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 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2019
Commission File Number: 001-13944
NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LIMITED
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
LOM Building, 27 Reid Street, Hamilton, HM 11, 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 ☒ 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):
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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):
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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.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Recent Developments
On November 30, 2018, Nordic American Tankers Limited (the “Company”) entered into sale agreements for the Nordic Aurora and
Nordic Sprite for approximately $10.0 million each. The Company currently has a fleet of 23 vessels.
As recently reported, the Company and Herbjorn Hansson, the chief executive officer of the Company, each respectively hold
13.55% and 10.45% of total shares outstanding of Nordic American Offshore Ltd.
This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-228603).
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.
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NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LIMITED
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(registrant)
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Dated: February 13, 2019
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By:
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/S/ HERBJØRN HANSSON
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Herbjørn Hansson
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Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
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