SEC Form 4 · accession 0001306830-15-000004

Celanese Corp · CE

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Director

Period of report

Jan 2, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jan 6, 2015 · 5:01 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001306830

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Series A Common Stock^F1	Jan 2, 2015	M	2,656	—	A	25,020	D
Series A Common Stock	Jan 2, 2015	D	0	$59.99	D	25,020	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Phantom Stock^F1	—	Jan 2, 2015	M	2,656	D	Jan 2, 2015	Jan 2, 2015	Series A Common Stock	2,656	5,747	D

F1Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Series A Common Stock. The shares of phantom stock are payable in shares of Series A Common Stock, as provided in the Company's 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan, on earlier of the date previously elected by the reporting person to receive payment or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director of the Company. The reported phantom stock transaction represents annual grants of restricted stock unites, including dividend equivalents, which were previously deferred under the Company's 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan. On January 2, 2015, 2,656 of the reporting person's shares of phantom stock were settled for an equal number of shares of the Company's Series A Common Stock, and 0.02 of the reporting person's shares of phantom stock were settled for cash in lieu of a fractional share.