Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2026

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

A summary of our payment obligations (excluding the repurchase option and obligation) under the bareboat charter with the lessor VIE as of June 30, 2026, is shown below:


(in thousands of $)	2026 (1)	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031+
Hilli (2)	38,992	76,032	72,821	69,698	66,575	138,463

(1) For the six months ending December 31, 2026.

(2) The payment obligations above include contractual capital and variable rental payments due under the lease.

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities

The assets and liabilities of the lessor VIE that most significantly impact our unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, are as follows:


(in thousands of $)	June 30, 2026	December 31, 2025
Assets
Restricted cash	33	11,429

Liabilities (1)
Accrued expenses	(33,965)	(28,845)
Other non-current liabilities (note 18)	(184,000)	(184,000)

Current portion of long-term debt and short-term debt (2)	(179,839)	(229,654)

(1) The creditors of the lessor VIE have no recourse to the general credit of Golar.

(2) This relates to debt of our lessor entity, net of deferred financing cost (for which legal ownership resides with a financial institution) that we are required to consolidate into our financial statements as a VIE (note 15).

The most significant impact of the lessor VIE’s operations on our unaudited consolidated statements of operations and unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 are as follows:


	Six months ended June 30, 2026
(in thousands of $)	2026	2025
Statement of operations
Other financial items, net (note 8)	1,216	1,216
Interest income	(190)	(365)
Interest expense	4,862	7,730

Statement of cash flows
Net debt repayments	(49,830)	(40,882)

The assets and liabilities of Gimi MS that most significantly impact our unaudited consolidated balance sheets are as follows:


(in thousands of $)	June 30, 2026	December 31, 2025
Balance sheet
Current assets	244,479	242,722
Non-current assets	1,634,528	1,643,366
Current liabilities	(106,036)	(112,743)
Non-current liabilities	(1,108,073)	(1,146,546)

The most significant impact of Gimi MS VIE’s operations on our unaudited consolidated statements of operations and unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 are as follows:


	Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands of $)	2026	2025





Statement of cash flows
Additions to asset under development	6,842	152,583


Net debt repayments	(37,500)	(29,167)
Proceeds from subscription of equity interest	—	21,020
Cash dividends paid (1)	(12,136)	—

(1) During the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, Gimi MS Corporation paid $40.5 million and nil, respectively, to its shareholders .

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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