HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2025-- Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) (NYSE: LNG) today announced its financial results for the first quarter 2025.

FIRST QUARTER 2025 SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS

2025 FULL YEAR FINANCIAL GUIDANCE

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Cheniere generated revenues of approximately $5.4 billion, net income¹ of approximately $0.4 billion, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA² of approximately $1.9 billion, and Distributable Cash Flow² of approximately $1.3 billion.

• Reconfirming full year 2025 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA² guidance of $6.5 billion - $7.0 billion and full year 2025 Distributable Cash Flow² guidance of $4.1 billion - $4.6 billion.

• Pursuant to Cheniere’s comprehensive capital allocation plan, Cheniere deployed over $1.3 billion towards accretive growth, balance sheet management and shareholder returns in the first quarter of 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Cheniere repurchased an aggregate of approximately 1.6 million shares of common stock for approximately $350 million, repaid $300 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness and paid a quarterly dividend of $0.500 per share of common stock, totaling approximately $112 million.

• In April 2025, Cheniere declared a dividend with respect to the first quarter 2025 of $0.500 per share of common stock, which is payable on May 19, 2025.

• In March 2025, Cheniere announced that Substantial Completion of the first train (“Train 1”) of the CCL Stage 3 Project (defined below) was achieved on March 16, 2025.

• In March 2025, the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project (defined below) received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to site, construct and operate the project. We anticipate receiving all remaining necessary regulatory approvals in order to make Final Investment Decision (“FID”) on the project in 2025.

CEO COMMENT

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

SUMMARY AND REVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

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

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

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

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

BALANCE SHEET MANAGEMENT

Capital Resources

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

Recent Key Financial Transactions and Updates

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

LIQUEFACTION PROJECTS OVERVIEW

SPL Project

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

SPL Expansion Project

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

CCL Project

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

CCL Stage 3 Project

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

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

CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project

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

INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

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

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

About Cheniere

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

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

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

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

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

(Financial Tables and Supplementary Information Follow)

LNG VOLUME SUMMARY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow

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

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

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

¹ Capital spending for our business consists primarily of:

• Maintenance capital expenditures. These expenditures include costs which qualify for capitalization that are required to sustain property, plant and equipment reliability and safety and to address environmental or other regulatory requirements rather than to generate incremental distributable cash flow; and

• Expansion capital expenditures. These expenditures are undertaken primarily to generate incremental distributable cash flow and include investment in accretive organic growth, acquisition or construction of additional complementary assets to grow our business, along with expenditures to enhance the productivity and efficiency of our existing facilities.

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