Celanese 10Q 2005 Q2 Quarterly report

Celanese (CE) 10-Q2005 Q2 Quarterly report

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2005

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

001-32410
(Commission File Number)

CELANESE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware				98-0420726
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)				(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1601 West LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX				75234-6034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)
(972) 443-4000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant's Series A Common Stock, $ 0.0001 par value, as of August 5, 2005 was 158,544,801.

Exhibit index located on sequential page number 2.

CELANESE CORPORATION
Form 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Basis of Presentation

Market Industry and Data Forecasts

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Part I

Financial Information

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

Part II

Other Information

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.

Other Information

Item 6.

Exhibits

Signatures

Basis of Presentation

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, 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 "BCP Crystal" refers to our subsidiary BCP Crystal US Holdings Corp., and not its subsidiaries. The term "Purchaser" refers to our subsidiary, Celanese Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG, formerly known as BCP Crystal Acquisition GmbH & Co. KG, a German limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft, KG), and not its subsidiaries, except where otherwise indicated. The term "Original Shareholders" refers, collectively, to Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 1, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 2, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 3 and BA Capital Investors Sidecar Fund, L.P. The terms "Sponsor" and "Advisor" refer to certain affiliates of The Blackstone Group.

Celanese is a recently-formed company which does not have any independent external operations other than through the indirect ownership of CAG (as defined below) and CAC (as defined below), their consolidated subsidiaries, their non-consolidated subsidiaries, ventures and other investments. For accounting purposes, Celanese and its consolidated subsidiaries are referred to as the "Successor." See Note 1 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (as defined below) for additional information on the basis of presentation of the Successor.

Pursuant to a voluntary tender offer commenced in February 2004 (the "Tender Offer"), the Purchaser, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Celanese, in April 2004 acquired approximately 84% of the ordinary shares of CAG (the "CAG Shares") outstanding. All references in this Quarterly Report to the outstanding ordinary shares of CAG exclude treasury shares. As of June 30, 2005, Celanese's indirect ownership of approximately 84% of the outstanding CAG Shares would equate to approximately 77% of the issued CAG Shares (including treasury shares). Pursuant to a mandatory offer commenced in September 2004 and continuing as of the date of this Quarterly Report, the Purchaser has acquired additional CAG Shares. As a result of these acquisitions, partially offset by the issuance of additional shares of CAG as a result of the exercise of options issued under a CAG stock option plan, as of June 30, 2005, we continue to own approximately 84% of the outstanding CAG Shares. The mandatory offer expires on October 1, 2005, unless further extended.

In October 2004, Celanese and certain of its subsidiaries completed an organizational restructuring (the "Restructuring") pursuant to which the Purchaser effected, by giving a corresponding instruction under the Domination Agreement (as defined below), the transfer of all of the shares of Celanese Americas Corporation ("CAC") from Celanese Holding GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of CAG, to BCP Caylux Holdings Luxembourg S.C.A. ("BCP Caylux") resulting in its ownership of 100% of the equity of CAC and indirectly, all of its assets, including subsidiary stock. Thereafter, BCP Caylux transferred certain assets, including its equity ownership interest in CAC, to BCP Crystal. In this Quarterly Report, the term "Domination Agreement" refers to the domination and profit and loss transfer agreement between CAG and the Purchaser, pursuant to which the Purchaser became obligated on October 1, 2004 to offer to acquire all outstanding CAG Shares from the minority shareholders of CAG in return for payment of fair cash compensation in accordance with German law.

Celanese AG is incorporated as a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft, AG) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. As used in this document, the term "CAG" refers to (i) prior to the Restructuring, Celanese AG and CAC, their consolidated subsidiaries, their non-consolidated subsidiaries, ventures and other investments, and (ii) following the Restructuring, Celanese AG, its consolidated subsidiaries, its non-consolidated subsidiaries, ventures and other investments, except that with respect to shareholder and similar matters where the context indicates, "CAG" refers to Celanese AG. For accounting purposes, "Predecessor" refers to CAG and its subsidiaries.

Following the transfer of CAC to BCP Crystal, (1) BCP Crystal Holdings Ltd. 2 contributed substantially all of its assets and liabilities (including all outstanding capital stock of BCP Caylux) to BCP Crystal and (2) BCP Crystal assumed certain obligations of BCP Caylux, including all rights and obligations of BCP Caylux under the senior credit facilities, the floating rate term loan and the notes.

BCP Crystal Holdings Ltd. 2 reorganized as a Delaware limited liability company and changed its name to Celanese Holdings LLC. Blackstone Crystal Holdings Capital Partners (Cayman) IV Ltd. reorganized as a Delaware corporation and changed its name to Celanese Corporation. BCP Crystal, at its discretion, may subsequently cause the liquidation of BCP Caylux.

As a result of these transactions, BCP Crystal holds 100% of CAC's equity and, indirectly, all equity owned by CAC in its subsidiaries. In addition, BCP Crystal holds, indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of CAG held by the Purchaser and all of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Celanese that guarantee BCP Caylux's obligations under the senior credit facilities and guarantee the senior subordinated notes issued on June 8, 2004 and July 1, 2004 on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. See Notes 3 and 9 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (as defined below).

As of the date of this Quarterly Report, Celanese has two classes of common stock, Series A common stock and Series B common stock, and convertible perpetual preferred stock. In January 2005, Celanese completed an initial public offering of 50,000,000 shares of Series A common stock. The Series A common stock is currently held by public shareholders, the Original Shareholders and certain directors, officers and employees of the Company. No shares of Series B common stock are currently outstanding. All of the shares of Series B common stock outstanding were automatically converted into Series A common stock on April 7, 2005 following the payment on that date of a special Series B common stock cash dividend declared on March 8, 2005 to the then holders of the outstanding shares of Series B common stock. Except for (i) the special Series A common stock dividend which we paid to the holders of outstanding shares of Series B common stock on March 9, 2005 and a special cash dividend which we paid to the holders of outstanding shares of Series B common stock on April 7, 2005, (ii) the convertibility of Series B common stock into Series A common stock and (iii) the right of the Series B common stock to consent to any changes to our governing documents that would adversely affect the Series B common stock, shares of Series A common stock and shares of Series B common stock are identical, including with respect to voting rights. Holders of the common stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if, declared by the Celanese board of directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends at the rate per annum of 1% of the $16.00 initial public offering price per share of our Series A common stock (or $0.16 per share), payable on a quarterly basis. The initial quarterly dividend payment was made on August 11, 2005. As used in this Quarterly Report, the term "common stock" means, collectively, the Series A common stock and the Series B common stock, and the term "preferred stock" means the convertible perpetual preferred stock, in each case unless otherwise specified.

Concurrently with the initial public offering of its Series A common stock, Celanese offered 9,600,000 shares of its preferred stock. Holders of the preferred stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if, declared by the Celanese board of directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends at the rate of 4.25% per annum of liquidation preference, payable quarterly in arrears. The initial quarterly dividend payment was made on May 1, 2005. Dividends on the preferred stock are cumulative from the date of initial issuance. The preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time, into shares of our Series A common stock at a conversion rate of 1.25 shares of Series A common stock for each share of preferred stock, subject to adjustments.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Successor for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004 as well as the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Predecessor for the three months ended March 31, 2004 contained in this Quarterly Report (collectively, the "Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements") were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") for all periods presented. 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. The results of the Successor are not comparable to the results of the Predecessor due to the differences in the basis of presentation of purchase accounting as compared to historical cost.

CAG is a foreign private issuer and previously filed its consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 in its Annual Report on Form 20-F. CAG changed its fiscal year end to

September 30 and filed its consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2004 and for the nine months then ended in its 2004 Annual Report on Form 20-F. In accordance with German law, the reporting currency of the CAG consolidated financial statements is the euro. As a result of the Purchaser's acquisition of voting control of CAG, the financial statements of CAG contained in this document are reported in U.S. dollars to be consistent with our reporting requirements. For CAG's reporting requirements, the euro continues to be the reporting currency.

In the preparation of other information included in this document, euro amounts have been translated into U.S. dollars at the applicable historical rate in effect on the date of the relevant event or period. For purposes of prospective information, euro amounts have been translated into U.S. dollars using the rate in effect on June 30, 2005. Our inclusion of this information is not meant to suggest that the euro amounts actually represent such dollar amounts or that such amounts could have been converted into U.S. dollars at any particular rate, if at all.

Market Industry and Data Forecasts

This document includes industry data and forecasts that Celanese has prepared based, in part, upon industry data and forecasts obtained from industry publications and surveys and internal company surveys. Third-party industry publications and surveys and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable.

AO Plus™, BuyTiconaDirect™, CelActiv^®, Celanex^®, Celcon^®, Celstran^®, Celvolit^®, Compel^®, GUR^®, Hoecat^®, Hostaform^®, Impet^®, Impet-HI^®, Mowilith^®, Nutrinova^® DHA, Riteflex^®, Sunett^®, Topas^®, Vandar^®, VAntage™, Vectra^®, Vectran^®, Vinamul^®, Elite^®, Duroset^® and certain other products and services that may be named in this document are registered trademarks and service marks of CAG. Acetex^® is a registered trademark of Acetex Corporation, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Celanese. Fortron^® is a registered trademark of Fortron Industries, a venture of Celanese.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report involve both risk and uncertainty. Many important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these statements. Many of these factors are macroeconomic in nature and are, therefore, beyond our control. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Forward-Looking Statements May Prove Inaccurate."

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

INDEX TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


	PAGE
CELANESE CORPORATION UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004		7
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004 and March 31, 2004		8
Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004		9
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004 and March 31, 2004		10
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004 and March 31, 2004		11
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements		13

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


	Successor			Successor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
	(in $ millions, except for share and per share data)
Net sales		1,517			1,229
Cost of sales		(1,175	)		(1,058	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(136	)		(125	)
Research and development expenses		(23	)		(22	)
Special charges:
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		4			2
Restructuring, impairment and other special charges		(31	)		(1	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(1	)		—
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets, net		(3	)		—
Operating profit		152			25
Equity in net earnings of affiliates.		12			18
Interest expense		(68	)		(130	)
Interest income		9			7
Other income (expense), net ..		18			(24	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		123			(104	)
Income tax provision		(43	)		(10	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before minority interests		80			(114	)
Minority interests		(13	)		(10	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations		67			(124	)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—			(1	)
Net earnings (loss) ..		67			(125	)
Cumulative undeclared preferred stock dividend		(2	)		—
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		65			(125	)
Earnings (loss) per common share — basic:
Continuing operations		0.41			(1.25	)
Discontinued operations		—			(0.01	)
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		0.41			(1.26	)
Earnings (loss) per common share — diluted:
Continuing operations ..		0.39			(1.25	)
Discontinued operations		—			(0.01	)
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		0.39			(1.26	)
Weighted average shares — basic:		158,530,397			99,377,884
Weighted average shares — diluted:		170,530,397			99,377,884

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

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


	Successor						Predecessor
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	(in $ millions, except for share and per share data)
Net sales		3,026			1,229			1,243
Cost of sales		(2,300	)		(1,058	)		(1,002	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(297	)		(125	)		(137	)
Research and development expenses		(46	)		(22	)		(23	)
Special charges:
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		4			2			—
Restructuring, impairment and other special charges		(69	)		(1	)		(28	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		2			—			—
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets, net		(2	)		—			(1	)
Operating profit		318			25			52
Equity in net earnings of affiliates.		27			18			12
Interest expense		(244	)		(130	)		(6	)
Interest income		24			7			5
Other income (expense), net ..		21			(24	)		9
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		146			(104	)		72
Income tax provision		(51	)		(10	)		(17	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before minority interests		95			(114	)		55
Minority interests		(38	)		(10	)		—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations		57			(124	)		55
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations:
Gain (loss) from operation of discontinued operations ..		—			—			(5	)
Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations.		—			(1	)		14
Income tax benefit (expense)		—			—			14
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—			(1	)		23
Net earnings (loss) ..		57			(125	)		78
Cumulative declared and undeclared preferred stock dividend		(4	)		—			—
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		53			(125	)		78
Earnings (loss) per common share — basic:
Continuing operations		0.35			(1.25	)		1.12
Discontinued operations		—			(0.01	)		0.46
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		0.35			(1.26	)		1.58
Earnings (loss) per common share — diluted:
Continuing operations ..		0.35			(1.25	)		1.11
Discontinued operations		—			(0.01	)		0.46
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		0.35			(1.26	)		1.57
Weighted average shares — basic:		150,182,788			99,377,884			49,321,468
Weighted average shares — diluted:		162,273,928			99,377,884			49,712,421

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

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


	Successor
	As of June 30, 2005			As of December 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		959			838
Receivables
Trade receivables, net — third party and affiliates, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $22 million as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004:		955			866
Other receivables		523			670
Inventories		586			618
Deferred income taxes		75			71
Other assets		106			86
Assets of discontinued operations		3			2
Total current assets		3,207			3,151
Investments		543			600
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $563 million and $446 million as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively		1,756			1,702
Deferred income taxes		36			54
Other assets		652			756
Goodwill		813			747
Intangible assets, net		389			400
Total assets		7,396			7,410
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt — third party and affiliates		140			144
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Trade payables — third party and affiliates		682			722
Other current liabilities		739			888
Deferred income taxes		14			20
Income taxes payable		230			214
Liabilities of discontinued operations		7			7
Total current liabilities		1,812			1,995
Long-term debt		3,253			3,243
Deferred income taxes		227			256
Benefit obligations		1,003			1,000
Other liabilities		452			510
Minority interests		523			518
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized and 9,600,000 issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2005		—			—
Series A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized and 158,544,801 issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2005. Series B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized and 99,377,884 issued as of December 31, 2004		—			—
Additional paid-in capital		350			158
Retained earnings (deficit)		(196	)		(253	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net		(28	)		(17	)
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)		126			(112	)
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit)		7,396			7,410

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

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)


	Preferred Stock		Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings (Deficit)			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net			Treasury Stock			Total Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
	(in $ millions)
Predecessor
Balance at December 31, 2003		—		150		2,714			25			(198	)		(109	)		2,582
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net earnings (loss)		—		—		—			78			—			—			78
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities		—		—		—			—			7			—			7
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—			—			(46	)		—			(46	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—		—		—			—			(39	)		—			(39	)
Comprehensive income (loss)		—		—		—			—			—			—			39
Amortization of deferred compensation.		—		—		1			—			—			—			1
Balance at March 31, 2004		—		150		2,715			103			(237	)		(109	)		2,622

Successor
Contributed capital		—		—		641			—			—			—			641
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net earnings (loss)		—		—		—			(125	)		—			—			(125	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities		—		—		—			—			(7	)		—			(7	)
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—			—			—			—			—
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts		—		—		—			—			(16	)		—			(16	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—		—		—			—			(23	)		—			(23	)
Comprehensive income (loss)		—		—		—			—			—			—			(148	)
Indemnification of demerger liability		—		—		1			—			—			—			1
Balance at June 30, 2004		—		—		642			(125	)		(23	)		—			494

Successor
Balance at December 31, 2004 ..		—		—		158			(253	)		(17	)		—			(112	)
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net earnings (loss)		—		—		—			57			—			—			57
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities												3						3
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—			—			(4	)		—			(4	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts		—		—		—			—			(10	)		—			(10	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—		—		—			—			(11	)		—			(11	)
Comprehensive income (loss)		—		—		—			—			—			—			46
Indemnification of demerger liability		—		—		2			—			—			—			2
Preferred stock dividend						(3	)											(3	)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock		—		—		752			—			—			—			752
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock		—		—		233			—			—			—			233
Net proceeds from issuance of discounted common stock		—		—		12			—			—			—			12
Distribution to Series B shareholders		—		—		(804	)		—			—			—			(804	)
Balance at June 30, 2005		—		—		350			(196	)		(28	)		—			126

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

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


	Successor						Predecessor
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Operating activities from continuing operations:
Net earnings (loss)		57			(125	)		78
(Earnings) loss from discontinued operations, net		—			1			(23	)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Special charges, net of amounts used		3			(20	)		20
Stock based compensation		—			1			2
Depreciation		100			68			69
Amortization of intangible and other assets		30			3			3
Amortization of deferred financing fees		35			73			—
Premium on early redemption of debt		74			—			—
Change in equity of affiliates		19			(12	)		3
Deferred income taxes		(18	)		(19	)		(12	)
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets, net		2			—			—
(Gain) loss on foreign currency, net		42			19			(26	)
Minority interest		38			10			—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables, net — third party and affiliates		(115	)		6			(89	)
Other receivables		53			(30	)		(42	)
Prepaid expenses		(21	)		20			14
Inventories		26			49			(11	)
Trade payables — third party and affiliates		(30	)		(18	)		(6	)
Benefit obligations and other liabilities		(159	)		(138	)		(118	)
Income taxes payable		42			22			38
Other, net		12			(17	)		(7	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		190			(107	)		(107	)
Investing activities from continuing operations:
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment		(86	)		(50	)		(44	)
Acquisition of CAG, net of cash acquired		(6	)		(1,531	)		—
Fees associated with acquisitions		(10	)		(67	)		—
Acquisition of Vinamul		(208	)		—			—
Proceeds from sale of assets		14			1			—
Net proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations		75			—			139
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities		141			27			42
Purchases of marketable securities		(59	)		(28	)		(42	)
Other, net		1			(1	)		1
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(138	)		(1,649	)		96

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)


	Successor						Predecessor
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Financing activities from continuing operations:
Initial capitalization		—			641			—
Issuance of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock		—			200			—
Borrowings under bridge loans		—			1,565			—
Repayment of bridge loans		—			(1,565	)		—
Proceeds from issuance of senior subordinated notes		—			1,244			—
Redemption of senior subordinated notes, including related premium		(572	)		—			—
Proceeds from floating rate term loan		—			350			—
Repayment of floating rate term loan, including related premium		(354	)		—			—
Borrowings under term loan facility		1,135			389			—
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net		752			—			—
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net		233			—			—
Proceeds from issuance of discounted common stock		12			—			—
Redemption of senior discount notes, including related premium		(207	)		—			—
Distribution to Series B shareholders		(804	)		—			—
Short-term borrowings (repayments), net		(26	)		7			(16	)
Proceeds (payments) from other long term debt, net		9			(177	)		(27	)
Issuance of preferred stock by consolidated subsidiary					15			—
Fees associated with financings		(7	)		(170	)		—
Dividend payments		(3	)		(1	)		—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		168			2,498			(43	)
Exchange rate effects on cash ..		(99	)		(26	)		(1	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents ..		121			716			(55	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		838			—			148
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		959			716			93
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations:
Operating activities		(75	)		—			(139	)
Investing activities		75			—			139
Financing activities		—			—			—
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations		—			—			—

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

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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" or the "Successor") is a global industrial chemicals company, primarily comprising the former business of Celanese AG and its subsidiaries ("CAG" or the "Predecessor"). The Company's business involves processing chemical raw materials, such as ethylene and propylene, and natural products, including natural gas and wood pulp, into value-added chemicals and chemical-based products.

Basis of Presentation

The results of operations and cash flows and related disclosures for periods prior to April 1, 2004 (a convenience date for the April 6, 2004 acquisition date), the effective date of the acquisition of CAG (the "Effective Date"), are presented as those of the Predecessor. The financial position, results of operations and cash flows and related disclosures subsequent to the Effective Date, are presented as those of the Successor.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Successor as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, for the three months ended June 30, 2004 and as of December 31, 2004 reflect the acquisition of CAG under the purchase method of accounting in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 141, Business Combinations.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company and the Predecessor. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. 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 Celanese Corporation and Subsidiaries consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on Form 10-K.

Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 and for the three months ended June 30, 2004 and March 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year. The results of the Successor are not comparable to the results of the Predecessor due to the difference in the basis of presentation of purchase accounting as compared to historical cost.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues, expenses and allocated charges during the reporting period. The more significant estimates pertain to purchase accounting, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory allowances, impairments of intangible assets and other long-lived assets, restructuring costs and other special charges, income taxes, pension and other postretirement benefits, asset retirement obligations, environmental liabilities and loss contingencies, among others. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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

2. Acquisition of Celanese AG (the "Acquisition")

On April 6, 2004, Celanese Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG (the "Purchaser"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Successor, acquired approximately 84% of the Celanese AG ordinary

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shares, excluding treasury shares ("CAG Shares"), pursuant to a voluntary tender offer commenced in February 2004. The CAG Shares were acquired at a price of €32.50 per share or an aggregate purchase price of $1,693 million, including direct acquisition costs of approximately $69 million. During the nine months ended December 31, 2004 and the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Purchaser acquired additional CAG Shares for a purchase price of $33 million and $6 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the Purchaser's ownership percentage remained at approximately 84%. The additional CAG Shares were acquired pursuant to a mandatory offer commenced in September 2004 that will expire on October 1, 2005, unless further extended.

Pro forma information

The following pro forma information for the six months ended June 30, 2004 was prepared as if the Acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of such period:


	Six Months Ended June 30, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Net sales		2,472
Operating profit		115
Net earnings (loss)		(31	)

Pro forma adjustments include adjustments for (1) purchase accounting, including (i) the application of purchase accounting to pension and other postretirement obligations (ii) the application of purchase accounting to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, (2) adjustments for items directly related to the transaction, including (i) the impact of the additional pension contribution, (ii) fees incurred by the Company related to the Acquisition, and (iii) adjustments to interest expense to reflect the Company's new capital structure, and (3) corresponding adjustments to income tax expense.

The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had the Acquisition occurred as of the beginning of the period presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.

3. Domination Agreement and Organizational Restructuring

Domination Agreement

On October 1, 2004, a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement (the "Domination Agreement") between Celanese AG and the Purchaser became operative. When the Domination Agreement became operative, the Purchaser became obligated to offer to acquire all outstanding CAG Shares from the minority shareholders of Celanese AG in return for payment of fair cash compensation. The amount of this fair cash compensation has been determined to be €41.92 per share, plus interest, in accordance with applicable German law. The Purchaser may elect, or be required, to pay a purchase price in excess of €41.92 to acquire the remaining outstanding CAG Shares. Any minority shareholder who elects not to sell its shares to the Purchaser will be entitled to remain a shareholder of CAG and to receive from the Purchaser a gross guaranteed fixed annual payment on its shares of €3.27 per CAG Share less certain corporate taxes in lieu of any future dividend. Beginning October 1, 2004, taking into account the circumstances and the tax rates at the time of entering into the Domination Agreement, the net guaranteed fixed annual payment would be €2.89 per share for a full fiscal year. The net guaranteed fixed annual payment may, depending on applicable corporate tax rates, in the future be higher, lower or the same as €2.89 per share. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, a charge of $7 million and $15 million, respectively was recorded in Other income (expense), net for the anticipated guaranteed payment.

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Beginning October 1, 2004, under the terms of the Domination Agreement, the Purchaser, as the dominating entity, among other things, is required to compensate Celanese AG for any statutory annual loss incurred by Celanese AG, the dominated entity, on a non-consolidated basis, at the end of the fiscal year when the loss was incurred. This obligation to compensate Celanese AG for annual losses will apply during the entire term of the Domination Agreement.

There is no assurance that the Domination Agreement will remain operative in its current form. If the Domination Agreement ceases to be operative, the Company will not be able to directly give instructions to the Celanese AG board of management. The Domination Agreement cannot be terminated by the Purchaser in the ordinary course until September 30, 2009. However, irrespective of whether a domination agreement is in place between the Company and Celanese AG, under German law Celanese AG is effectively controlled by the Company because of the Company's approximate 84% ownership of the outstanding CAG Shares. The Company does have the ability, through a variety of means, to utilize its controlling rights to, among other things, (1) cause a domination agreement to become operative; (2) use its ability, through its approximately 84% voting power at any shareholders' meetings of Celanese AG, to elect the shareholder representatives on the supervisory board and to thereby effectively control the appointment and removal of the members of the Celanese AG board of management; and (3) effect all decisions that an approximately 84% majority shareholder is permitted to make under German law. The controlling rights of the Company constitute a controlling financial interest for accounting purposes and result in the Company being required to consolidate CAG as of the date of acquisition.

Organizational Restructuring

In October 2004, Celanese Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries completed an organizational restructuring (the "Organizational Restructuring") pursuant to which the Purchaser effected, by giving a corresponding instruction under the Domination Agreement, the transfer of all of the shares of Celanese Americas Corporation ("CAC") from Celanese Holding GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celanese AG, to BCP Caylux Holdings Luxembourg S.C.A ("BCP Caylux"), which resulted in BCP Caylux owning 100% of the equity of CAC and, indirectly, all of its assets, including subsidiary stock. This transfer was affected by CAG selling all outstanding shares in CAC for a €291 million note. This note eliminates in consolidation.

Following the transfer of CAC to BCP Caylux, (1) Celanese Holdings contributed substantially all of its assets and liabilities (including all outstanding capital stock of BCP Caylux) to BCP Crystal US Holdings Corp. ("BCP Crystal") in exchange for all outstanding capital stock of BCP Crystal and (2) BCP Crystal assumed certain obligations of BCP Caylux, including all rights and obligations of BCP Caylux under the senior credit facilities, the floating rate term loan and the senior subordinated notes. BCP Crystal, at its discretion, may subsequently cause the liquidation of BCP Caylux.

As a result of these transactions, BCP Crystal holds 100% of CAC's equity and, indirectly, all equity owned by CAC in its subsidiaries. In addition, BCP Crystal holds, indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of Celanese AG held by the Purchaser and all of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company that guarantee BCP Caylux's obligations under the senior credit facilities guarantee the senior subordinated notes issued on June 8, 2004 and July 1, 2004 (see Note 9) on an unsecured senior subordinated basis.

4. Initial Public Offering and Concurrent Financings

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underwriters' discounts and offering expenses of $7 million. A portion of the proceeds of the share offerings were used to redeem $188 million of senior discount notes and $521 million of senior subordinated notes, excluding early redemption premiums of $19 million and $51 million, respectively.

Subsequent to the closing of the initial public offering, the Company borrowed an additional $1,135 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities; a portion of which was used to repay a $350 million floating rate term loan, which excludes a $4 million early redemption premium, and $200 million of which was used as the primary financing for the February 2005 acquisition of the Vinamul business (see Notes 6 and 9). Additionally, the amended and restated senior credit facilities included a $242 million delayed draw term loan. The delayed draw facility expired unutilized in July 2005.

On April 7, 2005, the Company used the remaining proceeds of the initial public offering and concurrent financings to pay a special cash dividend to holders of the Company's Series B common stock of $804 million, which was declared March 8, 2005. In addition, on March 9, 2005, the Company issued a 7,500,000 Series A common stock dividend to the Original Shareholders of its Series B common stock which was declared on March 8, 2005. Upon payment of the $804 million dividend, all of the outstanding shares of Series B common stock converted automatically to shares of Series A common stock.

5. Accounting Changes and New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Changes

During 2004, the Predecessor changed its inventory valuation method of accounting for its US subsidiaries from the LIFO method to the FIFO method to conform to the Successor's accounting policy. The Predecessor's financial statements have been restated to reflect this change.

In March 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a consensus on Issue No. 03-01, Other than Temporary Impairment, which outlines the basic model to be used to evaluate whether an investment is impaired and sets the disclosure requirements for such investments. EITF Issue No. 03-1 is to be applied prospectively in periods beginning after June 15, 2004. The Company has applied the provisions of EITF Issue No. 03-01 in the current reporting period with no material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2005.

On December 8, 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the "Medicare Act") was signed into law. The Act introduces a prescription drug benefit under Medicare ("Medicare Part D") as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. As of March 31, 2004, as permitted by FASB Staff Position ("FSP") 106-1, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, the Company deferred accounting for the effects of the Act in the measurement of its Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation (APBO) and the effect to net periodic postretirement benefit costs. Specific guidance with respect to accounting for the effects of the Act was issued in FSP No. 106-2, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, and the Company has adopted the provisions of FSP No. 106-2 as of the Effective Date, and included any impact in the overall measurement of the liabilities of the U.S. postretirement medical plans in purchase accounting.

In March 2005, the FASB issued FSP No. FIN 46(R)-5, Implicit Variable Interests under FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003). FSP FIN 46(R)-5 addresses whether a reporting enterprise should consider whether it holds an implicit interest in a variable interest entity or potential

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variable interest entity when specific conditions exist. The provisions of FSP FIN 46(R)-5 are applicable for reporting periods beginning after March 3, 2005 (the Company's fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2005). FSP FIN 46(R)-5 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2005.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections-A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3 ("SFAS No. 154"). SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods financial statements for changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS No. 154 also requires that retrospective application of a change in accounting principle be limited to the direct effects of the change. Indirect effects of a change in accounting principle, such as a change in non-discretionary profit-sharing payments resulting from an accounting change, should be recognized in the period of the accounting change. SFAS No. 154 also requires that a change in depreciation, amortization, or depletion method for long-lived non-financial assets be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate affected by a change in accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. Early adoption is permitted for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after the date this Statement is issued. The Company is required to adopt the provision of SFAS No. 154, as applicable, beginning in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

In June 2005, the FASB s Emerging Issues Task Force reached a consensus on Issue No. 05-6, Determining the Amortization Period for Leasehold Improvements ("EITF Issue No. 05-6"). The guidance requires that leasehold improvements acquired in a business combination or purchased subsequent to the inception of a lease be amortized over the lesser of the useful life of the assets or a term that includes renewals that are reasonably assured at the date of the business combination or purchase. The guidance is effective prospectively for leasehold improvements acquired in periods beginning after June 29, 2005.

In March 2005, FASB issued Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143 ("FIN No. 47"). FIN No. 47 provides guidelines as to when a company is required to record a conditional asset retirement obligation. In general, an entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. The fair value of a liability for the conditional asset retirement obligation should be recognized when incurred – generally upon acquisition, construction, or development and (or) through the normal operation of the asset. FIN No. 47 is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005 (December 31, 2005, for calendar-year enterprises). The Company is still assessing the impact of FIN No. 47 on its future results of operations and financial position.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions. The amendments made by SFAS No. 153 are based on the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. Further, the amendments eliminate the narrow exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replace it with a broader exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. The statement is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Earlier application is permitted for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after the date of issuance. The provisions of this statement shall be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this statement.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

In December 2004, the FASB revised SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation ("SFAS No. 123R"), which requires that the cost from all share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. In March 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 ("SAB 107") regarding the SEC's interpretation of SFAS 123R and the valuation of share-based payments for public companies. The SEC has deferred SFAS No. 123R until the first annual period beginning after June 15, 2005. Accordingly, the Company intends to comply with SFAS No. 123R beginning with the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of SFAS No. 123R, although it is anticipated that the adoption will have a negative impact on its results of operations.

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs, amendment to ARB No. 43 Chapter 4 ("SFAS No. 151"), which clarifies the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). SFAS No. 151 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of SFAS No. 151 on its future results of operations and financial position.

In October 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the "Act") was signed into law. Three of the more significant provisions of the Act relate to a one-time opportunity to repatriate foreign earnings at a reduced rate, manufacturing benefits for qualified production activity income and new requirements with respect to deferred compensation plans. The Company has not yet determined the impact, if any, of this Act on its future results of operations or cash flows. Additionally, under new Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, created in connection with the Act, the U.S. Treasury Department is directed to issue regulations providing guidance and provide a limited period during which deferred compensation plans may be amended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A. When the regulations are issued, the Company may be required to make modifications to certain compensation plans to comply with Section 409A.

6. Acquisitions, Divestitures and Ventures

Acquisitions:

On April 6, 2004, the Company acquired CAG (See Notes 1 and 2).

In February 2005, the Company acquired Vinamul, the North American and European emulsion polymer business of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC ("ICI") for $208 million. The Vinamul product line includes vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers, vinyl acetate homopolymers and copolymers, and acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsions. Vinamul operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and The Netherlands. As part of the agreement, ICI will continue to supply Vinamul with starch, dextrin and other specialty ingredients following the acquisition. The Company will supply ICI with vinyl acetate monomer and polyvinyl alcohols. The supply agreements are for 15 years, and the pricing is based on market and other negotiated terms. The Company primarily financed this acquisition through borrowings of $200 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities (See Note 9). The Company has allocated the purchase price on the basis of its preliminary estimate of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. The estimated fair value of the total assets, identified intangible assets, and goodwill were approximately $280 million, $16 million, and $40 million, respectively. Pro forma financial information has not been provided as the acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company's results of operations.

In July 2005, the Company acquired Acetex Corporation ("Acetex") for $270 million and assumed Acetex's $235 million of debt, which is net of cash acquired of $66 million. Acetex's operations include an acetyls business with plants in Europe and a North-American specialty polymers and film business. Acetex also previously concluded an agreement for a venture to build an acetyls

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complex in Saudi Arabia and has commenced the technical planning for this facility. The Company acquired Acetex using existing cash. The Company had Acetex exercise its option to redeem its 10 7/8% senior notes due 2009 totaling approximately $265 million. The redemption will be funded primarily with cash on hand and is expected to take place August 19, 2005. The redemption price is expected to be approximately $280 million, which represents 105.438% of the outstanding principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to August 19, 2005.

Divestitures:

In July 2005, in connection with the Vinamul transaction, the Company agreed to sell its emulsion powders business to ICI for approximately $25 million. This transaction includes a proposed supply agreement whereby the Company will supply product to ICI for a period of up to fifteen years. Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval. Net sales for the emulsion powders business for the six months ended June 30, 2005 were approximately $25 million.

In February 2004, the Predecessor sold its acrylates business to The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") for a sales price of approximately $149 million, which resulted in a pre-tax gain of approximately $14 million in the three months ended March 31, 2004. Dow acquired the Predecessor's acrylates business line, including inventory, intellectual property and technology for crude acrylic acid, glacial acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, methyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, as well as acrylates production assets at the Clear Lake, Texas facility. In related agreements, the Company provides certain contract manufacturing services to Dow, and Dow supplies acrylates to the Company for use in its emulsions production. Simultaneous with the sale, the Predecessor repaid an unrelated obligation of $95 million to Dow. The acrylates business was part of the Predecessor's Chemical business. As a result of this transaction, the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses related to the acrylates product lines at the Clear Lake, Texas facility as well as the gain recorded on the sale are reflected as a component of discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 144.

Discontinued operations of Chemical Products for the three months ended March 31, 2004 had net sales of $21 million and an operating loss of $5 million.

Ventures:

In April 2004, the Company and a group of investors led by Conduit Ventures Ltd. entered into a venture, Pemeas GmbH, which was formed to advance the commercialization of the Company's fuel cell technology. Pemeas GmbH is considered a variable interest entity as defined under FIN No. 46, The Company is deemed the primary beneficiary of this variable interest entity and, accordingly, consolidates this entity in its consolidated financial statements. In December 2004, the Company approved a plan to dispose of the Company's ownership interest in Pemeas GmbH.

7. Inventories


	As of June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Finished goods		442		470
Work-in-process		22		26
Raw materials and supplies		122		122
Total Inventories		586		618

As a result of the acquisition of Vinamul (see Note 6), the Company acquired inventory with a fair value of $24 million, which includes $1 million in capitalized manufacturing profit in inventory. The inventory was subsequently sold during the six months ended June 30, 2005.

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8. Intangible Assets

Goodwill


	Chemical Products			Acetate Products			Ticona		Performance Products		Total
	(in $ millions)
Predecessor
Carrying value of goodwill as of December 31, 2003		568			161			343		—		1,072
Exchange rate changes		(2	)		(1	)		—		—		(3	)
Carrying value of goodwill as of March 31, 2004		566			160			343		—		1,069

Successor
Carrying value of goodwill as of December 31, 2004		193			180			290		84		747
Acquisition of Vinamul Polymers		40			—			—		—		40
Purchase accounting adjustments		8			2			8		2		20
Exchange rate changes		2			1			3		—		6
Carrying value of goodwill as of June 30, 2005		243			183			301		86		813

In connection with the acquisition of Vinamul (See Note 6), the Company has preliminarily allocated the purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed primarily based on the historical cost of the business acquired. The excess of the purchase price over the amounts allocated to assets and liabilities is included in goodwill, and is preliminarily estimated to be $40 million at June 30, 2005. The Company is in the process of determining the fair value of all assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company expects to finalize the purchase accounting for this transaction in 2005.

In the second quarter 2005, the Company increased goodwill $20 million associated with purchase accounting adjustments related to the Acquisition. Included in this adjustment is a $23 million increase to goodwill and the Company's minority interest liability associated with the organizational restructuring that occurred in October 2004 (See Note 2). As this represented an immaterial adjustment, prior periods have not been restated.

In connection with the acquisition of Vinamul Polymers, at the acquisition date, the Company began formulating a plan to exit or restructure certain activities. The Company has not completed this analysis, and as of June 30, 2005, has not recorded any liabilities associated with these activities. As the Company finalizes any plans to exit or restructure activities, it may record additional liabilities, for among other things, severance and severance related costs and such amounts could be material.

Other Intangible Assets


	As of June 30, 2005			As of December 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Trademarks and tradenames		68			68
Customer related intangible assets		365			365
Developed technology		9			9
Other intangible assets		10			—
Total intangible assets, gross		452			442

Less: accumulated amortization		(63	)		(42	)
Total intangible assets, net		389			400

Aggregate amortization expense charged against earnings for intangible assets with finite lives during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2004 totaled $12 million and $2 million, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense charged against earnings for intangible assets with finite lives during the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004 and March 31, 2004 totaled $24 million, $1 million and $2 million, respectively.

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In connection with the acquisition of Vinamul, the Company entered into a five-year non-compete agreement with the seller. The contract has a preliminary fair value of $10 million. In addition, the Company has identified other intangible assets with an estimated value of $6 million. As the Company has not finalized its purchase price allocation, these amounts could change based on final valuations. In addition, other intangible assets may be identified.

9. Debt


	As of June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt
Current installments of long-term debt		49		15
Short-term borrowings from Affiliates		90		128
Other		1		1
Total short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt		140		144
Long-term debt
Senior Credit Facilities:
Term loan facility		1,725		624
Floating Rate Term Loan, due 2011		—		350
Senior Subordinated Notes 9.625%, due 2014		800		1,231
Senior Subordinated Notes 10.375%, due 2014		157		272
Senior Discount Notes 10.5%, due 2014		290		424
Senior Discount Notes 10%, due 2014		70		103
Term notes 7.125%, due 2009		14		14
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds, interest rates ranging from 5.2% to 6.7%, due at various dates through 2030		191		191
Obligations under capital leases and other secured borrowings due at various dates through 2018		39		49
Other borrowings		16		—
Subtotal		3,302		3,258
Less: Current installments of long-term debt		49		15
Total long-term debt		3,253		3,243

In the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company borrowed an additional $1,135 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities. A portion of these proceeds, coupled with the proceeds from the initial public offering, were used to repay a $350 million floating rate term loan and redeem $188 million of senior discount notes and $521 million of senior subordinated notes, excluding early redemption premiums of $4 million, $19 million and $51 million, respectively. In addition, $200 million was used to finance the February 2005 acquisition of the Vinamul business.

Under the amended and restated facilities, the term loan facility increased to $1,750 million (including €275 million), which matures in 2011. There was also a $242 million delayed draw facility which expired in July 2005.

The revolving credit facility, through a syndication of banks, provides for borrowings of up to $600 million, including the availability of letters of credit in U.S. dollars and euros and for borrowings on same-day notice.

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facility. As of June 30, 2005, $613 million remained available for borrowing under the revolving credit facilities (taking into account letters of credit issued under the credit-linked revolving credit facility).

The Company is in compliance with all of its covenant agreements as of June 30, 2005.

Interest expense

The components of interest expense are as follows:


	Successor								Predecessor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005		Three Months Ended June 30, 2004		Six Months Ended June 30, 2005		Three Months Ended June 30, 2004		Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
					(in $ millions)
Accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs on early redemption and prepayment of debt		—		71		28		71		—
Premium paid on early redemption of debt		—		—		74		—		—
Other interest expense		68		59		142		59		6
Total interest expense		68		130		244		130		6

10. Benefit Obligations

The components of net periodic benefit costs recognized and contributions made to the pension plans and benefit payments made to other postretirement obligations participants are as follows:


	Defined Benefit Obligations						Other Postretirement Obligations
	Successor						Successor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Three Months Ended June 30, 2005		Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
				(in $ millions)
Components of net periodic benefit cost for the
Service cost		10			10			—		1
Interest cost		45			44			6		6
Expected return on plan assets		(49	)		(43	)		—		—
Recognized actuarial loss		—			1			—		—
Special termination benefit		—			1			—		—
Net periodic benefit cost		6			13			6		7

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	Defined Benefit Obligations									Other Postretirement Obligations
	Successor						Predecessor			Successor					Predecessor
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004		Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
							(in $ millions)
Components of net periodic benefit cost for the
Service cost		20			10			9			1			1		1
Interest cost		90			44			40			12			6		6
Expected return on plan assets		(98	)		(43	)		(40	)		—			—		—
Amortization of prior service cost		—			—			1			—			—		(1	)
Recognized actuarial loss		—			1			6			—			—		2
Special termination benefit		—			1			—			—			—		—
Curtailment (gain)/loss		—			—			—			(1	)		—		—
Net periodic benefit cost		12			13			16			12			7		8

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 that it expected to contribute $7 million to its defined benefit pension plans in 2005. As ofJune 30, 2005, $4 million of contributions have been made. The Company presently anticipates contributing an additional $3 million to fund its defined benefit pension plans in 2005.

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 that it expected to make benefit payments of $47 million to its other postretirement benefit plans. As of June 30, 2005, $24 million of benefit payments have been made. The Company presently anticipates contributing an additional $23 million to fund its other postretirement benefit plans in 2005.

Contributions to the defined contribution plans are based on specified percentages of employee contributions and aggregated $7 million, $3 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004 and March 31, 2004, respectively.

In connection with the acquisition of CAG, the Purchaser agreed to pre-fund $463 million of certain pension obligations. During the nine months ended December 31, 2004, $409 million was pre-funded to the Company's pension plans. The Company contributed the remaining $54 million that the Purchaser agreed to pre-fund, as well as an additional $9 million to the non-qualified pension plan's rabbi trusts during the six months ended June 30, 2005.

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11. Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)

See table below for share activity:


	Preferred Stock		Series A Common Stock		Series B Common Stock
	(number of shares)
Balance as of December 31, 2004		—		—		99,377,884
Issuance of preferred stock		9,600,000		—		—
Issuance of common stock		—		51,666,917		—
Stock dividend		—		7,500,000		—
Conversion of Series B common stock to Series A common stock		—		99,377,884		(99,377,884	)
Balance as of June 30, 2005		9,600,000		158,544,801		—

Funding for the Acquisition included equity investments from Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 1, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 2, and Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 3 (collectively, "Blackstone") and BA Capital Investors Sidecar Fund, L.P. (and together with Blackstone, the "Original Shareholders").

On December 31, 2004, the capital structure of the Company consisted of 650,494 shares of Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share. In January 2005, the Company amended its certificate of incorporation and increased its authorized common stock to 500,000,000 shares and the Company effected a 152.772947 for 1 stock split for the outstanding shares of the Series B common stock. Accordingly, all Successor share information is effected for such stock split effective December 31, 2004.

As a result of the offering in January 2005, the Company now has $240 million aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding preferred stock. Holders of the preferred stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if, declared by the Company's board of directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends at the rate of 4.25% per annum of liquidation preference, payable quarterly in arrears, commencing on May 1, 2005. Dividends on the preferred stock are cumulative from the date of initial issuance. Accumulated but unpaid dividends accumulate at an annual rate of 4.25%. The preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time into 1.25 shares of Series A common stock per $25.00 liquidation preference of preferred stock and upon conversion will be recorded in shareholders' equity (deficit). As of June 30, 2005, the Company had $2 million of accumulated but unpaid dividends, which have not been declared.

On March 8, 2005, the Company declared a special cash dividend to holders of the Company's Series B common stock of $804 million, which was paid on April 7, 2005. Upon payment of the $804 million dividend, all of the outstanding shares of Series B common stock converted automatically to shares of Series A common stock.

In addition, on March 9, 2005, the Company issued a 7,500,000 Series A common stock dividend to the Original Shareholders of its Series B common stock.

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Other comprehensive income (loss) totaled $(11) million, $(23) million and $(39) million, for the six months ended June 30, 2005, the three months ended June 30, 2004 and the three months ended March 31, 2004, respectively. These amounts were net of tax expense (benefit) of $2 million, less than $1 million and $2 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2005, the three months ended June 30, 2004 and the three months ended March 31, 2004, respectively.

12. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is involved in a number of legal proceedings, lawsuits and claims incidental to the normal conduct of our business, relating to such matters as product liability, antitrust, past waste

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disposal practices and release of chemicals into the environment. While it is impossible at this time to determine with certainty the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, lawsuits and claims, management believes that adequate provisions have been made and that the ultimate outcomes will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, but may have a material adverse effect on the results of operations or cash flows in any given accounting period.

The following disclosure should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Plumbing Actions

CNA Holdings, Inc. ("CNA Holdings"), a U.S. subsidiary of Celanese, which included the U.S. business now conducted by the Ticona segment, along with Shell Oil Company ("Shell"), E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") and others, has been a defendant in a series of lawsuits, including a number of class actions, alleging that plastics manufactured by these companies that were utilized in the production of plumbing systems for residential property were defective or caused such plumbing systems to fail. Based on, among other things, the findings of outside experts and the successful use of Ticona's acetal copolymer in similar applications, CNA Holdings does not believe Ticona's acetal copolymer was defective or caused the plumbing systems to fail. In many cases CNA Holdings' exposure may be limited by invocation of the statute of limitations since CNA Holdings ceased selling the resin for use in the plumbing systems in site built homes during 1986 and in manufactured homes during 1990.

CNA Holdings has been named a defendant in ten putative class actions, as well as a defendant in other non-class actions filed in ten states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. In these actions, the plaintiffs typically have sought recovery for alleged property damages and, in some cases, additional damages under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act or similar type statutes. Damage amounts have not been specified.

In order to reduce litigation expenses and to provide relief to qualifying homeowners, in November 1995, CNA Holdings, DuPont and Shell Oil Company entered into national class action settlements, which have been approved by the courts. The settlements call for the replacement of plumbing systems of claimants who have had qualifying leaks, as well as reimbursements for certain leak damage. Furthermore, the three companies have agreed to fund these replacements and reimbursements up to $950 million. As of June 30, 2005, the funding is $1,073 million due to additional contributions and funding commitments made primarily by other parties. There are additional pending lawsuits in approximately 10 jurisdictions not covered by this settlement; however, these cases do not involve (either individually or in the aggregate) a large number of homes, and management does not expect the obligations arising from these lawsuits to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

In 1995, CNA Holdings and Shell Oil Company settled the claims relating to individuals in Texas owning a total of 110,000 property units, who are represented by a Texas law firm, for an amount that will not exceed $170 million. These claimants are also eligible for a replumb of their homes in accordance with terms similar to those of the national class action settlement. CNA Holdings' and Shell Oil Company's contributions under this settlement were subject to allocation as determined by binding arbitration.

In addition, a lawsuit filed in November 1989 in Delaware Chancery Court, between CNA Holdings and various of its insurance companies relating to all claims incurred and to be incurred for the product liability exposure led to a partial declaratory judgment in CNA Holdings' favor. As a result, settlements have been reached with a majority of CNA Holdings' insurers specifying their responsibility for these claims.

In February 2005, CNA Holdings reached a settlement agreement through mediation with another insurer, pursuant to which the insurer paid CNA Holdings $44 million in exchange for the

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release of certain claims against the policy with the insurer. This amount was recorded as a reduction of goodwill as of December 31, 2004 and was received during the six months ended June 30, 2005.

CNA Holdings has accrued its best estimate of its share of the plumbing actions. At June 30, 2005, the Company has remaining accruals of $71 million for this matter. Management believes that the plumbing actions are adequately provided for in the Company's financial statements and that they will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position. However, if the Company were to incur an additional charge for this matter, such a charge would not be expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, but may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or cash flows in any given accounting period. No assurance can be given that the Company's litigation reserves will be adequate or that these reserves will fully recover claims under the Company's insurance policies.

The Company has reached settlements with CNA Holdings' insurers specifying their responsibility for these claims; as a result, the Company has recorded receivables relating to the anticipated recoveries from certain third party insurance carriers. These receivables are based on the probability of collection, an opinion of external counsel, the settlement agreements with the Company's insurance carriers whose coverage level exceeds the receivables and the status of current discussions with other insurance carriers. As of June 30, 2005, the Company has $31 million of receivables related to a settlement with an insurance carrier. This receivable is discounted and recorded within other assets as it will be collected over the next three years.

Sorbates Antitrust Actions

In May 2002, the European Commission informed Hoechst of its intent to investigate officially the sorbates industry. In early January 2003, the European Commission served Hoechst, Nutrinova, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoechst, and a number of competitors with a statement of objections alleging unlawful, anticompetitive behavior affecting the European sorbates market. In October 2003, the European Commission ruled that Hoechst, Chisso Corporation, Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd., The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. and Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd. operated a cartel in the European sorbates market between 1979 and 1996. The European Commission imposed a total fine of €138 million, of which €99 million was assessed against Hoechst. The case against Nutrinova was closed. The fine against Hoechst is based on the European Commission's finding that Hoechst does not qualify under the leniency policy, is a repeat violator and, together with Daicel, was a co-conspirator. In Hoechst's favor, the European Commission gave a discount for cooperating in the investigation. Hoechst appealed the European Commission's decision in December 2003, and that appeal is still pending.

In addition, several civil antitrust actions by sorbates customers, seeking monetary damages and other relief for alleged conduct involving the sorbates industry, have been filed in U.S. state and federal courts naming Hoechst, Nutrinova, and our other subsidiaries, as well as other sorbates manufacturers, as defendants. Many of these actions have been settled and dismissed by the court. One private action, Kerr v. Eastman Chemical Co. et al., is still pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Gloucester County. The plaintiff alleges violations of the New Jersey Antitrust Act and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and seeks unspecified damages.

In July 2001, Hoechst and Nutrinova entered into an agreement with the Attorneys General of 33 states, pursuant to which the statutes of limitations were tolled pending the states' investigations. This agreement expired in July 2003. Since October 2002, the Attorneys General for several states filed suit on behalf of indirect purchasers in their respective states, all of which have been either settled or dismissed, except as noted below. The Nevada action has been dismissed as to Hoechst, Nutrinova and CAG; however, a motion for reconsideration is still pending. The New York action, New York v.

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Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd., et al. is pending in the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, and seeks unspecified damages. All antitrust claims in this matter were dismissed by the court in September 2004; however, other state law claims in New York are still pending. Hoechst and Nutrinova have filed an appeal of the court's denial of the motion to dismiss those remaining claims. In January 2005, Hoechst, Nutrinova, and other subsidiaries, as well as other sorbates manufacturers, entered into a settlement agreement with the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, South Carolina, Oregon and Washington. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the defendants agreed to refrain from engaging in anticompetitive conduct with respect to the sale or distribution of sorbates and pay approximately $1 million to the states in satisfaction of all released claims.

Based on the advice of external counsel and a review of the existing facts and circumstances relating to the sorbates matter, including the status of government investigations, as well as civil claims filed and settled, the Company has remaining accruals of $130 million. This amount is included in current liabilities at June 30, 2005 for the estimated loss relative to this matter. Although the outcome of this matter cannot be predicted with certainty, management's best estimate of the range of possible additional future losses and fines (in excess of amounts already accrued), including any that may result from the above noted governmental proceedings, as of June 30, 2005 is between $0 and $9 million. The estimated range of such possible future losses is management's best estimate based on the advice of external counsel taking into consideration potential fines and claims, both civil and criminal, that may be imposed or made in other jurisdictions.

Pursuant to the Demerger Agreement with Hoechst, Celanese AG was assigned the obligation related to the sorbates matter. However, Hoechst agreed to indemnify Celanese AG for 80 percent of any costs Celanese may incur relative to this matter. Accordingly, Celanese AG has recognized a receivable from Hoechst and a corresponding contribution of capital, net of tax, from this indemnification. As of June 30, 2005, the Company has receivables, recorded within other current assets, relating to the sorbates indemnification from Hoechst totaling $104 million. Although the outcome of the foregoing proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes that any resulting liabilities, net of amounts recoverable from Hoechst, will not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our financial position, but may have a material adverse effect on the results of operations or cash flows in any given period.

Acetic Acid Patent Infringement Matters

Celanese International Corporation v. China Petrochemical Development Corporation—Taiwan Kaohsiung District Court. On February 7, 2001, Celanese International Corporation filed a private criminal action for patent infringement against China Petrochemical Development Corporation, or CPDC, alleging that CPDC infringed Celanese International Corporation's patent covering the manufacture of acetic acid. This criminal action was subsequently converted to a civil action alleging damages against CPDC based on a period of infringement of five years, 1996-2000, and based on CPDC's own data and as reported to the Taiwanese securities and exchange commission. Celanese International Corporation's patent was held valid by the Taiwanese patent office. The amount of damages claimed by Celanese International Corporation has been reassessed at $35 million. This action is still pending.

Shareholder Litigation

During August 2004, nine actions were brought by minority shareholders against CAG in the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht), all of which were consolidated in September 2004. Several minority shareholders joined these proceedings via a third party intervention in support of the plaintiffs. The Purchaser joined the proceedings via a third party intervention in support of CAG.

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Among other things, these actions request the court to set aside shareholder resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting held on July 30 and 31, 2004 based on allegations that include the alleged violation of procedural requirements and information rights of the shareholders.

In a related matter, twenty-seven minority shareholders filed lawsuits in May and June of 2005 in the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) contesting the shareholder resolutions passed at the annual general meeting held May 19-20, 2005, which confirmed the resolutions passed at the July 30-31, 2004 extraordinary general meeting. The Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) has suspended the proceedings regarding the resolutions passed at the July 30-31, 2004 extraordinary general meeting described above as long as the lawsuits contesting the confirmatory resolutions are pending. In addition, on May 9, 2005 one minority shareholder brought forward an additional action with the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) and requested the court rule that the shareholder resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting on July 30-31, 2004 were void based on allegations that certain formal requirements necessary in connection with the invitation to the extraordinary general meeting had been violated. This action has not been suspended.

Further, on August 2, 2004, two minority shareholders instituted public register proceedings with each of the Königstein Local Court (Amtsgericht) and the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht), both with a view to have the registration of the Domination Agreement in the Commercial Register deleted (Amtslöschungsverfahren). These actions are based on an alleged violation of procedural requirements at the extraordinary general meeting, an alleged undercapitalization of the Purchaser and Blackstone and an alleged misuse of discretion by the competent court with respect to the registration of the Domination Agreement in the Commercial Register. In April 2005, the court of appeals rejected the demand by one shareholder for injunctive relief, and in June 2005 the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) ruled that it does not have jurisdiction over this matter. The claims in the Königstein Local Court (Amtsgericht) are still pending.

Based upon information available as of June 30, 2005, the outcome of the foregoing proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. Except for certain challenges on limited grounds, the time period to bring forward challenges has expired.

The amounts of the fair cash compensation (Abfindung) and of the guaranteed fixed annual payment (Ausgleich) offered under the Domination Agreement may be increased in special award proceedings (Spruchverfahren) initiated by minority shareholders, which may further reduce the funds the Purchaser can otherwise make available to the Company. Several minority shareholders of CAG had initiated special award proceedings seeking the court's review of the amounts of the fair cash compensation (Abfindung) and of the guaranteed fixed annual payment (Ausgleich) offered under the Domination Agreement. As a result of these proceedings, the amount of the fair cash consideration and the guaranteed fixed annual payment offered under the Domination Agreement could be increased by the court so that all minority shareholders, including those who have already tendered their shares into the mandatory offer and have received the fair cash compensation could claim the respective higher amounts. This could reduce the funds the Purchaser can make available to the Company and its subsidiaries and, accordingly, diminish our ability to make payments on our indebtedness. However, the court dismissed all of these proceedings in March 2005 on the grounds of inadmissibility. The dismissal has been appealed.

In February 2005, a minority shareholder also brought a lawsuit against the Purchaser, as well as a former member of CAG's board of management and a former member of CAG's supervisory board, in the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht). Among other things, this action seeks to unwind the tender of the plaintiff's shares in the Acquisition and seeks compensation for damages suffered as a consequence of tendering such shares. The court ruled against the plaintiff in this matter in June 2005. The plaintiff appealed this decision with respect to the Purchaser and the former member of the CAG board of management; however, with respect to the former member of the CAG supervisory board, the plaintiff has accepted the court's ruling.

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Based upon the information as available, the outcome of the foregoing proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty.

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 that have been brought to its attention.

These known obligations include the following:

Demerger Obligations

The Company has obligations to indemnify Hoechst for various liabilities under the Demerger Agreement as follows:


•	The Company agreed to indemnify Hoechst for environmental liabilities associated with contamination arising under 19 divestiture agreements entered into by Hoechst prior to the demerger.

The Company's obligation to indemnify Hoechst is subject to the following thresholds:


•	The Company will indemnify Hoechst against those liabilities up to €250 million;


•	Hoechst will bear those liabilities exceeding €250 million, however the Company will reimburse Hoechst for one-third of those liabilities for amounts that exceed €750 million in the aggregate.

The Company's obligation regarding two agreements has been settled. The aggregate maximum amount of environmental indemnifications under the remaining divestiture agreements that provide for monetary limits is €750 million. Three of the divested agreements do not provide for monetary limits.

Based on the estimate of the probability of loss under this indemnification, the Company has reserves of $36 million as of June 30, 2005, for this contingency. Where the Company is unable reasonably to determine the probability of loss or estimate such loss under an indemnification, the Company has not recognized any related liabilities.

The Company has also undertaken in the Demerger Agreement to indemnify Hoechst to the extent that Hoechst is required to discharge liabilities, including tax liabilities, associated with businesses that were included in the demerger where such liabilities 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 provided for any reserves associated with this indemnification. Neither the Company nor the Predecessor made any payments to Hoechst in the six months ended June 30, 2005 or 2004, in connection with this indemnification.

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.

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The Company and the Predecessor have divested in the aggregate over 20 businesses, investments and facilities, through agreements containing indemnifications or guarantees to the purchasers. Many of the obligations contain monetary and/or time limitations, ranging from one year to 30 years, the aggregate amount of guarantees provided for under these agreements is approximately $2.9 billion as of June 30, 2005. Other agreements do not provide for any monetary or time limitations.

Based on historical claims experience and its knowledge of the sites and businesses involved, the Company believes that it is adequately reserved for these matters. As of June 30, 2005, the Company has reserves in the aggregate of $46 million for all such environmental matters.

Plumbing Insurance Indemnifications

CAG entered into agreements with insurance companies related to product liability settlements associated with Celcon^® plumbing claims. These agreements, except those with insolvent insurance companies, require the Company to indemnify and/or defend these insurance companies in the event that third parties seek additional monies for matters released in these agreements. The indemnifications in these agreements do not provide for time limitations.

In certain of the agreements, CAG received a fixed settlement amount. The indemnities under these agreements generally are limited to, but in some cases are greater than, the amount received in settlement from the insurance company. The maximum exposure under these indemnifications is $95 million. Other settlement agreements have no stated limits.

There are other agreements whereby the settling insurer agreed to pay a fixed percentage of claims that relate to that insurer's policies. The Company has provided indemnifications to the insurers for amounts paid in excess of the settlement percentage. These indemnifications do not provide for monetary or time limitations.

The Company has reserves associated with these product liability claims. See Plumbing Actions above.

Other Obligations


•	The Company is secondarily liable under a lease agreement pursuant to which the Company has assigned a direct obligation to a third party. The lease assumed by the third party expires on April 30, 2012. The lease liability for the period from July 1, 2005 to April 30, 2012 is estimated to be approximately $52 million.


•	The Company has agreed to indemnify various insurance carriers, for amounts not in excess of the settlements received, from claims made against these carriers subsequent to the settlement. The aggregate amount of guarantees under these settlements is approximately $10 million, which is unlimited in term.

As indemnification obligations often depend on the occurrence of unpredictable future events, the future costs associated with them cannot be determined at this time. However, the Company were to incur additional charges for these matters, such charges may have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company in any given accounting period.

Other Matters

As of June 30, 2005, Celanese Ltd. and/or CNA Holdings, Inc., both our U.S. subsidiaries, are defendants in approximately 680 asbestos cases. Because many of these cases involve numerous plaintiffs, the Company is subject to claims significantly in excess of the number of actual cases. The Company has reserves for defense costs related to claims arising from these matters. The Company believes that there is not significant exposure related to these matters.

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Under the transaction and monitoring fee agreement/sponsor services agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Advisor and its affiliates and their respective partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives for any and all losses relating to services contemplated by these agreements and the engagement of the Advisor pursuant to, and the performance by the Advisor or the services contemplated by, these agreements. The Company has also agreed under the transaction and monitoring fee agreement/sponsor services agreement to reimburse the Advisor and its affiliates for their expenses incurred in connection with the services provided under these agreements or in connection with their ownership or subsequent sale of Celanese Corporation stock (See Note 17).

On July 31, 2003, a federal district court ruled that the formula used in International Business Machine Corporation's ("IBM") cash balance pension plan violated the age discrimination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The IBM decision, however, conflicts with the decisions from two other federal district courts and with the proposed regulations for cash balance plans issued by the Internal Revenue Service in December 2002. IBM has announced that it will appeal the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The effect of the IBM decision on the Company's cash balance plan cannot be determined at this time.

13. Special Charges

The components of special charges were as follows:


	Successor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Employee termination benefits		(7	)		(1	)
Total Restructuring		(7	)		(1	)
Asset impairments		(24	)		—
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		4			2
Total Special Charges		(27	)		1


	Successor						Predecessor
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
				(in $ millions)
Employee termination benefits		(9	)		(1	)		(2	)
Plant/office closures		(1	)		—			—
Total Restructuring		(10	)		(1	)		(2	)
Termination of advisor monitoring services		(35	)		—			—
Asset impairments		(24	)		—			—
Advisory services		—			—			(25	)
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		4			2			—
Other		—			—			(1	)
Total Special Charges		(65	)		1			(28	)

Asset impairments primarily consists of revised estimates related to the Company's decision to divest its Cyclo-olefin Copolymer ("COC") business.

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The components of the restructuring reserves were as follows:


	Employee Termination Benefits			Plant/Office Closures			Total
	(in $ millions)
Predecessor
Restructuring reserve at December 31, 2003		28			21			49
Restructuring additions		2			—			2
Cash and noncash uses		(5	)		(2	)		(7	)
Restructuring reserve at March 31, 2004		25			19			44

Successor
Restructuring reserve at April 1, 2004		25			19			44
Purchase accounting adjustments		5			—			5
Restructuring additions		1			—			1
Cash and noncash uses		(2	)		(3	)		(5	)
Restructuring reserve at June 30, 2004		29			16			45
Restructuring reserve at December 31, 2004		72			14			86
Purchase accounting adjustments		1			—			1
Restructuring additions		9			1			10
Cash and noncash uses		(21	)		(6	)		(27	)
Currency translation adjustments		(1	)		—			(1	)
Restructuring reserve at June 30, 2005		60			9			69

14. Stock-based and Other Management Compensation Plans

In December 2004, the Company approved a stock incentive plan, which included executive officers, key employees and directors, a deferred compensation plan, which included executive officers and key employees, as well as other management incentive programs.

These stock incentive plans allows for the issuance or delivery of up to 16.25 million shares of the Company's Series A common stock through stock options and a discounted share program. In January 2005, options were initially granted at an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price. The options have a ten-year term with vesting terms pursuant to a schedule, with no vesting to occur later than the 8th anniversary of the date of the grant. Accelerated vesting depends on meeting specified performance targets. Of the 11.7 million stock options granted, 10.7 million are non-compensatory. The remaining 1.0 million options are subject to variable plan accounting. Compensation expense related to these options was not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005. No options were forfeited or exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2005.

In December 2004, the Company granted rights to executive officers and key employees to purchase up to 1,797,386 shares of Series A common stock at a discount of $8.80 per share. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, 1,666,917 shares have been purchased. As a result of this discounted share offering, the Company recorded a pre-tax non-cash charge of $14 million, with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital within shareholders' equity (deficit) in the fourth quarter 2004. Compensation expense associated with the discounted shares was immaterial for the six months ended June 30, 2005.

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The deferred compensation plan has an aggregate maximum amount payable of $192 million. The initial component of the deferred compensation plan, totaling an aggregate of approximately $27 million, vested in 2004 and was paid in the first quarter of 2005.

• Stock-based compensation

As permitted by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS No. 123"), the Successor accounts for employee stock-based compensation in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees ("APB No. 25"), using an intrinsic value approach to measure compensation expense, if any.

For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Predecessor accounted for stock options and similar equity instruments under the fair value method, which requires compensation cost to be measured at the grant date based on the value of the award.

The fair value of options granted in the six months ended June 30, 2005 under the Company's stock incentive plan was estimated at the date of grant using the Black Scholes option pricing model. The following weighted average assumptions were used:

The weighted average fair value of options granted was $5.21 per option.

The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings (loss) and related per share amounts if the Successor had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 to stock-based employee compensation:


	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005									For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
	Earnings (Loss)			Basic Earnings Per Common Share			Diluted Earnings Per Common Share			Earnings (Loss)			Basic Earnings Per Common Share			Diluted Earnings Per Common Share
	(in $ millions, except per share information)
Net earnings, as reported		67			0.41			0.39			57			0.35			0.35
Less: stock-based compensation under SFAS No. 123		(4	)		(0.03	)		(0.02	)		(6	)		(0.04	)		(0.04	)
Pro forma net earnings		63			0.38			0.37			51			0.31			0.31

15. Income Taxes

Income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 and the three months ended June 30, 2004, are recorded based on the estimated annual effective tax rate. As of June 30, 2005, the estimated annualized tax rate for 2005 is 35%, which is slightly less than the combination of the statutory rate and state income tax rates in the U.S. The estimated annual effective tax rate for 2005 reflects earnings in low tax jurisdictions, a valuation allowance for the tax benefit associated with projected U.S. losses (which includes the expenses associated with the early redemption of debt), and tax expense in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions.

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For the three months ended June 30, 2004, a tax expense of $10 million was recorded which resulted in a tax rate of negative 10%. This effective tax rate was primarily affected by the non-recognition of tax benefits associated with acquisition related expenses.

The Predecessor had an effective tax rate of 24% for the three months ended March 31, 2004, compared to the German statutory rate of 40%, which was primarily affected by earnings in low tax jurisdictions.

16. Business Segments


	Chemical Products		Ticona		Acetate Products		Performance Products		Total Segments		Reconciliation			Consolidated
							(in $ millions)
Successor
For the six months ended June 30, 2005
Sales to external customers		2,071		462		379		94		3,006		20			3,026
Inter-segment revenues		58		—		—		—		58		(58	)		—
Operating profit		332		44		30		28		434		(116	)		318
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		342		73		32		26		473		(327	)		146
Depreciation and amortization		73		29		18		6		126		4			130
Capital expenditures		44		23		14		3		84		2			86
For the three months ended June 30, 2005
Sales to external customers		1,056		223		183		47		1,509		8			1,517
Inter-segment revenues		29		—		—		—		29		(29	)		—
Operating profit		155		5		10		15		185		(33	)		152
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		149		22		12		14		197		(74	)		123
Depreciation and amortization		39		14		9		3		65		2			67
Capital expenditures		26		9		9		1		45		1			46

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	Chemical Products		Ticona		Acetate Products		Performance Products		Total Segments		Reconciliation			Consolidated
							(in $ millions)
For the three months ended June 30, 2004
Sales to external customers		780		220		173		45		1,218		11			1,229
Inter-segment revenues		28		—		—		—		28		(28	)		—
Operating profit		36		11		10		2		59		(34	)		25
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		34		26		14		1		75		(179	)		(104	)
Depreciation and amortization		38		15		14		2		69		2			71
Capital expenditures		17		19		13		1		50		—			50

Predecessor
For the three months ended March 31, 2004
Sales to external customers		789		227		172		44		1,232		11			1,243
Inter-segment revenues		29		—		—		—		29		(29	)		—
Operating profit		65		31		9		11		116		(64	)		52
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		64		45		9		11		129		(57	)		72
Depreciation and amortization		39		16		13		2		70		2			72
Capital expenditures		15		20		8		—		43		1			44

17. Related Party Transactions

Upon closing of the Acquisition, the Company entered into a transaction and monitoring fee agreement with Blackstone Management Partners (the "Advisor"), an affiliate of the Blackstone Group (the "Sponsor"). Under the agreement, the Advisor agreed to provide monitoring services to the Company for a 12 year period. Also, the Advisor may receive additional compensation for providing investment banking or other advisory services provided to the Company by the Advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any specific acquisition, divestiture, refinancing, recapitalization, or similar transaction. In connection with the completion of the initial public offering, the parties amended and restated the transaction and monitoring fee agreement to terminate the monitoring services and all obligations to pay future monitoring fees and paid the Advisor $35 million. The Company also paid $10 million to the Advisor for the 2005 monitoring fee. The transaction based agreement remains in effect.

In connection with the acquisition of Vinamul, the Company paid the Advisor a fee of $2 million, which was included in the computation of the purchase price for the acquisition. In connection with the acquisition of Acetex, the Company paid the Advisor an initial fee of $1 million, which is included in Other assets. Additional fees of $3 million in the third quarter 2005 became due and payable to the Advisor upon the successful completion of this acquisition.

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18. Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information

The following unaudited consolidating financial statement information is presented in the provided form because (i) the Issuers are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor; (ii) the guarantee is considered to be full and unconditional, that is, if the Issuers fail to make a scheduled payment, the Parent Guarantor is obligated to make the scheduled payment immediately and, if they do not, any holder of notes may immediately bring suit directly against the Parent Guarantor for payment of all amounts due and payable. Separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning the Parent Guarantor are not presented because management does not believe that such information is material to investors.

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION


	Successor
	For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
	Parent Guarantor			Issuer			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net sales		—			—			3,026			—			3,026
Cost of sales		—			—			(2,300	)		—			(2,300	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(5	)		—			(292	)		—			(297	)
Research and development expenses		—			—			(46	)		—			(46	)
Special charges:
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		—			—			4			—			4
Restructuring, impairment and other special charges		—			—			(69	)		—			(69	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		—			—			2			—			2
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets		—			—			(2	)		—			(2	)
Operating profit		(5	)		—			323			—			318

Equity in net earnings of affiliates		56			95			27			(151	)		27
Interest expense		—			(45	)		(199	)		—			(244	)
Interest income		6			—			18			—			24
Other income (expense), net		—			—			21			—			21
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		57			50			190			(151	)		146

Income tax provision		—			6			(57	)		—			(51	)

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before minority interests		57			56			133			(151	)		95

Minority interests		—			—			(38	)		—			(38	)

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations		57			56			95			(151	)		57

Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—			—			—			—			—

Net earnings (loss)		57			56			95			(151	)		57

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION


	Successor
	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005
	Parent Guarantor			Issuer			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net sales		—			—			1,517			—			1,517
Cost of sales		—			—			(1,175	)		—			(1,175	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(2	)		—			(134	)		—			(136	)
Research and development expenses		—			—			(23	)		—			(23	)
Special charges:
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		—			—			4			—			4
Restructuring, impairment and other special charges		—			—			(31	)		—			(31	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		—			—			(1	)		—			(1	)
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets		—			—			(3	)		—			(3	)
Operating profit		(2	)		—			154			—			152

Equity in net earnings of affiliates		68			80			12			(148	)		12
Interest expense		—			(9	)		(59	)		—			(68	)
Interest income		1			—			8			—			9
Other income (expense), net		—			—			18			—			18
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		67			71			133			(148	)		123

Income tax provision		—			(3	)		(40	)		—			(43	)

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before minority interests		67			68			93			(148	)		80

Minority interests		—			—			(13	)		—			(13	)

Earning (loss) from continuing operations		67			68			80			(148	)		67
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—			—			—			—			—
Net earnings (loss)		67			68			80			(148	)		67

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION


	Successor
	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
	Parent Guarantor			Issuer		Non-Guarantor			Eliminations		Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net sales		—			—		1,229			—		1,229
Cost of sales		—			—		(1,058	)		—		(1,058	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		—			—		(125	)		—		(125	)
Research and development expenses		—			—		(22	)		—		(22	)
Special charges:
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		—			—		2			—		2
Restructuring, impairment and other special charges		—			—		(1	)		—		(1	)
Operating profit		—			—		25			—		25

Equity in net earnings of affiliates		(116	)		—		18			116		18
Interest expense		(6	)		—		(124	)		—		(130	)
Interest income		—			—		7			—		7
Other income (expense), net		(3	)		—		(21	)		—		(24	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		(125	)		—		(95	)		116		(104	)

Income tax provision		—			—		(10	)		—		(10	)

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before minority interests		(125	)		—		(105	)		116		(114	)

Minority interests		—			—		(10	)		—		(10	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations		(125	)		—		(115	)		116		(124	)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—			—		(1	)		—		(1	)
Net earnings (loss)		(125	)		—		(116	)		116		(125	)

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION


	Predecessor
	For the Three Months Ended, March 31, 2004
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Non-Guarantor			Eliminations		Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net sales		—		—		1,243			—		1,243
Cost of sales		—		—		(1,002	)		—		(1,002	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		—		—		(137	)		—		(137	)
Research and development expenses		—		—		(23	)		—		(23	)
Special charges:
Restructuring, impairment and other special charges		—		—		(28	)		—		(28	)
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets		—		—		(1	)		—		(1	)
Operating profit		—		—		52			—		52

Equity in net earnings of affiliates		—		—		12			—		12
Interest expense		—		—		(6	)		—		(6	)
Interest income		—		—		5			—		5
Other income (expense), net		—		—		9			—		9
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		—		—		72			—		72

Income tax provision		—		—		(17	)		—		(17	)

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before minority interests		—		—		55			—		55

Minority interests		—		—		—			—		—

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations		—		—		55			—		55

Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—		—		23			—		23

Net earnings (loss)		—		—		78			—		78

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION


	Successor
	As of June 30, 2005
	Parent Guarantor		Issuer		Non- Guarantors		Eliminations			Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		1		—		958		—			959
Receivables, net:
Trade receivables, net — third party and affiliates		—		—		955		—			955
Other receivables		1		—		524		(2	)		523
Inventories		—		—		586		—			586
Deferred income taxes		—		—		75		—			75
Other assets		—		—		106		—			106
Assets of discontinued operations		—		—		3		—			3
Total current assets		2		—		3,207		(2	)		3,207
Investments		128		474		543		(602	)		543
Property, plant and equipment, net		—		—		1,756		—			1,756
Deferred income taxes		—		6		30		—			36
Other assets		—		8		644		—			652
Goodwill		—		—		813		—			813
Intangible assets, net		—		—		389		—			389
Total assets		130		488		7,382		(604	)		7,396
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt — third party and affiliates		—		—		140		—			140
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Trade payables — third party and affiliates		2		—		680		—			682
Other current liabilities		2		—		739		(2	)		739
Deferred income taxes		—		—		14		—			14
Income taxes payable		—		—		230		—			230
Liabilities of discontinued operations		—		—		7		—			7
Total current liabilities		4		—		1,810		(2	)		1,812
Long-term debt		—		360		2,893		—			3,253
Deferred income taxes		—		—		227		—			227
Benefit obligations		—		—		1,003		—			1,003
Other liabilities		—		—		452		—			452
Minority interests		—		—		523		—			523
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity (deficit)		126		128		474		(602	)		126
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit)		130		488		7,382		(604	)		7,396

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION


	Successor
	As of December 31, 2004
	Parent Guarantor			Issuer			Non- Guarantors		Eliminations			Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		—			—			838		—			838
Receivables, net:
Trade receivables, net — third party and affiliates		—			—			866		—			866
Other receivables		—			—			678		(8	)		670
Inventories		—			—			618		—			618
Deferred income taxes		—			—			71		—			71
Other assets		—			—			86		—			86
Assets of discontinued operations		—			—			2		—			2
Total current assets		—			—			3,159		(8	)		3,151
Investments		—			406			600		(406	)		600
Property, plant and equipment, net		—			—			1,702		—			1,702
Deferred income taxes		—			—			54		—			54
Other assets		7			12			739		(2	)		756
Goodwill		—			—			747		—			747
Intangible assets, net		—			—			400		—			400
Total assets		7			418			7,401		(416	)		7,410
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt — third party and affiliates		1			—			144		(1	)		144
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Trade payables — third party and affiliates		—			—			722		—			722
Other current liabilities		7			—			888		(7	)		888
Deferred income taxes		—			—			20		—			20
Income taxes payable		—			—			214		—			214
Liabilities of discontinued operations		—			—			7		—			7
Total current liabilities		8			—			1,995		(8	)		1,995
Long-term debt		—			527			2,716		—			3,243
Deferred income taxes		—			—			256		—			256
Benefit obligations		—			—			1,000		—			1,000
Other liabilities		2			—			510		(2	)		510
Share of subsidiary losses		109			—			—		(109	)		—
Minority interests		—			—			518		—			518
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity (deficit)		(112	)		(109	)		406		(297	)		(112	)
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit)		7			418			7,401		(416	)		7,410

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION


	Successor
	For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
	Parent Guarantor			Issuer			Non- Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		9			—			181			—			190
Investing activities from continuing operations:
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment		—			—			(86	)		—			(86	)
Investments in Subsidiaries, net		(198	)		9			—			189			—
Acquisition of CAG shares		—			—			(6	)		—			(6	)
Fees associated with the acquisitions		—			—			(10	)		—			(10	)
Acquisition of Vinamul		—			—			(208	)		—			(208	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			—			14			—			14
Net proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations		—			—			75			—			75
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities		—			—			141			—			141
Purchases of marketable securities		—			—			(59	)		—			(59	)
Other, net		—			—			1			—			1
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(198	)		9			(138	)		189			(138	)
Financing activities from continuing operations:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net		752			—			—			—			752
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net		233			—			—			—			233
Proceeds from issuance of discounted common stock		12			—			—			—			12
Contribution from parent		—			779			572			(1,351	)		—
Redemption of senior discount notes, including related premium		—			(207	)		—			—			(207	)
Redemption of senior subordinated notes, including related premium		—			—			(572	)		—			(572	)
Borrowings under term loan facility		—			—			1,135			—			1,135
Fees associated with financings		—			—			(7	)		—			(7	)
Repayment of floating rate term loan, including related premium		—			—			(354	)		—			(354	)
Short-term borrowing (repayments), net		—			—			(26	)		—			(26	)
Proceeds (payments) from other long-term debt, net		—			—			9			—			9
Dividend payments		(3	)		—			—			—			(3	)
Distribution to shareholders/parent		(804	)		(581	)		(581	)		1,162			(804	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		190			(9	)		176			(189	)		168
Exchange rate effects on cash		—			—			(99	)		—			(99	)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		1			—			120			—			121
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—			—			838			—			838
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		1			—			958			—			959
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations:
Operating activities		—			—			(75	)		—			(75	)
Investing activities		—			—			75			—			75
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations		—			—			—			—			—

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION


	Successor
	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
	Parent Guarantor			Issuer		Non- Guarantors			Eliminations		Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(3	)		—		(104	)		—		(107	)
Investing activities from continuing operations:
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment		—			—		(50	)		—		(50	)
Acquisition of CAG, net of cash acquired		—			—		(1,531	)		—		(1531	)
Fees associated with acquisitions		—			—		(67	)		—		(67	)
Proceeds on sale of assets		—			—		1			—		1
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities		—			—		27			—		27
Purchases of marketable securities		—			—		(28	)		—		(28	)
Other, net		—			—		(1	)		—		(1	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		—			—		(1,649	)		—		(1,649	)
Financing activities from continuing operations:
Initial capitalization		—			—		641	*		—		641
Issuance of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock		—			—		200	*		—		200
Borrowings under bridge loans		—			—		1,565			—		1,565
Repayments under bridge loans		—			—		(1,565	)		—		(1,565	)
Proceeds from issuance of senior subordinated notes		—			—		1,244			—		1,244
Proceeds from floating rate term loan		—			—		350			—		350
Borrowings under term loan facility		—			—		389			—		389
Short term borrowings (repayments), net		—			—		7			—		7
Proceeds (payments) from other long term debt, net		—			—		(177	)		—		(177	)
Issuance of preferred stock by consolidated subsidiary		—			—		15			—		15
Fees associated with financings		(18	)		—		(152	)		—		(170	)
Distribution from subsidiary		21			—		(21	)		—		—
Dividend payments		—			—		(1	)		—		(1	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		3			—		2,495			—		2,498
Exchange rate effects on cash		—			—		(26	)		—		(26	)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		—			—		716			—		716
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—			—		—			—		—
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		—			—		716			—		716
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations:
Operating activities		—			—		—			—		—
Investing activities		—			—		—			—		—
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations		—			—		—			—		—


*	Amounts included in Non-Guarantors column represent proceeds received directly by the Non-Guarantors, on behalf of the Parent Guarantor. The legal issuer of the mandatorily redeemable preferred stock is the Parent Guarantor.

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION


	Predecessor
	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	Parent		Issuer		Non- Guarantors			Eliminations		Consolidated
	(in $ millions)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		—		—		(107	)		—		(107	)
Investing activities from continuing operations:
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment		—		—		(44	)		—		(44	)
Net proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations		—		—		139			—		139
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities		—		—		42			—		42
Purchases of marketable securities		—		—		(42	)		—		(42	)
Other, net		—		—		1			—		1
Net cash provided by investing activities		—		—		96			—		96
Financing activities from continuing operations:
Short-term borrowings (repayments), net		—		—		(16	)		—		(16	)
Proceeds (payments) of other long-term debt, net		—		—		(27	)		—		(27	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		—		—		(43	)		—		(43	)
Exchange rate effects on cash		—		—		(1	)		—		(1	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		—		—		(55	)		—		(55	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—		—		148			—		148
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		—		—		93			—		93
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations:
Operating activities		—		—		(139	)		—		(139	)
Investing activities		—		—		139			—		139
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations		—		—		—			—		—

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

19. Earnings (Loss) Per Share


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005								Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
	Continuing Operations			Discontinued Operations		Net earnings (loss)			Continuing Operations			Discontinued Operations			Net earnings (loss)
	(in $ millions, except for share and per share data)
Earnings (loss)		67			—		67			(124	)		(1	)		(125	)
Less: cumulative undeclared and declared preferred stock dividends		(2	)		—		(2	)		—			—			—
Earnings (loss) available to common stockholders		65			—		65			(124	)		(1	)		(125	)
Basic earnings (loss) per common share		0.41			—		0.41			(1.25	)		(0.01	)		(1.26	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share		0.39			—		0.39			(1.25	)		(0.01	)		(1.26	)
Weighted-average shares — basic		158,530,397			—		158,530,397			99,377,884			99,377,884			99,377,884
Assumed conversion of preferred stock		12,000,000			—		12,000,000			—			—			—
Weighted-average shares — diluted		170,530,397			—		170,530,397			99,377,884			99,377,884			99,377,884

CELANESE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)


	Successor								Predecessor
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2005								Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	Continuing Operations			Discontinued Operations		Net earnings (loss)			Continuing Operations		Discontinued Operations		Net earnings (loss)
	(in $ millions, except for share and per share data)
Net earnings (loss)		57			—		57			55		23		78
Less: cumulative undeclared and declared preferred stock dividends		(4	)		—		(4	)		—		—		—
Earnings (loss) available to common shareholders		53			—		53			55		23		78
Basic earnings (loss) per common share		0.35			—		0.35			1.12		0.46		1.58
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share		0.35			—		0.35			1.11		0.46		1.57
Weighted-average shares — basic		150,182,788			—		150,182,788			49,321,468		49,321,468		49,321,468
Dilutive stock options		91,140			—		91,165			390,953		390,953		390,953
Assumed conversion of preferred stock		12,000,000			—		12,000,000			—		—		—
Weighted-average shares — diluted		162,273,928			—		162,273,953			49,712,421		49,712,421		49,712,421

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is based on the net earnings available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share is based on the net earnings available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period adjusted to give effect to common stock equivalents, if dilutive.

For the three months ended June 30, 2005, the Company had 11.7 million employee stock options outstanding. which were excluded from the calculation of dilutive earnings (loss) per common share as their impact would be anti-dilutive.

Prior to the completion of the initial public offering of Celanese Corporation Series A common stock in January 2005, the Company effected a 152.772947 for 1 stock split of outstanding shares of common stock (see Note 11). Accordingly, basic and diluted shares for the three months ended March 31, 2005 have been calculated based on the weighted average shares outstanding, adjusted for the stock split. Earnings per common share for the Predecessor periods has been calculated by dividing net earnings available to common shareholders by the historical weighted average shares outstanding of the Predecessor. As the capital structure of the Predecessor and Successor are different, the reported earnings (loss) per common share are not comparable.

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

You should read the following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and the results of operations of Celanese Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company" or the "Successor") together with the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes to those financial statements, which were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and with the Celanese Corporation and its subsidiaries consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on Form 10-K.

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations cover periods prior and subsequent to the acquisition of Celanese AG and its subsidiaries (collectively "CAG" or the "Predecessor"). Accordingly, the discussion and analysis of historical periods prior to the acquisition do not reflect the significant impact that the acquisition of CAG has had and will have on the Successor, including increased leverage and liquidity requirements as well as purchase accounting adjustments. In addition, investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained in this section 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 Information" located at the end of this section.

Reconciliation of Non-U.S. GAAP Measures: Management believes that using non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to supplement U.S. GAAP results is useful to investors because such use provides a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the business other than disclosing U.S. GAAP results alone. In this regard, we disclose net debt, which is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure. Net debt is defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents. Management uses net debt to evaluate the Company's capital structure. Net debt is not a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial measure. In addition, the calculation of net debt contained in this report may not be consistent with that of other companies. The most directly comparable financial measure presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP in our financial statements for net debt is total debt. For a reconciliation of net debt and total debt, see "Financial Highlights" below.

Basis of Presentation

Impact of the Acquisition of Celanese AG

On April 6, 2004, Celanese Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG (the "Purchaser"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Successor, acquired approximately 84% of the Celanese AG ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares ("CAG Shares"). The ordinary shares were acquired at a price of €32.50 per share or an aggregate purchase price of $1,693 million, including direct acquisition costs of approximately $69 million. During the nine months ended December 31, 2004 and the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Purchaser acquired additional CAG Shares for a purchase price of $33 million and $6 million, respectively. As the additional shares acquired primarily represented exercised employee stock options, the Purchaser's ownership percentage remained at approximately 84% as of December 31, 2004 and June 30, 2005. The additional CAG Shares were acquired pursuant to a mandatory offer commenced in September 2004 that will expire in October 1, 2005, unless further extended.

We accounted for the acquisition of CAG using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, this resulted in a new basis of accounting. The purchase price was allocated based on the fair value of the underlying assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed are reflected at fair value for the approximately 84% portion acquired and at CAG historical basis for the remaining approximate 16%. The excess of the total purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired at closing was allocated to goodwill, and this indefinite lived asset is subject to an annual impairment review. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company finalized its purchase accounting adjustments for the acquisition of CAG. (See Notes 2 and 8 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements).

Impact of the Acquisition of Vinamul

In February 2005, the Company acquired Vinamul, the North American and European emulsion polymer business of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC ("ICI") for $208 million. The Vinamul product line includes vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers, vinyl acetate homopolymers and copolymers, and acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsions. Vinamul operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and The Netherlands. As part of the agreement, ICI will continue to supply Vinamul with starch, dextrin and other specialty ingredients following the acquisition. The Company will supply ICI with vinyl acetate monomer and polyvinyl alcohols. The supply agreements are for 15 years, and the pricing is based on market and other negotiated terms. The Company primarily financed this acquisition through borrowings of $200 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities (See Notes 6 and 9 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements).

In connection with the acquisition of Vinamul, the Company has preliminarily allocated the purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed primarily based on the historical cost of the business acquired. The excess of the purchase price over the amounts allocated to assets and liabilities is included in goodwill, and is preliminarily estimated to be $40 million at June 30, 2005. The Company is in the process of determining the fair value of all assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company expects to finalize the purchase accounting for this transaction in 2005.

In connection with the acquisition of Vinamul, at the acquisition date, the Company began formulating a plan to exit or restructure certain activities. The Company has not completed this analysis, and as of June 30, 2005, has not recorded any liabilities associated with these activities. As the Company finalizes any plans to exit or restructure activities, it may record additional liabilities, for among other things, severance and severance related costs and such amounts could be material.

Successor

Successor—Represents the Company's unaudited consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 and its unaudited consolidated results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2005, March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2004 and for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and for the three months ended June 30, 2004. These consolidated financial statements reflect the application of purchase accounting, described above, relating to the acquisition of CAG and preliminary purchase price accounting adjustments relating to the acquisition of Vinamul.

Predecessor

Predecessor—Represents CAG's consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2004. These consolidated financial statements relate to periods prior to the acquisition of CAG and Vinamul and present CAG's historical basis of accounting without the application of purchase accounting.

The results of the Successor are not comparable to the results of the Predecessor due to the difference in the basis of presentation of purchase accounting as compared to historical cost.

Initial Public Offering and Concurrent Financings

In January 2005, the Company completed an initial public offering of 50,000,000 shares of Series A common stock and received net proceeds of $752 million after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses of $48 million. Concurrently, the Company received net proceeds of $233 million from the offering of 9,600,000 shares of convertible perpetual preferred stock after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses of $7 million. A portion of the proceeds of the share offerings were used to redeem $188 million of senior discount notes and $521 million of senior subordinated notes, excluding early redemption premiums of $19 million and $51 million, respectively.

Subsequent to the closing of the initial public offering, the Company borrowed an additional $1,135 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities, a portion of which was used to

repay a $350 million floating rate term loan, which excludes a $4 million early redemption premium, and $200 million of which was used as the primary financing for the February 2005 acquisition of the Vinamul emulsions business. Additionally, the amended and restated senior credit facilities include a $242 million delayed draw term loan. The delayed draw term loan expired unutilized in July 2005.

On April 7, 2005, the Company used the remaining proceeds of the initial public offering and concurrent financings to pay a special cash dividend to holders of the Company's Series B common stock of $804 million, which was declared on March 8, 2005. In addition, on March 9, 2005, the Company issued a 7,500,000 Series A common stock dividend to the holders of its Series B common stock which was declared on March 8, 2005. After payment of the $804 million dividend, all of the outstanding shares of Series B common stock converted automatically into shares of Series A common stock.

Recent Business Highlights:


•	Completed the acquisition of Acetex Corporation in July 2005 to strengthen the Company's positioning in acetyls chemicals. Acetex debt is expected to be retired primarily with cash on hand in August 2005.


•	Began purchasing methanol from Southern Chemical Corporation in an arrangement that is expected to yield significant savings.


•	Realized savings from restructuring and productivity improvements in the three months ended June 30, 2005 in all business segments Discontinued production of certain acetate flake and filament operations, relocated the Acetate Products headquarters to Dallas. Announced closure and relocation of the Bedminster, N.J., financial functions to Dallas by mid-2006.


•	Announced intention to build a state-of-the-art vinyl acetate ethylene and conventional emulsion polymer facility in China. Startup is targeted for the first half of 2007.


•	Announced plans to construct a world-scale plant for the manufacture of GUR® ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in Asia. Production is expected to begin in the second half of 2007.


•	Continued to focus the product portfolio by exiting non-strategic businesses, such as the high performance polymer polybenzamidazole ("PBI"), Vectran polymer, and emulsion powders.


•	Adopted a policy to pay common shareholders dividend of $0.16 per share annually, or 1%, based on the initial public offering price of $16 per share. The first quarterly dividend of $0.04 per share was paid on August 11, 2005.

Overview

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

In the three months ended June 30, 2005, net sales rose 23% to $1,517 million compared to $1,229 million in the same period last year primarily on higher pricing, mainly in Chemical Products, and the sales of the recently acquired Vinamul emulsions business, which closed in the first quarter of 2005. Operating profit rose significantly to $152 million versus $25 million last year on margin expansion principally driven by higher pricing and productivity improvements. These effects more than offset higher raw material and energy costs, mainly for ethylene and natural gas, and higher special charges. Operating profit in 2004 included a $49 million charge for a non-cash inventory-related purchase accounting adjustment. The Company recorded net earnings of $67 million compared to a net loss of $125 million, which included $71 million of deferred financing costs for the prepayment of the senior subordinated bridge loan facilities. The second quarter of 2005 benefited from higher operating profit and a $40 million favorable change in our net foreign currency gain (loss) resulting from exchange rate movements and a change from a net asset to a net liability foreign currency position.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

In the three months ended March 31, 2005, net sales rose 21% to $1,509 million compared to $1,243 million, in the same period last year, primarily on significant higher pricing. Higher volumes,

favorable currency movements and composition changes, of which $66 million was related to the Vinamul emulsions acquisition, increased net sales. The Company recorded a net loss of $10 million compared to earnings of $78 million for CAG largely due to higher interest expense, which included $102 million in refinancing related costs (comprising early redemption premiums and accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs of $74 million and $28 million, respectively), and higher special charges, mainly due to $35 million in expenses for the termination of sponsor monitoring services. The three months ended March 31, 2005 benefited from higher pricing mainly in Chemical Products, driven by strong demand and higher industry capacity utilization. The Company also benefited from cost savings resulting from restructuring and productivity improvement programs as well as lower depreciation and amortization. These benefits were partially offset by higher raw materials and energy costs.

Financial Highlights


	Successor			Successor			Successor			Predecessor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Statement of Operations Data:
Net sales		1,517			1,229			3,026			1,243
Special charges		(27	)		1			(65	)		(28	)
Operating profit		152			25			318			52
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		123			(104	)		146			72
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations		67			(124	)		57			55
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		—			(1	)		—			23
Net earnings (loss)		67			(125	)		57			78


	Successor
	As of June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Balance Sheet Data:
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates		140		144
Plus: Long-term debt		3,253		3,243
Total debt		3,393		3,387
Less: Cash and cash equivalents		959		838
Net debt		2,434		2,549


	Successor			Successor			Successor			Predecessor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Six Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Other Data:
Depreciation and amortization		67			71			130			72
Operating margin⁽¹⁾		10.0	%		2.0	%		10.5	%		4.2	%
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests as a percentage of net sales		8.1	%		(8.5	)%		4.8	%		5.8	%


⁽¹⁾	Defined as operating profit divided by net sales.

Selected Data by Business Segment –Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004


	Successor			Successor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Change in $
	(in $ millions)
Net Sales
Chemical Products		1,085			808			277
Technical Polymers Ticona		223			220			3
Acetate Products		183			173			10
Performance Products		47			45			2
Segment Total		1,538			1,246			292
Other Activities		8			11			(3	)
Intersegment Eliminations		(29	)		(28	)		(1	)
Total Net Sales		1,517			1,229			288

Special Charges
Chemical Products		(3	)		(1	)		(2	)
Technical Polymers Ticona		(20	)		2			(22	)
Acetate Products		—			—			—
Performance Products		—			—			—
Segment Total		(23	)		1			(24	)
Other Activities		(4	)		—			(4	)
Total Special Charges		(27	)		1			(28	)

Operating Profit (Loss)
Chemical Products		155			36			119
Technical Polymers Ticona		5			11			(6	)
Acetate Products		10			10			—
Performance Products		15			2			13
Segment Total		185			59			126
Other Activities		(33	)		(34	)		1
Total Operating Profit		152			25			127

Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Tax and Minority Interests
Chemical Products		149			34			115
Technical Polymers Ticona		22			26			(4	)
Acetate Products		12			14			(2	)
Performance Products		14			1			13
Segment Total		197			75			122
Other Activities		(74	)		(179	)		105
Total Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Tax and Minority Interests		123			(104	)		227

Selected Data by Business Segment –Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004 (Continued)


	Successor		Successor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005		Three Months Ended June 30, 2004		Change in $
	(in $ millions)
Depreciation & Amortization
Chemical Products		39		38		1
Technical Polymers Ticona		14		15		(1	)
Acetate Products		9		14		(5	)
Performance Products		3		2		1
Segment Total		65		69		(4	)
Other Activities		2		2		—
Total Depreciation & Amortization		67		71		(4	)

Factors Affecting Second Quarter 2005 Segment Sales Compared to Second Quarter 2004


in percent	Volume			Price			Currency			Other*			Total
Chemical Products		(1	)%		21	%		2	%		12	%		34	%
Technical Polymers Ticona		(5	)		4			2			—			1
Acetate Products		1			5			—			—			6
Performance Products		2			(3	)		5			—			4
Segment Total		(2	)%		15	%		2	%		8	%		23	%


*	Primarily represents sales of the recently acquired Vinamul emulsion business

Summary by Business Segment—Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Chemical Products


	Successor			Successor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		1,085			808			277
Net sales variance:
Volume		(1	)%
Price		21	%
Currency		2	%
Other		12	%
Operating profit		155			36			119
Operating margin		14.3	%		4.5	%
Special charges		(3	)		(1	)		(2	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		149			34			115
Depreciation and amortization		39			38			1

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Chemical Products' net sales increased 34% to $1,085 million compared to the same period last year on significantly higher pricing, sales of the newly acquired Vinamul business and favorable currency movements. Major business lines continued to operate at high utilization rates while volumes declined for non-core derivative products. Pricing increased for most chemical products, particularly vinyl acetate, acetic acid and acetate esters, driven by continued strong demand, high utilization rates across the industry and higher raw material costs, mainly for ethylene and natural gas.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests increased to $149 million from $34 million on higher pricing and productivity improvements, which were partly offset by higher raw material costs. Earnings in 2004 included a $15 million charge for a non-cash inventory-related purchase accounting adjustment.

Technical Polymers Ticona


	Successor			Successor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		223			220			3
Net sales variance:
Volume		(5	)%
Price		4	%
Currency		2	%
Operating profit		5			11			(6	)
Operating margin		2.2	%		5.0	%
Special charges		(20	)		2			(22	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		22			26			(4	)
Depreciation and amortization		14			15			(1	)

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Ticona's net sales increased 1% to $223 million compared to the same period last year on higher pricing and favorable currency movements. Pricing rose as previously announced price increases took effect. Volumes declined largely for polyacetal ("POM") due to weakness in the automotive sector, primarily in Europe, and on reduced sales for lower-end applications.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests decreased to $22 million from $26 million as higher pricing, cost savings and dividend income from cost investments did not fully offset $20 million in special charges, primarily for the impairment of the COC business, lower volumes and higher raw material costs. Equity in net earnings of affiliates remained relatively flat compared to last year. Earnings in 2004 included an $18 million charge for a non-cash inventory-related purchase accounting adjustment.

Acetate Products


	Successor			Successor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		183			173			10
Net sales variance:
Volume		1	%
Price		5	%
Operating profit		10			10			—
Operating margin		5.5	%		5.8	%
Special charges		—			—			—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		12			14			(2	)
Depreciation and amortization		9			14			(5	)

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Net sales for Acetate Products increased by 6% to $183 million compared to the same period last year on higher pricing and volumes. Pricing increased for all business lines while volumes increased mainly on higher flake sales to the Company's recently expanded China tow ventures.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests decreased to $12 million compared to $14 million in the same period last year. Higher pricing and savings from restructuring and productivity improvements were more than offset by increased raw material and energy costs as well as temporarily higher manufacturing costs, resulting from a realignment of production and inventory levels as part of the acetate restructuring strategy.

Performance Products


	Successor			Successor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		47			45			2
Net sales variance:
Volume		2	%
Price		(3	)%
Currency		5	%
Operating profit		15			2			13
Operating margin		31.9	%		4.4	%
Special charges		—			—			—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		14			1			13
Depreciation and amortization		3			2			1

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Net sales for Performance Products increased by 4% to $47 million compared to the same period last year mainly as the result of favorable currency effects and modest volume increases. Pricing for Sunett^® sweetener declined, consistent with the Company's positioning strategy for the product while pricing for sorbates continued to improve.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests increased to $14 million from $1 million last year, which included a $12 million charge for a non-cash inventory-related purchase accounting adjustment. The increase in earnings resulted from favorable currency movements, improved sorbates performance and productivity improvements.

Other Activities

Other Activities primarily consists of corporate center costs, including financing and administrative activities, and certain other operating entities, including the captive insurance companies.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Net sales for Other Activities decreased to $8 million from $11 million in the same quarter last year primarily due to the sale of PBI and the Vectran product lines in the second quarter of 2005. Loss from continuing operations before tax and minority interests improved to a loss of $74 million from a loss of $179 million in the same period last year. This was primarily due to the expensing in 2004 of $71 million in deferred financing costs for the prepayment of the senior subordinated bridge loan facilities. Also contributing to this decrease was a $40 million favorable change in our net foreign currency gain (loss) resulting from exchange rate movements and a change from a net asset to a net liability foreign currency position.

Summary of Consolidated Results — Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2004

Net Sales

Net sales rose 23% to $1,517 million in the second quarter compared to the same period last year primarily on higher pricing (15%), mainly in the Chemical Products segment, sales of the recently acquired Vinamul emulsions business in February 2005 (8%), and favorable currency movements (2%). These increases were slightly offset by lower volumes (2%).

Gross Profit Margin

Gross profit margin increased to $342 million or 23% of sales in the three months ended June 30, 2005 from $171 million or 14% of sales in the comparable period last year. This increase primarily reflects significantly higher pricing and productivity improvements, primarily in Chemical Products, and the absence of a $49 million non-cash charge for the manufacturing profit added to inventory under purchase accounting which was charged to cost of sales. Higher raw material and energy costs partially offset these increases.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expense increased to $136 million compared to $125 million for the same period last year. This increase is primarily due to higher amortization expense of identifiable intangible assets acquired from CAG of $10 million as well the inclusion of the Vinamul emulsions business acquired in February 2005. These increases were partially offset by cost savings.

Special Charges

The components of special charges for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:


	Successor			Successor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2005			Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
	(in $ millions)
Employee termination benefits		(7	)		(1	)
Plant/office closures		—			—
Total Restructuring		(7	)		(1	)
Asset impairments		(24	)		—
Insurance recoveries associated with plumbing cases		4			2
Total Special Charges		(27	)		1

Special charges increased to $27 million compared to income of $1 million for the same period last year. This increase was primarily due an additional impairment charge associated with revised estimates related to the Company's decision to divest its cyclo-olefin copolymer ("COC") business.

Operating Profit

Operating profit rose significantly to $152 million versus $25 million last year on margin expansion principally driven by higher pricing and productivity improvements. The effects more than offset higher raw material and energy costs, mainly for ethylene and natural gas, and higher special charges. Operating profit in 2004 included a $49 million charge for a non-cash inventory-related purchase accounting adjustment.

Equity in Net Earnings of Affiliates

Equity in net earnings of affiliates decreased by $6 million to $12 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005, compared to the same period last year. This decrease is primarily due to an impairment charge of $10 million related to the Estech GmbH & Co. KG venture, a producer of neopolyol esters in Oberhausen, Germany. Cash distributions received from equity affiliates increased to $10 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005, compared to $6 million in the same period of 2004.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased to $68 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 from $130 million in the same period last year as interest expense in 2004 included $71 million of deferred financing costs for the prepayment of the senior subordinated bridge loan facilities. This decrease was slightly offset by increased interest on higher debt levels.

Interest Income

For the three months ended June 30, 2005, interest income increased by $2 million to $9 million compared to the same period in the prior year.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net increased to $18 million of income for the three months ended June 30, 2005, compared to expense of $24 million for the comparable period last year. This increase is primarily due to a favorable change of $40 million in our net foreign currency gain (loss) resulting from exchange rate movements and a change from a net asset to a net liability foreign currency position. This increase was partially offset by expenses associated with the anticipated guaranteed payment to CAG minority shareholders of $7 million. Dividend income accounted for under the cost method remained flat at $7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005, compared to the same period in 2004.

Income Taxes

Income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, are recorded based on the estimated annual effective tax rate. As of June 30, 2005, the estimated annualized tax rate for 2005 is 35%, which is slightly less than the combination of the statutory rate and state income tax rates in the U.S. The estimated annual effective tax rate for 2005 reflects earnings in low tax jurisdictions, a valuation allowance for the tax benefit associated with projected U.S. losses (which includes expenses associated with the early redemption of debt), and tax expense in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions. For the three months ended June 30, 2004, a tax expense of $10 million was recorded which resulted in a tax rate of negative 10%. This effective tax rate was primarily affected by the non-recognition of tax benefits associated with acquisition related expenses.

Earnings (Loss) from Discontinued Operations

Earnings from discontinued operations was $0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 compared to a loss of $1 million from the comparable period last year. The loss in the three months ended June 30, 2004 reflected a purchase price adjustment related to the sale of the nylon business.

Net Earnings (Loss)

As a result of the factors mentioned above, the Company had net earnings of $67 million in the three months ended June 30, 2005, compared to a net loss of $125 million in the same period last year.

Selected Data by Business Segment –Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004


	Successor			Predcessor
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Change in $
	(in $ millions)
Net Sales
Chemical Products		1,044			818			226
Technical Polymers Ticona		239			227			12
Acetate Products		196			172			24
Performance Products		47			44			3
Segment Total		1,526			1,261			265
Other Activities		12			11			1
Intersegment Eliminations		(29	)		(29	)		—
Total Net Sales		1,509			1,243			266

Special Charges
Chemical Products		(1	)		(1	)		—
Technical Polymers Ticona		(1	)		(1	)		—
Acetate Products		(1	)		—			(1	)
Performance Products		—			—			—
Segment Total		(3	)		(2	)		(1	)
Other Activities		(35	)		(26	)		(9	)
Total Special Charges		(38	)		(28	)		(10	)

Operating Profit (Loss)
Chemical Products		177			65			112
Technical Polymers Ticona		39			31			8
Acetate Products		20			9			11
Performance Products		13			11			2
Segment Total		249			116			133
Other Activities		(83	)		(64	)		(19	)
Total Operating Profit		166			52			114

Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Tax and Minority Interests
Chemical Products		193			64			129
Technical Polymers Ticona		51			45			6
Acetate Products		20			9			11
Performance Products		12			11			1
Segment Total		276			129			147
Other Activities		(253	)		(57	)		(196	)
Total Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Tax and Minority Interests		23			72			(49	)

Selected Data by Business Segment –Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 (Continued)


	Successor		Predecessor
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005		Three Months Ended March 31, 2004		Change in $
	(in $ millions)
Depreciation & Amortization
Chemical Products		34		39		(5	)
Technical Polymers Ticona		15		16		(1	)
Acetate Products		9		13		(4	)
Performance Products		3		2		1
Segment Total		61		70		(9	)
Other Activities		2		2		—
Total Depreciation & Amortization		63		72		(9	)

Factors Affecting First Quarter 2005 Segment Sales Compared to First Quarter 2004


in percent	Volume			Price			Currency			Other*			Total
Chemical Products		(1	)%		22	%		3	%		4	%		28	%
Technical Polymers Ticona		2			—			3			—			5
Acetate Products		11			3			—			—			14
Performance Products		9			(7	)		5			—			7
Segment Total		2	%		15	%		2	%		2	%		21	%


*	Primarily represents sales of the recently acquired Vinamul emulsion business

Summary by Business Segment—Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Chemical Products


	Successor			Predecessor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		1,044			818			226
Net sales variance:
Volume		(1	)%
Price		22	%
Currency		3	%
Other		4	%
Operating profit		177			65			112
Operating margin		17.0	%		7.9	%
Special charges		(1	)		(1	)		—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		193			64			129
Depreciation and amortization		34			39			(5	)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Chemical Products' net sales increased 28% to $1,044 million compared to the same period last year mainly on higher pricing, segment composition changes, of which $66 million was related to the Vinamul emulsions acquisition, and favorable currency effects. Pricing increased for most products, driven by continued strong demand and high utilization rates across the chemical industry.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests increased to $193 million from $64 million in the same period last year as higher pricing was partially offset by higher raw material costs. Earnings also benefited from an increase of $9 million in dividends from our methanol cost investment, which totaled $12 million in the quarter.

Technical Polymers Ticona


	Successor			Predecessor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		239			227			12
Net sales variance:
Volume		2	%
Currency		3	%
Operating profit		39			31			8
Operating margin		16.3	%		13.7	%
Special charges		(1	)		(1	)		—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		51			45			6
Depreciation and amortization		15			16			(1	)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Net sales for Ticona increased by 5% to $239 million compared to the same period last year due to favorable currency effects and slightly higher volumes. Volumes increased for most product lines due to the successful introduction of new applications, which outweighed declines in polyacetal volumes resulting from the Company's focus on high-end business and decreased sales to European automotive customers. Overall pricing remained flat quarter over quarter as successfully implemented price increases were offset by lower average pricing for certain products due to the commercialization of lower cost grades for new applications.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests increased 13% to $51 million as the result of cost savings from a recent restructuring, the favorable effects of a planned maintenance turnaround as well as slightly higher volumes. These increases were partially offset by higher raw material and energy costs.

Acetate Products


	Successor			Predecessor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		196			172			24
Net sales variance:
Volume		11	%
Price		3	%
Operating profit		20			9			11
Operating margin		10.2	%		5.2	%
Special charges		(1	)		—			(1	)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		20			9			11
Depreciation and amortization		9			13			(4	)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Net sales for Acetate Products increased by 14% to $196 million compared to the same quarter last year on higher volumes and pricing. Flake volumes increased mainly as a result of demand from Company ventures in China that recently completed tow capacity expansions. Filament volumes rose in anticipation of the Company's plans to exit this business by the end of the second quarter. Pricing increased for all business lines to cover higher raw material costs.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests more than doubled from $9 million in first quarter last year to $20 million this year due to increased volumes, pricing and productivity improvements, which more than offset higher raw material and energy costs. Earnings also benefited from $4 million in lower depreciation and amortization expense largely as a result of previous impairments related to a major restructuring, which was partly offset by $3 million of expense for an asset retirement obligation.

Performance Products


	Successor			Predecessor
in $ millions (except for percentages)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Change in $
Net sales		47			44			3
Net sales variance:
Volume		9	%
Price		(7	)%
Currency		5	%
Operating profit		13			11			2
Operating margin		27.7	%		25.0	%
Special charges		—			—			—
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax and minority interests		12			11			1
Depreciation and amortization		3			2			1

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Net sales for the Performance Products segment increased by 7% to $47 million compared to the same period last year mainly on higher volumes, which more than offset lower pricing. Favorable currency movements also contributed to the sales increase. Higher volumes for Sunett sweetener reflected strong growth from new and existing applications in the U.S. and European beverage and confectionary markets. Pricing for Sunett declined on lower unit selling prices associated with higher volumes to major customers. Pricing for sorbates continued to recover, although worldwide overcapacity still prevailed in the industry.

Earnings from continuing operations before tax and minority interests increased to $12 million from $11 million in the same quarter last year. Strong volumes for Sunett, as well as favorable currency movements and cost savings, more than offset lower pricing for the sweetener. A primary European and U.S. production patent for Sunett expired at the end of March 2005.

Other Activities

Other Activities primarily consists of corporate center costs, including financing and administrative activities, and certain other operating entities, including the captive insurance companies.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Net sales for Other Activities increased slightly to $12 million from $11 million in the same quarter last year. Loss from continuing operations before tax and minority interests increased to $253 million from a loss of $57 million in the same period last year, largely due to $169 million of higher interest expense due to refinancing costs, increased debt levels, and higher interest rates. The loss includes $45 million of expenses for sponsor monitoring and related cancellation fees compared to special charges of $25 million in the same period last year for advisory services related to the tender offer of CAG.

Summary of Consolidated Results — Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

Net Sales

Net sales rose 21% to $1,509 million in the first quarter compared to the same period last year primarily on higher pricing of 15%, mainly in the Chemical Products segment. Favorable currency movements, higher volumes, and a composition change in the Chemical Products segment each increased net sales by 2%.

The segment composition changes consisted of the acquisition of the Vinamul emulsions business in February 2005, which was partly offset by the effects of a contract manufacturing arrangement under which certain acrylates products are now being sold. Only the margin realized under the contract manufacturing arrangement is reported in net sales.

Gross Profit Margin

Gross profit margin increased to $384 million or 25% of sales in the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $241 million or 19% of sales in the comparable period last year. This increase primarily reflects significantly higher pricing, primarily in Chemical Products, lower depreciation expense and productivity improvements. Higher raw material and energy costs partially offset these increases.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expense increased to $161 million compared to $137 million for the same period last year. This increase is primarily due to expenses for sponsor monitoring services of $10 million, higher amortization expense of identifiable intangible assets acquired of $10 million as well as higher professional costs primarily related to compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Special Charges

The components of special charges for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:


	Successor			Predecessor
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2005			Three Months Ended March 31, 2004			Change in $
	(in $ millions)
Employee termination benefits		(2	)		(2	)		—
Plant/office closures		(1	)		—			(1	)
Total restructuring		(3	)		(2	)		(1	)
Termination of advisor monitoring services		(35	)		—			(35	)
Advisory services		—			(25	)		25
Other		—			(1	)		1
Total special charges		(38	)		(28	)		(10	)

Operating Profit

Operating profit increased to $166 million in the quarter compared to $52 million in the same period last year on gross margin expansion of $143 million, as significantly higher pricing, primarily in Chemical Products, lower depreciation expense and productivity improvements more than offset higher raw material and energy costs. Operating profit also benefited from increased volumes in Acetate Products, Performance Products and Ticona. Depreciation and amortization expense declined by $9 million as decreases in depreciation resulting from purchase accounting adjustments, more than offset increased amortization expense for acquired intangible assets.

Equity in Net Earnings of Affiliates

Equity in net earnings of affiliates rose by $3 million to $15 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared to the same period last year. Cash distributions received from equity affiliates increased to $36 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared to $16 million in the same period of 2004. The increase in cash distributions is mainly due to strong business conditions in 2004 for Ticona's high performance product ventures and Chemical Products' methanol venture and the timing of dividend payments.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased to $176 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $6 million in the same period last year, primarily due to expenses of $102 million including early redemption premiums and deferred financing costs associated with the refinancing that occurred in the first quarter of 2005. Higher debt levels resulting primarily from the acquisition of CAG and higher interest rates also increased interest expense.

Interest Income

For the three months ended March 31, 2005, interest income increased by $10 million to $15 million compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to higher average cash levels.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net decreased to $3 million of income for the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared to $9 million for the comparable period last year. This decrease is primarily due to expenses associated with the anticipated guaranteed payment to CAG minority shareholders and the ineffective portion of a net investment hedge. These decreases were partially offset by higher dividends from cost investments. Dividend income accounted for under the cost method increased by $8 million to $14 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared to the same period in 2004. The increase in the first quarter of 2005 primarily resulted from the timing of receipt of dividends.

Income Taxes

Income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, are recorded based on the estimated annual effective tax rate. As of March 31, 2005, the estimated annualized tax rate for 2005 is 35%, which is slightly less than the combination of the statutory rate and state income tax rates in the U.S. The estimated annual effective tax rate for 2005 reflects earnings in low tax jurisdictions, a valuation allowance for the tax benefit associated with projected U.S. losses (which includes expenses associated with the early redemption of debt), and tax expense in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions. The Predecessor had an effective tax rate of 24% for the three months ended March 31, 2004, compared to the German statutory rate of 40%, which was primarily affected by earnings in low tax jurisdictions.

Earnings from Discontinued Operations

Earnings from discontinued operations was $0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 compared to $23 million from the comparable period last year. Earnings in 2004 reflected a gain and tax benefit recognized in 2004 associated with the sale of the acrylates business. The tax benefit is mainly attributable to the utilization of a capital loss carryover benefit that had been previously subject to a valuation allowance.

For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Chemical Products segment had net sales of $21 million and an operating loss of $5 million.

Net Earnings

As a result of the factors mentioned above, net earnings decreased by $88 million to a net loss of $10 million in the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared to the same period last year.

Outlook

For the second half of the year, the Company expects that global GDP will remain strong and that pricing could be impacted as the acetyls market absorbs the industry capacity expansions planned for the second half of 2005. The Company also expects the Acetex acquisition to be accretive in the second half of 2005.

For the remainder of the year, the Company expects to incur expenses and cash outlays for the restructuring of its businesses and product portfolio, cost improvement and focused growth in core areas.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Operating Activities

Cash flow from operating activities increased to a cash inflow of $190 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to a cash outflow of $214 million for the same period last year. This increase primarily resulted from the contribution of an increase in operating profit in 2005 of $241 million, the payment of a $95 million obligation to a third party in 2004, the absence of payments associated with stock appreciation rights of $59 million, recoveries from an insurance provider related to the plumbing matters of $44 million in 2005, a decrease in pension contributions of $125 million and an increase in dividends received from cost and equity investments of $32 million. These increases were partially offset by higher interest payments and contributions to the non-qualified pension plan's rabbi trusts of $63 million in 2005. Unfavorable foreign currency effects on the euro versus the U.S. dollar on cash and cash equivalents increased to $99 million from $27 million in the same period last year.

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Investing Activities

Net cash from investing activities improved to a cash outflow of $138 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to a cash outflow of $1,553 million for the same period last year. The cash outflow in 2004 resulted from the CAG acquisition. The 2005 cash outflow included the acquisition of the Vinamul emulsions business and a decrease in net proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations of $64 million. These items were partially offset by an increase in cash inflows related to net sales of marketable securities of $83 million. The net proceeds from the disposal of discontinued operations represents cash received in 2005 from an early contractual settlement of receivables of $75 million related to the sale in 2000 of the Predecessor's interest in Vinnolit Kunstoff GmbH and Vintron GmbH while the net proceeds of $139 million in the same period last year represented the net proceeds from the sale of the acrylates business. Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment decreased to $86 million from $94 million in 2004.

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Financing Activities

Net cash from financing activities decreased to a cash inflow of $168 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to a cash inflow of $2,455 million in the same period last year. The cash inflow in 2004 primarily reflected higher net proceeds from borrowings in connection with the acquisition of CAG. Major financing activities for 2005 are as follows:


•	Borrowings under the term loan facility of $1,135 million.


•	Distribution to Series B shareholders of $804 million.


•	Redemption and related premiums of the senior subordinated notes of $572 million and senior discount notes of $207 million.


•	Proceeds from the issuances of common stock, net of $752 million and preferred stock, net of $233 million.


•	Repayment of floating rate term loan, including related premium, of $354 million.

Refer to the Liquidity Section for more information.

Liquidity

Our contractual obligations, commitments and debt service requirements over the next several years are significant and are substantially higher than historical amounts. Our primary source of liquidity will continue to be cash generated from operations as well as existing cash on hand. We believe we will have available resources to meet both our short-term and long-term liquidity requirements, including debt service. If our cash flow from operations is insufficient to fund our debt service and other obligations, we may be forced to use other means available to us such as to increase our borrowings under our lines of credit, reduce or delay capital expenditures, seek additional capital or seek to restructure or refinance our indebtedness.

In January 2005, we completed an initial public offering of Series A common stock and received net proceeds of approximately $752 million after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses of $48 million. Concurrently, the Company received net proceeds of $233 million from the offering of its convertible preferred stock and borrowed an additional $1,135 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities. A portion of the proceeds of the share offerings were used to redeem $188 million of senior discount notes and $521 million of senior subordinated notes, which excludes early redemption premiums of $19 million and $51 million, respectively. We also used a portion of the proceeds from additional borrowings under our senior credit facilities to repay our $350 million floating rate term loan, which excludes a $4 million early redemption premium, and used $200 million of the proceeds as the primary financing for the acquisition of the Vinamul emulsion business.

On April 7, 2005, we used the remaining proceeds to pay a special cash dividend to holders of the Company's Series B common stock of $804 million. Upon payment of the $804 million dividend, all of the outstanding shares of Celanese Series B common stock converted automatically to shares of Celanese Series A common stock. In addition, we may use the available sources of liquidity to purchase the remaining outstanding shares of Celanese AG.

As a result of the offerings in January 2005, we now have $240 million aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding preferred stock. Holders of the preferred stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if, declared by our board of directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends at the rate of 4.25% per annum (or $1.06 per share) of liquidation preference, payable quarterly in arrears, which commenced on May 1, 2005. Dividends on the preferred stock are cumulative from the date of initial issuance. This dividend is expected to result in an annual dividend payment of $10 million. Accumulated but unpaid dividends accumulate at an annual rate of 4.25%. The preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time into shares of our Series A common stock at a conversion rate of 1.25 shares of our Series A common stock per $25.00 liquidation preference of the preferred stock. As of August 11, 2005 the Company has paid $5 million in aggregate dividends on its preferred stock.

During July 2005, our board of directors adopted a policy of declaring, subject to legally available funds, a quarterly cash dividend on each share of our Series A common stock at an annual rate initially equal to approximately 1% of the $16.00 initial public offering price per share of our Series A common stock (or $0.16 per share) unless our board of directors in its sole discretion determines otherwise. On August 11, 2005 the first such cash dividend payment of $0.04 per share ($6 million) on the Company's Series A common stock was made. Based upon the number of outstanding shares as of June 30, 2005, the anticipated annual cash dividend payment is $25 million. However, there is no assurance that sufficient cash or surplus will be available to pay such dividend.

As of June 30, 2005, the Company had total debt of $3,393 million and cash and cash equivalents of $959 million. Net debt (total debt less cash and cash equivalents) decreased to $2,434 million from $2,549 million as of December 31, 2004 due to an increase in cash and cash equivalents of $121 million primarily from cash provided from operations.

The Company is in compliance with all of its covenant agreements as of June 30, 2005.

Contractual Obligations. The following table sets forth our fixed contractual debt obligations as of June 30, 2005:


Fixed Contractual Debt Obligations	Total		Remaining 2005		2006-2007		2008- 2009		2010 and thereafter
	(in $ millions)
Senior Credit Facilities — Term Loans Facility		1,725		9		34		33		1,649
Senior Subordinated Notes⁽¹⁾		953		—		—		—		953
Senior Discount Notes⁽²⁾		554		—		—		—		554
Other Debt⁽³⁾		354		94		41		22		197
Total Fixed Contractual Debt Obligations		3,586		103		75		55		3,353


(1)	Does not include $4 million of premium on the $225 million of the senior subordinated notes issued July 1, 2004.


(2)	Reflects the accreted value of the notes at maturity.


(3)	Does not include $2 million purchase accounting adjustment resulting from acquisition of CAG.

Senior Credit Facilities. As of June 30, 2005, the senior credit facilities of $2,553 million consist of a term loan facility, a revolving credit facility, and a credit-linked revolving facility.

Subsequent to the consummation of the initial public offering in January 2005, we entered into amended and restated senior credit facilities which increased the term facility. The terms of the amended and restated senior credit facilities are substantially similar to the terms of our immediately previous senior credit facilities. As of June 30, 2005, the term loan facility had a balance of $1,725 million (including approximately €275 million), which matures in 2011. In addition, there was a $242 million delayed draw facility which expired unutilized in July 2005.

In January 2005, the revolving credit facility was increased from $380 million to $600 million under the amended and restated senior credit facilities. The $228 million credit-linked revolving facility, which matures in 2009, includes borrowing capacity available for letters of credit. As of July 31, 2005, there were $226 million of letters of credit issued under the credit-linked revolving facility. As of July 31, 2005, there was $58 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. As of July 31, 2005, $544 million remained available for borrowing under the revolving credit facilities (taking into account letters of credit issued under the credit-linked revolving facility).

Senior Subordinated Notes. In February 2005, we used approximately $521 million of the net proceeds of the offering of our Series A common stock to redeem a portion of the senior subordinated notes and $51 million to pay the premium associated with the early redemption. As of June 30, 2005, the senior subordinated notes, excluding $4 million of premiums, consist of $796 million of 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 and €130 million of 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

due 2014. All of BCP Crystal's U.S. domestic, wholly owned subsidiaries that guarantee BCP Crystal's obligations under the senior credit facilities guarantee the senior subordinated notes on an unsecured senior subordinated basis.

Senior Discount Notes. In September 2004, Crystal LLC and Crystal US Sub 3 Corp., a subsidiary of Crystal LLC, issued $853 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of their senior discount notes due 2014 consisting of $163 million principal amount at maturity of their 10% Series A senior discount notes due 2014 and $690 million principal amount at maturity of their 10½% Series B Senior Discount Notes due 2014 (collectively, the "senior discount notes"). The gross proceeds of the offering were $513 million. Approximately $500 million of the proceeds were distributed to the Company's Original Shareholders, with the remaining proceeds used to pay fees associated with the refinancing. Until October 1, 2009, interest on the senior discount notes will accrue in the form of an increase in the accreted value of such notes. Cash interest on the senior discount notes will accrue commencing on October 1, 2009 and be payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1. In February 2005, we used approximately $37 million of the net proceeds of the offering of our Series A common stock to redeem a portion of the Series A senior discount notes and $151 million to redeem a portion of the Series B senior discount notes and $19 million to pay the premium associated with the early redemption. As of June 30, 2005, there were $554 million aggregate principal amount at maturity outstanding, consisting of $106 million principal amount at maturity of their 10% Series A senior discount notes due 2014 and $448 million principal amount at maturity of their 10½% Series B Senior Discount Notes due 2014.

Other Debt. Other debt of $354 million, which does not includes a $2 million reduction under purchase accounting, is primarily made up of fixed rate pollution control and industrial revenue bonds, short-term borrowings from affiliated companies and capital lease obligations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

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

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 5 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q for discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of the Company's consolidated financial statements requires management to apply accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America to the Company's specific circumstances and make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

There have been no material revisions to the critical accounting policies as filed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the nine months ended December 31, 2004 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2005.

During the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company recorded asset impairments primarily consisting of revised estimates related to the Company's decision to divest its COC business. The Company also increased goodwill by $20 million associated with purchase accounting adjustments related to the acquisition of CAG.

Forward-Looking Statements May Prove Inaccurate

This Quarterly Report contains 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. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our strategies, plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, expenditures, and assumptions and other

statements contained in this prospectus that are not historical facts. When used in this document, words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan" and "project" and similar expressions, as they relate to us are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events, are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate.

Many factors could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future 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, 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 fuel oil, natural gas, coal, electricity and petrochemicals such as ethylene, propylene and butane, including changes in production quotas in OPEC countries and the deregulation of the natural gas transmission industry in Europe;


•	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 and expansions;


•	the ability to reduce production costs and improve productivity by implementing technological improvements to existing plants;


•	the existence of temporary industry surplus production capacity resulting from the integration and start-up of new world-scale plants;


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


•	the ability to develop, introduce and market innovative products, product grades and applications, particularly in the Ticona and Performance Products segments of our business;


•	changes in the degree of patent and other legal protection afforded to our products;


•	compliance costs and potential disruption or interruption of production due to accidents or other unforeseen events or delays in construction of facilities;


•	potential liability for remedial actions under existing or future environmental regulations;


•	potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation, 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;


•	changes in the composition or restructuring of us or our subsidiaries and the successful completion of acquisitions, divestitures and venture activities;


•	pending or future challenges to the Domination Agreement; and


•	various other factors, both referenced and not referenced in this document.

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.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Market risk for our Company has not changed significantly from the foreign exchange, interest rate, and commodity risks disclosed in Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, with the exception of the following:

The Company entered into an interest rate swap with a notional amount of $300 million to reduce its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates associated with a portion of the term loans borrowed under our senior credit facilities. This interest rate swap was designated as a cash flow hedge. The fair value of the swap as of June 30, 2005 was a liability of $12 million, which includes accrued interest of $4 million.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

On March 30, 2005, we received a letter from KPMG LLP ("KPMG"), our independent auditors, in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of and for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, which identified two material weaknesses in our internal controls for the same period, both of which continued during the period covered by this Quarterly Report. The first material weakness related to several deficiencies in the assessment of hedge effectiveness and documentation. The required adjustments were made in the proper accounting period, except for one hedging transaction adjusted during the period covered by this Quarterly Report. We do not believe that these adjustments had any material impact on previously reported financial information. The second material weakness related to conditions preventing our ability to adequately research, document, review and draw conclusions on accounting and reporting matters, which had previously resulted in adjustments that had to be recorded to prevent our financial statements from being materially misleading. The conditions largely related to significant increases in the frequency of, and the limited amount of time and technical accounting resources available to address, complex accounting matters and transactions and as a result of the consummation of simultaneous debt and equity offerings during the year-end closing process. In response to the letter from KPMG with respect to the first material weakness identified above, during the period covered by our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, we organized a team responsible for the identification and documentation of potential derivative accounting transactions and commenced formal training for team members specifically related to derivative accounting. In addition, with respect to the second material weakness identified above, during the six-month period ended June 30, 2005, we endeavored to ensure that adequate time was made available for company personnel to adequately research, document, review and conclude on accounting and reporting matters and to increase accounting resources. Despite our efforts, conditions relating to the material weaknesses identified above continued during the period covered by this Quarterly Report. We are continuing our efforts to implement these initiatives, which have materially affected and are reasonably likely to affect materially our internal controls over financial reporting.

Celanese, under the supervision and with the participation of Celanese's management, including the chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO), performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of Celanese's "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "34 Act")) as of June 30, 2005. Disclosure controls and procedures are defined as controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the 34 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Based on this evaluation, and as a result of the material weakness that was identified and continued during the period covered by this Quarterly Report, Celanese's CEO and CFO concluded that, as of June 30, 2005, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, Celanese's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective for gathering, analyzing and disclosing the material information Celanese is required to disclose in the reports it files under the 34 Act, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Except as discussed above, there have been no changes in Celanese's "internal controls over financial reporting" (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 34 Act) during the period covered by this Quarterly Report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are involved in a number of legal proceedings, lawsuits and claims incidental to the normal conduct of our business, relating to such matters as product liability, antitrust, past waste disposal practices and release of chemicals into the environment. While it is impossible at this time to determine with certainty the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, lawsuits and claims, management believes that adequate provisions have been made and that the ultimate outcomes will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, but may have a material adverse effect on the results of operations or cash flows in any given accounting period. See also Note 12 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Plumbing Actions

No material developments regarding this matter, previously reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months' ended March 31, 2005, occurred during the second quarter of 2005. For a summary of the history and current status of these matters, see Note 12 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Sorbates Antitrust Actions

No material developments regarding this matter, previously reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, occurred during the second quarter of 2005, except as set forth below. For a summary of the history and current status of these matters, see Note 12 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2005, Hoechst, Nutrinova, and other subsidiaries, as well as other sorbates manufacturers entered into a settlement agreement with the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, South Carolina, Oregon and Washington. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the defendants agreed to refrain from engaging in anticompetitive conduct with respect to the sale or distribution of sorbates and pay an immaterial amount to the states in satisfaction of all released claims.

Acetic Acid Patent Infringement Matters

No material developments regarding this matter, previously reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, occurred during the second quarter of 2005. For a summary of the history and current status of this matter, see Note 12 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Shareholder Litigation

During August 2004, nine actions were brought by minority shareholders against CAG in the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht), all of which were consolidated in September 2004.

Several minority shareholders joined these proceedings via a third party intervention in support of the plaintiffs. The Purchaser has joined the proceedings via a third party intervention in support of CAG.

extraordinary general meeting. The Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) has suspended the proceedings regarding the resolutions passed at the July 30-31, 2004 extraordinary general meeting described above as long as the lawsuits contesting the confirmatory resolutions are pending. In addition, on May 9, 2005, one minority shareholder brought forward an additional action with the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) and requested the court rule that the shareholder resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting on July 30-31, 2004 were void based on allegations that certain formal requirements necessary in connection with the invitation to the extraordinary general meeting had been related. This action has not been suspended.

Further, on August 2, 2004, two minority shareholders instituted public register proceedings
with each of the Königstein Local Court (Amtsgericht) and the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht), both with a view to have the registration of the Domination Agreement in the Commercial Register deleted (Amtslöschungsverfahren). These actions are based on an alleged violation of procedural requirements at the extraordinary general meeting, an alleged undercapitalization of the Purchaser and Blackstone and an alleged misuse of discretion by the competent court with respect to the registration of the Domination Agreement in the Commercial Register. In April 2005, the court of appeals rejected the demand by one shareholder for injunctive relief, and in June 2005 the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht) ruled that it does not have jurisdiction over this matter. The claims in the Königstein Local Court (Amtsgericht) are still pending.

Based upon information available as of the date of this document, the outcome of the foregoing proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. Except for certain challenges on limited grounds, the time period to bring forward challenges has expired.

The amounts of the fair cash compensation (Abfindung) and of the guaranteed fixed annual payment (Ausgleich) offered under the Domination Agreement may be increased in special award proceedings (Spruchverfahren) initiated by minority shareholders, which may further reduce the funds the Purchaser can otherwise make available to us. Several minority shareholders of CAG initiated special award proceedings seeking the court's review of the amounts of the fair cash compensation (Abfindung) and of the guaranteed fixed annual payment (Ausgleich) offered under the Domination Agreement. As a result of these proceedings, the amount of the fair cash consideration and the guaranteed fixed annual payment offered under the Domination Agreement could be increased by the court so that all minority shareholders, including those who have already tendered their shares into the mandatory offer and have received the fair cash compensation could claim the respective higher amounts. This could reduce the funds the Purchaser can make available to Celanese and its subsidiaries and, accordingly, diminish our ability to make payments on our indebtedness. However, the court dismissed all of these proceedings in March 2005 on the grounds of inadmissibility. The dismissal has been appealed.

In February 2005, a minority shareholder also brought a lawsuit against the Purchaser, as well as a former member of CAG's board of management and a former member of CAG's supervisory board, in the Frankfurt District Court (Landgericht). Among other things, this action seeks to unwind the tender of the plaintiff's shares in the Tender Offer and seeks compensation for damages suffered as a consequence of tendering shares in the Tender Offer. The court ruled against the plaintiff in this matter in June 2005. The plaintiff appealed this decision with respect to the Purchaser and the former member of the CAG board of management; however, with respect to the former member of the CAG supervisory board, the plaintiff has accepted the court's ruling.

Based upon the information as available, the outcome of the foregoing proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty.

Other Matters

As of June 30, 2005, Celanese Ltd. and/or CNA Holdings, Inc., both our U.S. subsidiaries, are defendants in approximately 680 asbestos cases. Because many of these cases involve numerous plaintiffs, we are subject to claims significantly in excess of the number of actual cases. We have reserves for defense costs related to claims arising from these matters. We believe we do not have any significant exposure in these matters.

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

On April 7, 2005, the Company issued 99,377,884 shares of Series A common stock to the holders of Series B common stock upon the conversion of such Series B common stock into Series A common stock. The conversion, which was in accordance with the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, did not involve a public offering and was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The 2005 annual meeting of shareholders of Celanese was held on June 1, 2005. At that annual meeting, each of the following directors was elected to serve a three-year term to expire at the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders: Dr. Hanns Ostmeier, James Quella and Daniel S. Sanders. The terms of the following directors continued after the 2005 annual meeting: John M. Ballbach, James Barlett, Chinh E. Chu, Benjamin J. Jenkins, Dr. William H. Joyce, Anjan Mukherjee, Paul H. O'Neill, and David N. Weidman.

Matters Submitted
For Shareholder Vote

For

Against

Withheld

Abstentions

Broker
Non-Votes

1. Election of Class I Directors:

Dr. Hanns Ostmeier

37,339,958

N/A

8,460,924

N/A

James Quella

37,232,370

N/A

8,568,512

N/A

Daniel S. Sanders

43,227,004

N/A

2,573,878

N/A

2.    Ratification of KPMG LLP as
        the Company's independent
        registered public accounting firm
        for the fiscal year ending
        December 31, 2005

44,671,533

1,116,349

N/A

13,000

N/A


	N/A — Not Applicable

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit Number				Description
3.1				Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32410) filed with the SEC on January 28, 2005)
3.2				Amended and Restated By-laws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333 - ) filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005).
3.3				Certificate of Designations of Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32410) filed with the SEC on January 28, 2005)
4.1				Form of certificate of Series A common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-120187) (the "Form S-1") filed with the SEC on January 19, 2005)


Exhibit Number				Description
4.2				Form of certificate of Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 5 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on January 13, 2005)
4.3				Second Amended and Restated Shareholders' Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2005, among Celanese Corporation, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 1, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 2, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 3 and BA Capital Investors Sidecar Fund, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K (File No. 001-32410) filed with the SEC on January 28, 2005)
4.4				Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 26, 2005, among Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 1, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 2, Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 3, BA Capital Investors Sidecar Fund, L.P. and Celanese Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K (File No. 001-32410) filed with the SEC on January 28, 2005)
10.1				Offer letter agreement, effective as of April 1, 2005, between David A. Loeser and Celanese Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 16, 2005)
10.2				Offer letter agreement, effective as of April 18, 2005, between Curtis S. Shaw and Celanese Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 16, 2005)
12				Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges (filed herewith)
31.1				Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
31.2				Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
32.1				Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
32.2				Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)

PLEASE NOTE: It is inappropriate for readers to assume the accuracy of, or rely upon any covenants, representations or warranties that may be contained in agreements or other documents filed as Exhibits to, or incorporated by reference in, this Quarterly Report. Any such covenants, representations or warranties may have been qualified or superseded by disclosures contained in separate schedules or exhibits not filed with or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report, may reflect the parties' negotiated risk allocation in the particular transaction, may be qualified by materiality standards that differ from those applicable for securities law purposes, and may not be true as of the date of this Quarterly Report or any other date and may be subject to waivers by any or all of the parties. Where exhibits and schedules to agreements filed or incorporated by reference as Exhibits hereto are not included in these exhibits, such exhibits and schedules to agreements are not included or incorporated by reference herein.

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/ David N. Weidman
								Name: David N. Weidman Title: President and Chief Executive Officer Date: August 12, 2005
				By:				/s/ Corliss J. Nelson
								Name: Corliss J. Nelson Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) Date: August 12, 2005

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