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2012 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000000357013000036 Filed on February 22, 2013

Income Statement

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
Revenue	$266.2M	$72.59M	$65.81M
YoY Change	-8.34%	-3.85%	-3.57%
Cost Of Revenue	$57.10M	$10.10M	$11.00M
YoY Change	46.04%	-5.61%	20.88%
Gross Profit	$209.1M	$62.50M	$54.80M
YoY Change	-16.79%	-3.4%	-7.43%
Gross Profit Margin	78.54%	86.1%	83.27%
Selling, General & Admin	$152.1M	$31.30M	$16.20M
YoY Change	72.06%	79.89%	7.28%
% of Gross Profit	72.74%	50.08%	29.56%
Research & Development	$66.11M		$11.14M
YoY Change	62.03%		128.11%
% of Gross Profit	31.62%		20.33%
Depreciation & Amortization	$66.41M	$17.10M	$15.27M
YoY Change	4.73%	11.04%	-8.28%
% of Gross Profit	31.76%	27.36%	27.87%
Operating Expenses	$342.1M	$54.70M	$55.46M
YoY Change	47.25%	42.82%	1035.27%
Operating Profit	-$75.83M	$7.764M	$10.36M
YoY Change	-230.42%	-70.59%	-53.74%
Interest Expense	$200.8M	-$66.60M	$65.13M
YoY Change	-22.58%	4.23%	1.92%
% of Operating Profit		-857.81%	628.92%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$269.8M	$100.0K	-$65.82M
YoY Change	3.25%	0.0%	3.36%
Pretax Income	-$345.6M	-$58.80M	-$55.47M
YoY Change	70.12%	-32.1%	34.3%
Income Tax	$4.000K	$200.0K	$0.00
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$332.8M	-$57.81M	-$53.94M
YoY Change	67.43%	-32.86%	32.91%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-125.0%	-79.64%	-81.95%
Basic Earnings Per Share			-$0.67
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$1.831M	-$657.6K	-$0.67
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		82.84M shares	80.47M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding			80.47M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$202.0M	$459.0M	$131.0M
YoY Change	-55.99%	520.27%	59.76%
Cash & Equivalents	$202.0M	$459.2M	$131.3M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$536.0M	$123.0M	$170.0M
YoY Change	335.77%	43.02%	28.79%
Inventory	$7.000M	$6.562M	$6.879M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$3.000M	$3.043M	$4.177M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$749.0M	$591.5M	$312.3M
YoY Change	26.73%	257.14%	43.93%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$3.282B	$2.107B	$2.120B
YoY Change	55.77%	-2.34%	-2.36%
Goodwill		$76.82M	$76.82M
YoY Change		0.0%
Intangibles		$4.782M	$4.856M
YoY Change		-21.18%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$527.0M	$18.90M	$19.35M
YoY Change	290.37%	-17.37%	-86.65%
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.890B	$2.324B	$2.339B
YoY Change	67.38%	-2.68%	-2.5%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$749.0M	$591.5M	$312.3M
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.890B	$2.324B	$2.339B
Total Assets	$4.639B	$2.915B	$2.651B
YoY Change	59.14%	14.17%	1.35%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$74.00M	$1.103M	$1.699M
YoY Change	7300.0%	-14.03%	69.9%
Accrued Expenses	$59.00M	$63.07M	$77.41M
YoY Change	-6.35%	64.0%	9.03%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$0.00	$493.0M	$489.0M
YoY Change	-100.0%		91.76%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$160.0M	$585.0M	$595.0M
YoY Change	-72.65%	781.84%	68.08%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$2.189B	$2.465B	$2.464B
YoY Change	-11.56%	-15.54%	-7.37%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$29.00M	$3.146M	$3.288M
YoY Change	0.0%	37.98%	-90.04%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$2.218B	$2.468B	$2.467B
YoY Change	-11.42%	-15.5%	-8.38%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$160.0M	$585.0M	$595.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$2.218B	$2.468B	$2.467B
Total Liabilities	$4.129B	$3.053B	$3.062B
YoY Change	25.24%	2.21%	-5.6%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		-$1.260B	-$1.202B
YoY Change		18.72%
Common Stock
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$20.20M	$6.067M
YoY Change		365.54%
Treasury Stock Shares		4.700M shares	1.700M shares
Shareholders Equity	$510.0M	-$381.6M	-$664.7M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.639B	$2.915B	$2.651B
YoY Change	59.14%	14.17%	1.35%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$332.8M	-$57.81M	-$53.94M
YoY Change	67.43%	-32.86%	32.91%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$66.41M	$17.10M	$15.27M
YoY Change	4.73%	11.04%	-8.28%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$107.8M	-$2.900M	-$10.40M
YoY Change	152.17%	-45.28%	-215.56%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$1.118B	-$2.400M	-$1.000M
YoY Change	-12661.3%	71.43%	-433.33%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$8.929M	$200.0K	-$18.00M
YoY Change	147.14%	-75.0%	5900.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$84.53M	-$2.100M	-$19.10M
YoY Change	281.97%	250.0%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	-$1.179B	$330.9M
YoY Change	159.66%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net	$1.327B
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-$65.08M	332.9M	-1.800M
YoY Change	-114.46%	-22293.33%	28.57%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-$107.8M	-2.900M	-10.40M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$84.53M	-2.100M	-19.10M
Cash From Financing Activities	-$65.08M	332.9M	-1.800M
Net Change In Cash	-$257.4M	327.9M	-31.30M
YoY Change	-166.87%	-4531.08%	-511.84%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$107.8M	-$2.900M	-$10.40M
Capital Expenditures	$1.118B	-$2.400M	-$1.000M
Free Cash Flow	-$1.226B	-$500.0K	-$9.400M
YoY Change	3519.76%	-87.18%	-208.05%

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CY2012	us-gaap	Derivatives Reporting Of Derivative Activity DerivativesReportingOfDerivativeActivity	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">LNG Inventory Derivatives</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We use derivative instruments to hedge cash flows attributable to the future sale of LNG inventory.  Gains and losses in positions to hedge the cash flows attributable to the future sale of LNG inventory are classified as marketing and trading revenues on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Derivatives</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We use derivative instruments from time to time to hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows attributable to the future sale of our LNG inventory, to hedge the exposure to price risk attributable to future purchases of natural gas to be utilized as fuel to operate the Sabine Pass LNG terminal, and to hedge the exposure to volatility in a portion of the floating-rate interest payments under the Liquefaction Credit Facility. We do not offset the fair value amounts of our LNG inventory, fuel and interest rate derivatives, and collateral deposited for such contracts are not netted within the derivative fair value.  We have disclosed certain information regarding these derivative positions, including the fair value of our derivative positions, in </font><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;" href="#s83920A27E10B2000E90BE7037B3D8053"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 11—"Financial Instruments"</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Accounting guidance for derivative instruments and hedging activities establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that derivative instruments be recorded at fair value and included in the consolidated balance sheet as assets or liabilities. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation, which is established at the inception of a derivative. We record changes in the fair value of our derivative positions based on the value for which the derivative instrument could be exchanged between willing parties.  To date, all of our derivative positions fair value determinations have been made by management using quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities.  The ultimate fair value of our derivative instruments is uncertain, and we believe that it is possible that a change in the estimated fair value will occur in the near future as commodity prices and interest rates change.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Changes in fair value of contracts that do not qualify as hedges or are not designated as hedges are recognized currently in earnings. Gains and losses in positions to hedge the cash flows attributable to the future sale of LNG inventory are classified as marketing and trading revenues on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Gains or losses in the positions to mitigate the price risk from future purchases of natural gas to be utilized as fuel to operate the Sabine Pass LNG terminal are classified as derivative gain (loss) on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We have elected cash flow hedge accounting for derivatives that we use to hedge the exposure to volatility in floating-rate interest payments. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, to the extent the hedge is effective, are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We reclassify gains and losses on the hedges from accumulated other comprehensive loss into interest expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as the hedged item is recognized. Any change in the fair value resulting from ineffectiveness is recognized immediately as derivative gain (loss) on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. We use regression analysis to determine whether we expect a derivative to be highly effective as a cash flow hedge prior to electing hedge accounting and also to determine whether all derivatives designated as cash flow hedges have been effective. We perform these effectiveness tests prior to designation for all new hedges and on a quarterly basis for all existing hedges. We calculate the actual amount of ineffectiveness on our cash flow hedges using the "dollar offset" method, which compares changes in the expected cash flows of the hedged transaction to changes in the value of expected cash flows from the hedge. We discontinue hedge accounting when our effectiveness tests indicate that a derivative is no longer highly effective as a hedge; when the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; when the hedged item matures, is sold or repaid; or when we determine that the occurrence of the hedged forecasted transaction is not probable. When we discontinue hedge accounting but continue to hold the derivative, we begin to apply mark-to-market accounting at that time.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></div>
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CY2012	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cheniere Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a Houston-based energy company primarily engaged in liquefied natural gas ("LNG") related businesses. We own and operate the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas ("LNG") terminal in Louisiana through our </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">59.5%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ownership interest in and management agreements with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. ("Cheniere Partners") (NYSE MKT: CQP), which is a publicly traded partnership that we created in 2007.  The Sabine Pass LNG terminal is located on the Sabine Pass deep water shipping channel less than four miles from the Gulf Coast. The Sabine Pass LNG terminal has regasification facilities owned by Cheniere Partners' wholly owned subsidiary, Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. ("Sabine Pass LNG") that includes existing infrastructure of five LNG storage tanks with capacity of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">16.9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> Bcfe, two docks that can accommodate vessels of up to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">265,000</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> cubic meters and vaporizers with regasification capacity of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">4.0</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> Bcf/d. Cheniere Partners is developing natural gas liquefaction facilities (the "Liquefaction Project") at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal adjacent to the existing regasification facilities through a wholly owned subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ("Sabine Pass Liquefaction"). We plan to construct up to six Trains (each in sequence, "Train 1", "Train 2", "Train 3", "Train 4", "Train 5" and "Train 6"), which are in various stages of development. Each Train has a nominal production capacity of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">4.5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> mmtpa. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We also own and operate the Creole Trail Pipeline, which interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with natural gas markets in North America. Approximately one-half of the receiving capacity at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal is contracted to two multinational energy companies. One of our subsidiaries, Cheniere Marketing, LLC ("Cheniere Marketing"), is marketing LNG and natural gas on its own behalf and on behalf of Cheniere Partners, in an effort to monetize the other half of the LNG receiving capacity at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal during construction of the Liquefaction Project. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We are in various stages of developing other projects, including LNG terminal and associated pipeline related projects, each of which, among other things, will require acceptable commercial and financing arrangements before we make a final investment decision.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the "Company", "Cheniere", "we", "us" and "our" refer to Cheniere Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including our publicly traded subsidiary partnership, Cheniere Partners.</font></div></div>
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2012 Form 10-K Financial Statement

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Income Statement

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Cheniere Energy, Inc. Stock $lng