Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)

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 January 2021

Commission File Number 000-50113

Golar LNG Limited
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

2^nd Floor, S.E. Pearman Building
9 Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

GMLP Merger Transactions

On January 13, 2021, Golar LNG Partners LP, a Marshall Islands limited partnership (“GMLP”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “GMLP Merger Agreement”) with New Fortress Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NFE”), Golar GP LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company and the general partner of GMLP (the “General Partner”), Lobos Acquisition LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company and an indirect subsidiary of NFE (“GMLP Merger Sub”), and NFE International Holdings Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales and an indirect subsidiary of NFE (“GP Buyer”), pursuant to which GMLP Merger Sub will merge with and into GMLP, with GMLP surviving the merger as an indirect subsidiary of NFE (the “GMLP Merger”). Golar LNG Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (“Golar”), owns the General Partner and approximately 30.8% of the outstanding common units representing limited partner interests in GLMP (the “Common Units”).

At the effective time of the GMLP Merger (the “GMLP Effective Time”), pursuant to the GMLP Merger Agreement, each Common Unit that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the GMLP Effective Time will automatically be converted into the right to receive $3.55 in cash (the “Common Unit Consideration”). At the GMLP Effective Time, each of the incentive distribution rights of GMLP will be cancelled and cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in respect thereof. Each 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Unit of GMLP issued and outstanding immediately prior to the GMLP Effective Time will be unaffected by the GMLP Merger and will remain outstanding, and no consideration shall be delivered in respect thereof. Each outstanding unit representing a general partner interest in the Partnership that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the GMLP Effective Time will remain issued and outstanding immediately following the GMLP Effective Time.

At the GMLP Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase Common Units granted pursuant to GMLP’s long-term incentive plan (each, a “Partnership Option”), whether or not vested, will automatically be vested, cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Common Unit Consideration over the applicable exercise price per Common Unit of such Partnership Option and (ii) the number of Common Units subject to such Partnership Option. Any Partnership Option which has a per Common Unit exercise price that is greater than or equal to the Common Unit Consideration will be cancelled at the GMLP Effective Time for no consideration or payment.

At the GMLP Effective Time, each Partnership Phantom Unit granted pursuant to GMLP’s long-term incentive plan, whether or not vested, will automatically be vested, cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the Common Unit Consideration and (ii) the number of Common Units subject to such Partnership Phantom Unit.

Concurrently with the consummation of the GMLP Merger, GP Buyer will purchase from Golar, and Golar will transfer to GP Buyer (the “GP Transfer” and, collectively with the GMLP Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the GMLP Merger Agreement, the “GMLP Transactions”), all of the outstanding membership interests in the General Partner pursuant to a Transfer Agreement dated as of January 13, 2021 (the “Transfer Agreement”) for a purchase price of $5,099,188, which is equivalent to $3.55 per general partner unit of GMLP. The Transfer Agreement also provides for the parties to enter into, among other things, an Omnibus Agreement, a form of which is attached as Exhibit B to the Transfer Agreement, relating to the provision of certain management services related to the vessels GMLP owns. The obligation of the parties to the Transfer Agreement to consummate the GP Transfer is subject to certain closing conditions, including: (1) the accuracy of the other party's representations and warranties, subject to certain materiality qualifiers; (2) performance in all material respects by the other party; (3) the delivery of certain deliverables under the Transfer Agreement by both parties; and (4) the conditions to GMLP’s or NFE’s (as applicable) obligations to close the GMLP Merger pursuant to the terms of the GMLP Merger Agreement must have been waived or satisfied.

The board of directors of GMLP (the “GMLP Board”), acting based upon the recommendation of its Conflicts Committee (the “Conflicts Committee”), (i) determined that the GMLP Merger Agreement and the GMLP Transactions were in the best interests of GMLP, including the holders of Common Units (the “Common Unitholders”), (ii) approved the GMLP Merger Agreement and the GMLP Transactions and (iii) resolved to recommend to the Common Unitholders the approval of the GMLP Merger Agreement. The board of directors of NFE approved the GMLP Merger Agreement and the GMLP Transactions. Golar, in its individual capacity and as sole member of the General Partner, as applicable, approved the GMLP Merger Agreement and the GMLP Transactions.

The GMLP Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by the parties. NFE, GMLP Merger Sub, GMLP and the General Partner have also agreed to various customary covenants and agreements, including, among others, to conduct, subject to certain exceptions, their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice during the period between the execution of the GMLP Merger Agreement and the GMLP Effective Time.

The closing of the GMLP Merger is subject to satisfaction or waiver (if applicable) of certain conditions, including: (i) the approval of the GMLP Merger Agreement by the required majority of the Common Unitholders, (ii) the receipt of certain regulatory approvals; (iii) the receipt of certain specified material third-party consents; (iv) the absence of any legal restraint issued by any court or governmental entity of competent jurisdiction preventing consummation of the GMLP Merger; (v) the absence of a material adverse effect on either party; (vi) the accuracy of each party’s representations and warranties, subject in most cases to materiality or material adverse effect qualifications; (vii) material compliance with each party’s covenants; and (viii) all conditions to Golar’s or NFE’s (as applicable) obligation to close the GP Transfer under the Transfer Agreement having been satisfied or waived.

The GMLP Merger Agreement may be terminated by NFE or GMLP (which, in the case of GMLP, must be approved by the Conflicts Committee) under certain circumstances, including, among others, by either NFE or GMLP if the closing of the GMLP Merger has not occurred on or before July 13, 2021, and further provides that, upon termination of the GMLP Merger Agreement under certain circumstances, GMLP may be required to pay NFE a termination fee equal to $9,424,849. GMLP may also be required to pay NFE for certain expenses incurred by NFE in an amount not to exceed $2,513,293 if the GMLP special meeting concludes and the required majority of the Common Unitholders do not approve the GMLP Merger Agreement.

Contemporaneously with the execution of the GMLP Merger Agreement, NFE, GMLP, Golar and the General Partner entered into a support agreement (the “Support Agreement”), which provides for, among other things, Golar’s and the General Partner’s agreement to vote all of the Common Units held by them as of such date (i) in favor of the adoption of the GMLP Merger Agreement, (ii) against any alternative proposal, and (iii) against any amendment of GMLP’s certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement or other proposal that would delay, impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify the GMLP Merger or GMLP Merger Agreement or change in any manner the voting rights of any outstanding Common Units. In the event of an Adverse Recommendation Change (as defined in the GMLP Merger Agreement), the obligation of Golar and the General Partner to vote with respect to the foregoing matters will be modified so that Golar and the General Partner will vote (i) a number of Common Units equal to 20% of the outstanding Common Units as of the Partnership Meeting Date (as defined in the GMLP Merger Agreement) in respect of such matters and (ii) all remaining Common Units owned by them in a manner that is proportionate to the manner in which all outstanding Common Units (other than Common Units held by Golar and the General Partner) are voted in respect of such matters.

The GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the parties or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The GMLP Merger Agreement and the Transfer Agreement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement, which were made only for purposes of the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement and as of specified dates. The representations, warranties and covenants in the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the GMLP Merger Agreement and the Transfer Agreement; may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts; and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the GMLP Merger Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Support Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in NFE’s, GMLP’s or Golar’s public disclosures.

Hygo Merger Transactions

On January 13, 2021, NFE, Hygo Energy Transition Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company (“Hygo”), Golar, Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund II Cayman (G) Ltd. (“Stonepeak”), and Lobos Acquisition Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company and an indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiary of NFE (“Hygo Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Hygo Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Hygo Merger Sub will merge with and into Hygo (the “Hygo Merger”), with Hygo surviving the Hygo Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of NFE (the “Surviving Company”). As of the date of the Hygo Merger Agreement, each of Golar and Stonepeak (together, the “Hygo Shareholders”) owns 50% of the outstanding common shares, par value $1.00 per share, of Hygo (each, a “Hygo Share”).

At the effective time of the Hygo Merger (the “Hygo Effective Time”), pursuant to the Hygo Merger Agreement: (i) Golar will receive 18.6 million shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of NFE (“Common Stock”) and an aggregate of $50 million in cash and (ii) Stonepeak will receive 12.7 million shares of Common Stock and an aggregate of $530 million in cash.

The respective boards of directors of NFE, Hygo Merger Sub and Hygo have approved the Hygo Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. Concurrently with the execution of the Hygo Merger Agreement, the Hygo Shareholders executed and delivered to NFE a written consent in their capacity as the holders of all of the outstanding Hygo Shares, and, solely with respect to Stonepeak, also in its capacity as the holder of all of the outstanding redeemable preferred share, par value $5.00 per share, of Hygo, approving the Hygo Merger Agreement and the Hygo Merger, thereby providing all requisite approval of the Hygo Shareholders that is required to consummate the Hygo Merger.

The Hygo Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by each of NFE, Hygo, and the Hygo Shareholders. NFE and Hygo have also agreed to various customary covenants and agreements, including, among others, to conduct, subject to certain exceptions, their business in the ordinary course during the period between the execution of the Hygo Merger Agreement and the Hygo Effective Time.

The closing of the Hygo Merger is subject to satisfaction or waiver (if applicable) of certain conditions, including: (i) the receipt of all required regulatory approvals; (ii) the receipt of certain specified material third-party consents; (iii) the absence of any legal restraint issued by any court or governmental entity of competent jurisdiction preventing consummation of the Hygo Merger; (iv) the approval for listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market of the Common Stock to be issued in the Hygo Merger; (v) the absence of a material adverse effect on either party; (vi) the accuracy of each party’s representations and warranties, subject in most cases to materiality or material adverse effect qualifications; (vii) material compliance with each party’s covenants; and (viii) delivery of a transition services agreement and shareholders’ agreement, each substantially in the applicable form attached as exhibits thereto.

The Hygo Merger Agreement may be terminated by NFE or Hygo under certain circumstances, including, among others, by either NFE or Hygo if the closing of the Hygo Merger has not occurred on or before July 12, 2021.

The Hygo Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.4 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the Hygo Merger Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Hygo Merger Agreement. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the parties or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Hygo Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties by each of the parties to the Hygo Merger Agreement, which were made only for purposes of the Hygo Merger Agreement and as of specified dates. The representations, warranties and covenants in the Hygo Merger Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Hygo Merger Agreement; may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Hygo Merger Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts; and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Hygo Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in NFE’s, Hygo’s or Golar’s public disclosures.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities and events that will, should, could or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Words such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “forecast,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “propose,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this report include statements relating to the proposed Hygo and GMLP transactions, the expected benefits of the transactions, the timing of the closings thereof the application of proceeds therefrom and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Specific factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in federal, state, local and foreign laws or regulations to which NFE, Hygo, Golar or GMLP is subject; (ii) the risk that the proposed Hygo and GMLP transactions may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; (iii) GMLP’s ability to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approval of the proposed GMLP transaction by GMLP’s common unitholders; (iv) the possibility that competing offers or acquisition proposals for GMLP will be made; (v) the possibility that any or all of the various conditions to the consummation of the Hygo and GMLP transactions may not be satisfied or waived, including the failure to receive any required regulatory approvals from any applicable governmental entities (or any conditions, limitations or restrictions placed on such approvals); and (vi) other risk factors identified herein or from time to time in Golar’s periodic filings with the SEC. These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of Golar’s forward-looking statements. Other known or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Golar undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable law.

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-237936) OF THE REGISTRANT

EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report:

Exhibit
4.1*	Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Golar LNG Partners LP, Golar GP LLC, New Fortress Energy Inc., Lobos Acquisition LLC and NFE International Holdings Limited, dated as of January 13, 2021
4.2*	Transfer Agreement, dated as of January 13, 2021, by and among Golar LNG Limited, Golar GP LLC and NFE International Holdings Limited
4.3*	Support Agreement, dated as of January 13, 2021, by and among Golar LNG Partners LP, Golar LNG Limited, Golar LNG Partners LP and Golar GP LLC
4.4*	Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Hygo Energy Transition Ltd., New Fortress Energy Inc., Golar LNG Limited, Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund II Cayman (G) Ltd. and Lobos Acquisition Ltd., dated as of January 13, 2021.

Certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K and will be provided to the Commission upon request.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.