d1410749_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 2013
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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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a copy of a press release of Ship Finance International Limited (the "Company"), dated September 2, 2013, announcing its 2013 Annual General Meeting on September 20, 2013.

 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT 1

SFL - Notice of Annual General Meeting 2013

Press release from Ship Finance International Limited, September 2, 2013

Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) ("Ship Finance" or the "Company") announces that its 2013 Annual General Meeting will be held on September 20, 2013. A copy of the Notice of Annual General Meeting and associated information including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F can be found on our website and in the attachments below.
 
 
 
 
September 2, 2013
The Board of Directors
Ship Finance International Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda


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 70 vessels, including 24 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), two chemical tankers, 12 drybulk carriers, 19 container vessels (including eight newbuildings), two car carriers, six offshore supply vessels, two jack-up drilling rigs (including one newbuilding), two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs and one ultra-deepwater drillship. 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.

 
 
 


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
 
 
 
Date: September 4, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/  Ole B. Hjertaker          
 
Name:
Ole B. Hjertaker
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Ship Finance Management AS
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)