Form20-FAXBRLtagging

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Mark One)
[ ]
 REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2011
 
 
OR
 
[ ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
       
For the transition period from
 
to
 
 
OR
 
[ ]
SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of event requiring this shell company report
 
 
Commission file number
000-50113
 
 




 Golar LNG Limited
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 
 Bermuda
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
 Par-la-Ville Place, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
Georgina Sousa, Telephone: (1) 441 295 4705, Facsimile: (1) 441 295 3494
 
 
Par-la-Ville Place, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
 
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act.
 
 
Title of each class
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Shares, par value, $1.00 per share
 
NASDAQ Global Select Market
 


Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act.

 
None
(Title of class)
 
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.
 
 
None
(Title of class)
 
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
80,236,252 Common Shares, par $1.00, per share
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes
X
 
No
 
 





If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 1934.

Yes
 
 
No
X
 
 
Note- Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes
X
 
No
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes
X
 
No
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one).

Large accelerated filer
X
Accelerated filer
 
Non-accelerated filer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 
 
U.S. GAAP
 
 
X
International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board



 
 
Other
 

If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

 
 
Item 17
 
 
Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
Yes
 
 
No
X
 

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)





Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
 
Yes
 
 
No
 
 

    




Explanatory Note
This Amendment No.1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2012 (the "2011 Form 20-F"), is being filed solely for purposes of furnishing Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 with detail-tagged footnotes to the financial statements in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.  This Exhibit was previously filed with block-tagged footnotes.

Other than as expressly set forth above, this Form 20-F/A does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the 2011 Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred since the 2011 Form 20-F was originally filed.







PART III
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index hereof are filed herewith in response to this item.
Exhibits
Description
 
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Definition Linkbase
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Label Linkbase
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Presentation Linkbase
 





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
Golar LNG Limited
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Date
January 22, 2013
By
/s/ Brian Tienzo
 
 
Brian Tienzo
 
 
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer