0000891836-18-000031.txt : 20180323 0000891836-18-000031.hdr.sgml : 20180323 20180323114843 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891836-18-000031 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180323 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180323 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180323 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STATOIL ASA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001140625 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PETROLEUM REFINING [2911] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15200 FILM NUMBER: 18709147 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FORUSBEEN 50 CITY: STAVANGER NORWAY STATE: Q8 ZIP: N 4035 BUSINESS PHONE: 47 51 99 00 00 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FORUSBEEN 50 CITY: STAVANGER STATE: Q8 ZIP: N 4035 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STATOILHYDRO ASA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071005 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STATOIL ASA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010515 6-K 1 sc0017.htm FORM 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

March 23, 2018

Commission File Number: 1-15200

Statoil ASA
 (Translation of registrant’s name into English)

FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER
 (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.

This Report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-221130) and Form S-8 (File No. 333-168426) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

Announcement of Proposed Name Change

The board of directors of Statoil ASA proposed on 15 March 2018 to change the name of the company to Equinor ASA. The name change supports the company’s strategy and development as a broad energy company. The new name will be proposed to shareholders in a resolution to the annual general meeting on 15 May 2018.


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.

 
Statoil ASA
 
(Registrant)
   
   
Date:  March 22, 2018
/s/ Hans Jakob Hegge
 
Hans Jakob Hegge
   Chief Financial Officer