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Form 6-K GOLAR LNG LTD For: Oct 27

October 28, 2015 6:44 AM EDT

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of October 2015.

 

Commission File Number: 000-50113

 

Golar LNG Limited

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

2nd Floor, S.E. Pearman Building,

Par-La-Ville Road,

Hamilton,

HM11,

Bermuda

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F [ x ]      Form 40-F [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):       

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):       

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 
 

  

On October 26, 2015 the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(c)     Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated October 26, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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: October 26, 2015  

 

/s/ BRIAN TIENZO

Brian Tienzo

Principal Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Golar LNG Limited - 2015 share option plan

 

 

The Board of Golar LNG Limited ("Golar" or the "Company") has today authorized the issue of up to 500,000 share options to Directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries under the Company's existing share option scheme.  The 500,000 issued options have a strike price of $56.70 per share which will be adjusted for each time the Company pays dividends.  Fifty percent of recipients' allotted options will vest on October 21, 2018 and the remaining fifty percent a year later.   The option period is five years.

 

Attached to this press release is a table setting out the allocation of issued options to the Primary Insiders impacted by this announcement.

 

  Options granted Total options after grant  
 
Gary Smith 39,070 214,070  
 
Brian Tienzo  17,100 160,663  
 

 

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements concerning future events and Golar's operations, performance and financial condition. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "estimate", "project", "will be", "will continue", "will likely result", "plan", "intend" or words or phrases of similar meanings. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond Golar's control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

 

Hamilton, Bermuda

 

October 26, 2015

 

Enquiries:

 

Golar Management Limited: + 44 207 063 7900

 

Brian Tienzo

 

Stuart Buchanan

 

 

 



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