UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Purchase Agreement
On September 13, 2021, Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“CEI”), and each of Cheniere Energy Investments, LLC, Sabine Pass LNG-GP, LLC, Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., Sabine Pass Tug Services, LLC, Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. and Cheniere Pipeline GP Interests, LLC, as guarantors, entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representative of the initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”), to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of its 3.25% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”).
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Partnership and customary conditions to closing and indemnification obligations of the Partnership and the Initial Purchasers. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Certain Initial Purchasers and their affiliates have provided from time to time, and may provide in the future, certain investment and commercial banking and financial advisory services to the Partnership and CEI in the ordinary course of business, for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On September 13, 2021, the Partnership issued a press release announcing that it had priced its previously announced offering of the 2032 Notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the 2032 Notes, and it shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| * | Incorporated herein by reference. |
| # | Furnished herewith. |
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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.
| CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: September 14, 2021 | By: | /s/ Zach Davis | ||||
| Name: | Zach Davis | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||