Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Non-Controlling Interest

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Non-Controlling Interest
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
Non-Controlling Interest
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, we and Cheniere Holdings, respectively, owned a 48.6% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners in the form of 104.5 million common units and 135.4 million subordinated units, with the remaining non-controlling interest held by Blackstone CQP Holdco (“Blackstone CQP Holdco”) and the public. As of December 31, 2017, we owned 82.7% of Cheniere Holdings. Prior to the mandatory conversion of Cheniere Partners’ Class B units (“Class B units”) on August 2, 2017, Cheniere Holdings owned a 55.9% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners in the form of 12.0 million common units, 45.3 million Class B units and 135.4 million subordinated units, with the remaining non-controlling interest held by Blackstone CQP Holdco and the public. We also own 100% of the general partner interest and the incentive distribution rights in Cheniere Partners.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we acquired 17.3% of additional interest in Cheniere Holdings previously held by the public, and closed the merger of Cheniere Holdings with and into our wholly owned subsidiary. As a result of the merger, all of the publicly-held shares of Cheniere Holdings not owned by us were canceled and shareholders other than Cheniere received shares of our common stock in a stock-for-share exchange. Because the transactions represented a combination of ownership interests under common control, changes in Cheniere’s ownership interest in Cheniere Holdings were accounted for as an equity transaction and no gain or loss was recognized.