UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
(Amendment No. 1)
T QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013
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 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 S | Accelerated filer £ | |||||
Non-accelerated filer £ | Smaller reporting company £ | |||||
(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 o No x
239,002,438 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.003 par value, were issued and outstanding as of July 17, 2013.
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2013 (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 June 30, 2013, 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 June 30, 2013, 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"), is a holder of 29% of the outstanding equity interests of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. ("Cheniere Partners") and has three representatives on Cheniere Partners' Board of Directors. Accordingly, Blackstone may be deemed an "affiliate" of Cheniere Partners, as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2. Blackstone has included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 disclosures pursuant to ITRA regarding several of its portfolio companies that may be deemed to be affiliates of Blackstone. Because of the broad definition of "affiliate" in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2, these portfolio companies of Blackstone, through Blackstone's ownership of Cheniere Partners, may also be deemed to be affiliates of ours. We have not independently verified the disclosures described in the following paragraphs.
Blackstone has reported that Hilton Worldwide, Inc. affiliates and branded hotels have engaged in the following activities: certain employees of Hilton-branded hotels in the United Arab Emirates received routine wage payments during the reporting period into their accounts at Bank Melli, a bank on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (the "SDN List") maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, for which transactions no revenues or net profits were associated; and a hotel in Malaysia provided rooms to crew members of Mahan Air, an entity on the SDN list, for which Hilton received revenue and net profit of approximately $430 during the reporting period. Hilton has reported that the first activity has ceased and that the contract relating to the second activity has been terminated.
Blackstone has also 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 Solutions services to Iran Air and airline IT Solutions services to Iran Air Tours; and Travelport provided airline IT Solutions services to Syrian Arab Airlines. The gross revenues and net profits attributable to such activities during the reporting period were reported to be approximately $248,000 and $176,000, respectively. Blackstone 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 OFAC. Blackstone has also reported that the airline IT Solutions services Travelport provided to Syrian Arab Airlines were terminated following the May 2013 action by OFAC to designate this airline as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
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 Section 13 or 15(d) 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: August 9, 2013 | By: | /s/ Jerry D. Smith | |||
Name: | Jerry D. Smith | ||||
Title: | Vice President and | ||||
Chief Accounting Officer | |||||
(Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Letter Agreement, dated May 28, 2013, by and between Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. and Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (SEC File No. 138916), filed on August 2, 2013) | |
10.2 | Change orders 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-0021 Increase to Insurance Provisional Sum, dated April 17, 2013, (ii) the Change Order CO-0022 Removal of LNG Static Mixer Scope, dated May 8, 2013, (iii) the Change Order CO-0023 Revised LNG Rundown Line, dated May 30, 2013, (iv) the Change Order CO-0024 Reroute Condensate Header, Substation HVAC Stacks, Inlet Metering Station Pile Driving, dated June 11, 2013 and (v) the Change Order CO-0025 Feed Gas Connection Modifications, dated June 11, 2013. (Portions of this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (SEC File No. 001-33366), filed on August 2, 2013) | |
10.3 | Change orders 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-0001 Electrical Station HVAC Stacks, dated May 30, 2013, (ii) the Change Order CO-0002 Revised LNG Rundown Line, dated May 30, 2013, (iii) the Change Order CO-0003 Currency Provisional Sum Closure, dated May 30, 2013 and (iv) the Change Order CO-0004 Fuel Provisional Sum Closure, dated June 4, 2013. (Portions of this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (SEC File No. 001-33366), filed on August 2, 2013) | |
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 | |
32.1** | 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 | |
32.2** | 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.INS+ | XBRL Instance Document | |
101.SCH+ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CAL+ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEF+ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LAB+ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
101.PRE+ | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
* | Filed herewith | |
** | Furnished herewith | |
+ | Filed with Original Filing | |
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