EX-4.4 2 glng12312012-ex44.htm EXHIBIT
Exhibit 4.4
Registration No. 30506
BERMUDA
TAX ASSURANCE
WHEREAS th e Minister of Finance ("the Mini s ter"), pur s uant to sect ion 2 of the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act 1966 , i s aut horised to enter into an arrangement with any exempted undertaking upon application.
WHEREAS s uch undertakings ma y be giv en an ass urance that in the eve nt of t h e re being enacted in Bermuda any legislation imposing tax computed on profits o r income or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation , or any t ax in the n at ur e of estate duty or inh e ritan ce tax, then the imposition of any t ax de scribed herein sha ll n ot be applicable to such undertakings or to any of its operatio n s or the s h a r es, deb e ntures or other obligations of the sa id undertakings.
THEREFORE the Mini ste r, upon application , hereb y grants th e afo rem entioned ass ur ance to:
Golar LNG Limited
("the Undertaking")
PROVIDED THAT this assurance s hall not be construed so as to:

(i) | prevent t h e application of any s uch tax or duty to such persons as are ordinaril y resident

in the se Islands; a nd

(ii) | prevent the application of any tax payable in accordance with th e provi s ion s of the

La nd Tax Act 196 7 o r otherwise payable in rel at ion to the l a nd leased to the
U nd e rt ak in g.
THIS TAX ASSURANCE s hall be in effect until th e 31st da y of March 2035.
Given und e r my hand this
23 rd day of May 2011
/s/ Maria Boodram
Acting Registrar of Companies
for MINISTER OF FINANCE