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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2005

Registration No. 333-127269

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 1

to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Copy to:

Geoffrey K. Walker

Andrews Kurth LLP

600 Travis, Suite 4200

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 220-4200

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement, as determined in light of market conditions and other factors.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are being offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box.  ¨

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling security holders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, dated October 19, 2005

Prospectus

CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.

$325,000,000

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012

and Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes

2,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $0.003 per Share

The securities to be offered and sold using this prospectus are:

These securities will be offered and sold by the selling security holders named in this prospectus or in any supplement to this prospectus. See “Selling Security Holders” beginning on page 24.

The notes bear interest at the rate of 2.25% per year, accruing from July 27, 2005. We will pay interest on the notes on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning February 1, 2006. The notes will mature on August 1, 2012.

Your notes are convertible into shares of our common stock (or cash or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, if we so elect) at an initial conversion rate of 28.2326 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents a conversion price of approximately $35.42 per shares of common stock) subject to adjustments. In addition, at any time on or before the 11th trading day preceding the maturity date, we may irrevocably elect to satisfy our conversion obligation with respect to the principal amount of the notes to be converted in cash, with any remaining amount to be satisfied, at our option, in cash, common stock or a combination of both.

Your notes are redeemable by us on or before August 1, 2012, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 in cash per $1,000 principal amount of notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any) and an additional “coupon make-whole” payment (as described in the indenture governing the notes) if (i) in the previous ten trading days ending on the trading day before the date of the mailing of the provisional redemption notice the volume weighted average price of our common stock exceeds 150% of the conversion price for at least five consecutive trading days, and (ii) the shelf registration statement covering resales of the notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes is effective and available for use for the 30 days following the provisional redemption date, unless registration is no longer required.

The notes are subject to repurchase by us for cash at the option of the holders upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as described in the indenture governing the notes), at a repurchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest), if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The notes will be our general unsubordinated unsecured obligations, ranking equally in right of payment to all of our existing and future unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness, and senior in right of payment to any of our future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the notes. The notes will be junior in right of payment to all of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing those obligations and structurally subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness and liabilities of our subsidiaries, including trade credit.

We have entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchaser of the notes, pursuant to which we agreed to file a shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, covering resales of the notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. If we fail to comply with certain of our obligations under that registration rights agreement, additional interest will be payable on the notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes.

We have also entered into a piggy-back registration rights agreement with BPU covering resales of the BPU Shares, pursuant to which we agreed to provide prompt notice to BPU of our intention to register any of our common stock (other than pursuant to a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8). Consistent with that agreement, we gave written notice to BPU of our intention to register the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes in a shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, with the SEC. As permitted by the piggy-back registration rights agreement, BPU requested that we include the BPU Shares in the proposed registration statement.

There is no established market for the notes. The selling security holders may sell the securities offered by this prospectus from time to time on any exchange on which the securities are listed on terms to be negotiated with buyers. They may also sell the securities in private sales or through dealers or agents. The selling security holders may sell the securities at prevailing market prices or at prices negotiated with buyers. The selling security holders will be responsible for any commissions due to brokers, dealers or agents. We will be responsible for all other offering expenses. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling security holders of the securities offered by this prospectus.

Our common stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol “LNG.”

The principal executive offices of Cheniere are located at 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100, Houston, Texas 77002.

You should carefully review and consider the information under the heading “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” referred to on page iii of the prospectus.

NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

The date of this prospectus is                          , 2005.

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents we have incorporated by reference. We have not authorized anyone else to give you different information. These securities are not being offered in any state or other jurisdiction that does not permit the offer. We will disclose any material changes in our affairs in an amendment to this prospectus, a prospectus supplement or a future filing with the SEC incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

As used in this prospectus, the terms “Cheniere,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Cheniere Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless otherwise indicated.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the SEC using a “shelf” registration process. This means the securities described in this prospectus may be offered and sold using this prospectus from time to time as described in the “Plan of Distribution.” You should carefully read this prospectus and the information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.” Under no circumstances should the delivery to you of this prospectus or any offering or sales made pursuant to this prospectus create any implication that the information contained in this prospectus is correct as of any time after the date of this prospectus.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AND

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. You may read and copy any of these documents at the public reference room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our filings are also available to the public from commercial documents retrieval services and at the Internet website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, you may read our reports, proxy and information statements and other information at the American Stock Exchange, or AMEX, at 86 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose in this prospectus important information to you by referring you to other documents that have been or will be filed with the SEC. The information below is incorporated in this prospectus by reference and is an important part of this prospectus, except where any of the information has been modified or superseded by the information in this prospectus or in information incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In addition, information that we file on or after the date of this prospectus with the SEC will automatically be incorporated in this prospectus and update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC (File No. 001-16383) under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until all of the securities offered by this prospectus are sold:

We will provide you, including any beneficial owner, without charge, a copy of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We will not provide a copy of the exhibits to documents incorporated by reference, unless those exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You may obtain a copy of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus by requesting them in writing or by telephone from:

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100

Houston, Texas 77002

Attn: Don A. Turkleson, Chief Financial Officer

(713) 659-1361

If you have any other questions regarding us, please contact our Vice-President—Investor Relations in writing at Cheniere Energy, Inc., 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100, Houston, Texas 77002, Contact: David E. Castaneda, or by telephone at (713) 265-0202 or e-mail at Info@Cheniere.com.

You can access electronic copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports, free of charge, on our website at http://www.cheniere.com. Access to those electronic filings is available as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with, or furnishing to, the SEC. We make our website content available for information purposes only. It should not be relied upon for investment purposes, nor is it incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of the shares in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement or in any document incorporated by reference herein is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents. We will disclose any material changes in our affairs in an amendment to this prospectus, a prospectus supplement or a future filing with the SEC incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein or incorporated herein by reference are “forward-looking statements.” Included among “forward-looking statements” are, among other things:

These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “achieve,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “plan,” “project,” “propose,” “strategy” and similar terms and phrases. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are

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reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus.

Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus and those risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these risk factors. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this prospectus. We assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements or provide reasons why actual results may differ.

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SUMMARY

The following summary may not contain all the information that may be important to you and is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information appearing elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should read the entire prospectus, especially the risks set forth under the heading “Risk Factors,” as well as the information to which we refer you and the information incorporated by reference, before making an investment decision.

CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.

We are a Houston-based company engaged primarily in the development of an LNG receiving terminal business and related LNG business opportunities centered on the U.S. Gulf Coast. We are also engaged in oil and gas exploration, development and exploitation activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Our LNG receiving terminal projects include facilities to receive deliveries of LNG from LNG ships, to store LNG temporarily, to process LNG to return it to a gaseous state and to deliver gas to pipelines for transportation to purchasers. We own interests in four limited partnerships that are developing LNG receiving terminals:

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The Offering

This prospectus covers the resale of up to $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes, the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes and the BPU Shares. We issued and sold a total of $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes on July 27, 2005 in a private placement to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, which we refer to as the “initial purchaser.” We issued the BPU Shares to BPU on February 8, 2005 in a private placement. The summary below describes the principal terms of the notes, the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes and the BPU Shares. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of the Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms of the notes.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the notes and our common stock involves numerous risks. Before deciding to invest in the notes or our common stock, you should carefully consider the following risk factors and those risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 22, 2005, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We may encounter risks in addition to those described below. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us, or that we currently deem to be immaterial, may also impair or adversely affect our business, results of operation, financial condition and prospects. In such case, you may lose all or part of your original investment in the notes or our common stock.

Risks Relating to Our Financial Matters

We have not been profitable historically, and we are currently experiencing negative operating cash flow. Our ability to achieve profitability and generate positive operating cash flow in the future is subject to significant uncertainty.

From our inception, we have incurred losses, and we will likely continue to incur operating losses and experience negative operating cash flow during the next several years. We have not yet started the construction of two of our planned LNG receiving terminals. We do not anticipate that our LNG receiving operations will generate positive operating cash flow until at least one of our planned facilities is built, which we expect will not be until 2008 at the earliest. Although we may commence operations, revenues under any particular TUA may not commence for up to one year or more after operations at the related facility commence. We will continue to incur significant capital and operating expenditures while we develop our planned LNG receiving terminals. We do not anticipate that our current oil and gas exploration activities, which are limited in scope, or advance sales of regasification capacity at our planned LNG receiving terminals will generate sufficient funds to cover these expenditures. As a result, we expect to continue to have operating losses and negative operating cash flow on a quarterly and an annual basis over the next several years. Any delays beyond the expected development periods for our planned LNG receiving terminals would prolong, and could increase the level of, our operating losses and negative operating cash flow. Our future liquidity may also be affected by (i) the timing of construction financing availability in relation to the incurrence of construction costs and other outflows and (ii) the anticipated timing of receipt of cash flow under TUAs and other sales of capacity in relation to the incurrence of projected project operating expenses. However, many factors (including factors beyond our control) could result in a disparity between liquidity sources and cash needs, including factors such as construction delays and breaches of agreements. Our ability to generate positive operating cash flow and achieve profitability in the future is dependent on our ability to successfully complete our LNG development projects and market their capacity, and our ability to do so is subject to a number of risks, including those discussed below.

We may need additional funds which, if available, could result in increased interest expense or additional dilution to our stockholders. If additional funds are needed and are not available, our business could be negatively impacted.

As of June 30, 2005, we had $171.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, exclusive of $136,000 in restricted cash. We plan to raise additional capital either through public or private equity or debt financing primarily to finance the execution of our anticipated strategic initiatives. Other than the Sabine Pass Credit Facility, we currently do not have any bank credit facility or other working capital credit line under which we may borrow funds for working capital or other general corporate purposes.

If funds are raised through the issuance of equity securities, the percentage ownership of our then-current stockholders will be reduced and the holders of new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the holders of our common stock. If additional funds are raised through a bank credit facility or the issuance of debt securities, the holder of such indebtedness would have rights senior to the rights of common stockholders, and the terms of such indebtedness could impose restrictions on our operations. If we need to raise additional funds, we may not be able to do so on terms favorable to us, or at all. If we cannot successfully

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execute our operating plan or raise adequate funds on acceptable terms, we may not be able to continue to fund our operations, which would cause our business to be unsuccessful.

Our ability to develop our planned LNG receiving terminals is contingent on our ability to obtain financing. If we are unable to do so, we may be unable to implement or complete our business plan and our business may ultimately be unsuccessful.

We currently estimate that the cost of completing the four LNG development projects will exceed $3 billion, before financing costs. Our cost estimate is subject to change due to such items as cost overruns, change orders under existing or future EPC agreements and changes in commodity prices (particularly steel). To fund these development projects, we will have to pursue a variety of sources of financing, including most, if not all, of the following:

Our ability to obtain these types of financing will depend, in part, on factors beyond our control, such as the status of various capital and industry markets at the time financing is sought and such markets’ view at such time of our industry and prospects. Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain financing on terms that are acceptable to us, if at all, even if our development projects are otherwise proceeding on schedule. In addition, our ability to obtain some types of financing may be dependent upon our ability to obtain other types of financing. For example, project-level debt financing is typically contingent upon a significant equity capital contribution from the project sponsor. As a result, even if we are able to identify potential project-level lenders, we may still have to obtain another form of external financing for us to fund an equity capital contribution to the project subsidiary. Any project-level debt financing will also typically be conditioned upon our prior receipt of commitments for a portion of projected regasification capacity under long-term TUAs, and our ability to fund the projects will likely be subject to the achievement of additional milestones in our project financing. A failure to obtain financing at any point in the development process could cause us to delay or fail to complete our business plan, which could cause our business to be unsuccessful.

Even if we are able to obtain financing, the terms required may adversely affect our business.

In order to obtain many types of financing, we may have to accept terms that are disadvantageous to us or that may have an adverse impact on our current or future business, operations or financial condition. For example:

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We may not be able to refinance the Sabine Pass Credit Facility when it becomes due.

We may not be able to refinance the Sabine Pass Credit Facility at maturity because of a variety of factors, including changes in our financial condition, changes in the financial condition of Sabine Pass LNG or its affiliates, or changes in the capital markets or in the LNG market. If we are unable to refinance the Sabine Pass Credit Facility, we may be unable to pay the principal of and interest on the Sabine Pass Credit Facility, and the lenders under the Sabine Pass Credit Facility may have to attempt to obtain such payment through foreclosure on their collateral.

Risks Relating to Our LNG Receiving Terminal Development Business

The construction of our planned LNG receiving terminals is subject to a number of development risks, which could cause cost overruns and delays or prevent completion of one or more of our LNG development projects.

Key factors that may affect the timing of, and our ability to complete, our LNG development projects include, but are not limited to:

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Delays in the construction of an LNG receiving terminal beyond the estimated development periods, as well as cost overruns, could increase the cost of completion beyond the amounts currently estimated in our capital budget, which could require us to obtain additional sources of financing to fund our operations until the LNG receiving terminal is developed (which could cause further delays). Any delay in completion of the LNG receiving terminals may also cause a delay in the receipt of revenues projected from operation of the facilities or cause a loss of our TUA customers in the event of significant delays. Delays could also erode our competitive advantage of being one of the first companies to develop new LNG receiving terminals. As a result, any significant construction delay, whatever the cause, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Failure to obtain and maintain approvals and permits from governmental and regulatory agencies with respect to the development of our LNG receiving terminal business would have a detrimental effect on us and our LNG projects.

The design, construction and operation of LNG receiving terminals and the transportation of LNG and natural gas are all highly regulated activities. FERC approval under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, or NGA, as well as several other material governmental and regulatory approvals and permits, is required in order to construct and operate our proposed LNG receiving terminals. Although we have obtained NGA Section 3 authorization to construct and operate the Freeport, Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG receiving terminals, we have not yet received an NGA Section 3 FERC order authorizing construction of our Creole Trail project. We also have not obtained several other material governmental and regulatory approvals and permits required in order to construct and operate our proposed LNG receiving terminals. We have no control over the outcome of the review and approval process. We do not know whether or when any such approvals or permits can be obtained, or whether or not any third parties will attempt to interfere with our ability to obtain and maintain such permits or approvals. If we are unable to obtain and maintain the necessary approvals and permits, we may not be able to recover our investment in the projects. Failure to obtain and maintain any of these approvals and permits could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

We face competition in the LNG receiving terminal development business from competitors with far greater resources and the potential for overcapacity in the LNG receiving terminal marketplace.

Many companies are considering the development of infrastructure in the domestic LNG market, including, without limitation, major oil and gas companies such as ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips Company, or ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch/Shell and Chevron Corporation, or Chevron. Other energy companies such as Sempra, Tractebel, McMoRan Exploration, AES, Excelerate Energy and other public and private companies have also proposed developing LNG receiving facilities, both onshore and offshore. Almost all of our competitors have longer operating histories, more development experience, greater name recognition, larger staffs and substantially greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. The superior resources that these competitors have available to deploy could allow them to surpass us in terms of the status of their LNG receiving terminal development projects. Among other things, these competitors may not have to rely on external financing.

Industry analysts have predicted that if all of the proposed LNG receiving terminals in North America that have been announced by developers were actually built, there would likely be substantial excess capacity for such terminals in the future. Accordingly, there is a substantial risk that slower-paced LNG receiving terminal development projects may never be completed. Any perception in the LNG receiving terminal marketplace that we may be unable to complete our proposed LNG receiving terminals, because competing projects are further along in their development or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

In addition, our proposed LNG receiving terminals will likely continue to face competition when and if they are completed, including competition from North American sources of natural gas and onshore, offshore and shipboard LNG regasification facilities. Our proposed Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi and Creole Trail LNG

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receiving terminals will also compete with the Freeport LNG receiving terminal in which we own a minority interest. If the number of LNG receiving terminals built outstrips demand for natural gas from those terminals, the excess capacity will likely lead to a decrease in the prices that we will be able to obtain for uncommitted amounts of our regasification services. Because of the substantial likelihood that we will have significant debt service obligations, any such price decreases would impact us more severely than our competitors with greater financial resources. Accordingly, potential overcapacity in the LNG receiving terminal marketplace, or a significant decline in natural gas prices, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Cyclical changes in the demand for LNG regasification capacity may result in reduced operating revenues and may cause operating losses in the future.

The economics of LNG terminal operations could be subject to cyclical swings, reflecting alternating periods of under-supply and over-supply of LNG importation capacity and available natural gas, principally due to the combined impact of several factors, including:

The increases and decreases in the available supply of natural gas as a result of changes in available LNG receiving capacity available could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Failure of imported LNG to become a competitive source of energy in the United States could have a detrimental effect on our ability to implement and complete our business plan.

In the United States, due mainly to an abundant supply of natural gas, imported LNG has not historically been a major energy source. Our business plan is based on the belief that LNG can be produced and delivered to the United States at a lower cost than the cost to produce some domestic supplies of natural gas, or other

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alternative energy sources. Through the use of improved exploration technologies, additional sources of natural gas may be discovered in North America, which would further increase the available supply of natural gas at a lower cost than LNG. In addition to natural gas, LNG also competes with other sources of energy, including coal, oil, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and solar energy. As a result, LNG may not become a competitive source of energy in the United States. The failure of LNG to become a competitive supply alternative to domestic natural gas, oil and other import alternatives could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

The inability to import LNG into the United States due to, among other things, governmental regulation or potential instability in countries that supply natural gas could materially adversely affect our business plans and results of operations.

Upon completion of the LNG receiving terminals, our business will be dependent upon the ability of our customers to import LNG supplies into the United States. Political instability in foreign countries that have supplies of natural gas, or strained relations between such countries and the United States, may impede the willingness or ability of LNG suppliers in such countries to export LNG to the United States. Such foreign suppliers may also be able to negotiate more favorable prices with other LNG customers around the world than with customers in the United States, thereby reducing the supply of LNG available to be imported into the United States market. In addition, we believe that the existing fleet of tankers that is available to transport LNG is inadequate, and the failure to expand LNG tanker capacity would impede our customers’ ability to import LNG into the United States. Any significant impediment to the ability to import LNG into the United States could have a material adverse affect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Decreases in the price of natural gas in North America could harm our ability to develop our proposed LNG receiving terminals.

The development of domestic LNG receiving terminals is based on assumptions about the future price of natural gas and the availability of imported LNG. The willingness of potential customers to contract for regasification capacity would be negatively impacted and, once facilities are in operation, LNG throughput volumes would likely decline if the price of natural gas in North America is, or is forecasted to be, lower than the cost to produce and deliver LNG to North American markets. Any significant decline in the price of natural gas could cause the cost of natural gas produced from imported LNG to be higher than domestically produced natural gas. As a result, any significant decline in the price of natural gas could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Natural gas prices have been, and are likely to continue to be, volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to any of the following factors:

We may have difficulty obtaining enough customers for regasification capacity at our proposed LNG receiving terminals to implement and complete our business plan. We may change our business strategy as to how and when we market our capacity.

Our current marketing strategy calls for us to enter into long-term TUAs covering approximately one-half of our total existing and future regasification capacity at our LNG receiving terminals, including a commitment to

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pay capacity reservation fees, prior to the commencement of construction of each facility. The portion of our total regasification capacity that we plan to commit under such long-term TUAs has changed in the past and may change in the future for various reasons, including responding to market factors or perceived opportunities that we believe may be available to us. Our ability to obtain project-level financing for each LNG receiving facility may be contingent on our ability to enter into long-term TUAs covering approximately one-half of regasification capacity in advance of the commencement of construction. In addition, we anticipate that we will be able to rely on these capacity reservation fee payments to cover a portion of operating costs prior to commencement of operations at our proposed LNG receiving terminals. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not have any TUAs in place for either our proposed Corpus Christi facility or our proposed Creole Trail facility.

We may experience difficulty attracting additional customers because we are a small, developing company with no operating history in the LNG receiving terminal business. In order to succeed, we must convince additional potential customers, among other things, that we will be able to secure adequate financing for the construction of the terminal sites that we are developing and that they will be approved by appropriate governmental agencies. Additional factors that may cause us to change our marketing strategy include the inability to enter into TUAs prior to construction, our view regarding future prices, demand and supply of natural gas and regasification capacity, or other factors. If these marketing efforts are not successful, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

Our TUAs are subject to termination by our contractual counterparties under certain circumstances, and we are generally dependent on the performance of those counterparties under the TUAs.

Freeport LNG has entered into long-term TUAs with The Dow Chemical Company, or Dow, and ConocoPhillips, and Sabine Pass LNG has entered into long-term TUAs with subsidiaries of Total S.A. and Chevron. Each of the TUAs contains various termination rights. For example, Dow may terminate its TUA during the construction period of the proposed Freeport LNG terminal if it reasonably determines that “substantial completion” of the terminal will not occur prior to a future confidential date. Similarly, ConocoPhillips may terminate its TUA during the construction period of the proposed Freeport LNG terminal if it reasonably determines that the “conversion date” (the date of conversion of construction loans into term loans under the credit facility between Freeport LNG and ConocoPhillips) will not occur prior to a future confidential date. Total LNG USA, or Total, may terminate its TUA with Sabine Pass LNG if Sabine Pass LNG fails to deliver a specified amount of natural gas nominations or fails to receive or unload a specified number of cargoes. In addition, in the case of each of our TUAs, we are dependent on the respective counterparties’ creditworthiness and their continued willingness to perform their obligations under the TUAs. If any of these counterparties fails to perform its obligations under its respective TUA, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be materially adversely affected, even if we were to be ultimately successful in seeking damages from that counterparty for a breach of the TUA. The details of some of the termination provisions described above are confidential. Although we believe that the future confidential dates referred to above provide us with enough time to substantially complete the terminals, there can be no assurance that we will meet these conditions.

The construction of our proposed LNG receiving terminals will be dependent on performance by, and our relationship with, the EPC contractor that we engage at each facility.

Sabine Pass LNG entered into an EPC agreement in December 2004 with Bechtel. Freeport LNG has advised us that it has entered into a lump-sum turnkey agreement for the construction of its Freeport LNG receiving terminal. We also plan to enter into similar types of contracts with a major international EPC contractor for the construction of our proposed Corpus Christi and Creole Trail LNG receiving terminals. The success of our LNG receiving terminal development projects is highly dependent on our ability to enter into acceptable contracts with reputable EPC contractors and for the EPC contractors to perform their obligations under the contracts, including completing the projects on a timely basis. However, we may not be able to enter into an acceptable EPC contract for the construction of our proposed Corpus Christi or Creole Trail LNG receiving terminal. In addition, we have no prior experience working with any EPC contractor, including Bechtel. As a

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result, we may encounter unexpected delays or problems in connection with the construction of any of our proposed LNG receiving terminals. In addition, any EPC agreement could be terminated by an EPC contractor under certain circumstances prior to completion of construction. If our relationship with any initial EPC contractor fails for any reason, we would be forced to engage a substitute contractor, which would likely result in a significant delay in our development schedule and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Our initiatives to pursue upstream and downstream opportunities as part of our overall energy business strategy may not be successful and, even if successful, could expose us to greater and unanticipated risks.

We have little or no prior experience in some of the downstream opportunities that we are pursuing, such as natural gas pipelines and storage, marketing and trading. Similarly, we have limited experience in some of the upstream opportunities that we are pursuing, such as investment in LNG shipping businesses and oil and gas exploration, development and transportation, and little or no prior experience in other upstream opportunities that we are pursuing, such as securing foreign LNG supply arrangements and developing foreign natural gas reserves that could be converted into LNG. We may not be successful in our efforts to pursue any or all of these initiatives. We may also pursue other upstream or downstream opportunities. If we are successful in pursuing one or more of these upstream or downstream opportunities, we will likely incur greater risks than we expect to incur in our LNG receiving terminal business, and some of those risks we will not be able to anticipate.

If completed, the actual construction cost of our proposed LNG receiving terminals may be significantly higher than our current estimates, which are before financing costs. The cost of constructing these facilities will be dependent on several items, including change orders under existing and future EPC agreements, cost overruns and commodity prices (particularly steel).

We do not have any prior experience in constructing LNG receiving terminals, and no LNG receiving terminal has been constructed in the United States in over 25 years. As construction progresses, we may decide or be forced to submit change orders to our EPC contractors that could result in longer construction periods and higher construction costs. Similarly, we may encounter significant cost overruns during some phases of the construction process. In addition, under any agreement with an EPC contractor, we expect to retain the commodity price risk for nickel and various types of steel used in the construction process. As a result, any significant change orders, cost overruns or increases in the commodity price of nickel or steel could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Risks Relating to Our Business in General

We are currently a small, developing company with no operating history in the LNG receiving terminal business. Our business model is contingent on our ability to manage successfully our anticipated expansion and transition to operating in that business.

As of June 30, 2005, we had 91 employees, who, for the most part, are focused on the pre-construction stages of the development of our proposed LNG receiving terminals. As we begin construction of the LNG receiving terminals, we will have to hire new onsite employees to manage the construction of each facility. Once our proposed LNG receiving terminals commence operations, we will have to hire an entire staff to operate each facility. We have no experience in the construction or operation of LNG receiving terminals, and, as a result, we will be forced to rely to a significant extent on the new employees we hire to perform these functions. We currently estimate that at least 60 employees will be required to operate each LNG receiving terminal. As our operations expand, we will also have to expand our administrative staff. If we are not able to successfully manage the expansion of our business, our business, results of operation, financial condition and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

We depend on key personnel, and we could be seriously harmed if we lost their services.

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certain of our executive officers, we do not have any employment contracts or other agreements with key personnel binding them to provide services for any particular term. The loss of the services of any of these individuals could seriously harm us. In addition, our future success will depend in part on our ability to attract and retain additional qualified personnel.

We are subject to significant operating hazards and uninsured risks, one or more of which may create significant liabilities for us.

The construction and operation of our proposed LNG receiving terminals will be subject to the inherent risks normally associated with these types of operations, including explosions, pollution, release of toxic substances, fires, hurricanes and adverse weather conditions and other hazards, each of which could result in a significant delay in the timing of commencement of operations and/or in damage to or destruction of our facilities or damage to persons and property. In addition, our operations face possible risks associated with acts of aggression or terrorism on our facilities and the facilities and tankers of third parties on which our operations are dependent.

In accordance with customary industry practices, we intend to maintain insurance against some, but not all, of these risks and losses. We may not be able to maintain insurance (as our project lenders may require) in the future at rates that we consider reasonable. The occurrence of a significant event not fully insured or indemnified against could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Existing and future United States governmental regulation, taxation and price controls could seriously harm us.

Our LNG terminal development and operations are subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and regulations that regulate the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relate to the protection of the environment. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations can result in substantial penalties and may harm us. Present, as well as future, legislation and regulations could cause additional expenditures, restrictions and delays in our business, the extent of which cannot be predicted and which may require us to limit substantially, delay or cease operations in some circumstances.

The construction and operation of our LNG receiving terminals is subject to issuance of necessary permits, licenses, consultations and approvals from numerous federal agencies, including from FERC under Section 3 of the NGA. The costs that we incur to obtain and maintain FERC and other governmental approvals authorizing us to commence construction of our proposed LNG receiving terminals and to comply with the ongoing regulation of the operation and maintenance of such terminals could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. In addition, delay in the receipt of, or modification or other regulatory action with respect to, FERC or other required governmental authorization could cause substantial delays in the commencement of construction or operations of our LNG receiving terminals, increased costs or even result in the cessation of operations. Any interstate pipeline transmission system connected to our LNG receiving terminals, as will be the case with our proposed Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi and Creole Trail terminals, is subject to FERC regulation under Section 7 of the NGA. Such regulation may restrict the ability of our customers to transport gas to and from our terminals, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. FERC has in the past regulated the prices at which natural gas could be sold. Federal reenactment of price controls or increased regulation of the transport of natural gas could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Our LNG terminal development and operations are also subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the discharge of natural gas, hazardous substances, materials and other compounds into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection. These laws and regulations may restrict or prohibit the types, quantities and concentration of substances that can be released into the environment and impose substantial liabilities for pollution or releases of hazardous substances, materials or compounds or impose conditions that require additional costs or charges in operations that could have a material adverse effect on our

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business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may also result in civil and criminal fines and penalties. Moreover, state and federal environmental laws and regulations may become more stringent.

Federal laws and regulations such as the Clean Air Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and the Clean Water Act, and analogous state laws have regularly imposed increasingly strict requirements for water and air pollution control, hazardous waste and materials management and strict financial responsibility and remedial response obligations. The cost of complying with such environmental legislation could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Existing environmental laws and regulations may be revised or reinterpreted or new laws and regulations may be adopted or become applicable to us. Revised, reinterpreted or additional laws and regulations that result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Some of our economic value is derived from our ownership of minority interests in entities over which we exercise no day-to-day control.

We own a 30% limited partner interest in Freeport LNG, an effective 9.3% interest in Gryphon Exploration Company, or Gryphon Exploration, (after giving effect to the potential conversion of Gryphon Exploration’s preferred stock) and a minority interest in J & S Cheniere S.A., or J&S Cheniere. Some of our value is attributable to these investments. In this prospectus, we may use the words “our,” “we” or “us” in describing these investments or their assets and operations; however, we do not exercise control over Freeport LNG, Gryphon Exploration or J&S Cheniere. The management team of Freeport LNG, Gryphon Exploration or J&S Cheniere could make business decisions without our consent that could impair the economic value of our investments in those entities. Any such diminution in the value of either investment could have an adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

We may have to take actions that are disruptive to our business strategy to avoid registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The Investment Company Act of 1940, or Investment Company Act, requires registration for companies that are engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities. Registration as an investment company would subject us to restrictions that are inconsistent with our fundamental business strategy.

A company may be deemed to be an investment company if it owns investment securities with a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (excluding government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, unless an exemption or safe harbor applies. Securities issued by companies other than majority-owned subsidiaries are generally counted as investment securities for purposes of the Investment Company Act. We own minority equity interests in certain entities that could be counted as investment securities.

We generally plan to invest our liquid assets in commercial paper or other assets that may be considered investment securities in order to achieve higher yields from our available funds than investments in government securities and money market or similar cash investments would provide. Based on our board of director’s determination of the value of our subsidiaries, we estimate that currently less than 20% of our assets consist of investment securities. However, in the event we acquire additional investment securities in the future, or if the value of our interests in companies that we do not control were to increase relative to the value of our controlled subsidiaries, we might be required to invest some portion of our liquid assets in government securities or cash items that yield lower returns than our proposed investments, or, in the alternative, we might be required to divest some of our non-controlled business interests, or take other action, in order to avoid being classified as an investment company.

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We may engage in operations or make investments outside of the United States which would expose us to political, governmental and economic instability and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

If we begin conducting operations or making investments outside of the United States, we may be affected by economic, political and governmental conditions in the countries where we engage in business. Any disruption caused by these factors could harm our business. Risks associated with operations and investments outside of the United States include risks of:

Because our reporting currency is the United States dollar, any of our operations outside the United States would face additional risks of fluctuating currency values and exchange rates, hard currency shortages and controls on currency exchange. We would be subject to the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and exchange rate charges on our reporting for results from those operations in our financial statements.

Terrorist attacks or sustained military campaigns may adversely impact our business.

The terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented events that have created many economic and political uncertainties, some of which may materially adversely impact our business. The continued threat of terrorism and the impact of military and other action will likely lead to continued volatility in prices for natural gas and could affect the markets for the operations of our LNG customers on which we will be dependent, as well as lead to increased costs incurred by us in implementing security measures against such threats. Furthermore, the United States government has issued public warnings that indicate that pipelines and other energy assets might be specific targets of terrorist organizations. The continuation of these developments may subject our operations to increased risks, as well as increased costs, and, depending on their ultimate magnitude, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

The impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In August and September of 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and related storm activity, such as windstorms, storm surges, floods and tornadoes, caused extensive and catastrophic physical damage in and to coastal and inland areas located in the Gulf Coast region of the United States (parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama) and certain other parts of the southeastern United States. That damage, and the national, regional and local economic and other effects of that damage, are not yet fully assessed or known.

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Construction at our Sabine Pass terminal site was temporarily suspended in connection with Hurricane Katrina, as a precautionary measure. Approximately three weeks after the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina, the terminal site was again secured and evacuated in anticipation of Hurricane Rita, the eye of which made landfall to the east of the site. No damage was caused to the site or any equipment or materials by either of these hurricanes. Nevertheless, it is possible that the storms and their collateral effects, mainly labor availability, could result in delays or cost increases for construction of our Sabine Pass terminal.

Our financial estimates are based on certain assumptions and may not be useful in determining whether to purchase any of our securities.

The financial estimates that we have included in this prospectus are based upon several assumptions and on information that we believe are reliable as of today. However, these estimates and assumptions are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Financial estimates are necessarily speculative in nature, and it should be expected that some or all of the assumptions will not materialize. Actual results will probably vary from the estimates, and the variations will likely be material and are likely to increase over time. Consequently, the inclusion of estimates in this prospectus should not be regarded as a representation by us, the initial purchaser or any other person that the estimated results will actually be achieved. Moreover, we do not intend to update or otherwise revise the estimates to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Purchasers of securities are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the estimates contained in this prospectus. Our estimates were not prepared with a view toward compliance with published guidelines of the SEC, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, any other regulatory or professional body or accounting principles generally accepted in the United States or consistency with our audited financial statements. Moreover, no independent accountants compiled or examined the estimates, and, accordingly, our independent accountants do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect to our estimates and assume no responsibility for, and disclaim any association with, the estimates. No independent expert has reviewed the estimates.

Risks Relating to the Notes and Our Common Stock

To service our indebtedness, we will require a significant amount of cash. We are dependent upon our subsidiaries for cash to meet our debt obligations, including the notes.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. is a holding company. Our subsidiaries conduct all of our consolidated operations and own substantially all of our consolidated assets. Consequently, our future cash flow and our ability to meet our debt service obligations, including the notes, will depend upon the cash flow of our subsidiaries and the payment of funds by our subsidiaries to us in the form of dividends, tax sharing payments or otherwise. For example, under the terms of the Sabine Pass Credit Facility, there are restrictions on the ability of Sabine Pass LNG to make payments to us. The ability of our subsidiaries to make any payments will depend on their earnings, the terms of their indebtedness, tax considerations and legal restrictions, as well as general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. Our subsidiaries may not generate cash flows from operations in amounts sufficient, or be able to provide funds to us on a timely basis, to enable us to pay the principal of and interest on the notes and any of our other obligations.

Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities, and they will have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay the amounts due under the notes or to make any funds available to pay those amounts, whether by dividend, distribution, loan or other payments. Holders of the notes will not have any direct claim on the cash flows or assets of our subsidiaries.

Our subsidiaries are not guaranteeing the notes. The notes are structurally subordinated to all future liabilities of, and the claims of creditors against, our subsidiaries.

The notes are not guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries, except in limited circumstances if any of our subsidiaries in the future guarantee our other obligations. Our operations are conducted through, and substantially all of our assets are (and are expected to be continued to be) owned by, our subsidiaries. As a result, we are dependent on the earnings and cash flows from such subsidiaries to meet our obligations under the notes and to pay our other expenses. The notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities, including

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trade payables, of our subsidiaries, and the claims of creditors of our subsidiaries (except any subsidiaries that may in the future guarantee our other obligations), including trade creditors, will have priority as to the assets and cash flows of our subsidiaries. It is expected that the notes will be effectively subordinated to a substantial portion (if not all) of the indebtedness incurred to finance construction and other costs of our LNG receiving terminals and other projects, including indebtedness under the Sabine Pass Credit Facility.

In the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or similar proceeding of any of our subsidiaries, any creditors and preferred stockholders of each of these subsidiaries would be entitled to payment in full from that subsidiary’s assets and earnings before such assets and earnings may be distributed to us to service payments on the notes, except to the extent that a subsidiary has validly guaranteed the notes. Because the notes are not obligations of our subsidiaries, our rights to the assets of any of our subsidiaries upon liquidation or reorganization (and consequently the right of the note holders to participate in the distribution of the proceeds from those assets) will be effectively subordinated to the claims of that subsidiary’s creditors, including trade creditors, as well as any preferred shareholders.

The notes are unsecured and will be junior to any secured debt that we may issue in the future and will rank equally with all of our existing and any future unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness that we may incur.

The notes are our unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness. Accordingly, the notes are junior to any secured debt that we may issue in the future to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations and rank equally with all of our existing and any future unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness that we may incur. In the event of any distribution or payment of our assets in any foreclosure, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or other bankruptcy proceeding, holders of secured indebtedness will have prior claim to those assets that constitute their collateral. Holders of the notes will participate in the distribution or payment of our remaining assets ratably with all holders of our unsecured indebtedness that is deemed to be of the same class as the notes, and potentially with all of our other general creditors, based upon the respective amounts owed to each holder or creditor. In any of the foregoing events, there may be insufficient assets to pay amounts due on the notes. As a result, holders of notes may receive less, ratably, than holders of secured indebtedness.

In addition to incurring indebtedness as a result of the notes, we and our subsidiaries will still be able to incur substantially more indebtedness in the future. This could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial leverage.

The indenture governing the notes does not prohibit or limit us or our subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness, including additional senior or secured indebtedness, and other liabilities, or from pledging assets to secure such indebtedness and liabilities. In addition, we may create one or more intermediate holding companies, which may incur indebtedness. The incurrence of additional indebtedness and, in particular, the granting of a security interest to secure the indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to pay our obligations on the notes. Under the terms of the notes we may transfer all or substantially all of our assets into a wholly-owned subsidiary. That subsidiary may incur debt which would be structurally senior to the notes being offered hereby and the debt may also be guaranteed by us.

The notes are not rated.

We have no obligation, and do not intend, to have the notes rated by any rating agency. If one or more rating agencies does rate the notes and assigns the notes a rating lower than the rating expected by investors, or subsequently reduces any such rating, the market price of the notes and our common stock could be materially adversely affected.

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The terms of any future debt agreements that our subsidiaries may enter into may significantly restrict the ability of our subsidiaries to make dividends to us.

The terms of our subsidiaries’ future debt agreements may significantly restrict the ability of our subsidiaries from paying dividends and otherwise transferring assets to us. In particular, the terms of any project finance indebtedness are expected to restrict significantly Freeport LNG, Sabine Pass LNG, Corpus Christi LNG, Creole Trail LNG and any other LNG receiving terminal subsidiaries from paying dividends and otherwise transferring assets to us. The agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries may not permit our subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient dividends, distributions or loans to make required payments of principal and interest on the notes. The ability of our subsidiaries to make dividends and other payments to us will depend on their cash flows and earnings which, in turn, will be affected by all of the factors discussed in these “Risk Factors.”

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under the notes.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness, and we and our subsidiaries need to incur substantial additional indebtedness to complete the four planned LNG receiving terminals. We have total indebtedness of approximately $373.2 million (not including future indebtedness incurred for project financing, which is expected to be substantial).

Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences to you, including:

In addition, a substantial portion of our future borrowings may bear interest at a rate that could be adjustable and based in part on our credit ratings and LIBOR then in effect. Decreases in our credit ratings or increases in LIBOR could result in an increase in the interest rates at which we can borrow, which would increase our interest payment obligations and could have an adverse effect on us.

Our ability to satisfy our debt obligations, including the notes, will depend upon our future operating performance. Prevailing economic conditions and financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, will affect our ability to make payments on our debt obligations. We do not anticipate

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receiving continuous cash flows before 2008 when the Freeport LNG terminal is anticipated to commence terminal operations. If we cannot thereafter generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our other obligations, we may need to refinance or sell assets. In addition, before terminal operations commence, we will be relying on capacity reservation fees received under our TUAs. Our business may not generate sufficient cash flow, or we may not be able to obtain sufficient funding, to make the payments required by all of our debt, including the notes.

We may not be able to repurchase notes upon a fundamental change or upon the exercise of the holders’ options to require repurchase of the notes.

Upon the occurrence of certain fundamental changes, you will have the right to require us to repurchase your notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of your notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Any future credit agreement or other agreements relating to indebtedness to which we become a party may contain similar provisions. In the event that we experience a fundamental change that results in us having to repurchase the notes offered hereby or upon the exercise of the holders’ options to require repurchase of the notes, we may not have sufficient financial resources to satisfy all of our obligations under the notes and our other debt instruments. Our failure to make the fundamental change offer or to pay the fundamental change purchase price when due or to make payments upon the exercise of the holders’ options to require repurchase of the notes would result in a default under the indenture governing the notes. In addition, the fundamental change feature of the notes does not cover all corporate reorganizations, mergers or similar transactions and may not provide you with protection in a highly leveraged transaction. See “Description of the Notes—Repurchase of Notes at the Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change” and “Description of the Notes—Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.”

Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void the notes and require note holders to return payments received from us.

Under the federal bankruptcy laws and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, the notes could be voided, or claims in respect of the notes could be subordinated to all other debts of ours if, among other things, we, at the time the indebtedness evidenced by the notes was incurred:

In addition, any payment by us could be voided and required to be returned to us, or to a fund for the benefit of our creditors. In any such case, your right to receive payments in respect of the notes from us would be effectively subordinated to all of our indebtedness and other liabilities.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer laws will vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, we would be considered insolvent if:

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Based upon information currently available to us, we believe that the notes are being incurred for proper purposes and in good faith and that we:

There is no established trading market for the notes. Your ability to sell the notes may be limited by the absence of an active trading market, and if one develops, it may not be liquid.

There is no established trading market for the notes. Consequently, the notes will be relatively illiquid, and you may be unable to sell your notes. We do not intend to apply for the notes to be listed on any securities exchange or to arrange for quotation on any automated dealer quotation system. You may not be able to sell your notes at a particular time or at favorable prices or at all.

The liquidity of any market for the notes and the future trading prices of the notes will depend on many factors, including:

Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the notes offered hereby. The market for the notes, if any, may be subject to similar disruptions. Any such disruptions may adversely affect the value of our notes.

You should consider the U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning the notes.

Investors should be aware that the conversion of notes into either cash only or a combination of cash and common stock may be fully taxable at the time of such conversion (or subject to alternative treatment different from that of conventional convertible debt instruments). These consequences may be materially different from the consequences that may be expected by investors in considering other convertible debt investments. Investors considering the purchase of notes are urged to consult with their own tax advisors concerning such consequences and the potential impact in their particular circumstances. The material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes are summarized in this prospectus under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

We expect that the trading value of the notes will be significantly affected by the price of our common stock and other factors.

The market price of the notes is expected to be significantly affected by the market price of our common stock. This may result in greater volatility in the trading value of the notes than would be expected for nonconvertible debt securities.

Conversion of the notes and issuance of the BPU Shares may affect the trading price of our common stock.

The conversion of some or all of the notes and any sales in the public market of the shares of common stock issuable upon such conversion or the BPU Shares could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock. In addition, the existence of the notes may encourage short selling by market participants because the conversion of the notes could depress our common stock price.

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Upon conversion of the notes, we will have the right to deliver, in lieu of shares of our common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. Therefore, holders of the notes may receive no shares of our common stock or fewer shares than they may expect.

To satisfy our conversion obligation to holders, we have the right to deliver, in lieu of shares of our common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. If we elect not to settle in shares of our common stock, for example, we will deliver cash in an amount equal to the lesser of the principal amount of the note and the conversion value of the note and, to the extent the conversion value is greater than the principal amount of the note, the remainder of our conversion obligation can be satisfied in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two. Accordingly, upon conversion of a note, holders may not receive any shares of common stock, or they might receive fewer shares of common stock than they may expect.

Before conversion, holders of the notes will not be entitled to any stockholder rights with respect to our common stock, but holders will be subject to all changes affecting our common stock.

Holders of notes will not be entitled to any rights with respect to our common stock (including, without limitation, voting rights and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on our common stock), but holders will be subject to all changes affecting the common stock. A holder will only be entitled to rights with respect to the common stock if and when we deliver shares of common stock to the holder upon conversion of its notes. For example, in the event that an amendment is proposed to our restated certificate of incorporation or amended and restated by-laws, each as amended, requiring stockholder approval and the record date for determining the stockholders of record entitled to vote on the amendment occurs prior to the conversion date, the holders of the notes will not be entitled to vote on the amendment, although they will nevertheless be subject to any changes in the powers, preferences or special rights of our common stock.

Our common stock has experienced, and may continue to experience, significant price volatility.

The trading price of our common stock has been, and may continue to be, subject to large fluctuations, which may result in losses to investors. Our stock price may increase or decrease in response to a number of events, including:

This volatility may adversely affect the price of our common stock regardless of our operating performance.

Common stock eligible for future sale may cause the market price for our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is performing well.

If our existing stockholders sell our common stock in the market in connection with or following this offering, or if there is a perception that significant sales may occur, the market price of our common stock could drop significantly. In such case, our ability to raise additional capital in the financial markets at a time and price favorable to us might be impaired. In order to finance all of our LNG receiving terminal development projects, we anticipate that we will have to issue additional shares of our common stock in the future, in public underwritten offerings or in other types of transactions. If we are unable to do so because of a decline in our

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stock price or market conditions generally, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

Additional issuances of common stock will also dilute the ownership percentages of existing stockholders and their share of any future earnings. Our board of directors has the authority to issue additional shares of our authorized but unissued common stock without the approval of our stockholders. We will have no obligation to consider the interests of the holders of the notes in connection with any such issuance.

Our rights agreement, certain provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws, each as amended, and certain provisions of Delaware law and the notes offered hereby could limit another party’s ability to acquire us.

Our rights agreement, certain provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws, each as amended, and the provisions of Delaware law described below under “Description of Capital Stock,” individually or collectively, may make it difficult for another company to acquire control of us, even if the transaction would result in the stockholders receiving a premium for their shares over current market prices. Certain provisions of the notes may also have a similar effect.

We have entered into share option transactions and may enter into other transactions that may affect the value of the notes.

We have entered into share option transactions on our common stock with certain affiliates of the initial purchaser to hedge the market risks associated with our obligations under the notes. Although we have entered into share option transactions on our common stock, we believe that certain affiliates of the initial purchaser have taken positions in our common stock in secondary market transactions or have entered into various derivative transactions. Such hedging arrangements could increase or decrease the price of our common stock. Affiliates of the initial purchaser are likely to modify their hedge positions from time to time prior to and around the time of conversion or maturity of the notes by purchasing and selling shares of our common stock, our other securities or other instruments that they may wish to use in connection with such hedging. Such activity may affect the market price of our common stock.

We may acquire shares of common stock and enter into other transactions or arrangements to purchase or sell our common stock during the term of the notes. Depending on, among other things, future market conditions and the aggregate amount and composition of such transactions or arrangements, the aggregate amount of any such acquisitions are likely to vary over time.

The effect, if any, of any of these transactions and activities on the market price of our common stock or the notes will depend in part upon market conditions and cannot be ascertained at this time, but any of these activities could materially and adversely affect the value of our common stock and the value of the notes.

Risks Relating to Our U.S. Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Business

Our oil and gas exploration and production business is not expected to generate a material portion of our revenues. We have not included any risk factors relating to our oil and gas exploration and production business in this prospectus. For information about the risks associated with our oil and gas exploration and production business, we refer you to the risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

From our inception through June 30, 2005, we have reported losses. Thus our earnings have been inadequate to cover fixed charges. The coverage deficiency was $1,508,000 in 2000, $8,857,000 in 2001, $3,468,000 in 2002, $858,000 in 2003, $23,226,000 in 2004 and $9,800,000 and $18,795,000 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively.

The ratios were computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. For this purpose, “earnings” represent the aggregate of (a) pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees, (b) fixed charges, (c) amortization of capitalized interest, (d) distributed income of equity investees and (e) our share of pre-tax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges, net of (a) interest capitalized and (b) the minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges. “Fixed charges” represent the sum of (a) interest expensed and capitalized, (b) amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness and (c) an estimate of the interest within rental expense.

PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY

As of August 1, 2005, there were 53,903,374 shares of our common stock outstanding, held by approximately 5,200 holders, including shares held in street name. Our common stock is traded on the AMEX under the symbol “LNG.”

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing sales price for shares of our common stock, as reported on the AMEX and as adjusted for the two-for-one stock split declared by us in April 2005. The closing sales price of our common stock on the AMEX on August 3, 2005 was $36.01 per share.

We have not paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future. Our board of directors currently intends to retain any future earnings for reinvestment in our business. In any event, any determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be dependent upon our results of operations and cash flows, our financial position and capital requirements, general business conditions, legal, tax, regulatory and any contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends and any other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.

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NO PROCEEDS

The securities to be offered and sold using this prospectus will be offered and sold by the selling security holders named in this prospectus or in any supplement to this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities or conversion of the notes. The shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus are the BPU Shares and those shares issuable upon conversion of the notes.

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

On July 27, 2005, we issued and sold a total of $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes in a private placement to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (which we sometimes refer to as the “initial purchaser” in this prospectus). The initial purchaser has advised us that it resold all of the notes in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in compliance with Rule 144A. The selling security holders, which term includes their transferees, pledgees, donees and successors, may from time to time offer and sell pursuant to this prospectus any and all of the notes and the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes.

The notes and shares of our common stock to be issued upon conversion of the notes are being registered pursuant to a registration rights agreement between us and the initial purchaser. In that agreement, we undertook to file a registration statement with regard to the notes and shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes and, subject to certain exceptions, to keep that registration statement effective for up to two years. The registration statement to which this prospectus relates is intended to satisfy our obligations under that agreement.

On February 8, 2005, we issued the 2,000,000 BPU Shares (as adjusted for the two-for-one stock split declared by us in April 2005) in a private placement in connection with a merger of one of our affiliates with and into an affiliate of BPU. BPU, as a selling security holder, may from time to time offer and sell pursuant to this prospectus any and all of the BPU Shares.

The BPU Shares are being registered pursuant to a piggy-back registration rights agreement between us and BPU, pursuant to which we agreed to provide prompt notice to BPU of our intention to register any of our common stock (other than pursuant to a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8). Consistent with that agreement, we gave written notice to BPU of our intention to register the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes in a shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, with the SEC. As permitted by the piggy-back registration rights agreement, BPU requested that we include the BPU Shares in the proposed registration statement and, subject to certain exceptions, keep that registration statement effective for up to 90 days. The registration statement to which this prospectus relates is intended to satisfy our obligations under that piggy-back registration rights agreement.

The selling security holders named below have advised us that they currently intend to sell the notes and shares of our common stock set forth below pursuant to this prospectus. Additional selling security holders may choose to sell notes and shares of our common stock from time to time upon notice to us. Except as noted in the table below, the selling security holders named below have not, within the past three years, held any position, office or other material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates.

Unless the securities were purchased pursuant to this registration statement, before a security holder not named below may use this prospectus in connection with an offering of securities, this prospectus will be amended to include the name and amount of notes and common stock beneficially owned by the selling security holder and the amount of notes and common stock to be offered. Any amended prospectus will also disclose whether any selling security holder selling in connection with that amended prospectus has held any position, office or other material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates during the three years prior to the date of the amended prospectus.

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The following table is based solely on information provided by the selling security holders. This information represents the most current information provided to us by the selling security holders.

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Selling security holders who are registered broker-dealers are “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act. In addition, selling security holders who are affiliates of registered broker-dealers may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act if such selling security holder (a) did not acquire its notes or underlying common stock in the ordinary course of business or (b) had any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the notes or underlying common stock. To our knowledge, no selling security holder who is a registered broker-dealer or an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer received any securities as underwriting compensation.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

We issued the notes under an indenture, dated as of July 27, 2005, between us and The Bank of New York, as trustee. The notes and the shares issuable upon conversion of the notes, if any, are covered by a registration rights agreement. The following description is only a summary of the material provisions of the notes, the indenture and the registration rights agreement. It does not purport to be complete. We urge you to read these documents in their entirety because they, and not this description, define the rights of holders of the notes. You may request copies of these documents from us upon written request at our address, which is listed in this prospectus under “Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.” For purposes of this section, references to “we,” “us,” “our” and “Cheniere” refer solely to Cheniere Energy, Inc., and not to its subsidiaries.

General

The Notes

The notes:

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The indenture does not contain any financial covenants and does not restrict us or our subsidiaries from paying dividends, incurring additional senior indebtedness or any other indebtedness or issuing or repurchasing securities. The indenture contains no covenants or other provisions to afford protection to holders of notes in the event of highly leveraged transactions or a fundamental change of Cheniere, except to the extent described under “—Repurchase of Notes at the Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change” and “—Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.”

The notes are our general unsubordinated unsecured obligations, ranking equally in right of payment to all of our existing and future unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness, and senior in right of payment to any of our future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the notes. We currently do not have any subordinated indebtedness issued or outstanding. The notes are junior in right of payment to all of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing those obligations and structurally subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness and liabilities of our subsidiaries, including trade credit.

If we issue debt securities, and any of our subsidiaries guarantee such debt securities, such subsidiaries will also be required to guarantee the notes on an unsubordinated unsecured basis to the same extent they guaranteed such other debt securities.

No sinking fund is provided for the notes.

We will maintain an office where the notes may be presented for registration, transfer, exchange or conversion. This office will initially be an office or agency of the trustee. Except under limited circumstances described below, the notes are issuable only in fully registered book-entry form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and multiples thereof, and are represented by one or more global securities. We may pay interest by check mailed to each holder at its address as it appears in the notes register; provided, however, that holders with notes in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2.0 million will be paid, at their written election, by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided further, however, that payments to The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, which we refer to as “DTC,” will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of DTC or its nominee. There will be no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange of notes. We may, however, require holders to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with certain transfers or exchanges.

Neither we nor the registrar nor the trustee is required to exchange or register a transfer of:

The material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes are summarized in this prospectus under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Structural Subordination

We are a holding company that derives substantially all of its income from its operating subsidiaries. The notes are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables and debt, and preferred stock incurred or issued by our subsidiaries. The indenture governing the notes does not place any limit on the amount of liabilities, including trade payables and debt, or preferred stock, that our subsidiaries may issue, guarantee or otherwise incur.

Interest

The notes bear interest at a rate of 2.25% per annum on the principal amount from July 27, 2005. We pay interest semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2006,

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subject to limited exceptions if the notes are converted prior to the relevant interest payment date. Interest will be paid to the holders of record at the close of business on the January 15 and July 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date; provided, however, that interest will be paid on the maturity date to a person other than the holder of record on the record date or, in connection with a redemption at our option or repurchase at the option of the holders, on the redemption date or repurchase date, as the case may be, if it is after a record date but on or before the corresponding interest payment date. In any such case, we will pay the accrued and unpaid interest only to the person to whom we pay the principal amount.

Interest on the notes accrues from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from July 27, 2005. Interest is computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Interest will cease to accrue on a note upon its maturity, conversion, repurchase by us at the option of a holder or redemption.

Conversion of Notes

General

A holder may convert its notes, in whole or in part, into shares of our common stock at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date of the notes, unless we have redeemed or purchased those notes. As used in this prospectus, “common stock” means the common stock, par value $0.003 per share, of Cheniere Energy, Inc., including the rights related to our common stock pursuant to our rights agreement. Upon conversion, we may choose to deliver, in lieu of our common stock, cash or a combination of cash and common stock, as described under “—Settlement Upon Conversion.” Holders may only convert notes with a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. The conversion rate with respect to a note is initially 28.2326 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount. The conversion price of a note is equal to $1,000 divided by the then applicable conversion rate at the time of determination. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment as described below under “—Conversion Rate Adjustments.” Accordingly, an adjustment to the conversion rate will result in a corresponding adjustment to the conversion price. The initial conversion price for the notes is approximately $35.42 per share.

The shares issuable upon conversion will be delivered through the conversion agent as soon as practicable following the conversion date. No fractional shares will be issued upon conversion; in lieu thereof, a holder that would otherwise be entitled to fractional shares of our common stock will receive a cash amount based on the applicable stock price of our common stock on the trading day immediately before the conversion date.

If a holder exercises its right to require us to repurchase its notes as described below under “—Repurchase of Notes at the Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change,” such holder may convert its notes into shares of our common stock only if it withdraws its applicable repurchase notice in accordance with the indenture or if we default in the payment of the repurchase price.

Settlement Upon Conversion

Except to the extent we have irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion (as described under “—Right to Irrevocably Elect Net Share Settlement Upon Conversion”), we may, in lieu of delivery of shares of our common stock in satisfaction of our obligation upon conversion of notes, elect to deliver cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock.

Except to the extent we have irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion, we will inform the holders through the trustee of the method we choose to satisfy our obligation upon conversion:

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Except to the extent that we have irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion, if we do not give any notice within the time periods described as to how we will settle the conversion obligation, we will satisfy our conversion obligation only in shares of our common stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares). If we choose to satisfy any portion of our conversion obligation in cash, we will specify the amount to be satisfied in cash either as a percentage of the conversion obligation or as a fixed dollar amount. We will treat all holders converting on the same trading day in the same manner. We will not, however, have any obligation to settle our conversion obligations arising on different trading days in the same manner. For example, we may choose on one trading day to settle in shares of our common stock only and choose on another trading day to settle in cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock.

Except to the extent we have irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion and unless you are converting your notes in connection with a redemption or during the period beginning 10 trading days preceding the maturity date and ending one trading day preceding the maturity date, if we elect to satisfy any portion of our conversion obligation in cash (other than cash in lieu of fractional shares), you may retract your conversion notice at any time during the two trading day period beginning on the trading day after we have notified the trustee of the method of settlement. We refer to this period as the conversion retraction period. You cannot retract your conversion notice if: (a) we have irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion before you delivered your conversion notice; (b) you are converting your notes in connection with a redemption; (c) you are converting your notes during the period beginning 10 trading days preceding the maturity date and ending one trading day preceding the maturity date; or (d) we do not elect to satisfy any portion of our conversion obligation in cash (other than cash in lieu of fractional shares).

Settlement solely in shares of our common stock will occur as soon as practicable after we notify the trustee that we have chosen this method of settlement. Settlement in cash or in a combination of cash and shares of our common stock will occur on the second trading day following the final trading day of the “cash settlement averaging period” (as defined below). Such day will be the 11th trading day following the receipt by us of your conversion notice (if you do not retract your conversion notice and assuming you have satisfied all other conversion requirements), unless conversion is:

The settlement amount will be computed as follows:

(1) If we elect to satisfy the entire conversion obligation in shares of our common stock, we will deliver to the holder a number of shares of our common stock equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of notes to be converted divided by 1,000 and multiplied by (ii) the applicable conversion rate (plus cash in lieu of fractional shares).

(2) If we elect to satisfy the entire conversion obligation in cash, we will deliver to the holder cash in an amount equal to the product of:

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(3) If we elect to satisfy the conversion obligation in a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, we will deliver to the holder:

The “applicable stock price” means, in respect of a conversion date, the arithmetic average of the daily volume-weighted average prices of our common stock over the five trading-day period, which is referred to as the cash settlement-averaging period:

The daily “volume-weighted average price,” shall equal the daily volume-weighted average price for our common stock on the AMEX, during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as is the official open of trading at the AMEX) and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time (or such other time as is the official close of trading at the AMEX), as reported by Bloomberg Financial Services through its “Volume at Price” (LNG A [Equity] VAP [Go]) functions. The volume-weighted average price will be rounded to the nearest whole cent.

We will make adjustments to the applicable market price in accordance with the indenture to account for the occurrence of certain events during the cash settlement-averaging period.

Right to Irrevocably Elect Net Share Settlement Upon Conversion

At any time on or before the 11th trading day preceding the maturity date, we may irrevocably elect to satisfy in cash our conversion obligations with respect to the principal amount of the notes to be converted after the date of such election, with any remaining amount to be satisfied in cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of both. Such election would be in our sole discretion without the consent of the holders of notes. If we make such election, we will notify the trustee and the holders of notes at their addresses shown in the register of the registrar.

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The settlement amount will be computed as follows:

(1) a cash amount equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be converted or (b) the product of (i) a number equal to (A) the aggregate principal amount of notes to be converted divided by 1,000 and multiplied by (B) the applicable conversion rate and (ii) the applicable stock price; and

(2) (a) if we elect to satisfy any remaining amount in shares of our common stock, we will deliver to the holder a number of shares of our common stock equal to (i) (A) the aggregate principal amount of notes to be converted divided by 1,000 and multiplied by (B) the applicable conversion rate minus (ii) the cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes divided by the applicable stock price, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares:

(b) if we elect to satisfy any remaining amount in cash, we will deliver to the holder cash in an amount equal to the product of:

(i) a number equal to (A) the aggregate principal amount of notes to be converted divided by 1,000 and multiplied by (B) (1) the applicable conversion rate minus (2) $1,000 divided by the applicable stock price; and

(ii) the applicable stock price; and

(c) if we elect to satisfy any remaining amount in a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, we will deliver to the holder such combination in the respective amounts calculated in a manner comparable to that used to settle any conversion (as described above), and with the amount of cash specified by us as contemplated in connection with any such conversion.

Payment Upon Conversion Upon a Fundamental Change

We must give notice of each fundamental change to all record holders and to the trustee on a date (the “effective notice date”) that is within 10 trading days after the effective date of the fundamental change. If a holder converts its notes at any time beginning at the opening of business on the effective notice date and ending at the close of business on the second trading day immediately preceding the related fundamental change repurchase date corresponding to such fundamental change, the holder will receive:

(1) common stock and cash for fractional shares, as described above under “—Conversion of Notes General”; and “—Conversion of Notes—Settlement Upon Conversion,” plus

(2) the make-whole premium, if any, described under “—Determination of the Make—Whole Premium.”

Conversion Rate Adjustments

The conversion rate will be adjusted:

(1) upon the issuance of shares of our common stock as a dividend or distribution on our common stock;

(2) upon subdivisions, combinations or reclassifications of our outstanding common stock;

(3) upon the issuance to all holders of our common stock of rights or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 45 days to subscribe for or purchase our common stock, or securities convertible into our common stock, at a price per share or a conversion price per share less than the “current market price” (as defined in the indenture) per share on the record date for the issuance, provided that the conversion rate for the notes will be readjusted to the extent that the rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration;

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(5) upon the occurrence of any dividend or distribution (other than in connection with a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Cheniere) to all holders of our common stock, in which case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the business day immediately following the record date for the dividend or distribution, the conversion rate shall be increased so that it equals an amount equal to the conversion rate in effect at the close of business on the record date for the dividend or distribution multiplied by a fraction:

(a) whose numerator is the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of our common stock for the five consecutive trading days ending on the date immediately preceding the “ex” date (as defined below) for such dividend or distribution; and

(b) whose denominator is the same average volume-weighted average price per share of our common stock less the per share amount of such dividend or distribution;

(6) upon the distribution of cash or other consideration by us or any of our subsidiaries in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for our common stock, where such cash and the value of any such other consideration per share of our common stock validly tendered or exchanged exceeds the “current market price” (as defined in the indenture) per share of our common stock on the last date (the “expiration date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to the tender or exchange offer, in which case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the business day after the expiration date, the conversion rate shall be increased so that it equals an amount equal to the conversion rate in effect immediately before the close of business on the expiration date multiplied by a fraction:

(a) whose numerator is the sum of:

(i) the aggregate amount of cash and the aggregate value of any such other consideration distributed in connection with the tender or exchange offer; and

(ii) the product of (A) such “current market price” per share of our common stock and (B) the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of the last time (the “expiration time”) tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to the tender or exchange offer (excluding shares validly tendered and not withdrawn in connection with the tender or exchange offer and any shares held in our treasury); and

(b) whose denominator is the product of:

(i) such “current market price” per share of our common stock; and

(ii) the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of the expiration time (including shares validly tendered and not withdrawn in connection with the offer, but excluding any shares held in our treasury).

For purposes hereof, the term “ex” date, when used with respect to any dividend or distribution, means the first date on which the common stock trades, regular way, on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the sale price was obtained without the right to receive such dividend or distribution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate exceed 31.0559 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, as adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) above, as a result of an adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) above.

No adjustment to the conversion rate will be made if Cheniere provides that the holders of notes will participate in the distribution without conversion, or in certain other cases.

The conversion rate will not be adjusted:

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The holders will receive, upon conversion of the notes into our common stock, in addition to the common stock, the rights under our rights plan or under any future rights plan we may adopt, whether or not the rights have separated from the common stock at the time of conversion unless, prior to conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or exchanged. See “Description of Capital Stock.”

In the event of:

in which holders of our outstanding common stock would be entitled to receive stock, other securities, other property, assets or cash for their common stock, holders of notes will generally hereafter be entitled to convert their notes into the same type of consideration received by common stock holders immediately following one of these types of events.

Subject to applicable stock exchange rules and listing standards, we are permitted to increase the conversion rate of the notes by any amount for a period of at least 20 days if our board of directors determines that such increase would be in our best interest. We are required to give at least 15 days’ prior notice of any increase in the conversion rate. Subject to applicable stock exchange rules and listing standards, we may also increase the conversion rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of our common stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of stock or similar event.

No adjustment in the conversion rate will be required unless it would result in a change in the conversion rate of at least one percent. Any adjustment not made will be taken into account in subsequent adjustments.

Conversion Procedures

The right of conversion attaching to any note may be exercised (a) if such note is represented by a global security, by book-entry transfer to the conversion agent (which will initially be the trustee) through the facilities of DTC, or (b) if such note is represented by a certificated security, by delivery of such note at the specified office of the conversion agent, accompanied, in either case, by a duly signed and completed conversion notice and appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the conversion agent. The conversion date shall be the date on which the note and all of the items required for conversion shall have been so delivered and the requirements for conversion have been met.

No separate payment or adjustment will be made for accrued and unpaid interest on a converted note or for dividends or distributions on any of our common stock issued upon conversion of a note, except as provided in the indenture. By delivering to the holder the number of shares (or cash or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, if we so elect) issuable upon conversion, together with a cash payment in lieu of any fractional shares, plus any other consideration due upon conversion, we will satisfy our obligation with respect to the

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conversion of the notes. That is, accrued interest (including additional interest, if any) will be deemed to be paid in full rather than canceled, extinguished or forfeited. We will not adjust the conversion rate to account for any accrued interest, including additional interest, if any.

If the holder converts after the close of business on a record date for an interest payment but prior to the corresponding interest payment date, such holder will receive on the interest payment date interest accrued on those notes, notwithstanding the conversion of notes prior to the interest payment date, assuming the holder was the holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding record date. Each holder, however, agrees, by accepting a note, that if the holder surrenders any notes for conversion during such period, such holder must pay us at the time such holder surrenders its note for conversion an amount equal to the interest that will be paid on the notes being converted on the interest payment date. The preceding sentence does not apply, however, if (1) we have specified a redemption date that is after a record date for an interest payment but prior to the corresponding interest payment date or that results in conversion prior to that interest payment date, (2) any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to the notes being converted, but only to the extent of the amount of such overdue interest or (3) the holder surrenders any notes for conversion after the close of business on the record date relating to the final interest payment date. Accordingly, under the circumstances described in clause (1), a holder of notes who chooses to convert those notes on a date that is after a record date but prior to the corresponding interest payment date, will not be required to pay us, at the time that holder surrenders those notes for conversion, the amount of regularly scheduled interest it will receive on the interest payment date.

Holders of notes are not required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of our common stock upon exercise of conversion rights, but they are required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of the common stock in a name other than the name of the holder of the note. Certificates representing shares of our common stock will be issued or delivered only after all applicable taxes and duties, if any, payable by the holder have been paid.

The notes will be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the conversion date. Delivery of shares will be accomplished by delivery to the conversion agent of certificates for the relevant number of shares, other than in the case of holders of notes in book-entry form with DTC, which shares shall be delivered in accordance with DTC customary practices. A holder will not be entitled to any rights as a holder of our common stock, including, among other things, the right to vote and receive dividends and notices of stockholder meetings, until the conversion is effective.

Cash and a certificate for the number of full shares of common stock into which the notes are converted (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) will be delivered to such holder, assuming all of the other requirements have been satisfied by such holder, as soon as practicable following the conversion date.

Determination of the Make-Whole Premium

If a fundamental change occurs, we will pay a make-whole premium upon certain conversions of the notes as described above under “—Conversion of Notes—Payment Upon Conversion Upon a Fundamental Change.” The make-whole premium will be equal to a percentage of the principal amount of the notes converted. The make-whole premium will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any cash, securities or other assets otherwise due to holders of notes upon conversion. The make-whole premium will be determined by reference to the table below and is based on the date on which the fundamental change becomes effective, referred to as the “effective date,” and the price, referred to as the “stock price,” paid, or deemed to be paid, per share of our common stock in the transaction constituting the fundamental change, subject to adjustment as described below. If holders of our common stock receive only cash in the fundamental change, the stock price shall be the cash amount paid per share. In all other cases, the stock price will be the average of the applicable stock prices of our common stock for the five consecutive trading days beginning on the second trading day after the effective notice date.

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We will pay the make-whole premium solely in shares of our common stock (other than cash in lieu of fractional shares) or in the same form of consideration into which all or substantially all of the shares of our common stock have been converted or exchanged in connection with the fundamental change (other than cash paid in lieu of fractional interests in any security or pursuant to dissenters’ rights); provided, however, that we will pay cash in lieu of fractional interests in any security or other property delivered in connection with such fundamental change. The make-whole premium will be payable on the fundamental change repurchase date after the fundamental change for notes converted in connection with a fundamental change. If holders of our common stock receive or have the right to receive more than one form of consideration in connection with such fundamental change, then, for purposes of the foregoing, the forms of consideration in which the make-whole premium will be paid will be in proportion to the relative value, determined as described in the following paragraph, of the different forms of consideration paid to our common stockholders in connection with the fundamental change.

The value of our shares or other consideration for purposes of determining the number of shares or other consideration to be issued in respect of the make-whole premium will be calculated as follows:

(1) In the case of a fundamental change in which all or substantially all of the shares of our common stock have been, as of the effective date, converted into or exchanged for the right to receive securities or other assets or property, the consideration shall be valued as follows:

(a) securities that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or approved for quotation on the Nasdaq or any similar system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices, will be valued at 98% of the average of the applicable stock prices of such securities for the five consecutive trading days beginning on the second trading day after the effective notice date,

(b) other securities, assets or property, other than cash, that holders will have the right to receive will be valued based on 98% of the average of the fair market value of the securities, assets or property, other than cash, as determined by two independent nationally recognized investment banks selected by us, and

(c) 100% of any cash.

(2) In all other cases, the value of our shares will equal 98% of the average of the applicable stock prices of our common stock for the five consecutive trading days beginning on the second trading day after the effective notice date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the value of our common stock be less than 50% of the applicable stock price of our common stock used to determine the amount of the make-whole premium.

The stock prices set forth in the first column of the following table will be adjusted as of any date on which the conversion rate of the notes is adjusted. The adjusted stock prices will equal the stock prices applicable immediately prior to the adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the conversion rate immediately prior to the adjustment to the conversion rate and the denominator of which is the conversion rate as so adjusted.

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The following table sets forth the stock price, effective date and make-whole premium (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) upon a conversion in connection with a fundamental change:

Make-Whole Premium

(% of Principal Amount)