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



The offering closed this week 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.



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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