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): May 23, 2018
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-16383 | 95-4352386 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
700 Milam Street Suite 1900 Houston, Texas | 77002 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 375-5000 | ||
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to recast certain historical financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “2017 Form 10-K”), originally filed with the SEC on February 21, 2018, to reflect the Company's retrospective adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), and subsequent amendments thereto (“ASC 606”).
ASC 606 provides a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model which replaces and supersedes most existing revenue recognition guidance and requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The standard requires that the costs to obtain and fulfill contracts with customers should be recognized as assets and amortized to match the pattern of transfer of goods or services to the customer if expected to be recoverable. The standard also requires enhanced disclosures.
The recast historical financial statements are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and are incorporated herein by reference. All other information provided in the 2017 Form 10-K remains unchanged and this report does not modify or update the disclosures in the 2017 Form 10-K in any way other than with respect to the retrospective adoption of ASC 606. The recast historical financial statements did not impact the Company’s previously reported financial statements in any prior period nor did it result in a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. This report does not reflect events occurring after the original filing of the 2017 Form 10-K and should be read in conjunction with other information that the Company has filed with the SEC.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
23.1* | ||
99.1* | ||
101.INS* | XBRL Instance Document | |
101.SCH* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CAL* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEF* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LAB* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
101.PRE* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
* | Filed herewith. |
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.
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. | |||||||
Date: | May 23, 2018 | By: | /s/ Michael J. Wortley | ||||
Name: | Michael J. Wortley | ||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer | |||||||