Exhibit 10.4

CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.

2020 INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT

1.    Grant of Restricted Shares.    Cheniere Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to                  (“Participant”)
all rights, title and interest in the record and beneficial ownership of
                 (                ) shares (the “Restricted Shares”) of common
stock, $0.003 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”), under the
Company’s 2020 Incentive Plan (as amended or restated from time to time, the
“Plan”), subject to the conditions described in this grant of Restricted Stock
(the “Grant”) and the Plan. The Restricted Shares are granted, effective as of
the      day of             , 20     (the “Grant Date”). Unless otherwise
defined in this Grant, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Plan.

2.    Effect of the Plan.     The Restricted Shares granted to Participant are
subject to all of the provisions of the Plan and this Grant, together with all
of the rules and determinations from time to time issued by the Committees and
by the Board pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that in the event of a
conflict between any provision of the Plan and this Grant document, the
provisions of this Grant document shall control but only to the extent such
conflict is permitted under the Plan. The Company hereby reserves the right to
amend, modify, restate, supplement or terminate the Plan without the consent of
Participant, so long as such amendment, modification, restatement or supplement
shall not materially reduce the rights and benefits available to Participant
hereunder, and this Grant shall be subject, without further action by the
Company or Participant, to such amendment, modification, restatement or
supplement unless provided otherwise therein.

3.    Issuance and Transferability.     The Restricted Shares may be evidenced
in such manner as the Company shall deem appropriate, including, without
limitation, book-entry registration with the Company’s transfer agent or
issuance of a stock certificate or certificates. In the event any stock
certificate is issued in respect of the Restricted Shares, such certificate
shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate
legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such
Restricted Shares and shall be held by the Company or by an escrow agent
designated by the Company until the forfeiture restrictions described in
Section 4 expire and

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all required withholding obligations as described in Section 11 of this Grant
and the provisions of the Plan have been satisfied. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 6, the Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder with
respect to the Restricted Shares, including the right to vote and the right to
receive dividends or other distributions paid or made with respect to such
shares. The Restricted Shares are not transferable except by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or as otherwise permitted under Section 16(g) of the
Plan. References to Participant, to the extent relevant in the context, shall
include references to authorized transferees. Any transfer in violation of this
Section 3 shall be void and of no force or effect, and shall result in the
immediate forfeiture of all unvested Restricted Shares. No right or benefit
hereunder shall in any manner be subject to any debts, contracts, liabilities,
or torts of Participant or otherwise made subject to execution, attachment or
similar process except as provided in Section 16(g) of the Plan.

4.    Risk of Forfeiture.    Except as otherwise provided herein, Participant
shall, without further action of any kind by the Company or Participant,
immediately forfeit all rights to any non-vested portion of the Restricted
Shares in the event Participant ceases to serve as a Director of the Company
(whether due to resignation, removal, not being re-elected by the stockholders
or not standing for re-election or otherwise). Restricted Shares that are
forfeited shall be deemed to be immediately transferred to the Company without
any payment by the Company or action by Participant, and the Company shall have
the full and absolute right to cancel any evidence of Participant’s ownership of
such forfeited Restricted Shares and to take any other action necessary to
demonstrate the Participant no longer owns such forfeited Restricted Shares.
Following any such forfeiture, Participant shall have no further rights with
respect to the forfeited Restricted Shares. Participant, by his or her
acceptance of this Grant, irrevocably grants to the Company a power of attorney
to transfer Restricted Shares that are forfeited to the Company and agrees to
execute any documents requested by the Company in connection with such
forfeiture and transfer.

5.    Vesting.    The Restricted Shares shall vest and the forfeiture
restrictions shall lapse as set forth on Exhibit A, provided that Participant
remains continuously engaged as a Director of the Company. If Participant no
longer serves as a Director of the Company, any Restricted Shares not then
vested shall not vest (except as otherwise provided herein) and shall be
forfeited back to the Company; provided, however, that any such Restricted
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event that on or within one (1) year after the effective date of a Change of
Control, Participant ceases to serve as a Director of the Company (whether due
to resignation, removal, not being re-elected by the stockholders or not
standing for re-election or otherwise) other than due to removal for Cause,
(ii) upon the death or Disability of Participant, or (iii) if Participant
retires as a Director of the Company as a result of the mandatory director
retirement policy adopted by the Board, as in effect from time to time.

6.     Ownership Rights. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Grant and
the Plan, Participant is entitled to all voting and ownership rights applicable
to the Restricted Shares, including the right to receive any cash dividends that
may be paid on the Restricted Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) any
cash dividends with respect to unvested Restricted Shares shall be payable upon
and subject to the vesting of the underlying Restricted Shares (and Participant
shall forfeit and not be paid any such dividends in respect of Restricted Shares
which are forfeited back to the Company); (b) the Committee may direct that from
the time of payment of any dividend to the Company’s shareholders generally
until payment that dividends be (i) held in cash, with or without interest
accrual, or (ii) converted into restricted stock units; (c) the dividends may be
paid in the form of cash or shares of Common Stock as determined by the
Committee; and (d) the dividends are intended to be exempt from Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code and this Grant shall be interpreted accordingly.

7.    Reorganization of the Company.     Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, the
existence of this Grant shall not affect in any way the right or power of the
Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital
structure or its business; any merger or consolidation of the Company; any issue
of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting
the Restricted Shares or the rights thereof; the dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or
business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar
character or otherwise.

8.    Recapitalization Events.     In the event of stock dividends, spin-offs of
assets or other extraordinary dividends, stock splits, combinations of shares,
recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, reorganizations, liquidations,
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events involving the Company as contemplated by the Plan (“Recapitalization
Events”), adjustments shall be made with respect to the Restricted Shares to the
extent provided for in the Plan and then for all purposes references herein to
Common Stock or to Restricted Shares shall mean and include all securities or
other property (other than cash) that holders of Common Stock of the Company are
entitled to receive in respect of Common Stock by reason of each successive
Recapitalization Event, which securities or other property (other than cash)
shall be treated in the same manner and shall be subject to the same
restrictions as the underlying Restricted Shares.

9.    Certain Restrictions.     By accepting this Grant, Participant
acknowledges that he or she has received a copy of the Plan and agrees that
Participant will enter into such written representations, warranties and
agreements and execute such documents as the Company may reasonably request in
order to comply with applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules or
regulations, or with this document or the terms of the Plan.

10.    Amendment and Termination; Waiver.     This Grant, together with the
Plan, constitutes the entire agreement by the Participant and the Company with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior
agreements or understandings between the Participant and the Company with
respect to the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral. Except as
provided otherwise in Section 2, no amendment or termination of this Grant shall
be made by the Company at any time without the written consent of Participant.
Any provision for the benefit of the Company contained in this Grant may be
waived in writing, either generally or in any particular instance, by the
Company. A waiver on one occasion shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the same
or any other breach on a future occasion.

11.    Withholding of Taxes.     All payments under the terms of the Grant shall
be subject to, and reduced by any amount of federal, state and local income,
employment and other taxes, if any, required to be withheld by the Company in
connection with such payments. Participant agrees that, if he or she makes a
timely election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, with regard to the Restricted Shares, Participant will so notify the
Company in writing at the time Participant makes such election and provide a
copy thereof to the Company, so as to enable the Company to timely comply with
any applicable governmental reporting requirements and any required withholding
obligations. The Company shall have the right to take any action as may be
necessary or appropriate to satisfy any required federal, state or local tax
withholding obligations.

 

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12.    No Guarantee of Tax Consequences.     The Grant is intended to be exempt
from or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the
Grant shall be interpreted accordingly. The Company makes no commitment or
guarantee to Participant that any federal or state tax treatment will apply or
be available to any person eligible for benefits under this Grant.

13.    Severability; Interpretive Matters.     In the event that any provision
of this Grant shall be held illegal, invalid, or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be fully severable and shall not affect the remaining
provisions of this Grant, and the Grant shall be construed and enforced as if
the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never been included herein.
Whenever required by the context, pronouns and any variation thereof shall be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, and the singular shall
include the plural, and vice versa. The captions and headings used in the Grant
are inserted for convenience and shall not be deemed a part of the Grant granted
hereunder for construction or interpretation.

14.    Crediting Par Value.     In connection with the issuance of the
Restricted Shares pursuant to this Grant and as a result of the expectations of
the Company and Participant of Participant’s performance of future services for
the Company or an Affiliate, the Company will transfer from surplus to stated
capital the aggregate par value of the Restricted Shares.

15.    Governing Law.    The Grant shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware to the extent that federal law
does not supersede and preempt Delaware law (in which case such federal law
shall apply).

16.    No Right To Continued Services.     Nothing in this Grant shall confer
upon the Participant any right to continued service with the Company (or its
Affiliates or their respective successors) or to interfere in any way with the
right of the Company (or its Affiliates or their respective successors) to
terminate the Participant’s service at any time.

17.    Counterparts.     This Grant may be signed in any number of counterparts,
each of which will be an original, with the same force and effect as if the
signature thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed the Grant as of the date first
above written.

 

CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

Accepted the              day of             , 20    

 

PARTICIPANT:  

By:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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