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Cheniere Partners Announces Upsize in Previously Announced Tender Offer

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Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (“Cheniere Partners”) (NYSE American: CQP) announced today that it has amended its earlier announced tender offer and consent solicitation in respect of its 5.250% Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) to eliminate the tender cap and extend the offer to purchase any and all of the outstanding $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Cheniere Partners currently expects the early settlement date, if any, to occur on March 11, 2021.

In the tender offer, Cheniere Partners is offering to purchase any and all outstanding Notes upon the terms and conditions set forth in the related Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement. In connection with the tender offer, Cheniere Partners is soliciting consents from holders of the Notes to amend the indenture with respect to the Notes to reduce the minimum notice period to optionally redeem the Notes (the “Proposed Amendment”). Holders of the Notes are urged to carefully read the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, which sets forth a more detailed description of the tender offer, before making any decision with respect to the tender offer.

Holders who have already validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) their Notes do not need to re-tender their Notes. The table below sets forth certain information regarding the Notes and the tender offer.

 

Series of

Notes

CUSIP

Numbers

Aggregate

Principal

Amount

Outstanding

Tender

Consideration(1)

Early

Tender

Premium(2)

Total

Consideration (1)(2)

 
 

5.250%

Notes due

2025

16411QAB7

U16353AA9

$1,500,000,000

$977.27

$50.00

$1,027.27

 

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(1)

Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for purchase by Cheniere Partners. Excludes accrued and unpaid interest, which will be paid on Notes accepted for purchase by Cheniere Partners as described below.

(2)

Includes the $50.00 early tender premium for Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline (as defined below) (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for purchase by us.

Cheniere Partners will not be obligated to accept for purchase any Notes pursuant to the tender offer unless certain conditions are satisfied or waived by Cheniere Partners, including (1) entry by Cheniere Partners at or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) (or Early Tender Deadline, if Cheniere Partners elects to have an early settlement) into a definitive contract providing for the receipt by Cheniere Partners, on terms satisfactory to it in its sole discretion subject to applicable law, of a minimum of $1,500,000,000 in gross proceeds from one or more debt financings and (2) the receipt by Cheniere Partners at or prior to the final settlement date (or early settlement date, if Cheniere Partners elects to have an early settlement) of a minimum of $1,500,000,000 in gross proceeds from one or more debt financings upon fulfillment of customary conditions. The tender offer is not conditioned on any minimum amount of Notes being tendered or receipt of requisite consents to adopt the proposed amendments. Subject to applicable law, Cheniere Partners may amend, extend or terminate the tender offer in its sole discretion.

The tender offer and consent solicitation is being made solely pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated February 25, 2021, as amended by this press release. Holders of the Notes are urged to carefully read the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement before making any decision with respect to the tender offer and consent solicitation.

The tender offer and consent solicitation will expire at 12:01 a.m., New York City time, on March 24, 2021, unless extended, earlier expired or terminated by Cheniere Partners (such time and date, as the same may be extended, earlier expired or terminated by Cheniere Partners in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law, the “Expiration Date”). Tendered Notes may be withdrawn and consents delivered may be revoked at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 10, 2021 by following the procedures in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, but may not thereafter be validly withdrawn and validly revoked, except as provided for in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement or required by applicable law.

Holders of Notes must validly tender and not validly withdraw their Notes and validly deliver and not validly revoke their consents at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 10, 2021 (such time and date, as the same may be extended by Cheniere Partners in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law, the “Early Tender Deadline”) in order to be eligible to receive the total consideration, which includes the early tender premium for the Notes of $1,027.27 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered. Holders who validly tender their Notes and deliver their consents after the Early Tender Deadline and at or prior to the Expiration Date will be eligible to receive only the tender consideration, as set forth in the table above. Accrued and unpaid interest will be paid on all Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date.

Cheniere Partners reserves the right, but is under no obligation, at any time after the Early Tender Deadline and before the Expiration Date, to accept for purchase Notes that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline on the early settlement date. If Cheniere Partners chooses to exercise its option to have an early settlement date, Chenier

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cheniere energy, inc. (nyse mkt: lng) (cheniere), is a houston-based energy company primarily engaged in lng-related businesses. we own and operate the sabine pass lng receiving terminal and creole trail pipeline located in louisiana, through our general partner ownership interest in and management agreements with cheniere energy partners, l.p. (nyse mkt: cqp) (cheniere partners) and our partial ownership interest in cheniere energy partners holdings, llc (nyse mkt: cqh). cheniere partners is developing, constructing and operating a liquefaction project at the sabine pass lng terminal (the "spl project"​) adjacent to the existing regasification facilities for up to six trains, with expected aggregate nominal production capacity of approximately 27.0 mtpa of lng. train 1 commenced operations in may 2016, and trains 2-5 are currently under construction. cheniere is developing and constructing additional liquefaction facilities near corpus christi, texas (the "corpus christi lng terminal"