---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000003570-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNG"
cik: "0000003570"
company_name: "Cheniere Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:01:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:04:50.631766+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheniere Energy shareholders elect all nine directors and approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Each of nine director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 157.2M to 166.0M; broker non-votes 18.2M.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 150.4M for (89.5% of votes cast, excluding abstentions and broker non-votes).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor approved with 183.1M for (98.9% of votes cast).
- Approximately 185.1M shares represented (88.08% of outstanding).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000003570-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNG
- cik: 0000003570
- company_name: Cheniere Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:01:29+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000019/0000003570-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000019/lng-20260514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003570-26-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cheniere Energy, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Each of the director nominees was elected as a director to serve for a one-year term until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000019/0000003570-26-000019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cheniere Energy, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory and non-binding vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers for 2025 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: In an advisory and non-binding vote, the shareholders approved the compensation paid for 2025 to the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2026 Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000019/0000003570-26-000019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cheniere Energy, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000019/0000003570-26-000019-index.htm

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