UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2018

Tellurian Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 962-4000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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On January 25, 2018, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Tellurian Inc. (“Tellurian” or the “Company”) approved certain base salary increases effective as of February 1, 2018 for certain of the Company’s named executive officers. The annual base salary of (i) Meg A. Gentle, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, was increased from $600,000 to $700,000; (ii) R. Keith Teague, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, was increased from $400,000 to $500,000; (iii) Daniel A. Belhumeur, General Counsel of the Company, was increased from $300,000 to $400,000; and (iv) Khaled Sharafeldin, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, was increased from $285,000 to $350,000.

The Board also approved the issuance under the Amended and Restated Tellurian Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) of shares of Tellurian vested stock in connection with annual performance bonus awards for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 to the Company’s named executive officers in the amounts set forth below:

In addition, the Board approved the issuance under the Plan of 500,000 shares of Tellurian restricted stock to Mr. Teague. One-third of the Tellurian restricted stock will vest upon each of (i) the affirmative final investment decision by the Board with respect to the Driftwood LNG project (the “FID Date”), (ii) the one-year anniversary of the FID Date, and (iii) the two-year anniversary of the FID Date.

A form of restricted stock agreement (“Form of Restricted Stock Agreement”) is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The Form of Restricted Stock Agreement sets out the terms under which Tellurian restricted stock was awarded to Mr. Teague. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Form of Restricted Stock Agreement.

(d) Exhibits.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 31, 2018