-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LYSTq3jWCdDvhwm43CASEeajg0RK40/Cqhi6gFtPkDVk+9tnPJI6SGFoLTPapWXU Z5XZhyEhObL0LC9KDGsHYg== 0000919574-08-005210.txt : 20080922 0000919574-08-005210.hdr.sgml : 20080922 20080922170001 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-08-005210 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080922 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080922 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ship Finance International LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001289877 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32199 FILM NUMBER: 081082777 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD CITY: HAMILTON, HM 08 STATE: D0 ZIP: 00000-0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 441-295-9500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD CITY: HAMILTON, HM 08 STATE: D0 ZIP: 00000-0000 6-K 1 d920754_6-k.htm d920754_6-k.htm
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 September 2008

Commission File Number:  001-32199

Ship Finance International 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)

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): ___

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: ___

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-______________.


 
 
 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
 
Attached as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release of Ship Finance International Limited (the “Company”), dated September 22, 2008, announcing that the Company’s 2008 Annual General Meeting was duly held on September 19, 2008, in Hamilton, Bermuda.

This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File no. 333-150125) which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2008, with an effective date of April 15, 2008.


 
 
 

Exhibit 1

SFL – 2008 Annual General Meeting

Ship Finance International Limited (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”) advises that the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on September 19, 2008 at 12:00 noon at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, 76 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, Bermuda.  The following resolutions were passed:

1)  
To re-elect Tor Olav Trøim as a Director of the Company.

2)  
To re-elect Paul Leand Jr. as a Director of the Company.

3)  
To re-elect Kate Blankenship as a Director of the Company.

4)  
To re-elect Craig H. Stevenson, Jr., as a Director of the Company.

5)  
To elect Hans Petter Aas as a Director of the Company to fill one of the casual vacancies existing on the Board.

6)  
To appoint Moore Stephens, P.C. as auditors and to authorize the Directors to determine their remuneration.

7)  
That the remuneration payable to the Company’s Board of Directors of a total amount of fees not to exceed US$700,000 be approved for the year ended December 31, 2008.

In addition, the audited consolidated financial statements for Ship Finance International Limited for the year ended December 31, 2007 were presented to the Meeting.



Hamilton, Bermuda
September 22, 2008

 
About Ship Finance

Ship Finance is a major ship owning company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SFL). Including newbuildings and announced acquisitions, the Company has a fleet of 73 vessels and rigs, including 33 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), 2 chemical tankers, 8 oil/bulk/ore vessels, 13 container vessels, 3 dry bulk carriers, 6 offshore supply vessels and 3 seismic vessels, 2 jack-up drilling rigs and 3 ultra-deepwater drilling units. The fleet is one of the largest in the world and most of the vessels are employed on long term charters.

More information can be found on the Company’s website: www.shipfinance.org



Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including Ship Finance management's examination of historical operating trends. Although Ship Finance believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Ship Finance cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.

Important factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market as a result of changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and world wide oil consumption and storage, changes in the Company's operating expenses, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.


 
 
 

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.

                
 
  SHIP FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  (registrant)
       
Dated:  September 22, 2008
By:
/s/  Lars Solbakken
  
 
Name:
Lars Solbakken
  
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
  
   
Ship Finance Management AS
  
       



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