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• $80 million of distributions and dividends to non-controlling interest by Cheniere Partners and Cheniere Holdings; and 

• $20 million paid for tax withholdings for share-based compensation. 

## Contractual Obligations 

We are committed to make cash payments in the future pursuant to certain of our contracts. The following table summarizes certain contractual obligations in place as of December 31, 2018 (in millions): 

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(1) Agreements in force as of December 31, 2018 that have terms dependent on project milestone dates are based on the estimated dates as of December 31, 2018. 

(2) Based on the total debt balance, scheduled maturities and interest rates in effect at December 31, 2018. See Note 12—Debt  of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

(3) Construction obligations primarily relate to the EPC contracts for the SPL Project and the CCL Project. The estimated remaining cost pursuant to our EPC contracts as of December 31, 2018 is included for Trains with respect to which we have made an FID to commence construction; the EPC contract termination amount is included for Trains with respect to which we have not made an FID. A discussion of these obligations can be found at Note 19—Commitments and Contingencies  of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

(4) Purchase obligations consist of contracts for which conditions precedent have been met, and primarily relate to natural gas supply, transportation and storage services for the SPL Project and the CCL Project. As project milestones and other conditions precedent are achieved, our obligations are expected to increase accordingly. 

(5) Capital lease obligations consist of tug leases related to the CCL Project, as further discussed in Note 18—Leases  of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

(6) Operating lease obligations primarily relate to LNG vessel time charters, land sites related to the SPL Project and the CCL Project and corporate office leases, and includes payments for certain non-lease components. A discussion of these obligations can be found in Note 18— Leases  of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

(7) Obligations to Midship Pipeline Company, LLC under CCL’s transportation precedent agreement to secure firm pipeline transportation capacity for the CCL Project. 

(8) Other obligations primarily relate to agreements with certain local taxing jurisdictions, and are based on estimated tax obligations as of December 31, 2018. Also included are payments for non-lease components related to our capital lease obligations. 

In addition, in the ordinary course of business, we maintain letters of credit and have certain cash restricted in support of certain performance obligations of our subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2018, we had $741 million aggregate amount of issued letters of credit under our credit facilities and $2.2 billion of current restricted cash. For more information, see Note 3—Restricted Cash  of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

