OSLO, Norway, Nov. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Golar LNG Limited (the "Company") is pleased to advise that the Company has successfully completed a private placement, which is now closed, of a total of 3.2 million new shares at a subscription price of NOK 133.00 per share. Gross proceeds from the equity issue amounted to NOK 425.6 million (equivalent to approximately U.S. $77.5 million). The total number of shares outstanding after the issue will be 67,576,866. The share issue was oversubscribed.
The share issue was managed by Carnegie ASA and Fearnley Fonds ASA.
The Board of Directors
Golar LNG Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
November 16, 2007