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 January 2018
Commission File Number: 001-36810
EURONAV NV
De Gerlachekaai 20
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
011-32-3-247-4411
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Euronav NV (the "Company"), dated January 11, 2018, announcing that the Company plans to release its fourth quarter 2017 earnings report prior to market opening on Thursday, January 25, 2018 and host a conference call to discuss the results.
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.
| EURONAV NV | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Dated: January 11, 2018 | ||
| By: | /s/ Hugo De Stoop | |
| Hugo De Stoop | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
EXHIBIT 99.1
 | PRESS RELEASE Non-regulated information Thursday 11 January 2018 – 8 a.m. CET _________________________________ |
EURONAV TO ANNOUNCE Q4 2017 RESULTS
ON THURSDAY 25 JANUARY 2018
ANTWERP, Belgium, 11 January 2018 – Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) ("Euronav" or the "Company") will release its fourth quarter 2017 earnings prior to market opening on Thursday 25 January 2018 and will host a conference call at 8 a.m. EST / 2 p.m. CET to discuss the results for the quarter.
The call will be a webcast with an accompanying slideshow. You can find details of this conference call below and on the "Investor Relations" page of the Euronav website at http://investors.euronav.com.
| Webcast Information | |
| Event Type: | Audio webcast with user-controlled slide presentation |
| Event Date: | 25 January 2018 |
| Event Time: | 8 a.m. EST / 2 p.m. CET |
| Event Title: | "Q4 2017 Earnings Conference Call" |
| Event Site/URL: | https://services.choruscall.com/links/euronav180125J37dUXTm.html |
Telephone participants may avoid any delays by pre-registering for the call using the following link to receive a special dial-in number and PIN conference call registration link http://dpregister.com/10115821. Pre-registration fields of information to be gathered: name, company, email.
Telephone participants located in the U.S. who are unable to pre-register may dial in to +1-877-328-5501 on the day of the call. Others may use the international dial-in number +1-412-317-5471.
A replay of the call will be available until 1 February 2018, beginning at 9 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. CET on 25 January 2018. Telephone participants located in the U.S. can dial +1-877-344-7529. Others can dial +1-412-317-0088. Please reference the conference number 10115821.
| PRESS RELEASE Non-regulated information Thursday 11 January 2018 – 8 a.m. CET _________________________________ |
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Contact:
Mr. Brian Gallagher – Euronav Investor Relations
Tel: +44 20 7870 0436
Email: IR@euronav.com
Announcement of fourth quarter 2017 results: Thursday, 25 January 2018
About Euronav
Euronav is an independent tanker company engaged in the ocean transportation and storage of crude oil. The Company is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, and has offices throughout Europe and Asia. Euronav is listed on Euronext Brussels and on the NYSE under the symbol EURN. Euronav employs its fleet both on the spot and period market. VLCCs on the spot market are traded in the Tankers International pool of which Euronav is one of the major partners. Euronav's owned and operated fleet consists of 53 double hulled vessels being 1 V-Plus vessel, 28 VLCCs, 18 Suezmaxes, four Suezmaxes under construction and two FSO vessels (both owned in 50%-50% joint venture). The Company's vessels mainly fly Belgian, Greek, French and Marshall Island flags.
Regulated information within the meaning of the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe", "anticipate", "intends", "estimate", "forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "expect", "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, 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, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.