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Cheniere Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option on Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Initial Public Offering.


HOUSTON -- Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX AMEX

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:LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. ) and Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (AMEX:CQP CQP Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle
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) announced today that the underwriters of the Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. initial public offering have exercised their over-allotment option for 2,025,000 common units, which resulted in net proceeds Net Proceeds

The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security.

Notes:
In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions).
 of approximately $39,400,000 to the selling unitholder, Cheniere LNG Holdings, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.

On March 26, 2007, Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. and Cheniere LNG Holdings, LLC sold 13,500,000 common units at $21.00 per unit. Citi, Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG.  Securities (USA) LLC acted as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters. In addition, RBC Capital Markets RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking division of Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC"). Broker dealers
Depending on the jurisdiction, the division uses different broker dealer subsidiaries of RBC:
  • Canada: RBC Dominion Securities Inc
 Corporation, Sanders Morris Harris Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Howard Weil Incorporated, Pritchard Capital Partners LLC and FIG Partners, LLC Energy Capital Group acted as co-managers for the offering.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. is developing a network of three LNG receiving terminals and related natural gas pipelines along the Gulf Coast of the United States The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States. All Gulf States are located in the Southern region of the United States. . The three terminals will have an aggregate send-out capacity of 9.9 billion cubic feet per day. Cheniere is pursuing related LNG business opportunities both upstream and downstream of the terminals. Cheniere is also the founder and holds a 30% limited partner interest in a fourth LNG receiving terminal. Additional information about Cheniere Energy, Inc. may be found on its website www.cheniere.com.

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. owns 100 percent of the Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal currently being constructed in western Cameron Parish, Louisiana Cameron Parish (French: Paroisse de Cameron) is the parish with the most land area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Cameron and as of 2000, the population is 9,991. It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.  on the Sabine Pass Channel. Additional information about Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. may be found on its website www.cheniereenergypartners.com.

This press release contains certain statements that may include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning 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 facts, included herein are "forward-looking statements." Included among "forward-looking statements" are, among other things, (i) statements regarding the Cheniere entities' business strategy, plans and objectives and (ii) statements expressing beliefs and expectations regarding the development of the Cheniere entities' LNG receiving terminal business. Although the Cheniere entities believe 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. The Cheniere entities' 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 entities' 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, the Cheniere entities do not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.
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