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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Golar Lng Ltd · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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We are exposed to various market risks, including interest rate, commodity price and foreign currency exchange risks. We enter into a variety of derivative instruments and contracts to maintain the desired level of exposure arising from these risks. Our policy is to hedge our exposure to risks, when possible, within boundaries deemed appropriate by management.
A discussion of our accounting policies for derivative financial instruments is included in note 2 “Basis of Preparation and Significant Accounting Policies” of our consolidated financial statements included herein. Further information on our exposure to various market risks arising on our financial instruments is included in note 25 “Financial Instruments” of our consolidated financial statements included herein. The following analysis provides quantitative information regarding our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and commodity price risk. There are certain shortcomings inherent in the sensitivity analysis presented, primarily due to the assumption that exchange rates change in a parallel fashion and that interest rates change instantaneously.
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Interest rate risk. A significant portion of our long-term debt obligation is subject to adverse movements in interest rates. We enter into economic hedge agreements in order to reduce the risk associated with adverse fluctuations in interest rates. Interest rate swaps are used to convert floating rate debt obligations to a fixed rate in order to achieve an overall desired position of fixed and floating rate debt to manage our exposure to adverse movements in interest rates. Credit exposures are monitored on a counterparty basis, with all new transactions subject to senior management approval.
As of December 31, 2025, the notional amount of interest rate swaps outstanding in respect of our debt obligation was $600.0 million, representing approximately 48.6% of our floating rate loans. The principal of our floating rate loans outstanding as of December 31, 2025 was $1.2 billion. Based on our floating rate debt at December 31, 2025, a one-percentage point increase in the floating interest rate would increase our interest expense by $6.0 million per annum.
Foreign currency risk. The majority of our transactions, assets and liabilities are denominated in U.S. Dollars, our functional currency. However, we periodically incur expenses in foreign currency exchange, including EUR, NOK, GBP, CNY, SGD, XAF and MRU, primarily related to our administrative expenses, operating expenses and capital expenditure projects. As of December 31, 2025, a 10% depreciation of the U.S. Dollar would have increased our U.S. Dollar-denominated capital expenditures and operating expenses by the following:
•Capital expenditures:
◦an increase of $3.6 million in capital expenditures related to our MKII FLNG conversion, denominated in CNY; and
◦an increase of $2.0 million and $1.0 million in capital expenditures related to the FLNG Hilli redeployment project, denominated in SGD and EUR, respectively.
•Operating expenses:
◦an increase of $3.1 million and $2.0 million in administrative expenses, denominated in NOK and GBP, respectively; and
◦an increase of $2.7 million and $0.9 million in seafaring officers’ remuneration, denominated in Euro and XAF, respectively.
Commodity price risks. The realized gain/(loss) on oil and gas derivative instruments results from monthly billings above the FLNG Hilli base tolling fee and the exercised incremental capacity increase under the LTA as amended by LTA Amendment 3 whereas the unrealized gain/(loss) on oil and gas derivative instruments results from movements in forecasted oil and natural gas prices and Euro/USD exchange rates.
Oil component: The realized gain/(loss) on oil derivative instrument represents the monthly billings above the FLNG Hilli base tolling fee of $60.00 per barrel over the annual contract term for 1.2 million tonnes of LNG. The unrealized gain/(loss) on oil derivative instrument is determined using the estimated discounted cash flows of payments due as a result of the oil price moving above the contractual floor of $60.00 per barrel over the remaining term of the LTA. We bear no downside risk to the movement of oil prices should the oil price move below $60.00. For the year ended December 31, 2025, a 10% reduction to the Brent linked crude oil price would have decreased our realized gain on FLNG Hilli’s oil derivative instrument for 2025 by $22.1 million.
Natural gas component: The realized gain/(loss) on gas derivative instrument represents the monthly billings above the contractual floor rate of $0.5652/MMBTu over the contract term for 0.2 million tonnes of LNG. The unrealized gain/(loss) on gas derivative instrument is determined using the estimated discounted cash flows of payments due as a result of the gas price moving above the contractual floor of $0.5652/MMBTu over the remaining term of the LTA. The tolling fee is linked to TTF and the Euro/USD foreign exchange movements. We bear no downside risk to the movement of natural gas prices should the TTF price move below $0.5652/MMBTu. For the year ended December 31, 2025, a 10% reduction to the TTF linked gas price and 10% depreciation of USD against the Euro exchange rates used, would have decreased our realized gain on FLNG Hilli’s gas derivative instrument for 2025 by $8.7 million.