UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
(Amendment No. 1)
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014
OR
¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File No. 001-16383
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 95-4352386 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
700 Milam Street, Suite 800 | |
Houston, Texas | 77002 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
(713) 375-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer x | Accelerated filer o | |||||
Non-accelerated filer o | Smaller reporting company o | |||||
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
236,846,177 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.003 par value, were issued and outstanding as of October 16, 2014.
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2014 (the "Original Filing") is filed to disclose recently provided information pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012. Other than this additional compliance disclosure in Item 5. Other Information, no part of the Original Filing is amended hereby, and this amendment does not reflect events that have occurred after the Original Filing date.
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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Compliance Disclosure
Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), if during the quarter ended September 30, 2014, we or any of our affiliates had engaged in certain transactions with Iran or with persons or entities designated under certain executive orders, we would be required to disclose information regarding such transactions in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as required under Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (“ITRA”). During the quarter ended September 30, 2014, we did not engage in any transactions with Iran or with persons or entities related to Iran.
Blackstone CQP Holdco LP, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone Group”), is a holder of approximately 29% of the outstanding equity interests of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. ("Cheniere Partners") and has three representatives on the Board of Directors of Cheniere Partners’ general partner. Accordingly, Blackstone Group may be deemed an “affiliate” of Cheniere Partners, as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2. Blackstone Group has included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014 disclosures pursuant to ITRA regarding one of its portfolio companies that may be deemed to be an affiliate of Blackstone Group. Because of the broad definition of “affiliate” in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2, this portfolio company of Blackstone Group, through Blackstone Group’s ownership of Cheniere Partners, may also be deemed to be an affiliate of ours. We have not independently verified the disclosure described in the following paragraph.
Blackstone Group has reported that Travelport Limited (“Travelport”) has engaged in the following activities: as part of its global business in the travel industry, Travelport provides certain passenger travel-related GDS and airline IT services to Iran Air and airline IT services to Iran Air Tours. The gross revenues and net profits attributable to such activities by Travelport during the quarter ended September 30, 2014 were reported by Travelport’s parent company, Travelport Worldwide Limited, to be approximately $171,000 and $124,000, respectively. Blackstone Group has reported that Travelport intends to continue these business activities with Iran Air and Iran Air Tours as such activities are either exempt from applicable sanctions prohibitions or specifically licensed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Exhibits
An index to exhibits has been filed as part of this Amendment No. 1 beginning on page 3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. | ||
Date: November 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ Michael J. Wortley |
Michael J. Wortley | ||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
(on behalf of the registrant and as principal financial officer) | ||
Date: November 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ Leonard Travis |
Leonard Travis | ||
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | ||
(on behalf of the registrant and as principal accounting officer) | ||
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Amended and Restated LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement (FOB), dated August 5, 2014, between Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Cheniere Marketing, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC’s Current Report on Form 8-K (SEC File No. 333-192373) filed on August 11, 2014) | |
10.2 | Change order to the Lump Sum Turnkey Agreement for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Facility, dated as of November 11, 2011, between Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc.: (i) the Change Order CO-00036 Future Tie-Ins and Jeff Davis Invoices, dated July 9, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC’s Registration on Form S-4 (SEC File No. 333-198358) filed on August 26, 2014) | |
10.3 | Change order to the Lump Sum Turnkey Agreement for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the Sabine Pass LNG Stage 2 Liquefaction Facility, dated as of December 20, 2012, between Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc.: (i) the Change Order CO-00014 Additional 13.8kv Circuit Breakers and Misc. Items, dated July 14, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC’s Registration on Form S-4 (SEC File No. 333-198358) filed on August 26, 2014) | |
31.1* | Certification by Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act | |
31.2* | Certification by Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act | |
32.1ƒ | Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.2ƒ | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
101.INSƒ | XBRL Instance Document | |
101.SCHƒ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CALƒ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEFƒ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LABƒ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
101.PREƒ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
* | Filed herewith. |
ƒ | Filed with Original Filing. |
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