SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2015-05-13

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.6 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">EXECUTION COPY </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CHENIERE CCH
HOLDCO II, LLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>11.0% Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration Rights Agreement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">May 13, 2015 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cheniere CCH HoldCo II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;<B>Issuer</B>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell (the
&#147;<B>Initial Placement</B>&#148;) to the Purchasers (defined below), convertible senior secured promissory notes (the &#147;<B>Notes</B>&#148;), upon the terms set forth in the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, among the Issuer,
Cheniere Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), solely for purposes of acknowledging and agreeing to Section&nbsp;9 thereof, EIG Management Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as administrative agent
for the holders of the Notes (&#147;<B>Agent</B>&#148;), the note purchasers party thereto (the &#147;<B>Purchasers</B>&#148;), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as collateral agent for the holders of the Notes, dated as of March&nbsp;1, 2015 (as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;<B>Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement</B>&#148;). In certain circumstances as set forth in the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement,
upon an exchange of Notes, the Issuer will be required to deliver shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.003 per share (the &#147;<B>Company Common Stock</B>&#148;). To induce the Purchasers to enter into the Amended and Restated Note
Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to enter into this registration rights agreement (this &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) by and among the Issuer, the Company and the Agent on behalf of the holders of the Notes, whereby the Company agrees with
you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes and the Registrable Securities (defined below) (including the Purchasers) (each, a &#147;<B>Holder</B>&#148; and, collectively, the &#147;<B>Holders</B>&#148;), as
follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <I>Definitions</I>. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have their respective meanings set forth in the
Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Act</B>&#148; shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Affiliate</B>&#148; shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Agent</B>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement</B>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Automatic Shelf Registration Statement</B>&#148; shall mean a Shelf Registration
Statement filed by a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer which shall become effective upon filing thereof pursuant to General Instruction I.D for Form S-3. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Blackout Periods</B>&#148; shall mean the periods beginning on the close of market on the first Trading Day in each quarter and ending
48 hours after the Company files its Form 10-K for the prior fiscal year, if such Blackout Period began on the first Trading Day of the first quarter, or Form 10-Q for the previous quarter, if such Blackout Period began on the first Trading Day of
any other quarter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Broker-Dealer</B>&#148; shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Company</B>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Company Common Stock</B>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. </P>
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