UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): January
6, 2010
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CHENIERE
ENERGY, INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-16383
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95-4352386
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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700
Milam Street
Suite
800
Houston,
Texas
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77002
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (713)
375-5000
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain
Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On
January 6, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a base salary increase of two
percent for executive officers of the Company effective January 4,
2010. In addition, the Compensation Committee approved a bonus
payment for executive officers of the Company with respect to the year ended
December 31, 2009 (the “2009 Bonus Amount”) payable in cash and shares of common
stock of the Company. The following table sets forth the 2010 annual
base salary and the 2009 Bonus Amount for the Company’s executive officers,
including the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and
the other executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table in the
Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed in 2009 who remain employees of the
Company.
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2009
Bonus Amount
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Executive
Officer
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2010
Annual Base Salary
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Cash
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Shares
of Common Stock
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Charif
Souki
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and
President
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$
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734,400
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$
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1,080,000
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190,000
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Meg
A. Gentle
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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$
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278,280
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$
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245,540
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77,000
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Jean
Abiteboul
Senior
Vice President – International
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$
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334,9981
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$
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299,030
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100,000
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R.
Keith Teague
Senior
Vice President – Asset Group
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$
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278,280
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$
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245,540
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77,000
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H.
Davis Thames
Senior
Vice President – Marketing
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$
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278,280
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$
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245,540
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135,000
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Mr. Abiteboul’s base salary is 233,725 EUR. The amount
reported in the table represents the U.S. dollar equivalent based on the
December 31, 2009 exchange rate of 1.4333 USD to 1 EUR.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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CHENIERE
ENERGY, INC.
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/s/ Meg
A. Gentle
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Meg
A. Gentle
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Date:
January 12, 2010
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