Venture Global, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 2, 2026.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We are involved, and in the future may become involved, in various claims, lawsuits, administrative, regulatory and other proceedings incidental to the ordinary course of our business from time to time. We regularly analyze current information and, as necessary, provide accruals for probable liabilities on the eventual disposition of these matters.
We are required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes related to these legal contingencies, as well as potential ranges of probable or reasonably possible losses. We accrue for litigation and claims when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The determination of the amount of any losses to be recorded or disclosed as a result of these contingencies is based on a careful analysis of each individual exposure with, in some cases, the assistance of outside legal counsel. There can be no assurance that any accrued liabilities will be adequate to cover all existing and future claims or that we will have the liquidity to pay such claims as they arise.
Securities Litigation
On February 17, 2025, a putative securities class action complaint naming Venture Global, our directors and certain of our officers was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint asserts claims under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act on behalf of a putative class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired our Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement for the IPO. It contends that certain statements made by the Company and certain of its officers and directors in the registration statement and prospectus for the IPO were allegedly false or misleading and seeks unspecified damages on behalf of the putative class. The complaint was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice on April 24, 2025.
Further, on April 15, 2025, a putative securities class action complaint naming Venture Global, our directors and certain of our officers and our underwriters, as well as Venture Global Partners II, LLC, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was subsequently transferred to the Southern District of New York. The complaint, as subsequently amended on September 15, 2025 and December 5, 2025, asserts claims under Sections 11, 12, and 15 of the Securities Act on behalf of a putative class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired our Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement for the IPO. It contends that certain statements made by the Company and certain of its officers and directors in the registration statement and prospectus for the IPO were allegedly false or misleading and seeks unspecified damages on behalf of the putative class. The Company believes these claims are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously. On January 28, 2026, we filed a motion to dismiss the amended securities class action complaint.
Further, on May 7, 2025, a putative shareholder derivative action complaint naming Venture Global, our directors, certain of our officers and certain of our underwriters was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was subsequently transferred to the Southern District of New York. The complaint contends that certain statements made by the Company and certain of its officers and directors in the registration statement and prospectus for the IPO were allegedly false or misleading. The complaint asserts breaches of fiduciary duties, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, and aiding and abetting, and seeks unspecified damages for such breaches. Three additional putative shareholder derivative action complaints naming Venture Global, our directors, certain of our officers and certain of our underwriters, were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 10, 2025, June 27, 2025 and June 30, 2025, respectively. Each of these three complaints contains substantially similar allegations to those described above. All four shareholder derivative action complaints have been stayed pending resolution of our motion to dismiss the amended securities class action complaint that was filed on January 28 2026. The Company believes all of the foregoing claims are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously.
Arbitration Proceedings
In May 2023, Shell NA LNG LLC (“Shell”) submitted a request for arbitration to the ICC, in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures of its post-COD SPA, asserting, among other claims, that the Calcasieu Project was delayed in achieving COD under the relevant post-COD SPA. On August 12, 2025, the ICC issued a partial final award in the Shell arbitration proceeding. Pursuant to the award, it was determined that VGCP had not breached its obligations under the post-COD SPA relating to the Calcasieu Project with Shell and, consequently, the tribunal determined that VGCP had no liability to Shell for its claims under the arbitration proceedings. Among other remedies, Shell was seeking damages of approximately $1.7 billion. On November 11, 2025, the ICC issued a final award requiring Shell to pay certain attorneys’ fees and costs to VGCP. On November 10, 2025, Shell filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, seeking to vacate the arbitral award. The proceedings to consider Shell’s petition are pending.
In May 2023, one additional long-term customer of the Calcasieu Project submitted a request for arbitration to the London Court of International Arbitration, in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures of its post-COD SPA, asserting, among other claims, that the Calcasieu Project is delayed in achieving COD under the post-COD SPA. The remedies sought by such long-term customer include damages of approximately $1.5 billion (which is potentially subject to increase with the passage of time), rather than the termination of the post-COD SPA. The hearing for such arbitration proceeding occurred in October 2024 and an award is anticipated in 2026.
In August 2023, one additional long-term customer of the Calcasieu Project submitted a request for arbitration to the ICC in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures of its post-COD SPA, asserting, among other claims, that the Calcasieu Project is delayed in achieving COD under the relevant post-COD SPA. Additionally, this customer has disputed that the delay to COD constitutes aforce majeure event in the context of their arbitration proceedings. The customer is currently seeking remedies in excess of $400 million. The hearing for this arbitration proceeding took place in June 2025 and an award is anticipated in 2026.
In March 2024, a mid-term customer of the Calcasieu Project submitted a request for arbitration to the ICC in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures of the post-COD SPA between us and that customer. On September 2, 2025, VGCP entered into a settlement agreement in respect of previously disclosed arbitration proceedings with another customer regarding its post-COD SPA relating to the Calcasieu Project. Among other remedies, this customer was seeking damages of approximately $200 million. The settlement resolved the arbitration in its entirety and had no material impact on Venture Global.
On October 8, 2025, the ICC informed VGCP that a partial final award had been issued in the previously disclosed arbitration proceedings with BP regarding LNG sales from the Calcasieu Project under the post-COD SPA entered into by VGCP and BP. The award issued by the arbitration tribunal found that VGCP had breached its obligations to declare COD of the Calcasieu Project in a timely manner and act as a “Reasonable and Prudent Operator” pursuant to the post-COD SPA, along with certain other obligations. Remedies were not addressed in the partial final award and will be determined in a separate damages hearing, which has not been scheduled but is anticipated to occur in 2026 or 2027. A final award is expected to be issued following the damages portion of the hearing. Based on the terms of the award, the Company does not anticipate that the final award will be subject to the seller aggregate liability limitation in the BP post-COD SPA. The remedies sought by BP include damages ranging from $3.7 billion to potentially in excess of $6.0 billion, as well as interest, costs and attorneys’ fees. We believe BP’s theory and calculations of damages are without merit and that the magnitude of damages sought by BP is not recoverable under the express terms of the post-COD SPA, which include express limits on the tribunal’s jurisdictional authority, although there can be no assurance as to the outcome of the damages portion of the hearing.
In August 2023, Repsol LNG Holding, S.A. (“Repsol”) submitted a request for arbitration to the ICC in accordance with the dispute-resolution procedures of its post-COD SPA, asserting, among other claims, that the Calcasieu Project was delayed in achieving COD under the relevant post-COD SPA. Additionally, Repsol disputed that the delay to COD constitutes a force majeure event in the context of the arbitration proceedings. Among other remedies, Repsol sought damages in excess of $400 million. On January 15, 2026, the ICC issued a final award in that proceeding. Pursuant to the award, it was determined that VGCP had not breached its obligations under the post-COD SPA relating to the Calcasieu Project with Repsol and, consequently, the tribunal denied all of Repsol's claims in full. The award also required Repsol to pay certain attorneys’ fees and arbitration costs to VGCP.
In December 2023, one additional long-term customer of the Calcasieu Project submitted a request for arbitration to the ICC in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures of the post-COD SPA between us and that customer, asserting, among other claims, that the Calcasieu Project was delayed in achieving COD under the relevant post-COD SPA. The remedies sought by this customer include damages in excess of $2.0 billion.
We disagree with the assertions and legal claims in each of the ongoing requests for arbitration and the legal proceedings seeking to vacate one such arbitral award, and the Calcasieu Project is defending the remaining arbitration proceedings and such legal proceedings. We believe that any damages award in such arbitration proceedings should be subject to the relevant seller aggregate liability cap under the relevant post-COD SPA (other than in in the case of the arbitration award relating to the BP post-COD SPA), which aggregate to $595 million across the relevant post-COD SPAs. However, these customers are also disputing whether the liability limitations in the Calcasieu Project's post-COD SPAs are applicable, and therefore are claiming damages, including amounts in excess of the liability limitations. If the Calcasieu Project is unsuccessful in defending against these claims, the amounts it could be required to pay could be substantial, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects, as well as the trading price of our
Class A common stock.
Other Matters
Certain of our former employees have filed proceedings, including in Virginia federal court, seeking aggregate damages ranging between $181 million and $280 million in the aggregate with respect to alleged breaches of certain stock option grant agreements and related matters.
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