US terminal operator Cheniere Energy has raised $330.9 million in net proceeds from a public share sale.



The offering has closed today after 41.7 million shares were sold at $8.35 per unit.



Underwriter Credit Suisse Securities exercised its over-allotment option to lift the shares originally on offer by 5.4 million.



Houston-based terminal operator and would-be exporter Cheniere unveiled the offering last Tuesday.

Cheniere, which owns the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana through its Cheniere Energy Partners spin-off, will use the money to pay debt and fund other “general corporate purposes”.

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