attractive platform for the pursuit of further growth opportunities.
Since this vessel is a sister ship of the Golar Winter, which is scheduled
to be
converted to a FSRU, the vessel is particularly well suited to FRSU
projects.
Hemen
Holding Limited, a company
indirectly controlled by the Company’s
chairman, John Fredriksen, underwrote
the whole issue. No compensation was paid for the underwriting. World
Shipholding Ltd, a company indirectly controlled by John Fredriksen, has
increased its shareholding with 413,000 shares in connection with the issue.
World Shipholding Ltd will after this control a total of 31,065,000 shares
constituting 46.0 percent of the issued share capital.
Allocations
will be communicated today.
Payment date is set to Thursday 22 November 2007. The Managers intend to
facilitate settlement by way of delivery of existing shares in the Company
that
are already listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange pursuant to a Stock Lending
agreement entered into between the Managers and World Shipholding Ltd. Please
note that shares subscribed for in reliance on Reguation S under the United
States Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) may for a period of 40 days from
the
closing of the placement only be traded on the Oslo Stock
Exchange.
The
share issue was managed by Carnegie
ASA and Fearnley Fonds ASA.
Golar
LNG Limited
Hamilton,
Bermuda.
November
19, 2007.
Questions
should be directed
to:
Golar
Management (UK) Ltd - +44 207 517
8600:
Gary
Smith: Chief Executive
Officer
Graham
Robjohns: Chief Financial
Officer
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
|
Golar
LNG Limited
|
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
Date:
|
January
3, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/
Graham Robjohns
|
|
|
Graham
Robjohns
|
||||
|
Chief
Financial
Officer
|
SK
03849 0004
842888