Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Chief Accounting Officer
On February 22, 2022, the Board of Directors of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the
"Company" or "Cheniere") appointed David Slack, the current Vice President,
Corporate Controller of the Company, as Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer, effective February 28, 2022 (the "Effective Date"). Mr. Slack will
replace Leonard (Len) Travis, who will no longer serve in the role of Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company effective upon the
Effective Date. Mr. Travis will continue to be employed by the Company through
March 31, 2022. The Company appreciates the commitment and leadership Mr. Travis
has provided these past 8 years and wishes him well.
Mr. Slack, 41, joined the Company in 2014. Mr. Slack will also serve as Vice
President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Cheniere and the general partner of Cheniere Energy
Partners, L.P., as of the Effective Date. He has served as Vice President,
Corporate Controller of the Company, since March 2021. Prior to that role, he
served as Director, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting from August
2015 to February 2021, and Manager, Technical Accounting from May 2014 to August
2015. Mr. Slack began his career in public accounting and advisory with Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its network of member firms and their related
entities, where he held several positions of increasing responsibility from July
2004 to May 2014. Mr. Slack received his Bachelor of Science, Business
Administration and Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas.
Mr. Slack will also enter into the Company's standard form of indemnification
agreement for officers. The form of indemnification agreement was filed as
Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2020.
There are no arrangements or understanding between Mr. Slack and any other
persons pursuant to which he was appointed as Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer and no family relationship among any of the Company's
directors or executive officers and Mr. Slack. Mr. Slack is not a party to any
transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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