Cheniere Energy Inc — Current Report (Form 8-K)

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): May 26, 2026

CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

845 Texas Avenue, Suite 1250

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 375-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Purchase Agreement

On May 26, 2026, Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (“Cheniere Partners”), a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”), 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 BofA Securities, Inc., as representative of the initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”), to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.350% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes”) and $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.050% Senior Notes due 2056 (the “2056 Notes”, and, together with the 2036 Notes, the “Notes”). The 2036 Notes will be issued at a price equal to 99.511% of par, and the 2056 Notes will be issued at a price equal to 99.698% of par.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by Cheniere Partners and customary conditions to closing and indemnification obligations of Cheniere Partners 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 Cheniere Partners and Cheniere in the ordinary course of business, for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions.

On May 26, 2026, Cheniere Partners issued a press release announcing that it intended to offer, subject to market and other conditions, the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

On May 26, 2026, Cheniere Partners issued a press release announcing that it had priced its previously announced offering of the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (“SPL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheniere Partners, issued an irrevocable notice of full redemption on May 26, 2026 for $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “2027 SPL Notes”) in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing the 2027 SPL Notes, which provides for a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such 2027 SPL Notes and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such 2027 SPL Notes from the redemption date to September 15, 2026 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the redemption date), discounted back to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as such term is defined in the indenture governing the 2027 SPL Notes) plus 50 basis points; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on such 2027 SPL Notes, if any, to the redemption date. SPL intends to fund the redemption with the gross proceeds from the sale of the Notes and cash on hand.

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the Notes. It does not constitute an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell the 2027 SPL Notes, and it does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful. The foregoing does not constitute a notice of redemption with respect to the 2027 SPL Notes.

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.

(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.