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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) (NYSE: LNG) today announced its financial results for the first quarter 2025.

FIRST QUARTER 2025 SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS

(in billions)

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2025

 

Revenues

 

 

$5.4

 

Net Income1

 

 

$0.4

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2

 

 

$1.9

 

Distributable Cash Flow2

 

 

$1.3

 

2025 FULL YEAR FINANCIAL GUIDANCE

(in billions)

 

 

 

2025

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2

 

 

 

 

 

$6.5

-

$7.0

 

Distributable Cash Flow2

 

 

 

 

 

$4.1

-

$4.6

 

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

  • During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Cheniere generated revenues of approximately $5.4 billion, net income1 of approximately $0.4 billion, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2 of approximately $1.9 billion, and Distributable Cash Flow2 of approximately $1.3 billion.
  • Reconfirming full year 2025 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2 guidance of $6.5 billion - $7.0 billion and full year 2025 Distributable Cash Flow2 guidance of $4.1 billion - $4.6 billion.
  • Pursuant to Cheniere’s comprehensive capital allocation plan, Cheniere deployed over $1.3 billion towards accretive growth, balance sheet management and shareholder returns in the first quarter of 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Cheniere repurchased an aggregate of approximately 1.6 million shares of common stock for approximately $350 million, repaid $300 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness and paid a quarterly dividend of $0.500 per share of common stock, totaling approximately $112 million.
  • In April 2025, Cheniere declared a dividend with respect to the first quarter 2025 of $0.500 per share of common stock, which is payable on May 19, 2025.
  • In March 2025, Cheniere announced that Substantial Completion of the first train (“Train 1”) of the CCL Stage 3 Project (defined below) was achieved on March 16, 2025.
  • In March 2025, the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project (defined below) received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to site, construct and operate the project. We anticipate receiving all remaining necessary regulatory approvals in order to make Final Investment Decision (“FID”) on the project in 2025.

CEO COMMENT

“2025 is off to an outstanding start thanks to the Cheniere team’s commitment to excellence across our operations, project execution and financial discipline. The quarter was highlighted by the achievement of Substantial Completion on Train 1 of the Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project, and the production and shipment of our 4,000th LNG cargo to-date,” said Jack Fusco, Cheniere’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Progress on Stage 3 continues to advance on an accelerated schedule, reinforcing our confidence in having the first three trains operational by the end of 2025. Looking ahead, our focus for 2025 will remain on the safe and reliable delivery of our LNG to our customers worldwide, advancing our project developments at both Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi, delivering meaningful shareholder returns, and generating full year Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow within our guidance ranges.”

SUMMARY AND REVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

(in millions, except LNG data)

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2025

 

2024

 

% Change

Revenues

$

5,444

 

$

4,253

 

28

%

Net income1

$

353

 

$

502

 

(30

)%

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2

$

1,872

 

$

1,773

 

6

%

LNG exported:

 

 

 

 

 

Number of cargoes

 

168

 

 

166

 

1

%

Volumes (TBtu)

 

609

 

 

602

 

1

%

LNG volumes loaded (TBtu)

 

608

 

 

601

 

1

%

Net income1 decreased approximately $149 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the corresponding 2024 period. The decrease was primarily attributable to approximately $277 million of unfavorable variances related to changes in fair value of our derivative instruments, including the impact of derivative instruments related to our long-term Integrated Production Marketing (“IPM”) agreements (before tax and non-controlling interests) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the corresponding 2024 period.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2 increased approximately $99 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the corresponding 2024 period. The increase was primarily due to higher total margins per MMBtu of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) delivered during the 2025 period as compared to the corresponding 2024 period.

Share-based compensation expenses included in net income totaled $56 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to $40 million for the corresponding 2024 period.

Our financial results are reported on a consolidated basis. Our ownership interest in Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (“Cheniere Partners”) (NYSE: CQP) as of March 31, 2025 consisted of 100% ownership of the general partner and a 48.6% limited partner interest.

BALANCE SHEET MANAGEMENT

Capital Resources

The table below provides a summary of our available liquidity (in millions) as of March 31, 2025:

 

March 31, 2025

Cash and cash equivalents (1)

$

2,511

Restricted cash and cash equivalents (2)

 

357

Available commitments under our credit facilities:

 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (“SPL”) Revolving Credit Facility

 

785

Cheniere Partners Revolving Credit Facility

 

1,000

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC (“CCH”) Credit Facility

 

3,260

CCH Working Capital Facility

 

1,390

Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility

 

1,250

Total available commitments under our credit facilities

 

7,685

 

 

Total available liquidity

$

10,553

 

(1) $94 million of cash and cash equivalents was held by our consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”).

 

(2) $80 million of restricted cash and cash equivalents was held by our consolidated VIEs.

Recent Key Financial Transactions and Updates

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, SPL repaid the remaining $300 million in principal amount of its 5.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 with cash on hand.

LIQUEFACTION PROJECTS OVERVIEW

SPL Project

Through Cheniere Partners, we operate liquefaction and export facilities with a total production capacity of approximately 30 million tonnes per annum (“mtpa”) of LNG at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (the “SPL Project”).

SPL Expansion Project

Through Cheniere Partners, we are developing an expansion adjacent to the SPL Project with an expected total production capacity of up to approximately 20 mtpa of LNG (the “SPL Expansion Project”), inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities. In February 2024, certain subsidiaries of Cheniere Partners submitted an application to the FERC for authorization to site, construct and operate the SPL Expansion Project, as well as an application to the Department of Energy (“DOE”) requesting authorization to export LNG to Free-Trade Agreement (“FTA”) and non-FTA countries, both of which applications exclude debottlenecking. In October 2024, we received authorization from the DOE to export LNG to FTA countries.

CCL Project

We operate liquefaction and export facilities with a total production capacity of over 16 mtpa of LNG at the Corpus Christi LNG terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas (the “CCL Project”), inclusive of Train 1 of the CCL Stage 3 Project.

CCL Stage 3 Project

We are constructing an expansion adjacent to the CCL Project consisting of seven midscale Trains with an expected total production capacity of over 10 mtpa of LNG (the “CCL Stage 3 Project”). Substantial Completion was achieved for the first train of the CCL Stage 3 Project in March 2025.

CCL Stage 3 Project Progress as of March 31, 2025:

 

CCL Stage 3 Project

Project Status

Under Construction / Commissioning

Project Completion Percentage

82.5%(1)

Expected Substantial Completion

1H 2025 - 2H 2026

 

(1) Engineering 98.2% complete, procurement 99.8% complete, subcontract work 89.8% complete and construction 53.7% complete.

CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project

We are developing two additional midscale Trains with an expected total production capacity of approximately 3 mtpa of LNG (the “CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project”) adjacent to the CCL Stage 3 Project. In March 2023, certain of our subsidiaries filed an application with the FERC for authorization to site, construct and operate the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project, and in April 2023, filed an application with the DOE requesting authorization to export LNG to FTA and non-FTA countries. In July 2023, we received authorization from the DOE to export LNG to FTA countries. In March 2025, we received authorization from the FERC to site, construct and operate the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project and anticipate receiving all remaining necessary regulatory approvals in order to FID the project in 2025.

INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

We will host a conference call to discuss our financial and operating results for the first quarter 2025 on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. Eastern time / 10 a.m. Central time. A listen-only webcast of the call and an accompanying slide presentation may be accessed through our website at www.cheniere.com. Following the call, an archived recording will be made available on our website.

1 Net income as used herein refers to Net income attributable to Cheniere Energy, Inc. on our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
2 Non-GAAP financial measure. See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures” for further details.

About Cheniere

Cheniere Energy, Inc. is the leading producer and exporter of LNG in the United States, reliably providing a clean, secure, and affordable solution to the growing global need for natural gas. Cheniere is a full-service LNG provider, with capabilities that include gas procurement and transportation, liquefaction, vessel chartering, and LNG delivery. Cheniere has one of the largest liquefaction platforms in the world, consisting of the Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi liquefaction facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast, with total production capacity of over 46 mtpa of LNG in operation and an additional 8+ mtpa of expected production capacity under construction. Cheniere is also pursuing liquefaction expansion opportunities and other projects along the LNG value chain. Cheniere is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has additional offices in London, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai and Washington, D.C.

For additional information, please refer to the Cheniere website at www.cheniere.com and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to disclosing financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the accompanying news release contains non-GAAP financial measures. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures that we use to facilitate comparisons of operating performance across periods. These non-GAAP measures should be viewed as a supplement to and not a substitute for our U.S. GAAP measures of performance and the financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated.

Non-GAAP measures have limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or in lieu of an analysis of our results as reported under GAAP and should be evaluated only on a supplementary basis.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements that may include “forward-looking statements” within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical or present facts or conditions, included herein are “forward-looking statements.” Included among “forward-looking statements” are, among other things, (i) statements regarding Cheniere’s financial and operational guidance, business strategy, plans and objectives, including the development, construction and operation of liquefaction facilities, (ii) statements regarding regulatory authorization and approval expectations, (iii) statements expressing beliefs and expectations regarding the development of Cheniere’s LNG terminal and pipeline businesses, including liquefaction facilities, (iv) statements regarding the business operations and prospects of third-parties, (v) statements regarding potential financing arrangements, (vi) statements regarding future discussions and entry into contracts, (vii) statements relating to Cheniere’s capital deployment, including intent, ability, extent, and timing of capital expenditures, debt repayment, dividends, share repurchases and execution on the capital allocation plan, and (viii) statements relating to our goals, commitments and strategies in relation to environmental matters. Although Cheniere believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Cheniere’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in Cheniere’s periodic reports that are filed with and available from the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Other than as required under the securities laws, Cheniere does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

(Financial Tables and Supplementary Information Follow)

LNG VOLUME SUMMARY

As of May 1, 2025, approximately 4,070 cumulative LNG cargoes totaling approximately 280 million tonnes of LNG have been produced, loaded and exported from the SPL Project and the CCL Project.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we exported 609 TBtu of LNG from our liquefaction projects. 33 TBtu of LNG exported from our liquefaction projects and sold on a delivered basis was in transit as of March 31, 2025, 1 TBtu of which was related to commissioning activities.

The following table summarizes the volumes of LNG that were loaded from our liquefaction projects and for which the financial impact was recognized on our Consolidated Financial Statements during the three months ended March 31, 2025:

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

(in TBtu)

Operational

 

Commissioning

 

Total

Volumes loaded during the current period

602

 

 

6

 

 

608

 

Volumes loaded during the prior period but recognized during the current period

39

 

 

 

 

39

 

Less: volumes loaded during the current period and in transit at the end of the period

(32

)

 

(1

)

 

(33

)

Total volumes recognized in the current period

609

 

 

5

 

 

614

 

In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized 7 TBtu of LNG on our Consolidated Financial Statements related to LNG cargoes sourced from third-parties.

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in millions, except per share data)(1)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

March 31,

 

2025

 

2024

Revenues

 

 

 

LNG revenues

$

5,305

 

 

$

4,037

 

Regasification revenues

 

34

 

 

 

34

 

Other revenues

 

105

 

 

 

182

 

Total revenues

 

5,444

 

 

 

4,253

 

 

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses

 

 

 

Cost of sales (excluding operating and maintenance expense and depreciation, amortization and accretion expense shown separately below) (2)

 

3,571

 

 

 

2,236

 

Operating and maintenance expense

 

473

 

 

 

451

 

Selling, general and administrative expense

 

116

 

 

 

101

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

312

 

 

 

302

 

Other operating costs and expenses

 

11

 

 

 

9

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

4,483

 

 

 

3,099

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

961

 

 

 

1,154

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

 

(229

)

 

 

(266

)

Interest and dividend income

 

37

 

 

 

61

 

Other income (expense), net

 

20

 

 

 

(1

)

Total other expense

 

(172

)

 

 

(206

)

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests

 

789

 

 

 

948

 

Less: income tax provision

 

121

 

 

 

109

 

Net income

 

668

 

 

 

839

 

Less: net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

315

 

 

 

337

 

Net income attributable to Cheniere

$

353

 

 

$

502

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share attributable to Cheniere—basic (1)

$

1.57

 

 

$

2.14

 

Net income per share attributable to Cheniere—diluted (1)

$

1.57

 

 

$

2.13

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding—basic

 

223.5

 

 

 

234.2

 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding—diluted

 

224.1

 

 

 

235.0

___________________

(1)

Please refer to the Cheniere Energy, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(2)

Cost of sales includes approximately $0.7 billion and $0.3 billion of losses from changes in the fair value of commodity derivatives prior to contractual delivery or termination during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in millions, except share data)(1)(2)

(unaudited)

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

2025

 

2024

ASSETS

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

2,511

 

 

$

2,638

 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

 

357

 

 

 

552

 

Trade and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses

 

1,019

 

 

 

727

 

Inventory

 

525

 

 

 

501

 

Current derivative assets

 

135

 

 

 

155

 

Margin deposits

 

87

 

 

 

128

 

Other current assets, net

 

93

 

 

 

100

 

Total current assets

 

4,727

 

 

 

4,801

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation

 

34,177

 

 

 

33,552

 

Operating lease assets

 

2,724

 

 

 

2,684

 

Derivative assets

 

1,023

 

 

 

1,903

 

Deferred tax assets

 

18

 

 

 

19

 

Other non-current assets, net

 

877

 

 

 

899

 

Total assets

$

43,546

 

 

$

43,858

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

182

 

 

$

171

 

Accrued liabilities

 

2,206

 

 

 

2,179

 

Current debt, net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs

 

104

 

 

 

351

 

Deferred revenue

 

117

 

 

 

163

 

Current operating lease liabilities

 

576

 

 

 

592

 

Current derivative liabilities

 

710

 

 

 

902

 

Other current liabilities

 

84

 

 

 

83

 

Total current liabilities

 

3,979

 

 

 

4,441

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs

 

22,509

 

 

 

22,554

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

2,153

 

 

 

2,090

 

Derivative liabilities

 

1,767

 

 

 

1,865

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

1,893

 

 

 

1,856

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

1,148

 

 

 

992

 

Total liabilities

 

33,449

 

 

 

33,798

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable non-controlling interest

 

45

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Preferred stock: $0.0001 par value, 5.0 million shares authorized, none issued

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock: $0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 279.1 million shares and 278.7 million shares issued at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Treasury stock: 56.3 million shares and 54.7 million shares at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, at cost

 

(6,488

)

 

 

(6,136

)

Additional paid-in-capital

 

4,448

 

 

 

4,452

 

Retained earnings

 

7,620

 

 

 

7,382

 

Total Cheniere stockholders’ equity

 

5,581

 

 

 

5,699

 

Non-controlling interests

 

4,471

 

 

 

4,354

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

10,052

 

 

 

10,053

 

Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity

$

43,546

 

 

$

43,858

 

____________________

(1)

Please refer to the Cheniere Energy, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(2)

Amounts presented include balances held by our consolidated VIEs, substantially all of which are related to Cheniere Partners. As of March 31, 2025, total assets and liabilities of our VIEs, which are included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, were $16.9 billion and $17.4 billion, respectively, including $94 million of cash and cash equivalents and $80 million of restricted cash and cash equivalents.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures

Regulation G Reconciliations

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

 

The following table reconciles our Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to U.S. GAAP results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2025

 

2024

Net income attributable to Cheniere

$

353

 

 

$

502

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

315

 

 

 

337

 

Income tax provision

 

121

 

 

 

109

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

 

229

 

 

 

266

 

Interest and dividend income

 

(37

)

 

 

(61

)

Other expense (income), net

 

(20

)

 

 

1

 

Income from operations

$

961

 

 

$

1,154

 

Adjustments to reconcile income from operations to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

312

 

 

 

302

 

Loss from changes in fair value of commodity and foreign exchange (“FX”) derivatives, net (1)

 

562

 

 

 

285

 

Total non-cash compensation expense

 

37

 

 

 

32

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

$

1,872

 

 

$

1,773

 

____________________

(1)

Change in fair value of commodity and FX derivatives prior to contractual delivery or termination

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used as a supplemental financial measure by our management and external users of our Consolidated Financial Statements to assess the financial performance of our assets without regard to financing methods, capital structures, or historical cost basis. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to represent cash flows from operations or net income as defined by U.S. GAAP and is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

We believe Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA provides relevant and useful information to management, investors and other users of our financial information in evaluating the effectiveness of our operating performance in a manner that is consistent with management’s evaluation of financial and operating performance.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by taking net income attributable to Cheniere before net income attributable to non-controlling interests, interest expense, net of capitalized interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, and adjusting for the effects of certain non-cash items, other non-operating income or expense items, and other items not otherwise predictive or indicative of ongoing operating performance, including the effects of modification or extinguishment of debt, impairment expense, gain or loss on disposal of assets, changes in the fair value of our commodity and FX derivatives prior to contractual delivery or termination, and non-cash compensation expense. The change in fair value of commodity and FX derivatives is considered in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA given that the timing of recognizing gains and losses on these derivative contracts differs from the recognition of the related item economically hedged. We believe the exclusion of these items enables investors and other users of our financial information to assess our sequential and year-over-year performance and operating trends on a more comparable basis and is consistent with management’s own evaluation of performance.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow

The following table reconciles our actual Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow to Net income attributable to Cheniere for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and forecast amounts for full year 2025 (in billions):

 

 

Three Months

Ended March 31,

 

Full Year

 

 

2025

 

2025

Net income attributable to Cheniere

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

2.5

 

-

$

2.9

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

0.32

 

 

 

1.1

 

-

 

1.1

 

Income tax provision

 

 

0.12

 

 

 

0.6

 

-

 

0.7

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

 

 

0.23

 

 

 

1.0

 

-

 

1.0

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

1.3

 

-

 

1.3

 

Other income, financing costs, and certain non-cash operating expenses

 

 

0.54

 

 

 

0.1

 

-

 

0.1

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

1.87

 

 

$

6.5

 

-

$

7.0

 

Interest expense (net of capitalized interest and amortization)

 

 

(0.21

)

 

 

(0.9

)

-

 

(0.9

)

Maintenance capital expenditures

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

(0.2

)

-

 

(0.2

)

Income tax (excludes deferred taxes)(1)

 

 

(0.09

)

 

 

(0.3

)

-

 

(0.3

)

Other income

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.0

 

-

 

0.0

 

Consolidated Distributable Cash Flow

 

$

1.56

 

 

$

5.1

 

-

$

5.7

 

Distributable Cash Flow attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

(0.28

)

 

 

(1.0

)

-

 

(1.1

)

Cheniere Distributable Cash Flow

 

$

1.27

 

 

$

4.1

 

-

$

4.6

 

____________________

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

(1) Our cash tax payments are subject to commodity and market volatility, regulatory changes and other factors which could significantly impact both the timing and amount of our future cash tax payments. Our 2025 full year Distributable Cash Flow guidance does not consider any prospective changes to local, domestic or international tax laws and regulations, or their interpretation and application, including those related to the corporate alternative minimum tax or prospective tax reform. Our actual results could differ materially from our guidance due to such risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those set forth in Risk Factors in Item 1A of Part 1 or as disclosed under Operating Cash Flows in Sources and Uses of Cash within Liquidity and Capital Resources of the Cheniere Energy, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Distributable Cash Flow is defined as cash generated from the operations of Cheniere and its subsidiaries and adjusted for non-controlling interests. The Distributable Cash Flow of Cheniere’s subsidiaries is calculated by taking the subsidiaries’ EBITDA less interest expense, net of capitalized interest, taxes, maintenance capital expenditures and other non-operating income or expense items, and adjusting for the effect of certain non-cash items and other items not otherwise predictive or indicative of ongoing operating performance, including the effects of modification or extinguishment of debt, amortization of debt issue costs, premiums or discounts, impairment of equity method investment and deferred taxes. Cheniere’s Distributable Cash Flow includes 100% of the Distributable Cash Flow of Cheniere’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. For subsidiaries with non-controlling investors, our share of Distributable Cash Flow is calculated as the Distributable Cash Flow of the subsidiary reduced by the economic interest of the non-controlling investors as if 100% of the Distributable Cash Flow were distributed in order to reflect our ownership interests and our incentive distribution rights, if applicable. The Distributable Cash Flow attributable to non-controlling interests is calculated in the same method as Distributions to non-controlling interests as presented on our Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) in our Forms 10-Q and Forms 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This amount may differ from the actual distributions paid to non-controlling investors by the subsidiary for a particular period.

We believe Distributable Cash Flow is a useful performance measure for management, investors and other users of our financial information to evaluate our performance and to measure and estimate the ability of our assets to generate cash earnings after servicing our debt, paying cash taxes and expending sustaining capital, that could be considered for deployment by our Board of Directors pursuant to our capital allocation plan, such as by way of common stock dividends, stock repurchases, retirement of debt, or expansion capital expenditures1. Distributable Cash Flow is not intended to represent cash flows from operations or net income as defined by U.S. GAAP and is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

1 Capital spending for our business consists primarily of:

  • Maintenance capital expenditures. These expenditures include costs which qualify for capitalization that are required to sustain property, plant and equipment reliability and safety and to address environmental or other regulatory requirements rather than to generate incremental distributable cash flow; and
  • Expansion capital expenditures. These expenditures are undertaken primarily to generate incremental distributable cash flow and include investment in accretive organic growth, acquisition or construction of additional complementary assets to grow our business, along with expenditures to enhance the productivity and efficiency of our existing facilities.

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

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