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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Commission File Number : 001-38790 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , DC 20549 FORM 10 - K Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) Title of each class Class A common stock New Fortress Energy Inc. ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter ) 111 W. 19th Street , 8th Floor New York , NY ( Address of principal executive offices ) Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer _to_ Trading Symbol ( s ) . NFE Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 516 ) 268-7400 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : 83-1482060 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 10011 ( Zip Code ) Name of each exchange on which registered on which registered NASDAQ Global Select Market Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes > No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Accelerated filer > Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes No The aggregate market value of the voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the registrant computed as of June 30 , 2020 ( the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ) , based on the closing price of the Class A shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market , was $ 417.4 million . At March 15 , 2021 , the registrant had 175,958,649 shares of Class A common stock outstanding . Documents Incorporated by Reference : Portions of the registrant's definitive proxy statement for the registrant's 2021 annual meeting , to be filed within 120 days after the close of the registrant's fiscal year , are incorporated by reference into Parts II and III of this Annual Report on Form 10 - K .