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 May 2009
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 [
]
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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): ________.
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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
Attached
as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release of Ship Finance International
Limited (the “Company”), dated May 5, 2009, announcing the Company’s invitation
to the presentation of its financial results for the first quarter of
2009.
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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SHIP
FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(registrant)
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Dated: May
13, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Ole B. Hjertaker
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Name:
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Ole
B. Hjertaker
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Ship
Finance Management AS
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Exhibit
1
SFL
– Invitation to Presentation of 1Q 2009 Results
Ship
Finance International Limited (“Ship Finance”) (NYSE: SFL) plans to release its
financial results for first quarter 2009 on Thursday May 14, 2009.
The
Company plans to host a conference call and a webcast for all shareholders and
interested parties on Thursday May 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM (EST) / 4:30 PM (Central
European Time). Relevant material will be available from the Investor Relations
section at www.shipfinance.org
as of the same day.
In order
to listen to the presentation you may do one of the following:
a.
Webcast
Go to the
Investor Relations section at www.shipfinance.org and
click on the link to “Webcast”. To listen to the conference call from the web,
you need to have installed Windows Media Player, and you need to have a sound
card on your computer.
b. Conference
Call
Participants
dial in numbers:
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US
Toll Free #
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1-888-935-4575
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International
Dial In #
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+44
207 806 1966
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Norwegian
Toll Free #
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800
19640
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The
Conference ID is: 6742269
There
will be a Q&A session after the presentation. Information on how to ask
questions will be given at the beginning of the Q&A session.
A replay
of the conference call will be available until May 20, 2009 by
dialing:
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US
Toll Free #
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1-866-239-0765
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International
Dial In #
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+44
207 806 1970
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The
replay access code is: 6742269#
About
Ship Finance
Ship
Finance is a major ship owning company listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: SFL). Including newbuildings, the Company has a fleet of 68 vessels,
including 33 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), two chemical tankers, eight
oil/bulk/ore vessels, one dry-bulk carrier, 13 container vessels, six offshore
supply vessels, two jack-up drilling rigs and three ultra-deepwater drilling
units. In addition, the Company has two Suezmax tanker newbuildings which are
agreed sold. 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 worldwide oil
consumption and storage, changes in the Company’s operating expenses including
bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, 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.