UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q



þ☑	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the quarterly period ended ~~September~~
	June 30, ~~2017~~2019
	Or
o☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Commission File ~~Number)~~ Number: 001-32410

CELANESE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



Delaware	98-0420726
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	~~98-0420726~~ (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

~~222 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 900N~~ ~~Irving, TX~~ ~~(Address of Principal Executive Offices)~~	~~75039-5421~~ ~~(Zip Code)~~

~~(972)~~

222 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 900N

Irving, TX75039-5421

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)

(972) 443-4000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	CE	The New York Stock Exchange
1.125% Senior Notes due 2023	CE /23	The New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Senior Notes due 2025	CE /25	The New York Stock Exchange
2.125% Senior Notes due 2027	CE /27	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yesþ☑ No o☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically ~~and posted on its corporate Web site, if any,~~ every Interactive Data File required to be submitted ~~and posted~~ pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit ~~and post~~ such files). Yesþ☑ No o☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



~~Large accelerated filer~~ þ	~~Accelerated filer~~ o	~~Non-accelerated filer~~ o	~~Smaller reporting company~~ o	~~Emerging growth company~~ o

Large accelerated filerþAccelerated filer ☐Non-accelerated filer ☐Smaller reporting company ☐Emerging growth company ☐

~~(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)~~

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o☐ No þ☑

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant's ~~Series A~~ common stock, $0.0001 par value, as of ~~October 10, 2017~~July 16, 2019 was ~~135,636,382.~~123,740,349.

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Form 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS



		Page
	PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements	3
	a) Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018	3
	b) Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018	4
	c) Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and December 31, ~~2016~~2018	5
	d) Unaudited Interim Consolidated ~~Statement~~Statements of Equity for the ~~nine~~three and six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and 2018	6
	e) Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018	78
	f) Notes to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements	89
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	4245
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	5658
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	5658

	PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	5759
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	5759
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	57
~~Item 3.~~	~~Defaults Upon Senior Securities~~	57
~~Item 4.~~	~~Mine Safety Disclosures~~	57
~~Item 5.~~	~~Other Information~~	57
~~Item 6.~~	~~Exhibits~~	58
~~Signatures~~		59
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	59
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	59
Item 5.	Other Information	59
Item 6.	Exhibits	60
Signatures		61

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Item 1. Financial Statements

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,				Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016		2019		2018		2019		2018
	(In $ millions, except share and per share data)								(In $ millions, except share and per share data)
Net sales	1,566		1,323		4,547		4,078		1,592		1,844		3,279		3,695
Cost of sales	(1,181	)	(968	)	(3,443	)	(2,995	)	(1,169	)	(1,323	)	(2,403	)	(2,659	)
Gross profit	385		355		1,104		1,083		423		521		876		1,036
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(112	)	(81	)	(291	)	(232	)	(118	)	(136	)	(238	)	(283	)
Amortization of intangible assets	(5	)	(3	)	(14	)	(7	)	(6	)	(7	)	(12	)	(13	)
Research and development expenses	(19	)	(20	)	(53	)	(58	)	(17	)	(18	)	(33	)	(36	)
Other (charges) gains, net	—		(3	)	(58	)	(12	)	(98	)	(3	)	(94	)	(3	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net	4		(1	)	—		1		1		3		6		2
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net	(1	)	(1	)	(4	)	1		1		(2	)	1		(2	)
Operating profit (loss)	252		246		684		776		186		358		506		701
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	50		41		135		114		39		56		89		114
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income									17		26		34		52
Interest expense	(32	)	(28	)	(91	)	(91	)	(29	)	(32	)	(60	)	(65	)
Refinancing expense	—		(4	)	—		(6	)	(4	)	—		(4	)	—
Interest income	1		—		2		1		2		—		3		2
Dividend income - cost investments	24		26		82		82
Dividend income - equity investments									30		34		62		66
Other income (expense), net	(6	)	—		(2	)	(2	)	(2	)	—		(6	)	4
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax	289		281		810		874		239		442		624		874
Income tax (provision) benefit	(57	)	(15	)	(153	)	(127	)	(28	)	(97	)	(74	)	(162	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	232		266		657		747		211		345		550		712
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations	(5	)	(4	)	(14	)	(3	)	(2	)	—		(3	)	(2	)
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations	1		1		2		1		1		—		1		—
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	(4	)	(3	)	(12	)	(2	)	(1	)	—		(2	)	(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	228		263		645		745		210		345		548		710
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2	)	(1	)	(5	)	(5	)	(1	)	(1	)	(2	)	(3	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	226		262		640		740		209		344		546		707
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	230		265		652		742		210		344		548		709
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	(4	)	(3	)	(12	)	(2	)	(1	)	—		(2	)	(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	226		262		640		740		209		344		546		707
Earnings (loss) per common share - basic
Continuing operations	1.68		1.84		4.71		5.08		1.68		2.54		4.33		5.22
Discontinued operations	(0.03	)	(0.02	)	(0.09	)	(0.01	)	(0.01	)	—		(0.01	)	(0.01	)
Net earnings (loss) - basic	1.65		1.82		4.62		5.07		1.67		2.54		4.32		5.21
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted
Continuing operations	1.68		1.83		4.69		5.06		1.67		2.52		4.31		5.19
Discontinued operations	(0.03	)	(0.02	)	(0.09	)	(0.01	)	(0.01	)	—		(0.01	)	(0.01	)
Net earnings (loss) - diluted	1.65		1.81		4.60		5.05		1.66		2.52		4.30		5.18
Weighted average shares - basic	136,579,077		144,005,098		138,599,330		145,959,821		125,289,967		135,589,717		126,409,926		135,752,179
Weighted average shares - diluted	136,951,923		144,601,465		138,988,321		146,585,560		125,847,894		136,309,158		127,111,046		136,499,748

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,				Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016		2019		2018		2019		2018
	(In $ millions)								(In $ millions)
Net earnings (loss)	228		263		645		745		210		345		548		710
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	—		(1	)	1		—
Foreign currency translation	42		(8	)	148		38
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)									(11	)	(66	)	(4	)	(17	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	—		—		(1	)	1		(13	)	6		(16	)	5
Pension and postretirement benefits	(1	)	—		4		(1	)
Pension and postretirement benefits gain (loss)									—		—		—		1
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	41		(9	)	152		38		(24	)	(60	)	(20	)	(11	)
Total comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	269		254		797		783		186		285		528		699
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2	)	(1	)	(5	)	(5	)	(1	)	(1	)	(2	)	(3	)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	267		253		792		778		185		284		526		696

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


	As of September 30, 2017		As of December 31, 2016		As of June 30, 2019		As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions, except share data)				(In $ millions, except share data)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents (variable interest entity restricted - 2017: $23; 2016: $18)	461		638
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates (net of allowance for doubtful accounts - 2017: $8; 2016: $6; variable interest entity restricted - 2017: $5; 2016: $4)	989		801
Cash and cash equivalents (variable interest entity restricted - 2019: $29; 2018: $24)					491		439
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates (net of allowance for doubtful accounts - 2019: $9; 2018: $10; variable interest entity restricted - 2019: $5; 2018: $6)					971		1,017
Non-trade receivables, net	260		223		332		301
Inventories	809		720		1,011		1,046
Marketable securities, at fair value	31		30		27		31
Other assets	63		60		44		40
Total current assets	2,613		2,472		2,876		2,874
Investments in affiliates	938		852		959		979
Property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation - 2017: $2,508; 2016: $2,239; variable interest entity restricted - 2017: $706; 2016: $734)	3,706		3,577
Property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation - 2019: $2,828; 2018: $2,803; variable interest entity restricted - 2019: $641; 2018: $659)					3,642		3,719
Operating lease right-of-use assets					209		—
Deferred income taxes	201		159		90		84
Other assets (variable interest entity restricted - 2017: $6; 2016: $9)	306		307
Other assets (variable interest entity restricted - 2019: $3; 2018: $5)					320		290
Goodwill	995		796		1,083		1,057
Intangible assets (variable interest entity restricted - 2017: $25; 2016: $26)	303		194
Intangible assets (variable interest entity restricted - 2019: $23; 2018: $23)					327		310
Total assets	9,062		8,357		9,506		9,313
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates	435		118		319		561
Trade payables - third party and affiliates	695		625		764		819
Other liabilities	343		322		302		343
Income taxes payable	77		12		23		56
Total current liabilities	1,550		1,077		1,408		1,779
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs	2,954		2,890		3,444		2,970
Deferred income taxes	195		130		265		255
Uncertain tax positions	153		131		171		158
Benefit obligations	845		893		545		564
Operating lease liabilities					192		—
Other liabilities	230		215		227		208
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized (2017 and 2016: 0 issued and outstanding)	—		—
Series A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized (2017: 168,024,095 issued and 135,636,382 outstanding; 2016: 167,611,357 issued and 140,660,447 outstanding)	—		—
Series B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized (2017 and 2016: 0 issued and outstanding)	—		—
Treasury stock, at cost (2017: 32,387,713 shares; 2016: 26,950,910 shares)	(2,031	)	(1,531	)
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized (2019 and 2018: 0 issued and outstanding)					—		—
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized (2019: 168,910,831 issued and 123,740,349 outstanding; 2018: 168,418,954 issued and 128,095,849 outstanding)					—		—
Treasury stock, at cost (2019: 45,170,482 shares; 2018: 40,323,105 shares)					(3,347	)	(2,849	)
Additional paid-in capital	171		157		233		233
Retained earnings	4,781		4,320		6,245		5,847
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net	(206	)	(358	)	(267	)	(247	)
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity	2,715		2,588		2,864		2,984
Noncontrolling interests	420		433		390		395
Total equity	3,135		3,021		3,254		3,379
Total liabilities and equity	9,062		8,357		9,506		9,313

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED ~~STATEMENT~~STATEMENTS OF EQUITY


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017				Three Months Ended June 30,
	Shares		Amount		2019				2018
	(In $ millions, except share data)				Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount
Series A Common Stock
					(In $ millions, except share data)
Common Stock
Balance as of the beginning of the period	140,660,447		—		126,612,492		—		135,855,710		—
Stock option exercises	20,151		—		4,108		—		—		—
Purchases of treasury stock	(5,436,803	)	—		(2,917,864	)	—		(888,383	)	—
Stock awards	392,587		—		41,613		—		50,821		—
Balance as of the end of the period	135,636,382		—		123,740,349		—		135,018,148		—
Treasury Stock
Balance as of the beginning of the period	26,950,910		(1,531	)	42,285,459		(3,048	)	32,387,713		(2,031	)
Purchases of treasury stock, including related fees	5,436,803		(500	)	2,917,864		(300	)	888,383		(100	)
Issuance of treasury stock under stock plans					(32,841	)	1		—		—
Balance as of the end of the period	32,387,713		(2,031	)	45,170,482		(3,347	)	33,276,096		(2,131	)
Additional Paid-In Capital
Balance as of the beginning of the period			157				224				192
Stock-based compensation, net of tax			13				9				16
Stock option exercises, net of tax			1				—				—
Balance as of the end of the period			171				233				208
Retained Earnings
Balance as of the beginning of the period			4,320				6,114				5,220
Cumulative effect adjustment from adoption of new accounting standard (Note 1)			(1	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation			640				209				344
Series A common stock dividends			(178	)
Common stock dividends							(78	)			(73	)
Balance as of the end of the period			4,781				6,245				5,491
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net
Balance as of the beginning of the period			(358	)			(243	)			(128	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax			152				(24	)			(60	)
Balance as of the end of the period			(206	)			(267	)			(188	)
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity			2,715				2,864				3,380
Noncontrolling Interests
Balance as of the beginning of the period			433				392				412
Net earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			5				1				1
(Distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interests			(18	)			(3	)			(6	)
Balance as of the end of the period			420				390				407
Total equity			3,135				3,254				3,787

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019				2018
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount
	(In $ millions, except share data)
Common Stock
Balance as of the beginning of the period	128,095,849		—		135,769,256		—
Stock option exercises	14,045		—		—		—
Purchases of treasury stock	(4,890,155	)	—		(888,383	)	—
Stock awards	520,610		—		137,275		—
Balance as of the end of the period	123,740,349		—		135,018,148		—
Treasury Stock
Balance as of the beginning of the period	40,323,105		(2,849	)	32,387,713		(2,031	)
Purchases of treasury stock, including related fees	4,890,155		(500	)	888,383		(100	)
Issuance of treasury stock under stock plans	(42,778	)	2		—		—
Balance as of the end of the period	45,170,482		(3,347	)	33,276,096		(2,131	)
Additional Paid-In Capital
Balance as of the beginning of the period			233				175
Stock-based compensation, net of tax			1				33
Stock option exercises, net of tax			(1	)			—
Balance as of the end of the period			233				208
Retained Earnings
Balance as of the beginning of the period			5,847				4,920
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation			546				707
Common stock dividends			(148	)			(136	)
Balance as of the end of the period			6,245				5,491
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net
Balance as of the beginning of the period			(247	)			(177	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax			(20	)			(11	)
Balance as of the end of the period			(267	)			(188	)
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity			2,864				3,380
Noncontrolling Interests
Balance as of the beginning of the period			395				412
Net earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			2				3
(Distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interests			(7	)			(8	)
Balance as of the end of the period			390				407
Total equity			3,254				3,787

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


	Nine Months Ended September 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2019		2018
	(In $ millions)				(In $ millions)
Operating Activities
Net earnings (loss)	645		745		548		710
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Asset impairments	—		1		83		—
Depreciation, amortization and accretion	231		223		170		168
Pension and postretirement net periodic benefit cost	(60	)	(40	)	(30	)	(46	)
Pension and postretirement contributions	(36	)	(38	)	(24	)	(24	)
Deferred income taxes, net	(5	)	39		(17	)	55
(Gain) loss on disposition of businesses and assets, net	4		1		1		3
Stock-based compensation	32		23		27		39
Undistributed earnings in unconsolidated affiliates	(19	)	2		22		3
Other, net	8		11		13		10
Operating cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations	7		—		—		(1	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates, net	(122	)	(82	)	52		(175	)
Inventories	(14	)	36		39		(17	)
Other assets	(24	)	53		(21	)	(39	)
Trade payables - third party and affiliates	41		16		(51	)	36
Other liabilities	57		(50	)	(81	)	6
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	745		940		731		728
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment	(180	)	(186	)	(144	)	(165	)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(269	)	—		(91	)	(144	)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net	1		8		—		9
Other, net	(9	)	(14	)	(8	)	(31	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(457	)	(192	)	(243	)	(331	)
Financing Activities
Net change in short-term borrowings with maturities of 3 months or less	224		(347	)	105		40
Proceeds from short-term borrowings	150		39		—		36
Repayments of short-term borrowings	(91	)	(76	)	(12	)	(39	)
Proceeds from long-term debt	—		1,509		499		—
Repayments of long-term debt	(65	)	(1,095	)	(348	)	(43	)
Purchases of treasury stock, including related fees	(500	)	(300	)	(488	)	(100	)
Stock option exercises	1		3		—		—
Series A common stock dividends	(178	)	(150	)
Common stock dividends					(148	)	(136	)
(Distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interests	(18	)	(15	)	(7	)	(8	)
Other, net	(19	)	(35	)	(38	)	(6	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(496	)	(467	)	(437	)	(256	)
Exchange rate effects on cash and cash equivalents	31		4		1		(9	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(177	)	285		52		132
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of period	638		967		439		576
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of period	461		1,252		491		708

See the accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Description of the Company and Basis of Presentation

Description of the Company

Celanese Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") is a global ~~technology~~chemical and specialty materials company. The Company produces high performance engineered polymers that are used in a variety of high-value applications, as well as acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals, for nearly all major industries. The Company also engineers and manufactures a wide variety of products essential to everyday living. The Company's ~~business involves processing~~broad product portfolio serves a diverse set of end-use applications including automotive, chemical ~~raw materials, such as methanol, carbon monoxide~~additives, construction, consumer and ~~ethylene,~~industrial adhesives, consumer and ~~natural products, including wood pulp, into value-added chemicals, thermoplastic polymers~~medical, energy storage, filtration, food and ~~other chemical-based products.~~beverage, paints and coatings, paper and packaging, performance industrial and textiles.

Definitions

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Quarterly Report"), the term "Celanese" refers to Celanese Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and not its subsidiaries. The term "Celanese US" refers to the Company's subsidiary, Celanese US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and not its subsidiaries.

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018 contained in this Quarterly Report were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP") for all periods presented and include the accounts of the Company, its majority owned subsidiaries over which the Company exercises control and, when applicable, variable interest entities in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and other financial information included in this Quarterly Report, unless otherwise specified, have been presented to separately show the effects of discontinued operations.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), cash flows and equity include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items necessary for their fair presentation in conformity with US GAAP. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted in accordance with rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018, filed on February ~~10, 2017~~7, 2019 with the SEC as part of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Operating results for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into contracts and agreements relative to a number of topics, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, supply agreements, product sales and other arrangements. The Company endeavors to describe those contracts or agreements that are material to its business, results of operations or financial position. The Company may also describe some arrangements that are not material but in which the Company believes investors may have an interest or which may have been included in a Form 8-K filing. Investors should not assume the Company has described all contracts and agreements relative to the Company's business in this Quarterly Report.

For those consolidated ventures in which the Company owns or is exposed to less than 100% of the economics, the outside stockholders' interests are shown as noncontrolling interests.

The Company has reclassified certain prior period amounts to conform to the presentation of the Company's current ~~period's presentation.~~reportable segments.

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Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of Net sales, expenses and allocated charges during the reporting period. Significant estimates pertain to impairments of goodwill, intangible assets and other long-lived assets, purchase price allocations, restructuring costs and other (charges) gains, net, income taxes, pension

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and other postretirement benefits, asset retirement obligations, environmental liabilities and loss contingencies, among others. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

~~Change in accounting policy regarding share-based compensation~~

Historically, the Company recognized share-based compensation net of estimated forfeitures over the vesting period of the respective grant. Effective January 1, 2017, the Company elected to change its accounting policy to recognize forfeitures as they occur. The new forfeiture policy election was adopted using a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative effect adjustment of $1 million to Retained earnings as of January 1, 2017. See ~~Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements~~ ~~for further information.~~

2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The following table provides a brief description of recent Accounting Standard Updates ("ASU") issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"):



Standard	Description	Effective Date	Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
~~In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.~~	The new guidance improves the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity's risk management activities in its financial statements through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results.	~~January 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted.~~	~~The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on its financial statements and related disclosures, but does not expect adoption will have a material impact.~~

In ~~March 2017,~~August 2018, the FASB issued ASU ~~2017-07, Improving~~2018-14, Disclosure Framework - Changes to the ~~Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement~~Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit ~~Cost.~~Plans.	The new guidance ~~clarifies~~modifies the ~~presentation~~disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans by removing disclosures that no longer are considered cost beneficial, clarifying the specific requirements of disclosures and ~~classification of the components of net periodic benefit costs in the consolidated statement of operations.~~adding disclosure requirements identified as relevant.	January 1, ~~2018.~~2020. Early adoption is permitted.	The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on its financial statements and related disclosures.

In ~~January 2017,~~February 2018, the FASB issued ASU ~~2017-04, Intangibles: Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.~~2018-02, Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.	The new guidance ~~simplifies subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2~~allows a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the ~~goodwill impairment test.~~Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and will improve the usefulness of information reported to financial statement users.	January 1, ~~2020. Early adoption is permitted.~~2019.	The Company adopted the new guidance ~~during the three months ended September 30, 2017, as part of the FASB's simplification initiative.~~effective January 1, 2019. The adoption of the new guidance did not have a material impact toon the Company.

In ~~October~~June 2016, the FASB issued ASU ~~2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers~~2016-13, Measurement of ~~Assets Other Than Inventory.~~Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. Since that date, the FASB has issued additional ASUs clarifying certain aspects of ASU 2016-13.	The new guidance requires financial instruments measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the ~~income tax consequences~~net amount expected to be collected through application of the current expected credit losses model. The model requires an estimate of the credit losses expected over the life of an ~~intra-entity transfer~~exposure or pool of exposures. The income statement will reflect the measurement of credit losses for newly recognized financial assets, ~~other than inventory to be recognized when~~as well as the ~~transfer occurs rather than deferring until an outside sale has occurred.~~expected increases or decreases of expected credit losses that have taken place during the period.	January 1, ~~2018.~~2020. Early adoption is permitted.	The Company ~~does not expect~~is currently evaluating the impact of adoption ~~will have a material impact~~ on its financial statements and related disclosures.

In ~~August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.~~	~~The new guidance clarifies the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows.~~	~~January 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted.~~	~~The Company does not expect adoption will have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures.~~

~~In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.~~	The new guidance simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the timing of recognizing income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, calculation of compensation expense and classification on the statement of cash flows.	~~January 1, 2017. Early adoption is permitted.~~	~~The Company adopted the new guidance effective January 1, 2017, as part of the FASB's simplification initiative. The adoption of the new guidance did not have a material impact to the Company.~~ ~~The Company changed its accounting policy regarding the recognition of stock-based compensation expense as part of the adoption (Note 1~~).

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~~Standard~~	~~Description~~	~~Effective Date~~	~~Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters~~
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases. Since that date, the FASB has issued additional ASUs clarifying certain aspects of ASU 2016-02.	The new guidance supersedes the lease guidance under FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 840, Leases, resulting in the creation of FASB ASC Topic 842, Leases. The guidance requires a lessee to recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term for both finance and operating leases.	~~January 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted.~~	The Company is currently evaluating its population of leases, and is continuing to assess all potential impacts of the standard, but currently believes the most significant impact relates to its accounting for manufacturing and logistics equipment, and real estate operating leases. The Company anticipates recognition of additional assets and corresponding liabilities related to leases upon adoption, but cannot quantify these at this time. The Company plans to adopt the standard effective January 1, 2019.

~~In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.~~	~~The new guidance updates certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments.~~	~~January 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted.~~	~~The Company does not expect adoption will have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures.~~

~~In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Since that date, the FASB has issued additional ASUs clarifying certain aspects of ASU 2014-09.~~	The new guidance requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance provides alternative methods of adoption. Subsequent guidance issued after ~~May 2014~~February 2016 did not change the core principle of ASU ~~2014-09.~~2016-02.	January 1, ~~2018.~~2019.	The Company ~~plans to adopt~~adopted the ~~revenue~~new guidance effective January 1, ~~2018,~~2019, using the modified retrospective ~~approach. The~~transition method, which did not require the Company ~~has substantially completed its assessment~~to adjust comparative periods. See the Adoption of the potential impact on its financial statements and currently does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures. Further, it does not expect to change the manner or timing of recognizing revenue as a majority of its revenue transactions are recognized when product is delivered.ASU 2016-02 section below for additional information.

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Adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases

The Company adopted ASU 2016-02 as of January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. Prior period amounts have not been adjusted. In addition, the Company elected the following practical expedients:

the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among other things, allowed the Company to carry forward the historical lease classification;

the land easements practical expedient, which allowed the Company to carry forward the accounting treatment for land easements on existing agreements;

the short-term lease practical expedient, which allowed the Company to exclude short-term leases from recognition in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets; and

the bifurcation of lease and non-lease components practical expedient, which did not require the Company to bifurcate lease and non-lease components for all classes of assets.

The adoption of this accounting standard resulted in the recording of Operating lease right-of-use ("ROU") assets and Operating lease liabilities of $223 million and $240 million, respectively, as of January 1, 2019. The difference between the operating lease assets and liabilities was recorded as an adjustment to Other liabilities, primarily related to deferred rent (lease incentives). The adoption of ASU 2016-02 had no impact on Retained earnings.

See Note 16 for additional information.

3. Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures

~~Acquisitions~~Plant Closures

~~Acetate Tow Joint Venture~~Ocotlán, Mexico

On June ~~18, 2017, Celanese, through various subsidiaries, entered into an agreement~~28, 2019, the Company announced it will consolidate its global acetate manufacturing capabilities with ~~affiliates~~the closure of its acetate flake manufacturing operations in Ocotlán, Mexico. The Blackstone Group L.P. (the "Blackstone Entities") to form a joint venture which combines substantially all of the operations of the Company's cellulose derivatives business and the operations of the Rhodia Acetow cellulose acetate business formerly operated by Solvay S.A. and acquired by the Blackstone Entities on June 1, 2017. The Company's cellulose derivativesOcotlán, Mexico operations are included in the Consumer Specialties segment. The combined business will operate under a common governance structure through two separate joint ventures, each of which will be owned ultimately 70% and 30% by Celanese and the Blackstone Entities, respectively. One venture will primarily be comprised of the US operations being contributed and the other will be comprised of the remaining international operations being contributed. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including: (i) waiting periods, clearances and/or approvals of the European Union and other jurisdictions requiring antitrust or similar approvals, and (ii) completion of the internal reorganization of the Company's cellulose derivatives business to facilitate the closing and operation of the joint venture post-closing. The agreement may be terminated by Celanese and/or the Blackstone Entities under certain limited circumstances, including if the closing is not consummated within one year of signing, which date may be extended by an additional 90 days, under certain circumstances. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, once approved and upon closing, the Company is expecting to consolidate the joint venture results, subject to the Blackstone Entities' noncontrolling interest.

In connection with the agreement, the joint venture obtained commitments for credit facilities aggregating $2.4 billion to be entered into by the joint venture entities at the closing consisting of (i) senior secured ($135 million) and senior unsecured ($65 million) revolving credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, (ii) senior secured term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion, (iii) a senior unsecured bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount of $800 million, which bridge facility will backstop the proposed issuance of $800 million senior unsecured notes by a joint venture subsidiary, and (iv) a senior unsecured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $400 million. The credit facilities will be guaranteed by certain of the subsidiaries of the respective borrowers; however, only the $65 million senior

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unsecured revolving credit facility and the $400 million senior unsecured term loan credit facility will be guaranteed by Celanese. Approximately $2.2 billion of the proceeds of the debt financing are expected to be used, in part, to repay certain of the parties' existing indebtedness and a $1.6 billion dividend to the Company.

~~Nilit Plastics~~

On May 3, 2017, using cash on hand and borrowings under the Company's senior unsecured revolving credit facility, the Company acquired the nylon compounding division of Nilit Group ("Nilit"), an independent producer of high performance nylon resins, fibers and compounds. Celanese acquired the nylon compounding product portfolio, customer agreements and manufacturing, technology and commercial facilities. The acquisition of Nilit increases the Company's global engineered materials product platforms, extends the operational model, technical and industry solutions capabilities and expands project pipelines. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and the acquired operations are included in the Advanced Engineered MaterialsAcetate Tow segment.

~~Pro forma financial information since the respective acquisition date has not been provided~~The exit and shutdown costs related to this closure are as the acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company's financial information. The Company allocated the purchase price of the acquisition to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair values was recorded as goodwill. The Company calculated the fair value of the assets acquired using the income, market, or cost approach (or a combination thereof). Fair values were determined based on Level 3 inputsincluding estimated future cash flows, discount rates, royalty rates, growth rates, sales projections, retention rates and terminal values, all of which require significant management judgment and are susceptible to change. The purchase price allocation is based upon preliminary information and is subject to change if additional information about the facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date becomes available. The final fair value of the net assets acquired may result in adjustments to the assets and liabilities, including goodwill. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made certain adjustments to its purchase price allocation to adjust taxes and working capital, which resulted in a $4 million reduction to goodwill. Any subsequent measurement period adjustments are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations.

~~The preliminary purchase price allocation for the Nilit acquisition is as~~ follows:



	~~As of~~Three Months Ended ~~May 3, 2017~~June 30, 2019
	(In $ millions)
~~Cash and cash equivalents~~ Asset impairments⁽¹⁾	483
~~Trade receivables - third party and affiliates~~	21
~~Inventories~~	37
~~Property, plant and equipment, net~~	36
~~Intangible assets (Note 7~~)Restructuring⁽¹⁾	~~104~~1
~~Goodwill~~⁽¹⁾(~~Note 7~~) Accelerated depreciation expense	~~136~~1
~~Other assets~~	11
Total ~~fair value of assets acquired~~	~~349~~85

~~Trade payables - third party and affiliates~~	(8	)
~~Total debt (Note 10~~)	~~(12~~	)
~~Deferred income taxes~~	~~(26~~	)
~~Benefit obligations~~	~~(15~~	)
~~Other liabilities~~⁽²⁾	~~(45~~	)
~~Total fair value of liabilities assumed~~	~~(106~~	)
~~Net assets acquired~~	~~243~~

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⁽¹⁾	~~Goodwill consists~~ Included in Other (charges) gains, net in the consolidated statement of ~~expected revenue and operating synergies resulting from the acquisition. None of the goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes.~~


⁽²⁾operations (Note 18).	~~Includes a $29 million acquisition payment to Nilit Group after the date of close, which was paid as of June 30, 2017.~~

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~~During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, transaction related~~The Company expects to incur additional exit and shutdown costs of $2approximately $20 million, ~~were expensed as incurred~~primarily related to ~~Selling, general~~employee termination benefits and ~~administrative expenses in~~accelerated depreciation, through the ~~unaudited interim consolidated statements~~first quarter of operations. The amount of pro forma Net earnings (loss) of Nilit included in the Company's unaudited interim consolidated statement of operations was less than 1% (unaudited) of its consolidated Net earnings (loss) had the acquisition occurred as of the beginning of 2017. The amount of Nilit Net earnings (loss) consolidated by the Company since the acquisition date was not material.

~~SO.F.TER. S.p.A.~~

In December 2016, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of the Forli, Italy based SO.F.TER. S.p.A. ("SOFTER"), a leading thermoplastic compounder. The acquisition of SOFTER increases the Company's global engineered materials product platforms, extends the operational model, technical and industry solutions capabilities and expands project pipelines. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and the acquired operations are included in the Advanced Engineered Materials segment. The Company allocated the purchase price of the acquisition to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The purchase price allocation was based on preliminary information and is subject to change if additional information about the facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date becomes available. The final fair value of the net assets acquired may result in adjustments to the assets and liabilities, including goodwill. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made certain adjustments to its purchase price allocation to adjust property, plant and equipment, inventory and accounts receivable, which resulted in a $2 million reduction to goodwill. Any subsequent measurement period adjustments are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations.2020.

4. Ventures and Variable Interest Entities

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

The Company has a joint venture, Fairway Methanol LLC ("Fairway"), with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan ("Mitsui"), in which the Company owns 50% of Fairway, for the production of methanol at the Company's integrated chemical plant in Clear Lake, Texas. The methanol unit utilizes natural gas in the US Gulf Coast region as a feedstock and benefits from the existing infrastructure at the Company's Clear Lake facility. Both Mitsui and the Company supply their own natural gas to Fairway in exchange for methanol tolling under a cost-plus off-take arrangement.

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The Company determined that Fairway is a variable interest entity ("VIE") in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Under the terms of the joint venture agreements, the Company provides site services and day-to-day operations for the methanol facility. In addition, the joint venture agreements provide that the Company indemnifies Mitsui for environmental obligations that exceed a specified threshold, as well as an equity option between the partners. Accordingly, the Company consolidates the venture and records a noncontrolling interest for the share of the venture owned by Mitsui. Fairway is included in the Company's Acetyl ~~Intermediates~~Chain segment.

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The carrying amount of the assets and liabilities associated with Fairway included in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets are as follows:


	As of September 30, 2017	As of December 31, 2016	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)		(In $ millions)
Cash and cash equivalents	23	18	29	24
Trade receivables, net - third party & affiliate	10	8
Property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation - 2017: $80; 2016: $50)	706	734
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization - 2017: $2; 2016: $1)	25	26
Trade receivables, net - third party and affiliates			10	11
Property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation - 2019: $151; 2018: $130)			641	659
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization - 2019: $4; 2018: $3)			23	23
Other assets	6	9	3	5
Total assets⁽¹⁾	770	795	706	722

Trade payables	14	15	11	16
Other liabilities⁽²⁾	4	2	3	4
Total debt	5	5	4	5
Deferred income taxes	3	2	4	3
Total liabilities	26	24	22	28

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⁽¹⁾	Assets can only be used to settle the obligations of Fairway.


⁽²⁾	Primarily represents amounts owed by Fairway to the Company for reimbursement of expenditures.

Nonconsolidated Variable Interest Entities

The Company holds variable interests in entities that supply certain raw materials and services to the Company. The variable interests primarily relate to cost-plus contractual arrangements with the suppliers and recovery of capital expenditures for certain plant assets plus a rate of return on such assets. Liabilities for such supplier recoveries of capital expenditures have been recorded as ~~capital~~finance lease obligations. The entities are not consolidated because the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the entities as it does not have the power to direct the activities of the entities that most significantly impact the entities' economic performance. The Company's maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these VIEs as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~,2019, relates primarily to the recovery of capital expenditures for certain property, plant and equipment.

The carrying amount of the assets and liabilities associated with the obligations to nonconsolidated VIEs, as well as the maximum exposure to loss relating to these nonconsolidated VIEs are as follows:


	As of September 30, 2017	As of December 31, 2016	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)		(In $ millions)
Property, plant and equipment, net	55	60	37	42

Trade payables	37	53	28	27
Current installments of long-term debt	19	10	15	14
Long-term debt	78	91	50	58
Total liabilities	134	154	93	99

Maximum exposure to loss	180	240	124	134

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The difference between the total liabilities associated with obligations to nonconsolidated VIEs and the maximum exposure to loss primarily represents take-or-pay obligations for services included in the Company's unconditional purchase obligations (Note 1819).

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5. Marketable Securities ~~at Fair Value~~

The Company's nonqualified trusts hold available-for-sale securities for funding requirements of the Company's nonqualified pension ~~plans (Note 11~~)plans. Available-for-sale securities as ~~follows:~~

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Amortized cost 31
30
Gross unrealized gain —
—
Gross unrealized loss —
—
Fair value 31
30
of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were $27 million and $31 million, respectively, and were recorded at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

6. Inventories



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Finished goods	688	697
Work-in-process	73	70
Raw materials and supplies	250	279
Total	1,011	1,046

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Finished goods 539
506
Work-in-process 45
45
Raw materials and supplies 225
169
Total 809
720

7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill

Advanced
Engineered
Materials

Consumer
Specialties

Industrial
Specialties

Acetyl
Intermediates
Total
(In $ millions)
As of December 31, 2016 385
225
38
148
796
Acquisitions (Note 3)
130
—
—
—
130
Exchange rate changes 37
10
2
20
69
As of September 30, 2017⁽¹⁾
552
235
40
168
995



	Engineered Materials			Acetate Tow	Acetyl Chain		Total
	(In $ millions)
As of December 31, 2018	707			148	202		1,057
Acquisitions	29		⁽¹⁾	—	—		29
Exchange rate changes	(2	)		—	(1	)	(3	)
As of June 30, 2019⁽²⁾	734			148	201		1,083

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⁽¹⁾	Represents goodwill related to the acquisition of Next Polymers Ltd.


⁽²⁾	There were $0 million of accumulated impairment losses as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019.

The Company assesses the recoverability of the carrying amount of its reporting unit goodwill either qualitatively or quantitatively annually during the third quarter of its fiscal year using June 30 balances or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be fully recoverable. In connection with the Company's annual goodwill impairment assessment, the Company did not record an impairment loss to goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as the estimated fair value for each of the Company's reporting units exceeded the carrying amount of the underlying assets by a substantial margin.

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Intangible Assets, Net

Finite-lived intangible assets are as follows:


	Licenses		Customer- Related Intangible Assets		Developed Technology		Covenants Not to Compete and Other		Total			Licenses		Customer- Related Intangible Assets		Developed Technology		Covenants Not to Compete and Other		Total
	(In $ millions)											(In $ millions)
Gross Asset Value
As of December 31, 2016	36		509		35		53		633
Acquisitions (Note 3)	—		73		9		—		82		⁽¹⁾
As of December 31, 2018												42		651		44		56		793
Acquisitions												—		25		—		—		25		⁽¹⁾
Exchange rate changes	1		51		1		—		53			—		(2	)	—		—		(2	)
As of September 30, 2017	37		633		45		53		768
As of June 30, 2019												42		674		44		56		816
Accumulated Amortization
As of December 31, 2016	(27	)	(440	)	(26	)	(31	)	(524	)
As of December 31, 2018												(33	)	(495	)	(32	)	(35	)	(595	)
Amortization	(3	)	(8	)	(2	)	(1	)	(14	)		(1	)	(8	)	(2	)	(1	)	(12	)
Exchange rate changes	(1	)	(39	)	(1	)	—		(41	)		—		2		—		—		2
As of September 30, 2017	(31	)	(487	)	(29	)	(32	)	(579	)
As of June 30, 2019												(34	)	(501	)	(34	)	(36	)	(605	)
Net book value	6		146		16		21		189			8		173		10		20		211

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⁽¹⁾	Represents intangible assets acquired related to ~~Nilit (Note 3~~)Next Polymers Ltd. with a weighted average amortization period of 1413 years.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets are as follows:



	Trademarks and Trade Names
	(In $ millions)
As of December 31, ~~2016~~2018	85112
Acquisitions (~~Note 3~~)	224
Accumulated impairment losses	—
Exchange rate changes	7—
As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019	~~114~~116

~~The Company assesses~~For the recoverability of the carrying amount of its indefinite-lived intangible assets either qualitatively or by utilizing the relief from royalty method under the income approach annually during the third quarter of its fiscal year usingsix months ended June 30, balances or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. In connection with the Company's annual indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment assessment, the Company did not record an impairment loss to indefinite-lived intangible assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as the estimated fair value of each of the Company's indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded the carrying value of the underlying assets by a substantial margin.

~~The Company's trademarks and trade names have an indefinite life. For the~~ ~~nine months endedSeptember 30, 2017~~,2019, the Company did not renew or extend any intangible assets.

Estimated amortization expense for the succeeding five fiscal years is as follows:



	(In $ millions)
2020	22
2021	21
2022	19
2023	17
2024	15

(In $ millions)
2018 19
2019 17
2020 15
2021 15
2022 14

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8. Current Other Liabilities



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Asset retirement obligations	7	3
Benefit obligations (Note 11)	30	30
Customer rebates (Note 21)	47	76
Derivatives (Note 17)	3	7
Environmental (Note 12)	16	20
Insurance	4	4
Interest	26	21
Operating leases (Note 16)	31	—
Restructuring (Note 14)	15	4
Salaries and benefits	69	119
Sales and use tax/foreign withholding tax payable	17	22
Other	37	37
Total	302	343

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Asset retirement obligations 17
9
Benefit obligations (Note 11)
31
31
Customer rebates 59
51
Derivatives (Note 16)
9
3
Environmental (Note 12)
17
14
Insurance 4
6
Interest 18
15
Restructuring (Note 14)
6
16
Salaries and benefits 91
97
Sales and use tax/foreign withholding tax payable 23
21
Other 68
59
Total 343
322

9. Noncurrent Other Liabilities



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Asset retirement obligations	14	13
Deferred proceeds	44	44
Deferred revenue (Note 21)	7	7
Derivatives (Note 17)	42	11
Environmental (Note 12)	49	49
Insurance	41	37
Other	30	47
Total	227	208

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Asset retirement obligations 10
20
Deferred proceeds 46
41
Deferred revenue 7
9
Environmental (Note 12)
54
50
Income taxes payable 6
6
Insurance 52
46
Other 55
43
Total 230
215

10. Debt


	As of September 30, 2017	As of December 31, 2016	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)		(In $ millions)
Short-Term Borrowings and Current Installments of Long-Term Debt - Third Party and Affiliates
Current installments of long-term debt	59	27	26	367
Short-term borrowings, including amounts due to affiliates⁽¹⁾	75	68	68	77
Short-term SOFTER bank loans (Note 3)⁽²⁾	—	23
Revolving credit facility⁽³⁾	220	—
Accounts receivable securitization facility⁽⁴⁾	81	—
Revolving credit facility⁽²⁾			148	40
Accounts receivable securitization facility⁽³⁾			77	77
Total	435	118	319	561

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⁽¹⁾	The weighted average interest rate was ~~3.0%~~2.9% and ~~3.1%~~3.2% as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and December 31, ~~2016,~~2018, respectively.


⁽²⁾	The weighted average interest rate was ~~1.2%~~1.3% and 6.0% as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, ~~2016.~~2018, respectively.


⁽³⁾	The weighted average interest rate was ~~2.7%~~3.3% and 3.1% as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

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	As of June 30, 2019		As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Long-Term Debt
Senior unsecured notes due 2019, interest rate of 3.250%	—		343
Senior unsecured notes due 2021, interest rate of 5.875%	400		400
Senior unsecured notes due 2022, interest rate of 4.625%	500		500
Senior unsecured notes due 2023, interest rate of 1.125%	852		857
Senior unsecured notes due 2024, interest rate of 3.500%	499		—
Senior unsecured notes due 2025, interest rate of 1.250%	341		343
Senior unsecured notes due 2027, interest rate of 2.125%	565		568
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds due at various dates through 2030, interest rates ranging from 4.05% to 5.00%	167		167
Nilit bank loans due at various dates through 2026⁽¹⁾	10		10
Obligations under finance leases due at various dates through 2054	156		167
Subtotal	3,490		3,355
Unamortized debt issuance costs⁽²⁾	(20	)	(18	)
Current installments of long-term debt	(26	)	(367	)
Total	3,444		2,970

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⁽⁴⁾⁽¹⁾	The weighted average interest rate was ~~2.0%~~1.3% and 1.3% as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~

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As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Long-Term Debt
Senior unsecured term loan due 2021⁽¹⁾
500
500
Senior unsecured notes due 2019, interest rate of 3.250% 354
316
Senior unsecured notes due 2021, interest rate of 5.875% 400
400
Senior unsecured notes due 2022, interest rate of 4.625% 500
500
Senior unsecured notes due 2023, interest rate of 1.125% 884
788
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds due at various dates through 2030, interest rates ranging from 4.05% to 5.00% 169
170
SOFTER bank loans due at various dates through 2021 (Note 3)⁽²⁾
—
47
Nilit bank loans due at various dates through 2026 (Note 3)⁽³⁾
12
—
Obligations under capital leases due at various dates through 2054 212
217
Subtotal 3,031
2,938
Unamortized debt issuance costs⁽⁴⁾
(18 ) (21 )
Current installments of long-term debt (59 ) (27 )
Total 2,954
2,890


⁽¹⁾	~~The margin for borrowings under the senior unsecured term loan due 2021 was 1.5% above LIBOR at current Company credit ratings.~~2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.


⁽²⁾	~~The weighted average interest rate was~~ ~~1.6%~~ ~~as of December 31, 2016.~~


⁽³⁾	~~The weighted average interest rate was 1.4% as of September 30, 2017.~~


⁽⁴⁾	Related to the Company's long-term debt, excluding obligations under ~~capital~~finance leases.

Senior Credit Facilities

~~In July 2016,~~On January 7, 2019, Celanese, Celanese US and certain ~~subsidiaries~~subsidiary borrowers entered into a new senior credit agreement ~~("Credit~~(the "Credit Agreement") consisting of a ~~$500 million senior unsecured term loan and a $1.0~~$1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (with a letter of credit sublimit), ~~each~~ maturing in ~~2021.~~2024. The Credit Agreement is guaranteed by Celanese, Celanese US and substantially all of its domestic subsidiaries ~~(the "Subsidiary~~("the Subsidiary Guarantors").

The Company's debt balances and amounts available for borrowing under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility are as follows:



	As of ~~September~~ June 30, ~~2017~~ 2019
	(In $ millions)
Revolving Credit Facility
Borrowings outstanding⁽¹⁾	~~220~~148
Letters of credit issued	—
Available for borrowing⁽²⁾	~~780~~1,102

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⁽¹⁾	The Company borrowed ~~$451~~$869 million and repaid ~~$231~~$763 million under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility during the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~2019.


⁽²⁾	The margin for borrowings under the senior unsecured revolving credit facility was ~~1.5%~~1.25% above LIBOR or EURIBOR at current Company credit ratings.

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Senior Notes

The Company has outstanding senior unsecured notes, issued in public offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), as amended (collectively, the "Senior Notes"). The Senior Notes were issued by Celanese US and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Celanese and the Subsidiary Guarantors. Celanese US may redeem some or all of each of the Senior Notes, prior to their respective maturity dates, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount, plus a

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"make-whole" premium as specified in the applicable indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

On May 8, 2019, Celanese US completed an offering of $500 million in principal amount of 3.500% senior unsecured notes due May 8, 2024 (the "3.500% Notes") in a public offering registered under the Securities Act. The 3.500% Notes were issued at a discount to par at a price of 99.895%, which is being amortized to Interest expense in the unaudited interim consolidated statement of operations over the term of the 3.500% Notes. Net proceeds from the sale of the 3.500% Notes were used to redeem in full the 3.250% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2019 (the "3.250 Notes"), to repay $156 million of outstanding borrowings under the senior unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. In connection with the issuance of the 3.500% Notes, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap to effectively convert its fixed-rate US dollar denominated debt under the 3.500% Notes, including annual interest payments and the payment of principal at maturity, to fixed-rate Euro denominated debt. See Note 17 for additional information.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility

The Company has a US accounts receivable securitization facility involving receivables of certain of its domestic subsidiaries of the Company transferred to a wholly-owned, "bankruptcy remote" special purpose subsidiary of the Company ("SPE"). The ~~securitization~~ facility, which permits cash borrowings and letters of credit, ~~expires~~was amended on July 8, 2019 to extend the maturity date to July 6, 2020 and modify certain events of default, limitations on concentrations of obligors and certain of the components used to calculate the SPE reserves. All of the SPE's assets have been pledged to the administrative agent in ~~July 2019.~~support of the SPE's obligations under the facility.

The Company's debt balances and amounts available for borrowing under its securitization facility are as follows:



	As of ~~September~~ June 30, ~~2017~~ 2019
	(In $ millions)
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
Borrowings outstanding⁽¹⁾	8177
Letters of credit issued	3129
Available for borrowing	75
Total borrowing base	~~119~~111

Maximum borrowing base⁽²⁾⁽¹⁾	120

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⁽¹⁾	~~The Company borrowed $85 million and repaid $4 million under its Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.~~


⁽²⁾	Outstanding accounts receivable transferred to the SPE was ~~$153~~$188 million.

Other Financing Arrangements

In June 2018, the Company entered into a factoring agreement with a global financial institution to sell certain accounts receivable on a non-recourse basis. These transactions are treated as a sale and are accounted for as a reduction in accounts receivable because the agreement transfers effective control over and risk related to the receivables to the buyer. The Company has no continuing involvement in the transferred receivables, other than collection and administrative responsibilities and, once sold, the accounts receivable are no longer available to satisfy creditors in the event of bankruptcy. The Company de-recognized $134 million and $117 million of accounts receivable as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Covenants

The Company's material financing arrangements contain customary covenants, including the maintenance of certain financial ratios, events of default and change of control provisions. Failure to comply with these covenants, or the occurrence of any other event of default, could result in acceleration of the borrowings and other financial obligations. The Company is in compliance with all of the covenants related to its debt agreements as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019.

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11. Benefit Obligations

The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows:



	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
	Pension Benefits		Post-retirement Benefits	Pension Benefits		Post-retirement Benefits	Pension Benefits		Post-retirement Benefits	Pension Benefits		Post-retirement Benefits
	(In $ millions)
Service cost	2		—	3		—	4		—	5		—
Interest cost	29		1	26		1	58		1	52		1
Expected return on plan assets	(47	)	—	(53	)	—	(93	)	—	(105	)	—
Special termination benefit	—		—	1		—	—		—	1		—
Total	(16	)	1	(23	)	1	(31	)	1	(47	)	1

Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2017 2016 2017 2016
Pension
Benefits Post-retirement
Benefits Pension
Benefits Post-retirement
Benefits Pension
Benefits Post-retirement
Benefits Pension
Benefits Post-retirement
Benefits
(In $ millions)
Service cost 2
1
2
—
6
1
6
—
Interest cost 27
—
28
1
80
1
84
2
Expected return on plan assets (50 ) —
(44 ) —
(148 ) —
(132 ) —
Amortization of prior service cost (credit), net —
—
—
(1 ) —
(1 ) —
(3 )
Special termination benefit —
—
—
—
1
—
3
—
Total (21 ) 1
(14 ) —
(61 ) 1
(39 ) (1 )

Benefit obligation funding is as follows:


	As of September 30, 2017	Total Expected 2017	As of June 30, 2019	Total Expected 2019
	(In $ millions)		(In $ millions)
Cash contributions to defined benefit pension plans	17	20	11	22
Benefit payments to nonqualified pension plans	16	22	11	21
Benefit payments to other postretirement benefit plans	3	4	2	5
Cash contributions to German multiemployer defined benefit pension plans⁽¹⁾	5	7	4	9

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⁽¹⁾	The Company makes contributions based on specified percentages of employee contributions.

The Company's estimates of its US defined benefit pension plan contributions reflect the provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

12. Environmental

The Company is subject to environmental laws and regulations worldwide that impose limitations on the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, establish standards for the treatment, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, and impose record keeping and notification requirements. Failure to timely comply with these laws and regulations may expose the Company to penalties. The Company believes that it is in substantial compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and engages in an ongoing process of updating its controls to mitigate compliance risks. The Company is also subject to retained environmental obligations specified in various contractual agreements arising from the divestiture of certain businesses by the Company or one of its predecessor companies.

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The components of environmental remediation ~~reserves~~liabilities are as follows:



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Demerger obligations (Note 19)	25	26
Divestiture obligations (Note 19)	13	16
Active sites	14	14
US Superfund sites	11	11
Other environmental remediation liabilities	2	2
Total	65	69

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As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Demerger obligations (Note 18)
30
18
Divestiture obligations (Note 18)
15
16
Active sites 14
16
US Superfund sites 10
11
Other environmental remediation reserves 2
3
Total 71
64

Remediation

Due to its industrial history and through retained contractual and legal obligations, the Company has the obligation to remediate specific areas on its own sites as well as on divested, demerger, orphan or US Superfund sites (as defined below). In addition, as part of the demerger agreement between the Company and Hoechst AG ("Hoechst"), a specified portion of the responsibility for environmental liabilities from a number of Hoechst divestitures was transferred to the Company (Note 1819)). Certain of these sites, at which the Company maintains continuing involvement, were and continue to be designated as discontinued ~~operations when closed.~~operations. The Company provides for such obligations when the event of loss is probable and reasonably estimable. The Company believes that environmental remediation costs will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Company, but may have a material adverse effect on the results of operations or cash flows in any given period.

US Superfund Sites

In the US, the Company may be subject to substantial claims brought by US federal or state regulatory agencies or private individuals pursuant to statutory authority or common law. In particular, the Company has a potential liability under the US Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and related state laws (collectively referred to as "Superfund") for investigation and cleanup costs at certain sites. At most of these sites, numerous companies, including the Company, or one of its predecessor companies, have been notified that the US Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), state governing bodies or private individuals consider such companies to be potentially responsible parties ("PRP") under Superfund or related laws. The proceedings relating to these sites are in various stages. The cleanup process has not been completed at most sites, and the status of the insurance coverage for some of these proceedings is uncertain. Consequently, the Company cannot accurately determine its ultimate liability for investigation or cleanup costs at these sites.

As events progress at each site for which it has been named a PRP, the Company accrues, as appropriate, a liability for site cleanup. Such liabilities include all costs that are probable and can be reasonably estimated. In establishing these liabilities, the Company considers the contaminants of concern, the potential impact thereof, the relationship of the contaminants of concern to its current and historic operations, its shipment of waste to a site, its percentage of total waste shipped to the site, the types of wastes involved, the conclusions of any studies, the magnitude of any remedial actions that may be necessary and the number and viability of other PRPs. Often the Company joins with other PRPs to sign joint defense agreements that settle, among PRPs, each party's percentage allocation of costs at the site. Although the ultimate liability may differ from the estimate, the Company routinely reviews the liabilities and revises the estimate, as appropriate, based on the most current information available.

One such site is the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, which is comprised of a number of sub-sites, including the Lower Passaic River Study Area ("LPRSA"), which is the lower 17-mile stretch of the Passaic River ("Lower Passaic River Site"), and the Newark Bay Area. The Company and 70 other companies are parties to a May 2007 Administrative Order on Consent with the EPA to perform a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study ("RI/FS") at the Lower Passaic River Site in order to identify the levels of contaminants and potential cleanup actions, including the potential migration of contaminants between the Lower Passaic River Site and the Newark Bay Area. Work on the RI/FS is ~~ongoing, with a goal to complete it in 2018.~~ongoing.

In March 2016, the EPA issued its final Record of Decision concerning the remediation of the lower 8.3 miles of the Lower Passaic River Site ("Lower 8.3 Miles"). Pursuant to the EPA's Record of Decision, the Lower 8.3 Miles must be dredged bank to bank and an engineered cap must be installed at an EPA estimated cost of approximately $1.4 billion. The Company owned and/or operated facilities in the vicinity of the Lower 8.3 Miles, but has found no evidence that it contributed any of the

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~~primary~~ contaminants of concern to the Passaic River. On June 30, 2018, Occidental Chemical Corporation ("OCC"), the successor to the Diamond Alkali Company, sued a subsidiary of the Company and 119 other parties alleging claims for joint and several damages, contribution and declaratory relief under Section 107 and 113 of Superfund for costs to clean up the LPRSA portion of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, Occidental Chemical Corporation v. 21st Century Fox America, Inc., et al, No. 2:18-CV-11273-JLL-JAD (U.S. District Court New Jersey), alleging that each of the defendants owned or operated a facility that contributed contamination to the LPRSA. With respect to the Company, the OCC lawsuit is limited to the former Celanese facility that Essex County, New Jersey has agreed to indemnify the Company for and does not change the Company's estimated liability for LPRSA cleanup costs. The Company is vigorously defending ~~this matter~~these matters and currently believes that its ultimate allocable share of the cleanup costs with respect to the Lower Passaic River Site, estimated at less than 1%, will not be material to the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

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13. Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock

The Company's Board of Directors follows a policy of declaring, subject to legally available funds, a quarterly cash dividend on each share of the Company's ~~Series A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("~~Common ~~Stock"),~~Stock, unless the Company's Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. The amount available to the Company to pay cash dividends is not currently restricted by its existing senior credit facility and its indentures governing its senior unsecured notes. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors and will depend on, among other things, the results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the Company's Board of Directors may deem relevant.

The Company's Board of Directors approved increases in the Company's Common Stock cash dividend rates as follows:



	Increase	Quarterly Common Stock Cash Dividend	Annual Common Stock Cash Dividend	Effective Date
	(In percentages)	(In $ per share)
April 2018	17	0.54	2.16	May 2018
April 2019	15	0.62	2.48	May 2019

Increase
Quarterly Common
Stock Cash Dividend

Annual Common
Stock Cash Dividend
Effective Date
(In percentages) (In $ per share)
April 2016 20 0.36 1.44 May 2016
April 2017 28 0.46 1.84 May 2017
The Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.62 per share on its Common Stock on July 15, 2019, amounting to $77 million. The cash dividend will be paid on August 5, 2019 to holders of record as of July 26, 2019.

Treasury Stock


	Nine Months Ended September 30,				Total From February 2008 Through September 30, 2017		Six Months Ended June 30,				Total From February 2008 Through June 30, 2019
	2017		2016		Total From February 2008 Through September 30, 2017		2019		2018		Total From February 2008 Through June 30, 2019
Shares repurchased	5,436,803		4,360,617		39,779,019		4,890,155		888,383		52,602,866
Average purchase price per share	$	91.97	$	68.80	$	58.71	$	102.25	$	112.56	$	69.44
Shares repurchased (in $ millions)	$	500	$	300	$	2,335	$	500	$	100	$	3,653
Aggregate Board of Directors repurchase authorizations during the period (in $ millions)⁽¹⁾	$	1,500	$	—	$	3,866	$	1,500	$	—	$	5,366

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⁽¹⁾	These authorizations give management discretion in determining the timing and conditions under which shares may be repurchased. This repurchase program began in February 2008 and does not have an expiration date.

~~On July 17, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors approved a $1.5 billion increase in its Common Stock repurchase authorization.~~

The purchase of treasury stock reduces the number of shares outstanding. The repurchased shares may be used by the Company for compensation programs utilizing the Company's stock and other corporate purposes. The Company accounts for treasury stock using the cost method and includes treasury stock as a component of stockholders' equity.

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Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2019					2018
	Gross Amount		Income Tax (Provision) Benefit	Net Amount		Gross Amount		Income Tax (Provision) Benefit	Net Amount
	(In $ millions)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	(12	)	1	(11	)	(72	)	6	(66	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	(19	)	6	(13	)	6		—	6
Pension and postretirement benefits gain (loss)	—		—	—		—		—	—
Total	(31	)	7	(24	)	(66	)	6	(60	)

Three Months Ended September 30,
2017 2016

Gross
Amount

Income
Tax
(Provision)
Benefit

Net
Amount

Gross
Amount

Income
Tax
(Provision)
Benefit
Net
Amount
(In $ millions)
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities —
—
—
(1 ) —
(1 )
Foreign currency translation 44
(2 ) 42
(2 ) (6 ) (8 )
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges —
—
—
—
—
—
Pension and postretirement benefits (1 ) —
(1 ) —
—
—
Total 43
(2 ) 41
(3 ) (6 ) (9 )



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019						2018
	Gross Amount		Income Tax (Provision) Benefit		Net Amount		Gross Amount		Income Tax (Provision) Benefit	Net Amount
	(In $ millions)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	1		(5	)	(4	)	(27	)	10	(17	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	(22	)	6		(16	)	4		1	5
Pension and postretirement benefits gain (loss)	—		—		—		1		—	1
Total	(21	)	1		(20	)	(22	)	11	(11	)

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Nine Months Ended September 30,
2017 2016
Gross
Amount Income
Tax
(Provision)
Benefit Net
Amount Gross
Amount Income
Tax
(Provision)
Benefit Net
Amount
(In $ millions)
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities 1
—
1
—
—
—
Foreign currency translation 143
5
148
51
(13 ) 38
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges (1 ) —
(1 ) 1
—
1
Pension and postretirement benefits 4
—
4
(1 ) —
(1 )
Total 147
5
152
51
(13 ) 38

Adjustments to Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net, are as follows:



	Foreign Currency Translation Gain (Loss)		Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges (Note 17)		Pension and Postretirement Benefits Gain (Loss) (Note 11)		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net
	(In $ millions)
As of December 31, 2018	(236	)	(8	)	(3	)	(247	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	1		(18	)	—		(17	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—		(4	)	—		(4	)
Income tax (provision) benefit	(5	)	6		—		1
As of June 30, 2019	(240	)	(24	)	(3	)	(267	)

Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Marketable
Securities
(Note 5)

Foreign
Currency
Translation

Gain (Loss)
on Cash
Flow
Hedges
(Note 16)

Pension
and
Postretirement
Benefits
(Note 11)

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss), Net
(In $ millions)
As of December 31, 2016 1
(350 ) 3
(12 ) (358 )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications 1
143
1
5
150
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) —
—
(2 )
(1 )
(3 )
Income tax (provision) benefit —
5
—
—
5
As of September 30, 2017 2
(202 ) 2
(8 ) (206 )

14. Other (Charges) Gains, Net

Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2017 2016 2017 2016
(In $ millions)
Employee termination benefits —
(3 ) (4 )
⁽¹⁾
(11 )
InfraServ ownership change —
—
(4 ) —
Asset impairments —
—
—
(1 )
Other plant/office closures —
—
(50 ) —
Total —
(3 ) (58 ) (12 )



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(In $ millions)
Restructuring	(15	)	(3	)	(14	)	(3	)
Asset impairments	(83	)	—		(83	)	—
Plant/office closures	—		—		(1	)	—
Commercial disputes	—		—		4		—
Total	(98	)	(3	)	(94	)	(3	)


⁽¹⁾	~~Includes $1 million of special termination benefits included in Benefit obligations in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets.~~

During the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 and 2016,~~2019, the Company recorded $4an $83 million long-lived asset impairment loss related to the closure of its acetate flake manufacturing operations in Ocotlán, Mexico (Note 3). The long-lived asset impairment loss was

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measured at the date of impairment to write-off the related property, plant and equipment and was included in the Company's Acetate Tow segment.

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a $15 million gain within commercial disputes related to a settlement from a previous acquisition that was included within the Engineered Materials segment. The Company also recorded an $11 million loss within commercial disputes related to a settlement by the Company's captive insurer with a former third-party customer, which was included within the Other Activities segment.

During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018, the Company recorded $14 million and ~~$11~~$3 million, respectively, of employee termination benefits primarily related to ~~the Company's ongoing efforts to align its businesses around its core value drivers.~~Company-wide business optimization projects.

A partner in the Company's InfraServ equity affiliate investments exercised an option right, which is currently being disputed, to purchase additional ownership interests in the InfraServ entities from the Company. The purchase of these interests will reduce the Company's ownership interests in InfraServ GmbH & Co. Gendorf KG and InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG from 39% and 27%, to 30% and 22%, respectively. Accordingly, during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company reduced the carrying value of these investments by $4 million. In addition, the Company has reserved certain amounts for dividends received from the investments since the exercise notification was received. The Company's InfraServ investments are primarily owned by entities included in the Other Activities segment.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company provided notice of termination of a contract with a key raw materials supplier at its ethanol production unit in Nanjing, China. As a result, the Company recorded an estimated $50 million of plant/office closure costs primarily consisting of a $24 million contract termination charge and an $18 million reduction to its non-income tax receivable. The Nanjing, China ethanol production unit is included in the Company's Acetyl Intermediates segment.

The changes in the restructuring ~~reserves~~liability by business segment are as follows:



	Engineered Materials		Acetate Tow		Acetyl Chain		Other	Total
	(In $ millions)
Employee Termination Benefits
As of December 31, 2018	—		2		2		—	4
Additions	8		1		1		5	15
Cash payments	(1	)	(2	)	—		—	(3	)
Other changes	—		—		(1	)	—	(1	)
Exchange rate changes	—		—		—		—	—
As of June 30, 2019	7		1		2		5	15

Advanced
Engineered
Materials

Consumer
Specialties

Industrial
Specialties

Acetyl
Intermediates
Other Total
(In $ millions)
Employee Termination Benefits
As of December 31, 2016 1
9
2
1
3
16
Additions 1
2
—
—
1
4
Cash payments (1 ) (2 ) (1 ) —
(3 ) (7 )
Other changes —
(8 ) —
—
(1 ) (9 )
Exchange rate changes —
—
—
—
—
—
As of September 30, 2017 1
1
1
1
—
4
Other Plant/Office Closures
As of December 31, 2016 —
—
—
—
—
—
Additions —
—
—
29
—
29
Cash payments —
—
—
(24 ) —
(24 )
Other changes —
—
—
(3 ) —
(3 )
Exchange rate changes —
—
—
—
—
—
As of September 30, 2017 —
—
—
2
—
2
Total 1
1
1
3
—
6

15. Income Taxes



	Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019	2018	2019	2018
	(In percentages)
Effective income tax rate	12	22	12	19

Three Months Ended
September 30, Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2017 2016 2017 2016
(In percentages)
Effective income tax rate 20 5 19 15

The ~~higher~~lower effective income tax rate for the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016 is~~2018 was primarily due to ~~a release~~2019 reductions in the valuation allowance on foreign tax credits that resulted from greater forecasted utilization of ~~$52 million in~~credits prior to the expiration of their carryforward period. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, and prior to the receipt of any regulatory guidance from the Treasury related to various provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("TCJA"), the Company recorded additional valuation allowances on prior year foreign tax ~~positions during 2016~~credit carryforwards due to ~~audit settlements~~uncertainty regarding the treatment of future income and credits generated under the global low-taxed intangible income ("GILTI") provisions, which were enacted as part of TCJA.

The Company evaluates its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis to determine whether a valuation allowance is necessary. Realization of deferred tax assets ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income in the ~~US and Germany and current year foreign exchange differences~~applicable carryback or carryforward periods. Changes in ~~certain jurisdictions where the functional currency differs from the local currency.~~

~~For the nine months ended September 30, 2017,~~ the Company's ~~uncertain~~estimates of future taxable income and prudent and feasible tax ~~positions increased $24 million, primarily due~~planning strategies will affect the estimate of the realization of the tax benefits of these foreign tax credit carryforwards. Due to the ~~Nilit acquisition (Note 3~~)TCJA and uncertainty as to future sources of general limitation foreign ~~exchange fluctuations.~~

~~The Company's US tax returns~~source income to allow for the ~~years 2009 through 2012 are~~utilization of these credits, the Company recorded a valuation allowance on a substantial portion of its foreign tax credits upon the enactment of the TCJA in December 2017. The Company is currently ~~under audit by~~evaluating tax planning strategies that would utilize the Company's foreign tax credit carryforwards. Implementation of these strategies in future periods could reduce the level of valuation allowance that is needed, thereby decreasing the Company's effective tax rate.

On March 6, 2019, the US ~~Internal Revenue Service~~Department of Treasury issued proposed regulations clarifying the deduction for GILTI and ~~certain~~Foreign-Derived Intangible Income ("FDII"), which were enacted as part of the ~~Company's subsidiaries are under audit in jurisdictions outside~~TCJA. The Company currently does not expect these regulations to have a material impact on tax expense upon final adoption and will evaluate the impact of final guidance once it is released.

On June 14, 2019, the US Department of Treasury released proposed and final regulations clarifying the GILTI inclusion and temporary and proposed regulations clarifying the dividends received deduction for foreign dividends paid to the US that were

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enacted as part of the ~~US.~~ TCJA. The Company currently does not expect these regulations to have a material impact on tax expense and will evaluate the impact of further guidance as it is released.

In connection with the Company's US federal income tax audit for 2009 and 2010, the Company ~~has~~entered into a closing agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2019, which did not impact any previously recorded amounts based on settlement discussions prior to the formal closing agreement.

In January 2018, the Company received ~~$192 million of~~ proposed pre-tax adjustments ~~related to various intercompany charges.~~for its 2011 and 2012 audit cycle in the amount of $198 million. In the event the Company is wholly unsuccessful in its defense ~~an actual~~and absent expected offsetting adjustments from foreign tax ~~assessment~~authorities, the proposed adjustments would result in the consumption of ~~up to $67~~approximately $69 million of prior foreign tax credit ~~carryforwards.~~carryforwards, which are substantially offset with a valuation allowance due to uncertain recoverability. The Company believes these proposed adjustments to be without merit and is vigorously defending its position.

16. Leases

The Company leases certain real estate, fleet assets, warehouses and equipment. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less ("short-term leases") are not recorded on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet; the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception.

Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. Because most of the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate of return, the Company uses its imputed collateralized rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Operating lease ROU assets are comprised of the lease liability plus prepaid rents and are reduced by lease incentives or deferred rents. The Company has lease agreements with non-lease components which are not bifurcated.

Most leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one to 30 years. The exercise of a lease renewal option typically occurs at the discretion of both parties. Certain leases also include options to purchase the leased property. For purposes of calculating operating lease liabilities, lease terms are deemed not to include options to extend the lease termination until it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Certain of the Company's lease agreements include payments adjusted periodically for inflation based on the consumer price index. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The components of lease expense are as follows:



	Three Months Ended June 30,	Six Months Ended June 30,	Statement of Operations Classification
	2019
	(In $ millions)
Lease Cost
Operating lease cost	10	20	Cost of sales / Selling, general and administrative expenses
Short-term lease cost	5	10	Cost of sales / Selling, general and administrative expenses
Variable lease cost	2	4	Cost of sales / Selling, general and administrative expenses
Finance lease cost
Amortization of leased assets	4	9	Cost of sales
Interest on lease liabilities	5	10	Interest expense
Sublease income	—	—	Other income (expense), net
Total net lease cost	26	53

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Supplemental unaudited consolidated balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:



	As of June 30, 2019	Balance Sheet Classification
	(In $ millions)
Leases
Assets
Operating lease assets	209	Operating lease ROU assets
Finance lease assets	94	Property, plant and equipment, net
Total leased assets	303

Liabilities
Current
Operating	31	Current Other liabilities
Finance	24	Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt
Noncurrent
Operating	192	Operating lease liabilities
Finance	132	Long-term debt
Total lease liabilities	379



	As of June 30, 2019
Weighted-Average Remaining Lease Term (years)
Operating leases	15.0
Finance leases	7.1

Weighted-Average Discount Rate
Operating leases	2.7	%
Finance leases	11.7	%

Supplemental unaudited interim consolidated cash flow information related to leases is as follows:



	Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
	(In $ millions)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	20
Operating cash flows from finance leases	10
Financing cash flows from finance leases	11

ROU assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities	—
ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	5

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Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:



	As of June 30, 2019
	Operating Leases		Finance Leases
	(In $ millions)
2019	19		22
2020	34		41
2021	26		40
2022	23		32
2023	20		23
Later years	150		88
Sublease income	—		—
Total lease payments	272		246
Less amounts representing interest	(49	)	(90	)
Total lease obligations	223		156

As of June 30, 2019, there were no additional operating or financing lease commitments that have not yet commenced.

Disclosures related to periods prior to adoption of ASU 2016-02

Operating lease rent expense was approximately $96 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable rental and lease agreements which had initial or remaining terms in excess of one year are as follows:



	As of December 31, 2018
	Operating Leases	Capital Leases
	(In $ millions)
2019	43	42
2020	34	42
2021	25	40
2022	23	32
2023	21	23
Later years	130	88
Sublease income	—	—
Minimum lease commitments	276	267
Less amounts representing interest		(100	)
Present value of net minimum lease obligations		167

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~~16.~~17. Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivatives Designated As Hedges

Net Investment Hedges

The Company uses derivative instruments, such as foreign currency forwards, and non-derivative financial instruments, such as foreign currency denominated debt, that may give rise to foreign currency transaction gains or losses to hedge the foreign currency exposure of net investments in foreign operations. Accordingly, the effective portion of gains and losses from remeasurement of derivative and non-derivative financial instruments is included in foreign currency translation within Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets. Gains and losses are reclassified to earnings in the period the hedged investment is sold or liquidated.

The total notional amount of foreign currency denominated debt and cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges are as follows:



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In € millions)
Total	1,378	1,550

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Cash Flow Hedges

The total notional amount of the forward-starting interest rate swap designated as a ~~net investment~~cash flow hedge ~~of net investments in foreign operations are~~is as follows:



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Total	400	400

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In € millions)
Total 750
850

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedges

Foreign Currency Forwards and Swaps

Gross notional values of the foreign currency forwards and swaps not designated as hedges are as follows:



	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)
Total	711	1,071

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(In $ millions)
Total 797
508

Information regarding changes in the fair value of the Company's derivative and non-derivative instruments is as follows:


	Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings (Loss)					Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings (Loss)
	Three Months Ended September 30,							Statement of Operations Classification	Three Months Ended June 30,					Statement of Operations Classification
	2017		2016	2017		2016		Statement of Operations Classification	2019		2018	2019	2018	Statement of Operations Classification
	(In $ millions)								(In $ millions)
Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps	—		—	1		—		Cost of sales	(2	)	6	2	1	Cost of sales
Interest rate swaps									(15	)	—	—	—	Interest expense
Foreign currency forwards	—		—	(1	)	—		Cost of sales	—		1	—	—	Cost of sales
Total	—		—	—		—			(17	)	7	2	1

Designated as Net Investment Hedges
Foreign currency denominated debt (Note 10)	(30	)	1	—		—		N/A	(13	)	70	—	—	N/A
Cross-currency swaps (Note 10)									(6	)	—	—	—	N/A
Total	(30	)	1	—		—			(19	)	70	—	—

Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps	—		—	—		(1	)	Foreign exchange gain (loss), net; Other income (expense), net	—		—	3	21	Foreign exchange gain (loss), net; Other income (expense), net
Total	—		—	—		(1	)		—		—	3	21

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	Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings (Loss)
	Six Months Ended June 30,					Statement of Operations Classification
	2019		2018	2019	2018	Statement of Operations Classification
	(In $ millions)
Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps	8		4	4	1	Cost of sales
Interest rate swaps	(26	)	—	—	—	Interest expense
Foreign currency forwards	—		1	—	—	Cost of sales
Total	(18	)	5	4	1

Designated as Net Investment Hedges
Foreign currency denominated debt (Note 10)	26		35	—	—	N/A
Cross-currency swaps (Note 10)	(6	)	—	—	—	N/A
Total	20		35	—	—

Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps	—		—	—	17	Foreign exchange gain (loss), net; Other income (expense), net
Total	—		—	—	17

Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings (Loss)
Nine Months Ended September 30, Statement of Operations Classification
2017 2016 2017 2016
(In $ millions)
Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps 1
1
3
—
Cost of sales
Foreign currency forwards (1 ) —
(1 ) —
Cost of sales
Total —
1
2
—

Designated as Net Investment Hedges
Foreign currency denominated debt (Note 10)
(99 ) 2
—
—
N/A
Total (99 ) 2
—
—

Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps —
—
(2 ) 12
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net; Other income (expense), net
Total —
—
(2 ) 12

See Note ~~17 - Fair Value Measurements~~18 for ~~further~~additional information regarding the fair value of the Company's derivative instruments.

Certain of the Company's commodity swaps, interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps and foreign currency forwards and swaps permit the Company to net settle all contracts with the counterparty through a single payment in an agreed upon currency in the event of default or early termination of the contract, similar to a master netting arrangement.

Information regarding the gross amounts of the Company's derivative instruments and the amounts offset in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets is as follows:


	As of September 30, 2017	As of December 31, 2016	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)		(In $ millions)
Derivative Assets
Gross amount recognized	8	14	11	11
Gross amount offset in the consolidated balance sheets	2	4	3	2
Net amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets	6	10	8	9
Gross amount not offset in the consolidated balance sheets	2	2	1	3
Net amount	4	8	7	6


	As of September 30, 2017	As of December 31, 2016	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(In $ millions)		(In $ millions)
Derivative Liabilities
Gross amount recognized	11	7	48	20
Gross amount offset in the consolidated balance sheets	2	4	3	2
Net amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets	9	3	45	18
Gross amount not offset in the consolidated balance sheets	2	2	1	3
Net amount	7	1	44	15

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~~17.~~18. Fair Value Measurements

The Company's financial assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as follows:

Derivatives. Derivative financial instruments ~~including~~include interest rate swaps, commodity swaps, cross-currency swaps and foreign currency forwards and swaps and are valued in the market using discounted cash flow techniques. These techniques incorporate Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurement inputs such as ~~spot~~interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. These market inputs are utilized in the discounted cash flow calculation considering the instrument's term, notional amount, discount rate and credit risk. Significant inputs to the derivative valuation for interest rate swaps, commodity swaps, cross-currency swaps and foreign currency forwards and swaps are observable in the active markets and are classified as Level 2 in the fair value measurement hierarchy.

Fair Value Measurement

Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Total Balance Sheet Classification
(In $ millions)
As of September 30, 2017
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps —
2
2
Current Other assets
Commodity swaps —
1
1
Noncurrent Other assets
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges

Foreign currency forwards and swaps —
3
3
Current Other assets
Total assets —
6
6

Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Foreign currency forwards —
(9 ) (9 ) Current Other liabilities
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps —
—
—
Current Other liabilities
Total liabilities —
(9 ) (9 )
As of December 31, 2016
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps —
5
5
Current Other assets
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps —
5
5
Current Other assets
Total assets —
10
10

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps —
(3 ) (3 ) Current Other liabilities
Total liabilities —
(3 ) (3 )



	Fair Value Measurement
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Total		Balance Sheet Classification
	(In $ millions)
As of June 30, 2019
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps	—	5		5		Current Other assets
Commodity swaps	—	1		1		Noncurrent Other assets
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps	—	2		2		Current Other assets
Total assets	—	8		8
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Interest rate swaps	—	(36	)	(36	)	Noncurrent Other liabilities
Derivatives Designated as Net Investment Hedges
Cross-currency swaps	—	(1	)	(1	)	Current Other liabilities
Cross-currency swaps	—	(6	)	(6	)	Noncurrent Other liabilities
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps	—	(2	)	(2	)	Current Other liabilities
Total liabilities	—	(45	)	(45	)
As of December 31, 2018
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps	—	1		1		Current Other assets
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps	—	8		8		Current Other assets
Total assets	—	9		9
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
Commodity swaps	—	(1	)	(1	)	Noncurrent Other liabilities
Interest rate swaps	—	(10	)	(10	)	Noncurrent Other liabilities
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency forwards and swaps	—	(7	)	(7	)	Current Other liabilities
Total liabilities	—	(18	)	(18	)

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Carrying values and fair values of financial instruments that are not carried at fair value are as follows:


		Fair Value Measurement				Fair Value Measurement
	Carrying Amount	Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	Total	Carrying Amount	Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	Total
	(In $ millions)				(In $ millions)
As of September 30, 2017
Cost investments	159	—	—	—
As of June 30, 2019
Equity investments without readily determinable fair values					170	—	—	—
Insurance contracts in nonqualified trusts	46	46	—	46	35	35	—	35
Long-term debt, including current installments of long-term debt	3,031	2,934	212	3,146	3,490	3,493	156	3,649
As of December 31, 2016
Cost investments	155	—	—	—
As of December 31, 2018
Equity investments without readily determinable fair values					164	—	—	—
Insurance contracts in nonqualified trusts	49	49	—	49	37	37	—	37
Long-term debt, including current installments of long-term debt	2,938	2,826	217	3,043	3,355	3,204	167	3,371

In general, the ~~cost~~equity investments included in the table above are not publicly traded and their fair values are not readily ~~determinable; however, the~~determinable. The Company believes the carrying values approximate ~~or are less than the~~ fair ~~values.~~value. Insurance contracts in nonqualified trusts consist of long-term fixed income securities, which are valued using independent vendor pricing models with observable inputs in the active market and therefore represent a Level 2 fair value measurement. The fair value of long-term debt is based on valuations from third-party banks and market quotations and is classified as Level 2 in the fair value measurement hierarchy. The fair value of obligations under ~~capital~~finance leases, which are included in long-term debt, is based on lease payments and discount rates, which are not observable in the market and therefore represents a Level 3 fair value measurement.

As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~,2019, and December 31, ~~2016~~,2018, the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, trade payables, short-term borrowings and the current installments of long-term debt approximate carrying values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. These items have been excluded from the table with the exception of the current installments of long-term debt.

~~18.~~19. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

Guarantees

The Company has agreed to guarantee or indemnify third parties for environmental and other liabilities pursuant to a variety of agreements, including asset and business divestiture agreements, leases, settlement agreements and various agreements with affiliated companies. Although many of these obligations contain monetary and/or time limitations, others do not provide such limitations. The Company has accrued for all probable and reasonably estimable losses associated with all known matters or claims. These known obligations include the following:

Demerger Obligations

In connection with the Hoechst demerger, the Company agreed to indemnify Hoechst, and its legal successors, for various liabilities under the demerger agreement, including for environmental liabilities associated with contamination arising either from environmental damage in general ("Category A") or under 19 divestiture agreements entered into by Hoechst prior to the demerger ("Category B") (Note 12).

The Company's obligation to indemnify Hoechst, and its legal successors, is capped under Category B at €250 million. If and to the extent the environmental damage should exceed €750 million in aggregate, the Company's obligation to indemnify Hoechst and its legal successors applies, but is then limited to 33.33% of the remediation cost without further limitations. Cumulative payments under the divestiture agreements as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019, are ~~$78~~$90 million. ~~Most~~Though the Company is significantly under its

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The Company has also undertaken in the demerger agreement to indemnify Hoechst and its legal successors for (i) 33.33% of any and all Category A liabilities that result from Hoechst being held as the responsible party pursuant to public law or current or future environmental law or by third parties pursuant to private or public law related to contamination and (ii) liabilities that Hoechst is required to discharge, including tax liabilities, which are associated with businesses that were included in the demerger but were not demerged due to legal restrictions on the transfers of such items. These indemnities do not provide for any monetary or time limitations. The Company has not been requested by Hoechst to make any payments in connection with this indemnification. Accordingly, the Company has not made any payments to Hoechst and its legal successors.

Based on the Company's evaluation of currently available information, including the lack of requests for indemnification, the Company cannot estimate the ~~Possible Loss for the~~ remaining demerger obligations, if any, in excess of amounts accrued.

Divestiture Obligations

The Company and its predecessor companies agreed to indemnify third-party purchasers of former businesses and assets for various pre-closing conditions, as well as for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants. Such liabilities also include environmental liability, product liability, antitrust and other liabilities. These indemnifications and guarantees represent standard contractual terms associated with typical divestiture agreements and, other than environmental liabilities, the Company does not believe that they expose the Company to ~~any~~ significant risk (Note 12).

The Company has divested numerous businesses, investments and facilities through agreements containing indemnifications or guarantees to the purchasers. Many of the obligations contain monetary and/or time limitations, which extend through 2037. The aggregate amount of outstanding indemnifications and guarantees provided for under these agreements is ~~$125~~$116 million as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017.~~2019. Other agreements do not provide for any monetary or time limitations.

Based on the Company's evaluation of currently available information, including the number of requests for indemnification or other payment received by the Company, the Company cannot estimate ~~the Possible Loss for~~ the remaining divestiture obligations, if any, in excess of amounts accrued.

Purchase Obligations

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various purchase commitments for goods and services. The Company maintains a number of "take-or-pay" contracts for purchases of raw materials, utilities and other services. Certain of the contracts contain a contract termination buy-out provision that allows for the Company to exit the contracts for amounts less than the remaining take-or-pay obligations. Additionally, the Company has other outstanding commitments representing maintenance and service agreements, energy and utility agreements, consulting contracts and software agreements. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2019, the Company had unconditional purchase obligations of ~~$1.7~~$1.2 billion, which extend through 2036.

Contingencies

The Company is involved in legal and regulatory proceedings, lawsuits, claims and investigations incidental to the normal conduct of business, relating to such matters as product liability, land disputes, ~~commercial~~insurance coverage disputes, contracts, employment, antitrust or competition compliance, intellectual property, personal injury and other actions in tort, workers' compensation, chemical exposure, asbestos exposure, taxes, trade compliance, acquisitions and divestitures, claims of legacy stockholders, past waste disposal practices and release of chemicals into the environment. The Company is actively defending those matters where the Company is named as a defendant and, based on the current facts, does not believe the outcomes from these matters would be material to the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

European Commission Investigation

In May 2017, the Company learned that the European Commission ~~has~~ opened a competition law investigation involving certain subsidiaries of the Company with respect to certain ~~raw material~~ethylene purchases. The Company is cooperating with the European Commission. Because ~~of the early stage of~~ the investigation is on-going, and the many uncertainties and variables involved, the Company is unable at this time to determine the outcome of this investigation and whether, and in what amount, any potential fines would be assessed.

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~~19.~~20. Segment Information


	Advanced Engineered Materials	Consumer Specialties		Industrial Specialties		Acetyl Intermediates			Other Activities		Eliminations		Consolidated			Engineered Materials		Acetate Tow		Acetyl Chain		Other Activities		Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In $ millions)															(In $ millions)
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2017															Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
Net sales	543	187		264	⁽¹⁾	684		⁽¹⁾	—		(112	)	1,566			593		164		865		—		(30	)	⁽¹⁾	1,592
Other (charges) gains, net (Note 14)	—	—		—		—			—		—		—			(8	)	(84	)	(1	)	(5	)	—			(98	)
Operating profit (loss)	97	53		20		128			(46	)	—		252			103		(44	)	188		(61	)	—			186
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	45	2		—		1			2		—		50			36		—		1		2		—			39
Depreciation and amortization	29	11		10		26			4		—		80			31		11		38		4		—			84
Capital expenditures	18	10		6		36			4		—		74		⁽²⁾	21		11		35		7		—			74		⁽²⁾
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2016															Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
Net sales	365	225		245	⁽¹⁾	589		⁽¹⁾	—		(101	)	1,323			664		162		1,049		—		(31	)	⁽¹⁾	1,844
Other (charges) gains, net (Note 14)	—	(1	)	—		(1	)		(1	)	—		(3	)		—		(1	)	(2	)	—		—			(3	)
Operating profit (loss)	93	68		25		83			(23	)	—		246			114		39		273		(68	)	—			358
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	33	1		—		1			6		—		41			53		—		2		1		—			56
Depreciation and amortization	22	12		9		27			2		—		72			33		13		36		4		—			86
Capital expenditures	14	11		15		17			3		—		60		⁽²⁾	26		10		49		3		—			88		⁽²⁾

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⁽¹⁾	~~Net sales for Acetyl Intermediates and Industrial Specialties include~~Includes intersegment sales ~~of $111 million and $1 million, respectively, for~~primarily related to the ~~three months ended September 30, 2017 and $100 million and $1 million, respectively, for the three months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2016~~. Acetyl Chain.


⁽²⁾	Includes an increase in accrued capital expenditures of ~~$10~~$9 million and $2$9 million for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018, respectively.

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	Advanced Engineered Materials		Consumer Specialties		Industrial Specialties			Acetyl Intermediates			Other Activities		Eliminations		Consolidated			Engineered Materials	Acetate Tow		Acetyl Chain		Other Activities		Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In $ millions)																	(In $ millions)
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017																	Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
Net sales	1,546		598		771		⁽¹⁾	1,952		⁽¹⁾	—		(320	)	4,547			1,256	330		1,754		—		(61	)	⁽¹⁾	3,279
Other (charges) gains, net (Note 14)	(2	)	(2	)	—			(50	)		(4	)	—		(58	)		7	(84	)	(1	)	(16	)	—			(94	)
Operating profit (loss)	292		170		71			264			(113	)	—		684			247	(4	)	390		(127	)	—			506
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	125		3		—			4			3		—		135			82	—		2		5		—			89
Depreciation and amortization	79		33		28			78			8		—		226			63	21		76		7		—			167
Capital expenditures	41		24		16			84			8		—		173		⁽²⁾	37	19		61		11		—			128		⁽²⁾
	As of September 30, 2017																	As of June 30, 2019
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	796		255		47			200			—		—		1,298			1,020	153		237		—		—			1,410
Total assets	3,597		1,318		829			2,707			611		—		9,062			3,589	973		3,503		1,441		—			9,506
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016																	Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
Net sales	1,080		704		760		⁽¹⁾	1,844		⁽¹⁾	—		(310	)	4,078			1,329	330		2,100		—		(64	)	⁽¹⁾	3,695
Other (charges) gains, net (Note 14)	(2	)	(1	)	(3	)		(2	)		(4	)	—		(12	)		—	(1	)	(2	)	—		—			(3	)
Operating profit (loss)	263		226		85			274			(73	)	1		776			241	85		526		(151	)	—			701
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	91		2		—			4			17		—		114			107	—		3		4		—			114
Depreciation and amortization	71		34		25			81			7		—		218			65	23		71		6		—			165
Capital expenditures	52		29		45			40			8		—		174		⁽²⁾	47	10		83		5		—			145		⁽²⁾
	As of December 31, 2016																	As of December 31, 2018
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	517		244		46			183			—		—		990			974	153		240		—		—			1,367
Total assets	2,792		1,324		758			2,440			1,043		—		8,357			4,012	1,032		3,471		798		—			9,313

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⁽¹⁾	~~Net sales for Acetyl Intermediates and Industrial Specialties include~~Includes intersegment sales ~~of $317 million and $3 million, respectively, for~~primarily related to the ~~nine months ended September 30, 2017 and $308 million and $2 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.~~Acetyl Chain.


⁽²⁾	Includes a decrease in accrued capital expenditures of $7$16 million and ~~$12~~$20 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, respectively.

21. Revenue Recognition

The Company has certain contracts that represent take-or-pay revenue arrangements in which the Company's performance obligations extend over multiple years. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had $712 million of remaining performance obligations related to take-or-pay contracts. The Company expects to recognize approximately $154 million of its remaining performance obligations as Net sales in 2019, $203 million in 2020, $151 million in 2021 and the balance thereafter.

Contract Balances

Contract liabilities primarily relate to advances or deposits received from the Company's customers before revenue is recognized. These amounts are recorded as deferred revenue and are included in Noncurrent Other liabilities in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets (Note 9).

The Company does not have any material contract assets as of June 30, 2019.

Disaggregated Revenue

In general, the Company's business segmentation is aligned according to the nature and economic characteristics of its products and customer relationships and provides meaningful disaggregation of each business segment's results of operations.

The Company manages its Engineered Materials business segment through its project management pipeline, which is comprised of a broad range of projects which are solutions-based and are tailored to each customers' unique needs. Projects are identified and selected based on success rate and may involve a number of different polymers per project for use in multiple end-use applications. Therefore, the Company is agnostic toward products and end-use markets for the Engineered Materials business segment.

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Within the Acetate Tow business segment, the Company's primary product is acetate tow, which is managed through contracts with a few major tobacco companies and accounts for a significant amount of filters used in cigarette production worldwide.

The Company manages its Acetyl Chain business segment by leveraging its ability to sell chemicals externally to end-use markets or downstream to its emulsion polymers business. Decisions to sell externally and geographically or downstream and along the Acetyl Chain are based on market demand, trade flows and maximizing the value of its chemicals. Therefore, the Company's strategic focus is on executing within this integrated chain model and less on driving product-specific revenue.

Further disaggregation of Net sales by business segment and geographic destination is as follows:



	Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019	2018	2019	2018
	(In $ millions)
Engineered Materials
North America	180	191	376	370
Europe and Africa	269	331	571	668
Asia-Pacific	126	126	274	258
South America	18	16	35	33
Total	593	664	1,256	1,329

Acetate Tow
North America	33	33	67	68
Europe and Africa	67	48	130	118
Asia-Pacific	56	68	116	119
South America	8	13	17	25
Total	164	162	330	330

Acetyl Chain
North America	278	285	564	575
Europe and Africa	282	339	576	656
Asia-Pacific	252	362	508	740
South America	23	32	45	65
Total⁽¹⁾	835	1,018	1,693	2,036

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⁽¹⁾	Excludes intersegment sales of $30 million and $31 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Excludes intersegment sales of $61 million and $64 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

~~20.~~22. Earnings (Loss) Per Share



	Three Months Ended June 30,			Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018	2019		2018
	(In $ millions, except share data)
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	210		344	548		709
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	(1	)	—	(2	)	(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	209		344	546		707

Weighted average shares - basic	125,289,967		135,589,717	126,409,926		135,752,179
Incremental shares attributable to equity awards	557,927		719,441	701,120		747,569
Weighted average shares - diluted	125,847,894		136,309,158	127,111,046		136,499,748

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Three Months Ended
September 30, Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2017 2016 2017 2016
(In $ millions, except share data)
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations 230
265
652
742
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations (4 ) (3 ) (12 ) (2 )
Net earnings (loss) 226
262
640
740

Weighted average shares - basic 136,579,077
144,005,098
138,599,330
145,959,821
Incremental shares attributable to equity awards 372,846
596,367

388,991
625,739
Weighted average shares - diluted 136,951,923
144,601,465
138,988,321
146,585,560

During the three and ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, there were no anti-dilutive equity awards excluded from the computation of diluted net earnings per share.

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~~21.~~23. Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information

The Senior Notes were issued by Celanese US ("Issuer") and are guaranteed by Celanese Corporation ("Parent Guarantor") and the Subsidiary Guarantors (Note 10). The Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors are 100% owned subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor. The Parent Guarantor and Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed the Notes fully and unconditionally and jointly and severally.

For cash management purposes, the Company transfers cash between the Parent Guarantor, Issuer, Subsidiary Guarantors and non-guarantors through intercompany financing arrangements, contributions or declaration of dividends between the respective parent and its subsidiaries. The transfer of cash under these activities facilitates the ability of the recipient to make specified third-party payments for principal and interest on the Company's outstanding debt, Common Stock dividends and Common Stock repurchases. The unaudited interim consolidating statements of cash flows for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018 present such intercompany financing activities, contributions and dividends consistent with how such activity would be presented in a stand-alone statement of cash flows.

The Company has not presented separate financial information and other disclosures for each of its Subsidiary Guarantors because it believes such financial information and other disclosures would not provide investors with any additional information that would be material in evaluating the sufficiency of the guarantees.

The unaudited interim consolidating financial statements for the Parent Guarantor, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the non-guarantors are as follows:

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	Three Months Ended September 30, 2017											Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)											(In $ millions)
Net sales	—	—		527		1,314		(275	)	1,566		—	—		586		1,298		(292	)	1,592
Cost of sales	—	—		(405	)	(1,042	)	266		(1,181	)	—	—		(443	)	(1,020	)	294		(1,169	)
Gross profit	—	—		122		272		(9	)	385		—	—		143		278		2		423
Selling, general and administrative expenses	—	—		(36	)	(76	)	—		(112	)	—	—		(39	)	(79	)	—		(118	)
Amortization of intangible assets	—	—		(1	)	(4	)	—		(5	)	—	—		(2	)	(4	)	—		(6	)
Research and development expenses	—	—		(9	)	(10	)	—		(19	)	—	—		(7	)	(10	)	—		(17	)
Other (charges) gains, net	—	—		—		—		—		—		—	—		(5	)	(93	)	—		(98	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net	—	—		—		4		—		4		—	—		—		1		—		1
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net	—	—		(2	)	1		—		(1	)	—	—		(2	)	3		—		1
Operating profit (loss)	—	—		74		187		(9	)	252		—	—		88		96		2		186
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	226	233		175		45		(629	)	50		209	210		122		34		(536	)	39
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income												—	—		16		1		—		17
Interest expense	—	(5	)	(28	)	(8	)	9		(32	)	—	(9	)	(35	)	(13	)	28		(29	)
Refinancing expense	—	—		—		—		—		—		—	(4	)	—		—		—		(4	)
Interest income	—	7		1		2		(9	)	1		—	18		11		1		(28	)	2
Dividend income - cost investments	—	—		—		26		(2	)	24
Dividend income - equity investments												—	—		—		30		—		30
Other income (expense), net	—	(2	)	—		(4	)	—		(6	)	—	(4	)	—		2		—		(2	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax	226	233		222		248		(640	)	289		209	211		202		151		(534	)	239
Income tax (provision) benefit	—	(7	)	(68	)	17		1		(57	)	—	(2	)	(23	)	(3	)	—		(28	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	226	226		154		265		(639	)	232		209	209		179		148		(534	)	211
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations	—	—		—		(5	)	—		(5	)	—	—		(2	)	—		—		(2	)
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations	—	—		—		1		—		1		—	—		1		—		—		1
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—		—		(4	)	—		(4	)	—	—		(1	)	—		—		(1	)
Net earnings (loss)	226	226		154		261		(639	)	228		209	209		178		148		(534	)	210
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—	—		—		(2	)	—		(2	)	—	—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	226	226		154		259		(639	)	226		209	209		178		147		(534	)	209

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2016											Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
	Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)											(In $ millions)
Net sales	—	—		544		1,052		(273	)	1,323		—	—		586		1,566		(308	)	1,844
Cost of sales	—	—		(414	)	(824	)	270		(968	)	—	—		(457	)	(1,171	)	305		(1,323	)
Gross profit	—	—		130		228		(3	)	355		—	—		129		395		(3	)	521
Selling, general and administrative expenses	—	—		(19	)	(62	)	—		(81	)	—	—		(51	)	(85	)	—		(136	)
Amortization of intangible assets	—	—		(1	)	(2	)	—		(3	)	—	—		(1	)	(6	)	—		(7	)
Research and development expenses	—	—		(8	)	(12	)	—		(20	)	—	—		(7	)	(11	)	—		(18	)
Other (charges) gains, net	—	—		—		(3	)	—		(3	)	—	—		—		(3	)	—		(3	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net	—	—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)	—	—		—		3		—		3
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net	—	—		(3	)	2		—		(1	)	—	—		(3	)	1		—		(2	)
Operating profit (loss)	—	—		99		150		(3	)	246		—	—		67		294		(3	)	358
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	262	250		169		36		(676	)	41		344	341		312		53		(994	)	56
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income												—	—		24		2		—		26
Interest expense	—	(5	)	(20	)	(7	)	4		(28	)	—	(5	)	(31	)	(8	)	12		(32	)
Refinancing expense	—	(4	)	—		—		—		(4	)
Interest income	—	3		—		1		(4	)	—		—	10		2		2		(14	)	—
Dividend income - cost investments	—	—		—		26		—		26
Dividend income - equity investments												—	—		—		32		2		34
Other income (expense), net	—	—		1		(1	)	—		—		—	(1	)	—		1		—		—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax	262	244		249		205		(679	)	281		344	345		374		376		(997	)	442
Income tax (provision) benefit	—	18		(23	)	(11	)	1		(15	)	—	(1	)	(69	)	(28	)	1		(97	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	262	262		226		194		(678	)	266		344	344		305		348		(996	)	345
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations	—	—		(2	)	(2	)	—		(4	)	—	—		(1	)	1		—		—
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations	—	—		—		1		—		1		—	—		—		—		—		—
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—		(2	)	(1	)	—		(3	)	—	—		(1	)	1		—		—
Net earnings (loss)	262	262		224		193		(678	)	263		344	344		304		349		(996	)	345
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—	—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)	—	—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	262	262		224		192		(678	)	262		344	344		304		348		(996	)	344

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017											Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)											(In $ millions)
Net sales	—	—		1,679		3,713		(845	)	4,547		—	—		1,210		2,671		(602	)	3,279
Cost of sales	—	—		(1,305	)	(2,974	)	836		(3,443	)	—	—		(901	)	(2,097	)	595		(2,403	)
Gross profit	—	—		374		739		(9	)	1,104		—	—		309		574		(7	)	876
Selling, general and administrative expenses	—	—		(78	)	(213	)	—		(291	)	—	—		(79	)	(159	)	—		(238	)
Amortization of intangible assets	—	—		(3	)	(11	)	—		(14	)	—	—		(4	)	(8	)	—		(12	)
Research and development expenses	—	—		(23	)	(30	)	—		(53	)	—	—		(13	)	(20	)	—		(33	)
Other (charges) gains, net	—	—		(7	)	(51	)	—		(58	)	—	—		(5	)	(89	)	—		(94	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net	—	—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		6		—		6
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net	—	—		(6	)	2		—		(4	)	—	—		(4	)	5		—		1
Operating profit (loss)	—	—		257		436		(9	)	684		—	—		204		309		(7	)	506
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	640	640		439		122		(1,706	)	135		546	547		339		77		(1,420	)	89
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income												—	—		31		3		—		34
Interest expense	—	(17	)	(75	)	(23	)	24		(91	)	—	(19	)	(66	)	(20	)	45		(60	)
Refinancing expense	—	—		—		—		—		—		—	(4	)	—		—		—		(4	)
Interest income	—	19		3		4		(24	)	2		—	31		13		4		(45	)	3
Dividend income - cost investments	—	—		—		85		(3	)	82
Dividend income - equity investments												—	—		—		62		—		62
Other income (expense), net	—	(3	)	1		—		—		(2	)	—	(3	)	—		(3	)	—		(6	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax	640	639		625		624		(1,718	)	810		546	552		521		432		(1,427	)	624
Income tax (provision) benefit	—	1		(139	)	(16	)	1		(153	)	—	(6	)	(30	)	(39	)	1		(74	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	640	640		486		608		(1,717	)	657		546	546		491		393		(1,426	)	550
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations	—	—		—		(14	)	—		(14	)	—	—		(3	)	—		—		(3	)
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations	—	—		—		2		—		2		—	—		1		—		—		1
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—		—		(12	)	—		(12	)	—	—		(2	)	—		—		(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	640	640		486		596		(1,717	)	645		546	546		489		393		(1,426	)	548
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—	—		—		(5	)	—		(5	)	—	—		—		(2	)	—		(2	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	640	640		486		591		(1,717	)	640		546	546		489		391		(1,426	)	546

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016											Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
	Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor	Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)											(In $ millions)
Net sales	—	—		1,663		3,264		(849	)	4,078		—	—		1,168		3,138		(611	)	3,695
Cost of sales	—	—		(1,270	)	(2,580	)	855		(2,995	)	—	—		(905	)	(2,365	)	611		(2,659	)
Gross profit	—	—		393		684		6		1,083		—	—		263		773		—		1,036
Selling, general and administrative expenses	—	—		(41	)	(191	)	—		(232	)	—	—		(110	)	(173	)	—		(283	)
Amortization of intangible assets	—	—		(3	)	(4	)	—		(7	)	—	—		(2	)	(11	)	—		(13	)
Research and development expenses	—	—		(24	)	(34	)	—		(58	)	—	—		(15	)	(21	)	—		(36	)
Other (charges) gains, net	—	—		(1	)	(11	)	—		(12	)	—	—		—		(3	)	—		(3	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net	—	—		—		1		—		1		—	—		—		2		—		2
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net	—	—		(6	)	7		—		1		—	—		(5	)	3		—		(2	)
Operating profit (loss)	—	—		318		452		6		776		—	—		131		570		—		701
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	740	742		472		107		(1,947	)	114		707	701		586		106		(1,986	)	114
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income												—	—		47		5		—		52
Interest expense	—	(11	)	(71	)	(21	)	12		(91	)	—	(10	)	(60	)	(17	)	22		(65	)
Refinancing expense	—	(4	)	(2	)	—		—		(6	)
Interest income	—	7		2		4		(12	)	1		—	18		4		4		(24	)	2
Dividend income - cost investments	—	—		—		82		—		82
Dividend income - equity investments												—	—		—		64		2		66
Other income (expense), net	—	(1	)	1		(2	)	—		(2	)	—	—		—		4		—		4
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax	740	733		720		622		(1,941	)	874		707	709		708		736		(1,986	)	874
Income tax (provision) benefit	—	7		(63	)	(70	)	(1	)	(127	)	—	(2	)	(105	)	(55	)	—		(162	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	740	740		657		552		(1,942	)	747		707	707		603		681		(1,986	)	712
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations	—	—		(2	)	(1	)	—		(3	)	—	—		(1	)	(1	)	—		(2	)
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations	—	—		—		1		—		1		—	—		—		—		—		—
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—		(2	)	—		—		(2	)	—	—		(1	)	(1	)	—		(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	740	740		655		552		(1,942	)	745		707	707		602		680		(1,986	)	710
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—	—		—		(5	)	—		(5	)	—	—		—		(3	)	—		(3	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	740	740		655		547		(1,942	)	740		707	707		602		677		(1,986	)	707

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2017												Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)												(In $ millions)
Net earnings (loss)	226		226		154		261		(639	)	228		209		209		178		148		(534	)	210
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	—		—		—		—		—		—
Foreign currency translation	42		42		65		74		(181	)	42
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)													(11	)	(11	)	2		4		5		(11	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	—		—		—		—		—		—		(13	)	(13	)	(3	)	(3	)	19		(13	)
Pension and postretirement benefits	(1	)	(1	)	(1	)	—		2		(1	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	41		41		64		74		(179	)	41		(24	)	(24	)	(1	)	1		24		(24	)
Total comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	267		267		218		335		(818	)	269		185		185		177		149		(510	)	186
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(2	)	—		(2	)	—		—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	267		267		218		333		(818	)	267		185		185		177		148		(510	)	185


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2016												Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)												(In $ millions)
Net earnings (loss)	262		262		224		193		(678	)	263		344		344		304		349		(996	)	345
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	(1	)	(1	)	—		(1	)	2		(1	)	—		—		5		13		(18	)	—
Foreign currency translation	(8	)	(8	)	(8	)	(4	)	20		(8	)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)													(66	)	(66	)	(109	)	(132	)	307		(66	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	—		—		—		—		—		—		6		6		5		6		(17	)	6
Pension and postretirement benefits	—		—		—		—		—		—
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	(9	)	(9	)	(8	)	(5	)	22		(9	)	(60	)	(60	)	(99	)	(113	)	272		(60	)
Total comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	253		253		216		188		(656	)	254		284		284		205		236		(724	)	285
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)	—		—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	253		253		216		187		(656	)	253		284		284		205		235		(724	)	284

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	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017												Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)												(In $ millions)
Net earnings (loss)	640		640		486		596		(1,717	)	645		546		546		489		393		(1,426	)	548
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	1		1		1		1		(3	)	1
Foreign currency translation	148		148		191		232		(571	)	148
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)													(4	)	(4	)	(16	)	(20	)	40		(4	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	(1	)	(1	)	(1	)	(1	)	3		(1	)	(16	)	(16	)	3		5		8		(16	)
Pension and postretirement benefits	4		4		3		6		(13	)	4
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	152		152		194		238		(584	)	152		(20	)	(20	)	(13	)	(15	)	48		(20	)
Total comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	792		792		680		834		(2,301	)	797		526		526		476		378		(1,378	)	528
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(5	)	—		(5	)	—		—		—		(2	)	—		(2	)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	792		792		680		829		(2,301	)	792		526		526		476		376		(1,378	)	526


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016												Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)												(In $ millions)
Net earnings (loss)	740		740		655		552		(1,942	)	745		707		707		602		680		(1,986	)	710
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		5		13		(18	)	—
Foreign currency translation	38		38		28		54		(120	)	38
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)													(17	)	(17	)	(46	)	(58	)	121		(17	)
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	1		1		1		1		(3	)	1		5		5		4		5		(14	)	5
Pension and postretirement benefits	(1	)	(1	)	(1	)	1		1		(1	)
Pension and postretirement benefits gain (loss)													1		1		1		1		(3	)	1
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	38		38		28		56		(122	)	38		(11	)	(11	)	(36	)	(39	)	86		(11	)
Total comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	778		778		683		608		(2,064	)	783		696		696		566		641		(1,900	)	699
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(5	)	—		(5	)	—		—		—		(3	)	—		(3	)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	778		778		683		603		(2,064	)	778		696		696		566		638		(1,900	)	696

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET


	As of September 30, 2017							As of June 30, 2019
	Parent Guarantor	Issuer	Subsidiary Guarantors	Non- Guarantors	Eliminations		Consolidated	Parent Guarantor	Issuer	Subsidiary Guarantors	Non- Guarantors	Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)							(In $ millions)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	—	5	70	386	—		461	—	—	51	440	—		491
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates	—	—	134	1,004	(149	)	989	—	—	100	991	(120	)	971
Non-trade receivables, net	40	513	230	412	(935	)	260	40	1,025	1,631	611	(2,975	)	332
Inventories, net	—	—	246	616	(53	)	809	—	—	327	739	(55	)	1,011
Marketable securities, at fair value	—	—	31	—	—		31	—	—	27	—	—		27
Other assets	—	51	14	104	(106	)	63	—	28	23	39	(46	)	44
Total current assets	40	569	725	2,522	(1,243	)	2,613	40	1,053	2,159	2,820	(3,196	)	2,876
Investments in affiliates	2,675	4,317	3,977	826	(10,857	)	938	3,760	4,937	4,126	832	(12,696	)	959
Property, plant and equipment, net	—	—	1,106	2,600	—		3,706	—	—	1,349	2,293	—		3,642
Operating lease right-of-use assets								—	—	55	154	—		209
Deferred income taxes	—	2	103	98	(2	)	201	—	—	—	92	(2	)	90
Other assets	—	878	120	169	(861	)	306	—	1,658	176	452	(1,966	)	320
Goodwill	—	—	314	681	—		995	—	—	399	684	—		1,083
Intangible assets, net	—	—	49	254	—		303	—	—	129	198	—		327
Total assets	2,715	5,766	6,394	7,150	(12,963	)	9,062	3,800	7,648	8,393	7,525	(17,860	)	9,506
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates	—	245	138	307	(255	)	435	910	197	819	752	(2,359	)	319
Trade payables - third party and affiliates	—	—	261	583	(149	)	695	25	1	270	588	(120	)	764
Other liabilities	—	82	241	285	(265	)	343	—	41	151	268	(158	)	302
Income taxes payable	—	—	574	24	(521	)	77	—	—	500	28	(505	)	23
Total current liabilities	—	327	1,214	1,199	(1,190	)	1,550	935	239	1,740	1,636	(3,142	)	1,408
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	—	2,764	899	159	(868	)	2,954	—	3,590	1,678	114	(1,938	)	3,444
Deferred income taxes	—	—	16	181	(2	)	195	—	15	85	167	(2	)	265
Uncertain tax positions	—	—	7	148	(2	)	153	1	2	5	163	—		171
Benefit obligations	—	—	558	287	—		845	—	—	242	303	—		545
Operating lease liabilities								—	—	44	148	—		192
Other liabilities	—	—	58	172	—		230	—	42	98	125	(38	)	227
Total noncurrent liabilities	—	2,764	1,538	947	(872	)	4,377	1	3,649	2,152	1,020	(1,978	)	4,844
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity	2,715	2,675	3,642	4,584	(10,901	)	2,715	2,864	3,760	4,501	4,479	(12,740	)	2,864
Noncontrolling interests	—	—	—	420	—		420	—	—	—	390	—		390
Total equity	2,715	2,675	3,642	5,004	(10,901	)	3,135	2,864	3,760	4,501	4,869	(12,740	)	3,254
Total liabilities and equity	2,715	5,766	6,394	7,150	(12,963	)	9,062	3,800	7,648	8,393	7,525	(17,860	)	9,506

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET



	As of December 31, 2018
	Parent Guarantor	Issuer	Subsidiary Guarantors	Non- Guarantors	Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	—	—	30	409	—		439
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates	—	—	96	1,040	(119	)	1,017
Non-trade receivables, net	40	551	797	697	(1,784	)	301
Inventories, net	—	—	329	765	(48	)	1,046
Marketable securities, at fair value	—	—	31	—	—		31
Other assets	—	24	10	37	(31	)	40
Total current assets	40	575	1,293	2,948	(1,982	)	2,874
Investments in affiliates	3,503	4,820	4,678	855	(12,877	)	979
Property, plant and equipment, net	—	—	1,289	2,430	—		3,719
Deferred income taxes	—	—	—	86	(2	)	84
Other assets	—	1,658	142	461	(1,971	)	290
Goodwill	—	—	399	658	—		1,057
Intangible assets, net	—	—	132	178	—		310
Total assets	3,543	7,053	7,933	7,616	(16,832	)	9,313
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates	544	333	465	258	(1,039	)	561
Trade payables - third party and affiliates	13	1	342	583	(120	)	819
Other liabilities	1	87	267	258	(270	)	343
Income taxes payable	—	—	475	88	(507	)	56
Total current liabilities	558	421	1,549	1,187	(1,936	)	1,779
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	—	3,104	1,679	127	(1,940	)	2,970
Deferred income taxes	—	15	85	157	(2	)	255
Uncertain tax positions	—	—	6	152	—		158
Benefit obligations	—	—	250	314	—		564
Other liabilities	1	10	99	138	(40	)	208
Total noncurrent liabilities	1	3,129	2,119	888	(1,982	)	4,155
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity	2,984	3,503	4,265	5,146	(12,914	)	2,984
Noncontrolling interests	—	—	—	395	—		395
Total equity	2,984	3,503	4,265	5,541	(12,914	)	3,379
Total liabilities and equity	3,543	7,053	7,933	7,616	(16,832	)	9,313

As of December 31, 2016

Parent
Guarantor
Issuer
Subsidiary
Guarantors

Non-
Guarantors
Eliminations Consolidated
(In $ millions)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents —
—
51
587
—
638
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates —
—
107
819
(125 ) 801
Non-trade receivables, net 40
499
249
308
(873 ) 223
Inventories, net —
—
239
526
(45 ) 720
Marketable securities, at fair value —
—
30
—
—
30
Other assets —
42
25
76
(83 ) 60
Total current assets 40
541
701
2,316
(1,126 ) 2,472
Investments in affiliates 2,548
4,029
3,655
752
(10,132 ) 852
Property, plant and equipment, net —
—
1,049
2,528
—
3,577
Deferred income taxes —
—
91
86
(18 ) 159
Other assets ��
705
133
156
(687 ) 307
Goodwill —
—
314
482
—
796
Intangible assets, net —
—
48
146
—
194
Total assets 2,588
5,275
5,991
6,466
(11,963 ) 8,357
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates —
6
133
250
(271 ) 118
Trade payables - third party and affiliates —
—
226
524
(125 ) 625
Other liabilities —
58
167
262
(165 ) 322
Income taxes payable —
—
454
75
(517 ) 12
Total current liabilities —
64
980
1,111
(1,078 ) 1,077
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt —
2,647
727
210
(694 ) 2,890
Deferred income taxes —
16
—
132
(18 ) 130
Uncertain tax positions —
—
3
130
(2 ) 131
Benefit obligations —
—
636
257
—
893
Other liabilities —
—
74
142
(1 ) 215
Total noncurrent liabilities —
2,663
1,440
871
(715 ) 4,259
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity 2,588
2,548
3,571
4,051
(10,170 ) 2,588
Noncontrolling interests —
—
—
433
—
433
Total equity 2,588
2,548
3,571
4,484
(10,170 ) 3,021
Total liabilities and equity 2,588
5,275
5,991
6,466
(11,963 ) 8,357

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017												Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated		Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)												(In $ millions)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	677		623		571		403		(1,529	)	745		636		(31	)	1,052		635		(1,561	)	731
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment	—		—		(122	)	(58	)	—		(180	)	—		—		(83	)	(61	)	—		(144	)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—		(11	)	(12	)	(265	)	19		(269	)	—		—		(31	)	(60	)	—		(91	)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net	—		—		—		20		(19	)	1
Return of capital from subsidiary	—		—		18		—		(18	)	—		—		—		7		—		(7	)	—
Contributions to subsidiary	—		—		—		—		—		—
Intercompany loan receipts (disbursements)	—		(174	)	(25	)	—		199		—		—		—		(653	)	—		653		—
Other, net	—		—		(1	)	(8	)	—		(9	)	—		—		2		(10	)	—		(8	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	—		(185	)	(142	)	(311	)	181		(457	)	—		—		(758	)	(131	)	646		(243	)
Financing Activities
Net change in short-term borrowings with maturities of 3 months or less	—		245		5		(1	)	(25	)	224		—		149		3		(4	)	(43	)	105
Proceeds from short-term borrowings	—		—		—		150		—		150		—		—		—		610		(610	)	—
Repayments of short-term borrowings	—		—		—		(91	)	—		(91	)	—		—		—		(12	)	—		(12	)
Proceeds from long-term debt	—		—		174		—		(174	)	—		—		499		—		—		—		499
Repayments of long-term debt	—		—		(1	)	(64	)	—		(65	)	—		(335	)	(1	)	(12	)	—		(348	)
Purchases of treasury stock, including related fees	(500	)	—		—		—		—		(500	)	(488	)	—		—		—		—		(488	)
Dividends to parent	—		(678	)	(571	)	(280	)	1,529		—		—		(272	)	(251	)	(1,038	)	1,561		—
Contributions from parent	—		—		—		—		—		—
Stock option exercises	1		—		—		—		—		1
Series A common stock dividends	(178	)	—		—		—		—		(178	)
Common stock dividends													(148	)	—		—		—		—		(148	)
Return of capital to parent	—		—		—		(18	)	18		—		—		—		—		(7	)	7		—
(Distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(18	)	—		(18	)	—		—		—		(7	)	—		(7	)
Other, net	—		—		(17	)	(2	)	—		(19	)	—		(10	)	(24	)	(4	)	—		(38	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(677	)	(433	)	(410	)	(324	)	1,348		(496	)	(636	)	31		(273	)	(474	)	915		(437	)
Exchange rate effects on cash and cash equivalents	—		—		—		31		—		31		—		—		—		1		—		1
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	—		5		19		(201	)	—		(177	)	—		—		21		31		—		52
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of period	—		—		51		587		—		638		—		—		30		409		—		439
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of period	—		5		70		386		—		461		—		—		51		440		—		491

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CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS



	Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Subsidiary Guarantors		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In $ millions)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	238		432		115		630		(687	)	728
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment	—		—		(109	)	(56	)	—		(165	)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—		—		(144	)	—		—		(144	)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net	—		—		—		9		—		9
Return of capital from subsidiary	—		—		218		—		(218	)	—
Contributions to subsidiary	—		—		(16	)	—		16		—
Intercompany loan receipts (disbursements)	—		(272	)	(10	)	—		282		—
Other, net	—		—		(7	)	(24	)	—		(31	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	—		(272	)	(68	)	(71	)	80		(331	)
Financing Activities
Net change in short-term borrowings with maturities of 3 months or less	—		90		11		(51	)	(10	)	40
Proceeds from short-term borrowings	—		—		—		36		—		36
Repayments of short-term borrowings	—		—		—		(39	)	—		(39	)
Proceeds from long-term debt	—		—		272		—		(272	)	—
Repayments of long-term debt	—		(12	)	(13	)	(18	)	—		(43	)
Purchases of treasury stock, including related fees	(100	)	—		—		—		—		(100	)
Dividends to parent	—		(238	)	(449	)	—		687		—
Contributions from parent	—		—		—		16		(16	)	—
Common stock dividends	(136	)	—		—		—		—		(136	)
Return of capital to parent	—		—		—		(218	)	218		—
(Distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(8	)	—		(8	)
Other, net	—		—		(5	)	(1	)	—		(6	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(236	)	(160	)	(184	)	(283	)	607		(256	)
Exchange rate effects on cash and cash equivalents	—		—		—		(9	)	—		(9	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	2		—		(137	)	267		—		132
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of period	—		—		230		346		—		576
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of period	2		—		93		613		—		708

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

Parent
Guarantor
Issuer
Subsidiary
Guarantors

Non-
Guarantors
Eliminations Consolidated
(In $ millions)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 447
437
299
602
(845 ) 940
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment —
—
(100 ) (86 ) —
(186 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired —
—
—
—
—
—
Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net —
—
1
7
—
8
Return of capital from subsidiary —
145
750
—
(895 ) —
Contributions to subsidiary —
—
—
—
—
—
Intercompany loan receipts (disbursements) —
(283 ) (9 ) 90
202
—
Other, net —
—
(9 ) (5 ) —
(14 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities —
(138 ) 633
6
(693 ) (192 )
Financing Activities
Net change in short-term borrowings with maturities of 3 months or less —
(344 ) 6
—
(9 ) (347 )
Proceeds from short-term borrowings —
—
—
39
—
39
Repayments of short-term borrowings —
—
—
(76 ) —
(76 )
Proceeds from long-term debt —
1,589
746
—
(826 ) 1,509
Repayments of long-term debt —
(1,082 ) (635 ) (11 ) 633
(1,095 )
Purchases of treasury stock, including related fees (300 ) —
—
—
—
(300 )
Dividends to parent —
(447 ) (398 ) —
845
—
Contributions from parent —
—
—
—
—
—
Stock option exercises 3
—
—
—
—
3
Series A common stock dividends (150 ) —
—
—
—
(150 )
Return of capital to parent —
—
—
(895 ) 895
—
(Distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interests —
—
—
(15 ) —
(15 )
Other, net —
(13 ) (20 ) (2 ) —
(35 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (447 ) (297 ) (301 ) (960 ) 1,538
(467 )
Exchange rate effects on cash and cash equivalents —
—
—
4
—
4
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents —
2
631
(348 ) —
285
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of period —
—
21
946
—
967
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of period —
2
652
598
—
1,252

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Quarterly Report"), the term "Celanese" refers to Celanese Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and not its subsidiaries. The terms the "Company," "we," "our" and "us," refer to Celanese and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The term "Celanese US" refers to the Company's subsidiary, Celanese US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and not its subsidiaries.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Celanese Corporation and Subsidiaries consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018 filed on February ~~10, 2017~~7, 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as part of the Company's Annual Reporting on Form 10-K ("~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K") and the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP").

Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained in this section and other parts of this Quarterly Report involve both risk and uncertainty. Several important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these statements. Many of these statements are macroeconomic in nature and are, therefore, beyond the control of management. See "Forward-Looking Statements" below and at the beginning of our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K.

Forward-Looking Statements

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") and other parts of this Quarterly Report contain certain forward-looking statements and information relating to us that are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, us. Generally, words such as "believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "project," "plan," "may," "can," "could," "might," and "will," and similar expressions, as they relate to us are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views and beliefs with respect to future events at the time that the statements are made, are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. All forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report are made as of the date hereof, and the risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations expressed in this Quarterly Report will increase with the passage of time. We undertake no obligation, and disclaim any duty, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in our expectations or otherwise.

Risk Factors

See Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors of our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K and subsequent periodic filings we make with the SEC for a description of certain risk factors that you should consider which could significantly affect our financial results. In addition, the following factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things:

changes in general economic, business, political and regulatory conditions in the countries or regions in which we operate;

the length and depth of product and industry business cycles particularly in the automotive, electrical, textiles, electronics and construction industries;

changes in the price and availability of raw materials, particularly changes in the demand for, supply of, and market prices of ethylene, methanol, natural gas, wood pulp and fuel oil and the prices for electricity and other energy sources;

the ability to pass increases in raw material prices on to customers or otherwise improve margins through price increases;

the ability to maintain plant utilization rates and to implement planned capacity additions, expansions and maintenance;

the ability to reduce or maintain current levels of production costs and to improve productivity by implementing technological improvements to existing plants;

increased price competition and the introduction of competing products by other companies;

the ability to identify desirable potential acquisition targets and to consummate acquisition or investment transactions, including obtaining regulatory approvals, consistent with our strategy;

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market acceptance of our technology;

the ability to obtain governmental approvals and to construct facilities on terms and schedules acceptable to us;

changes in tariffs, tax rates or legislation throughout the world including, but not limited to, adjustments, changes in estimates or interpretations that may impact recorded or future tax impacts associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "TCJA") enacted in December 2017;

changes in the degree of intellectual property and other legal protection afforded to our products or technologies, or the theft of such intellectual property;

compliance and other costs and potential disruption or interruption of production or operations due to accidents, interruptions in sources of raw materials, cyber security incidents, terrorism or political unrest, or other unforeseen events or delays in construction or operation of facilities, including as a result of geopolitical conditions, the occurrence of acts of war or terrorist incidents or as a result of weather or natural disasters;

potential liability for remedial actions and increased costs under existing or future environmental regulations, including those relating to climate change;

potential liability resulting from pending or future claims or litigation, including investigations or enforcement actions, or from changes in the laws, regulations or policies of governments or other governmental activities, in the countries in which we operate;

changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates;

our level of indebtedness, which could diminish our ability to raise additional capital to fund operations or limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or the chemicals industry; and

various other factors, both referenced and not referenced in this Quarterly Report.

Many of these factors are macroeconomic in nature and are, therefore, beyond our control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results, performance or achievements may vary materially from those described in this Quarterly Report as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, planned or projected. We neither intend nor assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

Overview

We are a global ~~technology~~chemical and specialty materials company. We are a leading global producer of high performance engineered polymers that are used in a variety of high-value applications, as well as one of the world's largest producers of acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals, for nearly all major ~~industries, as well as a leading global producer of high performance engineered polymers that are used in a variety of high-value applications.~~industries. As a recognized innovator in the chemicals industry, we engineer and manufacture a wide variety of products essential to everyday living. Our broad product portfolio serves a diverse set of end-use applications including ~~paints and coatings, textiles,~~ automotive, ~~applications, consumer and medical applications, performance industrial applications, filtration applications, paper and packaging,~~ chemical additives, construction, consumer and industrial adhesives, consumer and medical, energy storage, filtration, food and beverage, ~~applications.~~paints and coatings, paper and packaging, performance industrial and textiles. Our products enjoy leading global positions due to our differentiated business models, large global production capacity, operating efficiencies, proprietary technology and competitive cost structures.

Our large and diverse global customer base primarily consists of major companies in a broad array of industries. We hold geographically balanced global positions and participate in diversified end-use applications. We combine a demonstrated track record of execution, strong performance built on ~~shared principles and objectives,~~differentiated business models and a clear focus on growth and value creation. Known for operational excellence, reliability and execution of our business strategies, we ~~deliver value to~~partner with our customers around the globe ~~with~~to deliver best-in-class technologies and solutions.

We are organized around two complementary cores, Materials Solutions and the Acetyl Chain. Together, these two value drivers share raw materials, technology, integrated systems and research resources to increase efficiency and quickly respond to market needs. Within Materials Solutions and the Acetyl Chain, we operate principally through four business segments: Materials Solutions includes Advanced Engineered Materials and Consumer Specialties business segments (which includes our cellulose derivatives business), and the Acetyl Chain includes Industrial Specialties and Acetyl Intermediates business segments.

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Results of Operations

Financial Highlights


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		Change		2017		2016		Change		2019		2018		Change		2019		2018		Change
	(unaudited)												(unaudited)
	(In $ millions, except percentages)												(In $ millions, except percentages)
Statement of Operations Data
Net sales	1,566		1,323		243		4,547		4,078		469		1,592		1,844		(252	)	3,279		3,695		(416	)
Gross profit	385		355		30		1,104		1,083		21		423		521		(98	)	876		1,036		(160	)
Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses	(112	)	(81	)	(31	)	(291	)	(232	)	(59	)	(118	)	(136	)	18		(238	)	(283	)	45
Other (charges) gains, net	—		(3	)	3		(58	)	(12	)	(46	)	(98	)	(3	)	(95	)	(94	)	(3	)	(91	)
Operating profit (loss)	252		246		6		684		776		(92	)	186		358		(172	)	506		701		(195	)
Equity in net earnings of affiliates	50		41		9		135		114		21
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates													39		56		(17	)	89		114		(25	)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income													17		26		(9	)	34		52		(18	)
Interest expense	(32	)	(28	)	(4	)	(91	)	(91	)	—		(29	)	(32	)	3		(60	)	(65	)	5
Refinancing expense	—		(4	)	4		—		(6	)	6
Dividend income - cost investments	24		26		(2	)	82		82		—
Dividend income - equity investments													30		34		(4	)	62		66		(4	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax	289		281		8		810		874		(64	)	239		442		(203	)	624		874		(250	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	232		266		(34	)	657		747		(90	)	211		345		(134	)	550		712		(162	)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	(4	)	(3	)	(1	)	(12	)	(2	)	(10	)	(1	)	—		(1	)	(2	)	(2	)	—
Net earnings (loss)	228		263		(35	)	645		745		(100	)	210		345		(135	)	548		710		(162	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation	226		262		(36	)	640		740		(100	)	209		344		(135	)	546		707		(161	)
Other Data
Depreciation and amortization	80		72		8		226		218		8		84		86		(2	)	167		165		2
SG&A expenses as a percentage of Net sales	7.2	%	6.1	%			6.4	%	5.7	%			7.4	%	7.4	%			7.3	%	7.7	%
Operating margin⁽¹⁾	16.1	%	18.6	%			15.0	%	19.0	%			11.7	%	19.4	%			15.4	%	19.0	%
Other (charges) gains, net
Employee termination benefits	—		(3	)	3		(4	)	(11	)	7
InfraServ ownership change	—		—		—		(4	)	—		(4	)
Restructuring													(15	)	(3	)	(12	)	(14	)	(3	)	(11	)
Asset impairments	—		—		—		—		(1	)	1		(83	)	—		(83	)	(83	)	—		(83	)
Other plant/office closures	—		—		—		(50	)	—		(50	)
Plant/office closures													—		—		—		(1	)	—		(1	)
Commercial disputes													—		—		—		4		—		4
Total Other (charges) gains, net	—		(3	)	3		(58	)	(12	)	(46	)	(98	)	(3	)	(95	)	(94	)	(3	)	(91	)

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⁽¹⁾	Defined as Operating profit (loss) divided by Net sales.

As of
September 30,
2017 As of
December 31,
2016
(unaudited)
(In $ millions)
Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents 461
638

Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates 435
118
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs 2,954
2,890
Total debt 3,389
3,008

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	As of June 30, 2019	As of December 31, 2018
	(unaudited)
	(In $ millions)
Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents	491	439

Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates	319	561
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs	3,444	2,970
Total debt	3,763	3,531

Factors Affecting Business Segment Net Sales

The percentage increase (decrease) in Net sales attributable to each of the factors indicated for each of our business segments is as follows:

Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Volume Price Currency Other Total
(unaudited)
(In percentages)
Advanced Engineered Materials 49
(2 ) 2 —
49
Consumer Specialties (10 ) (8 ) 1 —
(17 )
Industrial Specialties 2
4
2 —
8
Acetyl Intermediates (1 ) 16
1 —
16
Total Company 11
6
2 (1 ) 18



	Volume		Price		Currency		Other	Total
	(unaudited)
	(In percentages)
Engineered Materials	(8	)	—		(3	)	—	(11	)
Acetate Tow	1		1		(1	)	—	1
Acetyl Chain	(1	)	(14	)	(3	)	—	(18	)
Total Company	(3	)	(8	)	(3	)	—	(14	)

~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to ~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Volume Price Currency Other Total
(unaudited)
(In percentages)
Advanced Engineered Materials 45
(2 ) —
— 43
Consumer Specialties (7 ) (8 ) —
— (15 )
Industrial Specialties 1
1
(1 ) — 1
Acetyl Intermediates (6 ) 12
—
— 6
Total Company 8
4
—
— 12



	Volume		Price		Currency		Other	Total
	(unaudited)
	(In percentages)
Engineered Materials	(7	)	4		(2	)	—	(5	)
Acetate Tow	—		1		(1	)	—	—
Acetyl Chain	(3	)	(10	)	(3	)	—	(16	)
Total Company	(4	)	(4	)	(3	)	—	(11	)

Consolidated Results

Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Net sales ~~increased $243~~decreased $252 million, or ~~18.4%~~14%, for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

lower pricing in our Acetyl Chain segment;

lower volume in our Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain segments, primarily due to slower global economic conditions; and

an unfavorable currency impact in our Acetyl Chain and Engineered Materials segments.

Operating profit decreased $172 million, or 48%, for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

lower Net sales in our Acetyl Chain and Engineered Materials segments; and

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~~higher volume~~an unfavorable impact of $95 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded an $83 million long-lived asset impairment loss in our ~~Advanced Engineered Materials~~Acetate Tow segment ~~primarily~~ related to ~~Net sales generated from SO.F.TER. S.p.A. ("SOFTER") and from~~ the ~~nylon compounding division~~closure of ~~Nilit Group ("Nilit"), that we acquired on May 3, 2017.~~our acetate flake manufacturing operations in Ocotlán, Mexico. See Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information; ~~and~~

~~higher pricing for most of our products in our Acetyl Intermediates segment;~~

partially offset by:

lower ~~acetate tow pricing and volume~~raw material costs within our Acetyl Chain segment.

Equity in ~~our Consumer Specialties segment.~~

~~Operating profit increased $6~~net earnings (loss) of affiliates decreased $17 million ~~or 2.4%,~~ for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher Net sales;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~higher raw material costs, primarily~~a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $10 million from our ~~Acetyl Intermediates segment; and~~

~~higher plant spending of $36 million in our Advanced Engineered Materials segment, primarily related to our acquisitions of SOFTER and Nilit, as these acquired businesses incur ongoing plant spending.~~

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During August and September 2017, production was temporarily halted at our plants in Bishop, Texas; Bay City, Texas; and Clear Lake, Texas due to Hurricane Harvey, resulting in lost sales opportunities. Certain fixed overhead, clean-up and restart costs, which were recorded to Cost of sales, negatively impacted operating profit in our Advanced Engineered Materials and Acetyl Intermediates segments by approximately $11 million in total during the three months ended September 30, 2017. The sites are now operational, and we do not believe this event will have a significant financial impact on any of our reporting units beyond the expected short-term impact. There was no significant asset damage at our facilitiesIbn Sina strategic affiliate as a result of ~~Hurricane Harvey during the three months ended September 30, 2017.~~plant turnaround activity.

Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 was ~~20%~~12% compared to 5%22% for the same period in ~~2016.~~2018. The ~~higher~~lower effective income tax rate for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 is~~2019 compared to the same period in 2018 was primarily due to ~~a release of $52 million in tax positions during 2016 due to audit settlements~~2019 reductions in the ~~US and Germany and current year~~valuation allowance on foreign ~~exchange differences in certain jurisdictions where~~tax credits that resulted from greater forecasted utilization of credits prior to the ~~functional currency differs from the local currency.~~expiration of their carryforward period.

Our effective income tax rate is affected by recurring items, such as tax rates in foreign jurisdictions and the relative amounts and mix of income and loss in those jurisdictions to which they relate, as well as discrete items and non-deductible expenses that may occur in any given year, but are not consistent from year to year. See Note 15 - Income Taxes in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.

~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to ~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Net sales ~~increased $469~~decreased $416 million, or ~~11.5%~~11%, for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher volume~~lower pricing in our Advanced Engineered Materials segment, primarily related to Net sales generated from SOFTER and from Nilit, as well as within our base business, which was driven by new project launches and pipeline growth globally; andAcetyl Chain segment;

~~higher pricing for~~lower volume across most of our ~~products in~~segments, primarily due to slower global economic conditions; and

an unfavorable currency impact within our Acetyl ~~Intermediates segment;~~Chain and Engineered Materials segments;

partially offset by:

~~lower acetate tow~~higher pricing ~~and volume~~ in our ~~Consumer Specialties segment; and~~

~~lower volume for ethanol in our Acetyl Intermediates~~Engineered Materials segment.

Operating profit decreased ~~$92~~$195 million, or ~~11.9%~~28%, for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher raw material costs, primarily~~lower Net sales across most of our segments; and

an unfavorable impact of $91 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded an $83 million long-lived asset impairment loss in our ~~Acetyl Intermediates segment;~~

~~higher plant spending of $96 million in our Advanced Engineered Materials~~Acetate Tow segment ~~primarily~~ related to the closure of our ~~acquisitions of SOFTER and Nilit, as these acquired businesses incur ongoing plant spending; and~~acetate flake manufacturing operations in Ocotlán, Mexico;

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an unfavorable impact of $48 million to Other (charges) gains, net in our Acetyl Intermediates segment. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we provided notice of termination of a contract with a key raw materials supplier at our ethanol production unit in Nanjing, China. As a result, we recorded a $24 million contract termination charge and an $18 million reduction to our non-income tax receivable. See ~~Note 14 - Other (Charges) Gains, Net~~ ~~in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information;~~

partially offset by:

~~an increase~~lower raw material costs within our Acetyl Chain segment.

Equity in ~~Net sales.~~net earnings (loss) of affiliates decreased $25 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $14 million from our Polyplastics Co., Ltd. ("Polyplastics") strategic affiliate as a result of softer market conditions in China; and

a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $11 million from our Ibn Sina strategic affiliate as a result of plant turnaround activity.

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Our effective income tax rate for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 was ~~19%~~12% compared to ~~15%~~19% for the same period in ~~2016.~~2018. The ~~higher~~lower effective income tax rate for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 is~~2019 compared to the same period in 2018 was primarily due to ~~a release of $52 million in tax positions during 2016 due to audit settlements~~2019 reductions in the ~~US and Germany and current year~~valuation allowance on foreign ~~exchange differences in certain jurisdictions where~~tax credits that resulted from greater forecasted utilization of credits prior to the ~~functional currency differs from the local currency.~~

~~Assuming no material changes to tax rules and regulations or cash repatriation plans, we expect continued realization~~expiration of ~~operational savings in connection with the establishment of our centralized European headquarters, which will directly impact~~

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the mix of our earnings and may result in favorable or unfavorable income tax impacts in subsequent years. Our effective tax rate will vary based on the jurisdictions in which income is actually generated and remains subject to potential volatility from changing tax legislation in the US and other tax jurisdictions. We continue to assess our business model and its impact in various jurisdictions.their carryforward period.

Business Segments

~~Advanced~~ Engineered Materials


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Change		% Change		Nine Months Ended September 30,				Change	% Change		Three Months Ended June 30,						Change		% Change			Six Months Ended June 30,					Change		% Change
	2017		2016			2017			2016			2019	Change	% Change		2018					2019			% Change		2018						Change		% Change
	(unaudited)															(unaudited)
	(In $ millions, except percentages)															(In $ millions, except percentages)
Net sales	543		365		Change	178	% Change		48.8	%	1,546		1,080	466			43.1	%	593			Change	664		(71	)		(10.7	)%		1,256		1,329		(73	)	(5.5	)%
Net Sales Variance
Volume	49	%							45	%						(8	)%										(7	)%
Price	(2	)%							(2	)%						—	%										4	%
Currency	2	%							—	%						(3	)%										(2	)%
Other	—	%							—	%						—	%										—	%
Other (charges) gains, net	—		—		—		—	%	(2	)	(2	)	—	—	%	(8	)		—			(8	)	(100.0	)%		7			—		7		100.0	%
Operating profit (loss)	97		93		4		4.3	%	292		263		29	11.0	%	103			114			(11	)	(9.6	)%		247			241		6		2.5	%
Operating margin	17.9	%	25.5	%					18.9	%	24.4	%				17.4	%		17.2	%							19.7	%		18.1	%
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	45		33		12		36.4	%	125		91		34	37.4	%	36			53			(17	)	(32.1	)%		82			107		(25	)	(23.4	)%
Depreciation and amortization	29		22		7		31.8	%	79		71		8	11.3	%	31			33			(2	)	(6.1	)%		63			65		(2	)	(3.1	)%

Our ~~Advanced~~ Engineered Materials segment includes our engineered materials business, our food ingredients business and certain strategic affiliates. Our engineered materials business develops, produces and supplies a broad portfolio of high performance specialty polymers for automotive and medical applications, as well as industrial products and consumer electronics. Together with our strategic affiliates, our engineered materials business is a leading participant in the global specialty polymers industry.

The pricing of products by the Advanced Engineered Materials segment is primarily based on the value of the material we produce and is largely independent of changes in the cost of raw materials. Therefore, in general, margins may expand or contract in response to changes in raw material costs.

~~Three Months Ended September 30, 2017~~ ~~Compared to~~ ~~Three Months Ended September 30, 2016~~

~~Net sales increased for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher volume primarily due to Net sales generated from SOFTER and from Nilit, which represents approximately three-fourths of the increase in volume; and~~

~~higher volume within our base business driven by new project launches and pipeline growth, which represents the remainder of the volume growth.~~

~~Operating profit increased for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher Net sales;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~higher plant spending of $36 million, primarily related to our acquisitions of SOFTER and Nilit in December 2016 and May 2017, respectively, as these acquired businesses incur ongoing plant spending;~~

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~~higher energy and raw material costs, primarily related to methanol; and~~

~~higher depreciation and amortization expense, primarily related to our acquisitions of SOFTER and Nilit.~~

~~Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates increased for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

an increase in equity investment in earnings of $5 million and $4 million from our Polyplastics Co., Ltd. ("Polyplastics") and Ibn Sina strategic affiliates, respectively, as a result of higher demand at Polyplastics and higher pricing and timing of turnaround activity at Ibn Sina.

~~Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016~~

~~Net sales increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher volume primarily due to Net sales generated from SOFTER and from Nilit, which represents approximately two-thirds of the increase in volume; and~~

~~higher volume within our base business driven by new project launches and pipeline growth globally, which represents the remainder of the volume growth;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~lower pricing for most of our products due to customer and regional mix.~~

~~Operating profit increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher Net sales;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~higher plant spending of $96 million, primarily related to our acquisitions of SOFTER and Nilit, as these acquired businesses incur ongoing plant spending;~~

~~higher energy and raw material costs, primarily related to methanol; and~~

~~higher depreciation and amortization expense, primarily related to our acquisitions of SOFTER and Nilit.~~

~~Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

an increase in equity investment in earnings of $12 million and $10 million from our Ibn Sina and Polyplastics strategic affiliates, respectively, as a result of higher pricing and timing of turnaround activity at Ibn Sina and higher demand at Polyplastics.

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~~Consumer Specialties~~

Three Months Ended September 30, Change % Change Nine Months Ended September 30, Change % Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
(unaudited)
(In $ millions, except percentages)
Net sales 187
225
(38 ) (16.9 )% 598
704
(106 ) (15.1 )%
Net Sales Variance
Volume (10 )% (7 )%
Price (8 )% (8 )%
Currency 1 % — %
Other — % — %
Other (charges) gains, net —
(1 ) 1
(100.0 )% (2 ) (1 ) (1 ) 100.0 %
Operating profit (loss) 53
68
(15 ) (22.1 )% 170
226
(56 ) (24.8 )%
Operating margin 28.3 % 30.2 % 28.4 % 32.1 %
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates 2
1
1
100.0 % 3
2
1
50.0 %
Dividend income - cost investments 24
26
(2 ) (7.7 )% 81
81
—
— %
Depreciation and amortization 11
12
(1 ) (8.3 )% 33
34
(1 ) (2.9 )%

Our Consumer Specialties segment includes our cellulose derivatives and food ingredients businesses, which serve consumer-driven applications. Our cellulose derivatives business is a leading global producer and supplier of acetate tow and acetate flake, primarily used in filter products applications. Our food ingredients business is a leading global supplier of acesulfame potassium for the food and beverage industry and is a leading producer of food protection ingredients, such as potassium sorbate and sorbic acid.

The pricing of products within the ~~cellulose derivatives~~Engineered Materials segment is primarily based on the value of the material we produce and ~~food ingredients businesses~~is generally independent of changes in the cost of raw materials. Therefore, in general, margins may expand or contract in response to changes in raw material costs.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

Net sales decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

lower volume within our base business driven by slower global economic conditions and customer destocking; and

an unfavorable currency impact resulting from a weaker Euro relative to the US dollar.

Operating profit decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

lower Net sales; and


•	an unfavorable impact of $8 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded $8 million in employee termination benefits, primarily related to business optimization projects. See Note 14 - Other (Charges) Gains, Net in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information;

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partially offset by:

lower spending of $5 million, primarily related to productivity initiatives and lower energy costs of $4 million due to lower pricing.

Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $10 million from our Ibn Sina strategic affiliate as a result of plant turnaround activity; and

a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $5 million from our Polyplastics strategic affiliates as a result of softer market conditions in China.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

Net sales decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

lower volume within our base business driven by slower global economic conditions and customer destocking; and

an unfavorable currency impact resulting from a weaker Euro relative to the US dollar;

partially offset by:

higher pricing for most of our products, primarily due to pricing efforts to align with rising raw material and distribution costs, as well as product mix.

Operating profit increased for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

a favorable pricing impact within Net sales;

lower spending of $4 million, primarily related to productivity initiatives and lower energy costs of $4 million due to lower pricing; and

a favorable impact of $7 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded a $15 million gain related to a settlement of a commercial dispute from a previous acquisition, partially offset by $8 million in employee termination benefits, primarily related to business optimization projects;

largely offset by:

an unfavorable volume and currency impact within Net sales; and

higher raw material costs, primarily for polymers.

Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to:

a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $14 million from our Polyplastics strategic affiliate as a result of softer market conditions in China; and

a decrease in equity investment in earnings of $11 million from our Ibn Sina strategic affiliate as a result of plant turnaround activity.

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Acetate Tow



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Change		% Change		Six Months Ended June 30,				Change		% Change
	2019		2018		Change		% Change		2019		2018		Change		% Change
	(unaudited)
	(In $ millions, except percentages)
Net sales	164		162		2		1.2	%	330		330		—		—	%
Net Sales Variance
Volume	1	%							—	%
Price	1	%							1	%
Currency	(1	)%							(1	)%
Other	—	%							—	%
Other (charges) gains, net	(84	)	(1	)	(83	)	(8,300.0	)%	(84	)	(1	)	(83	)	(8,300.0	)%
Operating profit (loss)	(44	)	39		(83	)	(212.8	)%	(4	)	85		(89	)	(104.7	)%
Operating margin	(26.8	)%	24.1	%					(1.2	)%	25.8	%
Dividend income - equity investments	29		33		(4	)	(12.1	)%	61		65		(4	)	(6.2	)%
Depreciation and amortization	11		13		(2	)	(15.4	)%	21		23		(2	)	(8.7	)%

Our Acetate Tow segment serves consumer-driven applications. We are a leading global producer and supplier of acetate tow and acetate flake, primarily used in filter products applications.

The pricing of products within the Acetate Tow segment is sensitive to demand and is primarily based on the value of the material we produce. Many sales in ~~these businesses~~this business are conducted under contracts with pricing for one or more years. As a result, margins may expand or contract in response to changes in raw material costs over these similar periods, and we may be unable to adjust pricing also due to other factors, such as the intense level of competition in the industry.

Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Net sales ~~decreased~~remained flat for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016 primarily due to:~~

~~lower acetate tow pricing and volume due to lower global industry utilization.~~2018.

Operating ~~profit decreased~~loss increased for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

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an unfavorable impact of $83 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded an $83 million long-lived asset impairment loss related to the closure of our acetate flake manufacturing operations in Ocotlán, Mexico. We expect to incur additional exit and shutdown costs of approximately $20 million, primarily related to employee termination benefits and accelerated depreciation, through the first quarter of 2020. See Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.

~~lower Net sales;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~lower spending and raw material costs of $13 million primarily related to productivity initiatives in our cellulose derivatives business.~~

~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to ~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Net sales ~~decreased~~remained flat for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016 primarily due to:~~

~~lower acetate tow pricing and volume due to lower global industry utilization.~~

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2018.

Operating ~~profit decreased~~loss increased for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~lower Net sales;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~lower spending and raw material costs~~an unfavorable impact of ~~$35~~$83 million ~~primarily~~to Other (charges) gains, net. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded an $83 million long-lived asset impairment loss related to ~~productivity initiatives in our cellulose derivatives business.~~

On June 18, 2017, Celanese, through various subsidiaries, entered into an agreement with affiliates of The Blackstone Group L.P. (the "Blackstone Entities") to form a joint venture which combines substantially all of the ~~operations~~closure of our ~~cellulose derivatives business and the~~acetate flake manufacturing operations ~~of the Rhodia Acetow cellulose acetate business owned by the Blackstone Entities. See~~ ~~Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures~~in ~~the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.~~Ocotlán, Mexico.

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Acetyl Chain


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Change			% Change		Nine Months Ended September 30,				Change		% Change		Three Months Ended June 30,						Change		% Change			Six Months Ended June 30,					Change		% Change
	2017		2016				2017			2016			2019	Change		% Change		2018					2019			% Change		2018						Change		% Change
	(unaudited)																	(unaudited)
	(In $ millions, except percentages)																	(In $ millions, except percentages)
Net sales	264		245		Change		19	% Change		7.8	%	771		760		11			1.4	%	865			Change	1,049		(184	)		(17.5	)%		1,754		2,100		(346	)	(16.5	)%
Net Sales Variance
Volume	2	%								1	%							(1	)%										(3	)%
Price	4	%								1	%							(14	)%										(10	)%
Currency	2	%								(1	)%							(3	)%										(3	)%
Other	—	%								—	%							—	%										—	%
Other (charges) gains, net	—		—		—			—	%	—		(3	)	3		(100.0	)%	(1	)		(2	)		1		50.0	%		(1	)		(2	)	1		50.0	%
Operating profit (loss)	20		25		(5	)		(20.0	)%	71		85		(14	)	(16.5	)%	188			273			(85	)	(31.1	)%		390			526		(136	)	(25.9	)%
Operating margin	7.6	%	10.2	%						9.2	%	11.2	%					21.7	%		26.0	%							22.2	%		25.0	%
Depreciation and amortization	10		9		1			11.1	%	28		25		3		12.0	%	38			36			2		5.6	%		76			71		5		7.0	%

Our ~~Industrial Specialties~~Acetyl Chain segment includes ~~our~~the integrated chain of intermediate chemistry, emulsion polymers and ~~EVA~~ethylene vinyl acetate ("EVA") polymers businesses. Our intermediate chemistry business produces and supplies acetyl products, including acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer ("VAM"), acetic anhydride and acetate esters. These products are generally used as starting materials for colorants, paints, adhesives, coatings and pharmaceuticals. It also produces organic solvents and intermediates for pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical products. Our emulsion polymers business is a leading global producer of vinyl acetate-based emulsions and develops products and application technologies to improve performance, create value and drive innovation in applications such as paints and coatings, adhesives, construction, glass fiber, textiles and paper. Our EVA polymers business is a leading North American manufacturer of a full range of specialty ~~ethylene vinyl acetate ("EVA")~~EVA resins and compounds, as well as select grades of low-density polyethylene. Our EVA polymers products are used in many applications, including flexible packaging films, lamination film products, hot melt adhesives, automotive parts and carpeting.

~~Pricing~~The pricing of ~~our~~ products within ~~Industrial Specialties~~the Acetyl Chain is influenced by industry utilization rates and changes in the cost of raw materials. Therefore, in general, there is a ~~direct~~directional correlation between ~~the cost of raw materials~~these factors and our Net sales for most ~~Industrial Specialties~~Acetyl Chain products. This impact to pricing typically lags changes in raw material costs over months or quarters.

Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Net sales ~~increased~~decreased for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher~~lower pricing ~~and volume in~~for most of our ~~emulsion polymers business~~products, primarily due to ~~higher~~reduced customer demand in Asia and an overall deflationary environment for raw ~~material costs for vinyl acetate monomer ("VAM") across all regions; and~~materials;

~~a favorable~~an unfavorable currency impact resulting from a ~~weak US dollar~~weaker Euro relative to the ~~Euro.~~US dollar; and

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lower volume, primarily for acetic acid, due to reduced customer demand in Asia, mostly offset by higher volume for VAM due to expansion in North America.

Operating profit decreased for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher spending and raw material costs of $15 million, primarily VAM;~~lower Net sales;

partially offset by:

~~higher Net sales.~~lower raw material costs for acetic acid, ethylene and methanol, which combined represents approximately three-fourths of the decrease.

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Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to ~~Nine~~Six Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Net sales ~~increased~~decreased for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher pricing and volume in our emulsion polymers business due to higher raw material costs for VAM across all regions.~~

~~Operating profit decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher spending and raw material costs of $25 million, primarily VAM;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~higher Net sales.~~

~~Acetyl Intermediates~~

Three Months Ended September 30, Change % Change Nine Months Ended September 30, Change % Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
(unaudited)
(In $ millions, except percentages)
Net sales 684
589
95
16.1 % 1,952
1,844
108
5.9 %
Net Sales Variance
Volume (1 )% (6 )%
Price 16 % 12 %
Currency 1 % — %
Other — % — %
Other (charges) gains, net —
(1 ) 1
(100.0 )% (50 ) (2 ) (48 ) 2,400.0 %
Operating profit (loss) 128
83
45
54.2 % 264
274
(10 ) (3.6 )%
Operating margin 18.7 % 14.1 %
13.5 % 14.9 %
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates 1
1
—
— % 4
4
—
— %
Depreciation and amortization 26
27
(1 ) (3.7 )% 78
81
(3 ) (3.7 )%

Our Acetyl Intermediates segment includes our intermediate chemistry business which produces and supplies acetyl products, including acetic acid, VAM, acetic anhydride and acetate esters. These products are generally used as starting materials for colorants, paints, adhesives, coatings and medicines. This business segment also produces organic solvents and intermediates for pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical products.

Pricing of acetic acid, VAM and other acetyl products is influenced by changes in the cost of raw materials. Therefore, in general, there is a direct correlation between the cost of raw materials and our Net sales for most intermediate chemistry products. This impact to pricing typically lags changes in raw material costs over months or quarters.

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~~Three Months Ended September 30, 2017~~ ~~Compared to~~ ~~Three Months Ended September 30, 2016~~

~~Net sales increased for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher pricing due to higher feedstock costs, such as methanol, which positively impacted~~lower pricing for most of our ~~products;~~products, primarily due to reduced customer demand in Asia and an overall deflationary environment for raw materials;

~~a favorable~~an unfavorable currency impact resulting from a ~~weak US dollar~~weaker Euro relative to the ~~Euro.~~

~~Operating profit increased for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher Net sales;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

~~higher raw material costs, primarily for methanol~~US dollar; and ~~ethylene, with methanol making up approximately one-half of the increase and ethylene making up approximately one-fourth of the increase in raw material costs.~~

~~Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017~~ ~~Compared to~~ ~~Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016~~

~~Net sales increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 primarily due to:~~

~~higher pricing due to higher feedstock costs, such as methanol, which positively impacted pricing for most of our products;~~

~~partially offset by:~~

lower volume for ~~ethanol,~~acetic acid, which represents ~~substantially~~ all of the decrease in volume, due to ~~the shutdown at our ethanol production unit in Nanjing, China.~~slower global economic conditions.

Operating profit decreased ~~during~~for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher~~lower Net sales;

partially offset by:

lower raw material costs, primarily for ethylene, methanol ~~ethylene~~ and ~~carbon monoxide, with methanol making up~~acetic acid, which combined represents approximately ~~one-half~~three-fourths of the ~~increase and ethylene and carbon monoxide making up the remainder of the increase in raw material costs;~~decrease.

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an unfavorable impact of $48 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we provided notice of termination of a contract with a key raw materials supplier at our ethanol production unit in Nanjing, China. As a result, we recorded an estimated $50 million of plant/office closure costs primarily consisting of a $24 million contract termination charge and an $18 million reduction to our non-income tax receivable. See ~~Note 14 - Other (Charges) Gains, Net~~ ~~in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information; and~~

~~an unfavorable impact of $19 million in direct costs associated with the planned turnaround at our Clear Lake, Texas site;~~

~~mostly offset by:~~

~~higher Net sales; and~~

~~cost savings of $26 million, primarily related to productivity initiatives and a duty exception in the free trade agreement between Europe and Mexico.~~

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Other Activities


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Change			% Change		Nine Months Ended September 30,				Change		% Change		Three Months Ended June 30,						Change		% Change			Six Months Ended June 30,						Change		% Change
	2017		2016				2017			2016			2019	Change		% Change		2018					2019			% Change		2018							Change		% Change
	(unaudited)																	(unaudited)
	(In $ millions, except percentages)																	(In $ millions, except percentages)
Other (charges) gains, net	—		(1	)	Change		1	% Change		(100.0	)%	(4	)	(4	)	—			—	%	(5	)		Change	—		(5	)		(100.0	)%		(16	)		—		(16	)	(100.0	)%
Operating profit (loss)	(46	)	(23	)	(23	)		100.0	%	(113	)	(73	)	(40	)	54.8	%	(61	)		(68	)		7		10.3	%		(127	)		(151	)		24		15.9	%
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates	2		6		(4	)		(66.7	)%	3		17		(14	)	(82.4	)%	2			1			1		100.0	%		5			4			1		25.0	%
Dividend income - cost investments	—		—		—			—	%	1		1		—		—	%
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income																		17			26			(9	)	(34.6	)%		34			52			(18	)	(34.6	)%
Dividend income - equity investments																		1			1			—		—	%		1			1			—		—	%
Depreciation and amortization	4		2		2			100.0	%	8		7		1		14.3	%	4			4			—		—	%		7			6			1		16.7	%

Other Activities primarily consists of corporate center costs, including administrative activities such as finance, information technology and human resource functions, interest income and expense associated with ~~our~~ financing activities and results of our captive insurance companies. Other Activities also includes the ~~interest~~components of net periodic benefit cost (interest cost, expected return on assets and net actuarial gains and ~~losses components of our net periodic benefit cost~~losses) for our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement plans ~~which are~~ not allocated to our business segments.

Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2018

Operating loss ~~increased~~decreased for the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher functional and project spending of $17 million, primarily related to ongoing merger, acquisition and integration related costs; and~~

~~higher~~lower incentive compensation ~~cost~~costs of ~~$9 million.~~$14 million;

~~Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016~~partially offset by:


•	an unfavorable impact of $5 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the three months ended June 30, 2019 we recorded $5 million in employee termination benefits, primarily related to business optimization projects. See Note 14 - Other (Charges) Gains, Net in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.

~~Operating loss increased~~

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Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit income decreased for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

~~higher functional and project spending of $31 million, primarily related~~lower expected return on plan assets.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to ~~ongoing merger, acquisition and integration related costs; and~~Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

~~higher incentive compensation cost of $12 million.~~

~~Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates~~Operating loss decreased for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to the same period in ~~2016~~2018, primarily due to:

lower incentive compensation costs and project spending of $30 million; and

a ~~decrease~~favorable currency impact of $5 million resulting from a weaker Euro relative to the US dollar;

partially offset by:

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an unfavorable impact of $16 million to Other (charges) gains, net. During the six months ended June 30, 2019 we recorded an $11 million loss related to a settlement by our captive insurer with a former third-party customer. In addition, during the six months ended June 30, 2019 we recorded $5 million in employee termination benefits, primarily related to business optimization projects. See Note 14 - Other (Charges) Gains, Net in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.

Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit income decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period in equity investment in earnings of $4 million for InfraServ GmbH & Co. Gendorf KG and InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG associated with a reserve for dividends received from these investments since the exercise notification was received.2018, primarily due to:

lower expected return on plan assets.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary source of liquidity is cash generated from operations, available cash and cash equivalents and dividends from our portfolio of strategic investments. In addition, as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2019, we have ~~$780 million~~$1.1 billion available for borrowing under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility and $7$5 million available under our accounts receivable securitization facility to assist, if required, in meeting our working capital needs and other contractual obligations.

While our contractual obligations, commitments and debt service requirements over the next several years are significant, we continue to believe we will have available resources to meet our liquidity requirements, including debt service, for the next twelve months. If our cash flow from operations is insufficient to fund our debt service and other obligations, we may be required to use other means available to us such as increasing our borrowings, reducing or delaying capital expenditures, seeking additional capital or seeking to restructure or refinance our indebtedness. There can be no assurance, however, that we will continue to generate cash flows at or above current levels.

Total cash outflows for capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of ~~$250~~$350 million to ~~$300~~$400 million in ~~2017~~2019, primarily due to additional investments in growth opportunities in our ~~Advanced~~ Engineered Materials and Acetyl ~~Intermediates~~Chain segments.

On a stand-alone basis, Celanese and its immediate 100% owned subsidiary, Celanese US, have no material assets other than the stock of their subsidiaries and no independent external operations of their own. Accordingly, they generally depend on the cash flow of their subsidiaries and their ability to pay dividends and make other distributions to Celanese and Celanese US in order to meet their obligations, including their obligations under senior credit facilities and senior notes and to pay dividends on our ~~Series A common~~Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock").

We are subject to capital controls and exchange restrictions imposed by the local governments in certain jurisdictions where we operate, such as China, India and Indonesia. Capital controls impose limitations on our ability to exchange currencies, repatriate earnings or capital, lend via intercompany loans or create cross-border cash pooling arrangements. Our largest exposure to a country with capital controls is in China. Pursuant to applicable regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, the Chinese government imposes certain currency exchange controls on cash transfers out of China, puts certain limitations on duration, purpose and amount of intercompany loans, and restricts cross-border cash pooling.

Cash Flows

Cash and cash equivalents ~~decreased $177~~increased $52 million to ~~$461~~$491 million as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to December 31, ~~2016.~~2018. As of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017, $346~~2019, $394 million of the ~~$461~~$491 million of cash and cash equivalents was held by our foreign subsidiaries. ~~If these~~These funds are largely accessible, if needed ~~for our operations~~ in the US ~~we will access such funds in a tax efficient manner~~ to satisfy cash flow needs. Currently, there are no planned cash distributions that would result in incremental US taxes payable in excess of applicable foreign tax credits related to such undistributed earnings. As a result,fund operations. Under the TCJA, we have ~~not recorded any deferred income taxes on~~incurred a charge associated with the ~~portion~~deemed repatriation of ~~undistributed~~previously unremitted foreign earnings, ~~determined not to be permanently reinvested~~including foreign held cash. See Note 15 - Income Taxes in ~~foreign operations.~~the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities ~~decreased $195~~increased $3 million to ~~$745~~$731 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to ~~$940~~$728 million for the same period in ~~2016.~~2018. Net cash provided by operating activities for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017 decreased~~2019 increased, primarily due to:

favorable trade working capital of $196 million, primarily due to timing of trade receivable collections;

largely offset by:

a decrease in net ~~earnings;~~

~~unfavorable trade working capital of $65 million primarily due to an increase in trade receivables related to our SOFTER and Nilit acquisitions; and~~

~~an increase of $21 million in cash taxes paid.~~earnings.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities ~~increased $265~~decreased $88 million to ~~$457~~$243 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 compared to ~~$192~~$331 million for the same period in ~~2016,~~2018, primarily due to:

a net cash outflow of ~~$269~~$144 million related to the acquisition of ~~Nilit~~Omni Plastics, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries in ~~May 2017.~~February 2018, which did not recur this year; and

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higher capital expenditures during the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to plant expansions within our Acetyl Chain segment in the prior year;

partially offset by:

a net cash outflow of $91 million, primarily related to the acquisition of Next Polymers Ltd. in January 2019.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities increased ~~$29~~$181 million ~~from $467~~to $437 million for the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2016~~2019 compared to ~~$496~~$256 million for the ~~nine months ended September 30, 2017,~~same period in 2018, primarily due to:

an increase ~~in net repayments on long-term debt~~ of $479 million, primarily as a result of issuing €750 million in principal amount of 1.125% senior unsecured notes due September 26, 2023, which did not recur in the current year, and the repayment of SOFTER bank loans in January 2017; and

~~an increase of $200~~$388 million in share repurchases of our Common ~~Stock;~~Stock during the six months ended June 30, 2019;

partially offset by:

an increase in net proceeds from long-term debt of $194 million, primarily due to the issuance of $500 million in principal amount of the 3.500% senior unsecured notes due May 8, 2024 (the "3.500% Notes"), partially offset by the redemption of the 3.250% senior unsecured notes (the "3.250% Notes") during the six months ended June 30, 2019, as discussed below; and

an increase in net borrowings on short-term debt of ~~$667~~$56 million, primarily as a result of higher borrowings under our revolving credit facility ~~and accounts receivable securitization facility~~ during the ~~nine~~six months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017, as well as repayments~~2019 related to the timing of ~~borrowings under~~share repurchases of our ~~senior unsecured revolving credit facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, which did not recur in the current year.~~Common Stock.

Debt and Other Obligations

On ~~June 18, 2017,~~May 8, 2019, Celanese ~~through various subsidiaries, entered into~~US completed an ~~agreement with affiliates~~offering of the Blackstone Entities to form a joint venture which combines substantially all the operations of our cellulose derivatives business and the operations of the Rhodia Acetow cellulose acetate business owned by the Blackstone Entities. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

In connection with the agreement, the joint venture with the Blackstone Entities obtained commitments for credit facilities aggregating $2.4 billion to be entered into by the joint venture entities at the closing consisting of (i) senior secured ($135 million) and senior unsecured ($65 million) revolving credit facilities$500 million in ~~an aggregate~~ principal amount of ~~$200 million, (ii) senior secured~~the 3.500% Notes in a public offering registered under the Securities Act. The 3.500% Notes were issued at a discount to par at a price of 99.895%, which is being amortized to Interest expense in the unaudited interim consolidated statement of operations over the term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion, (iii) a senior unsecured bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount of $800 million, which bridge facility will backstop the proposed issuance of $800 million senior unsecured notes by a joint venture subsidiary, and (iv) a senior unsecured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $400 million. The credit facilities will be guaranteed by certain of the ~~subsidiaries~~3.500% Notes. Net proceeds from the sale of the ~~respective borrowers; however, only~~3.500% Notes were used to redeem in full the ~~$65~~3.250% Notes, to repay $156 million of outstanding borrowings under the senior unsecured revolving credit facility and the $400 million senior unsecured term loan credit facility will be guaranteed by Celanese. Approximately $2.2 billion of the proceeds of the debt financing are expected to be used, in part, to repay certain of the parties' existing indebtedness and a $1.6 billion dividend to Celanese. We plan to use the proceeds of the dividend for general corporate purposes. ~~Additionally,~~In connection with the issuance of the 3.500% Notes, we ~~anticipate that we will incur costs~~entered into a cross-currency swap to effectively convert our fixed-rate US dollar denominated debt under the 3.500% Notes, including annual interest payments and the payment of ~~approximately $40 million prior~~principal at maturity, to ~~the closing to carve out assets~~fixed-rate Euro denominated debt.

On January 7, 2019, Celanese, Celanese US and ~~entities~~certain subsidiary borrowers entered into a new senior credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") consisting of a $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (with a letter of credit sublimit), maturing in ~~anticipation~~2024. The Credit Agreement is guaranteed by Celanese, Celanese US and substantially all of ~~contributing these to the joint venture. See~~ ~~Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures~~ ~~in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.~~its domestic subsidiaries.

There have been no material changes to our debt or other obligations described in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K other than those disclosed above and in Note 10 - Debt in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

Other Financing Arrangements

Our US accounts receivable securitization facility was amended on July 8, 2019 to extend the maturity date to July 6, 2020.

In June 2018, we entered into a factoring agreement with a global financial institution to sell certain accounts receivable on a non-recourse basis. These transactions are treated as a sale and are accounted for as a reduction in accounts receivable because the agreement transfers effective control over and risk related to the receivables to the buyer. We have no continuing involvement in the transferred receivables, other than collection and administrative responsibilities and, once sold, the accounts receivable are no longer available to satisfy creditors in the event of bankruptcy. We de-recognized $134 million and $117 million of accounts receivable as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Share Capital

~~On July 17, 2017, our Board~~We declared a quarterly cash dividend of ~~Directors approved a $1.5 billion increase in~~$0.62 per share on our Common Stock ~~repurchase authorization.~~on July 15, 2019, amounting to $77 million. The cash dividend will be paid on August 5, 2019 to holders of record as of July 26, 2019.

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There have been no material changes to our share capital described in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K other than those disclosed ~~above and~~ in Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

Contractual Obligations

Except as otherwise described in this report, there have been no material revisions outside the ordinary course of business to our contractual obligations as described in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not entered into any material off-balance sheet arrangements.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are based on the selection and application of significant accounting policies. The preparation of unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of ~~Net~~net sales, expenses and allocated charges during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. However, we are not currently aware of any reasonably likely events or circumstances that would result in materially different results.

We describe our significant accounting policies in Note 2 - Summary of Accounting Policies, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K. We discuss our critical accounting policies and estimates in MD&A in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for information regarding recent accounting pronouncements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Market risk for the Company has not changed materially from the foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity risks disclosed in Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K. See also Note 1617 - Derivative Financial Instruments in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further discussion of our market risk management and the related impact on the Company's financial position and results of operations.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, as of ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017,~~2019, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

~~On May 3, 2017, we acquired the nylon compounding division of Nilit Group ("Nilit"). See~~ ~~Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures~~ ~~in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.~~

During the period covered by this report, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in ~~a number of~~ legal and regulatory proceedings, lawsuits, claims and ~~claims~~investigations incidental to the normal conduct of its business, relating to such matters as product liability, land disputes, insurance coverage disputes, contracts, employment, antitrust and competition, intellectual property, personal injury and other actions in tort, workers' compensation, chemical exposure, asbestos exposure, taxes, trade compliance, acquisitions and divestitures, claims of legacy stockholders, past waste disposal practices and release of chemicals into the environment. The Company is actively defending those matters where it is named as a defendant. Due to the inherent subjectivity of assessments and unpredictability of outcomes of legal proceedings, the Company's litigation accruals and estimates of possible loss or range of possible loss may not represent the ultimate loss to the Company from legal proceedings. See Note 12 - Environmental and Note 1819 - Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for a discussion of material environmental matters and material commitments and contingencies related to legal and regulatory proceedings. There have been no significant developments in the "Legal Proceedings" described in our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K other than those disclosed in Note 12 - Environmental and Note 1819 - Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements. See Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors of our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K for certain risk factors relating to these legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors under Part I, Item 1A of our ~~2016~~2018 Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Repurchases of our Common Stock during the three months ended ~~September~~June 30, ~~2017~~2019 are as follows:

Period
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased⁽¹⁾

Average
Price Paid
per Share

Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Program

Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares
Remaining that may be
Purchased Under the Program⁽²⁾
(unaudited)
July 1-31, 2017 352,244
$ 95.54
351,310
$ 1,694,000,000
August 1-31, 2017 1,672,635
$ 97.52
1,672,635
$ 1,531,000,000
September 1-30, 2017 —
$ —
—
$ 1,531,000,000
Total 2,024,879
2,023,945



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased⁽¹⁾	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares Remaining that may be Purchased Under the Program⁽²⁾
	(unaudited)
April 1-30, 2019	104,724	$	108.14	104,724	$	2,002,000,000
May 1-31, 2019	2,529,150	$	102.34	2,529,150	$	1,743,000,000
June 1-30, 2019	283,990	$	105.12	283,990	$	1,713,000,000
Total	2,917,864			2,917,864

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⁽¹⁾	~~Includes 934 shares for July 2017 related to~~May include shares withheld from employees to cover their withholding requirements for personal income taxes related to the vesting of restricted ~~stock units.~~stock.


⁽²⁾	~~Our~~As of June 30, 2019, our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of ~~$3.9~~$5.4 billion of our Common Stock since February 2008. On April 18, 2019, our Board of Directors approved a $1.5 billion increase in our Common Stock repurchase authorization.

See Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for further information.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits⁽¹⁾



Exhibit Number
Exhibit Number		Description

~~2.1†~~		Transaction Agreement, dated of as June 18, 2017, by and among Celanese US Holdings LLC, BCP VII Jade Cayman Aggregator Ltd., BCP VII Swordfish Aggregator L.P., Acetate UTP C.V., and Lower Tier Partnership Netherlands C.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on July 25, 2017).

3.1		Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 18, 2016).

3.1(a)		Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Celanese Corporation dated as of April 21, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2016).

~~3.2~~3.1(b)		~~Fourth~~Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated ~~By-laws, amended effective February 8, 2016~~Certificate of Incorporation of Celanese Corporation dated as of September 17, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on ~~February 9, 2016)~~September 17, 2018).

3.1(c)		Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Celanese Corporation dated April 18, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 23, 2019).

3.2(a)		Fifth Amended and Restated By-laws, amended effective July 16, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2018).

3.2(b)		Sixth Amended and Restated By-laws, amended effective July 15, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2019).

4.1		Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2019, among Celanese US Holdings LLC, Celanese Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 8, 2019).

10.1*‡		Form of 2019 Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (for non-employee directors).

10.2*‡		Offer Letter, dated April 5, 2019, between Celanese Corporation and Lori Ryerkerk.

31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS*		XBRL Instance ~~Document.~~Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

101.SCH*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.


*	Filed herewith.


†‡	~~The schedules to this agreement have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish~~Indicates a ~~copy of any schedule to the SEC upon request.~~management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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The Company and its subsidiaries have in the past issued, and may in the future issue from time to time, long-term debt. The Company may not file with the applicable report copies of the instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt to the extent that the aggregate principal amount of the debt instruments of any one series of such debt instruments for which the instruments have not been filed has not exceeded or will not exceed 10% of the assets of the Company at any pertinent time. The Company hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument(s) to the SEC upon request.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



CELANESE CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ ~~MARK C. ROHR~~LORI J. RYERKERK
		~~Mark C. Rohr~~
		~~Chairman of the Board of Directors and~~Lori J. Ryerkerk
		Chief Executive Officer and President

		Date:	~~October 17, 2017~~July 23, 2019



By:	/s/ ~~CHRISTOPHER W. JENSEN~~SCOTT A. RICHARDSON
	~~Christopher W. Jensen~~Scott A. Richardson
	~~Executive~~Senior Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer

	Date:	~~October 17, 2017~~July 23, 2019

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	Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Marketable Securities (Note 5)	Foreign Currency Translation		Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges (Note 16)		Pension and Postretirement Benefits (Note 11)		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net
	(In $ millions)
As of December 31, 2016	1	(350	)	3		(12	)	(358	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	1	143		1		5		150
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—	—		(2	)	(1	)	(3	)
Income tax (provision) benefit	—	5		—		—		5
As of September 30, 2017	2	(202	)	2		(8	)	(206	)