Euronav : Description Report of Foreign Issuer

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 March 2019

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 March 28, 2019, announcing that Hugo De Stoop, current CFO of the Company, will succeed Paddy Rodgers as CEO of the Company.

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K, except for the commentary of Hugo De Stoop and Carl Steen contained in Exhibit 99.1, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-210849) that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission effective April 21, 2016.

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: March 28, 2019

By:	/s/ Hugo De Stoop
	Hugo De Stoop
	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

Regulated information

28 March 2019 - 8.00 a.m. CET

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HUGO DE STOOP ANNOUNCED AS

NEW EURONAV CEO

ANTWERP, Belgium, 28 March 2019 - Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN &Euronext: EURN) ("Euronav" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, following a professional search and assessment process, the current CFO Hugo De Stoop will succeed Paddy Rodgers as CEO of the Company. It is anticipated that his new role will commence following a brief handover period which is expected to take place in the course of the second quarter of this year. The Company has now started a search for a new CFO.

Hugo De Stoop, new CEO of Euronav said : "It is an honour and a privilege to be appointed as CEO. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Paddy; it has been a real pleasure to work together in order to create the dynamic and robust tanker platform that Euronav is today. I look forward to continue creating value for all our stakeholders in an exciting environment full of opportunities and challenges."

Carl Steen, Chairman of Euronav said: " The Board is very pleased to confirm the appointment of Hugo. In his time at the Company he has consistently added significant value well beyond the financing of the business, often in challenging circumstances and he has also given strong strategic direction within the executive management team. His appointment provides continuity with our strategy and we look forward to the next chapter at Euronav under his stewardship."

About Hugo De Stoop

Hugo De Stoop (Belgian, 1973) joined Euronav in September 2004 and was appointed Deputy CFO and Head of Investor Relations. He was nominated CFO as of January 2008, shortly after the financial crisis had erupted. Since that time, he has demonstrated sound involvement in strategic decision-making at Euronav. He has completed several acquisitions, among which the counter-cyclical merger with Gener8 Maritime in 2018, and successfully led the Euronav IPO on the NYSE in 2015. Hugo also brings to his new role a vast experience with financial markets and investors, as well as interactions with Boards of Directors, in an international context.

Hugo started his career with Mustad International Group, an industrial group with over 30 companies located in five continents where he worked as a Project Manager on various assignments in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, in order to integrate recently acquired subsidiaries.

He founded First Tuesday in America (the world's largest meeting place for high tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and companies), helped develop the network in the U.S. and in Latin America and was appointed member of the Board of Directors of

First Tuesday International.