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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