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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Celanese Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>98-0420726</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1601 West LBJ Freeway<BR>
Dallas, TX 75234-6034</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gjon N. Nivica, Jr.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
1601 West LBJ Freeway<BR>
Dallas, TX 75234-6034</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(972)&nbsp;443-4000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR>
Barbara L. Becker, Esq.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
200 Park Avenue<BR>
New York, NY 10166-0193<BR>
(212)&nbsp;351-4000</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (Check one):
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Celanese Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan
Obligations (2)
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,000,000</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
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    <TD>The Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations
of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of its
Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is filed by Celanese
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to obligations of
the Company to pay compensation deferred in accordance with the Company&#146;s Celanese Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Deferred Compensation Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act, and pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference
herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, containing audited financial statements for the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since December&nbsp;31, 2008, including the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2009; January 21, 2009; January&nbsp;26, 2009; February&nbsp;2, 2009; February&nbsp;12, 2009; March&nbsp;2,
2009; March&nbsp;10, 2009; March&nbsp;27, 2009; and April&nbsp;3, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the
information that the Company discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K
that it may from time to time furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission will be
incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s Exchange Act file number with the Commission is 001-32410.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Company provides its senior employees and directors with
the opportunity to elect to defer a portion of their base salary, bonus and director fees in
exchange for a future payment amount equal to their deferments plus or minus certain amounts based
upon the market performance of specified measurement funds selected by the participant. The
obligations of the Company under the Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan Obligations&#148;) are
unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay the compensation deferred in accordance with
the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, along with any amounts deemed credited or debited on
the deferrals, and the rights of the participants in the Deferred Compensation Plan shall be no
greater than those of unsecured general creditors of the Company. The Deferred Compensation Plan
may be amended, modified or terminated, except that no amendment, modification or termination shall
have any retroactive effect to decrease the value of a participant&#146;s vested account balance. Up to
$10,000,000 of Plan Obligations are being registered under this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate
the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breaches of directors&#146; fiduciary duties. The Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;) includes a provision that eliminates the
personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director, except for
liability:
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    <TD>for breach of duty of loyalty;</TD>
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    <TD>for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends or stock repurchases and
redemptions); or</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for transactions from which the director derived improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Third Amended and Restated By-laws (the
&#147;By-laws&#148;) provide that, except in limited circumstances, the Company must indemnify its directors
and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL and must pay in advance the expenses and
costs incurred by its directors and officers in defense of civil, criminal, administrative,
regulatory and investigative actions. The Company is authorized to carry directors&#146; and officers&#146;
insurance providing indemnification for its directors, officers and certain employees for some
liabilities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the Company&#146;s Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for
breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the
likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if
successful, might otherwise benefit the Company and its stockholders.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Not applicable.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28,
2005).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated By-laws, effective as of October&nbsp;23, 2008 (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
October&nbsp;29, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on February&nbsp;29, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment Number One to the Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (incorporated by reference from exhibit 5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">2. The Company hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to provisions and arrangements
that exist whereby the Company may indemnify such persons against liabilities arising under the
Securities Act, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 23<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">rd</SUP> day of April, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>CELANESE CORPORATION</B><BR>
(Registrant)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ David N. Weidman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">David N. Weidman<BR>
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Celanese Corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint David N. Weidman and Steven M. Sterin, and each of them acting alone, our true and lawful
attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our
capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our names
in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable
to enable said Registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration
Statement, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or
any of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements hereto and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done or have done or caused to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ David N. Weidman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive
Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David N. Weidman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Steven M. Sterin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steven M. Sterin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Christopher W. Jensen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate
Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Christopher W. Jensen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
James E. Barlett</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James E. Barlett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
David F. Hoffmeister</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David F. Hoffmeister
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Martin G. McGuinn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Martin G. McGuinn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Paul H. O&#146;Neill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul H. O&#146;Neill
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mark C. Rohr
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Daniel S. Sanders</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel S. Sanders
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Farah M. Walters</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Farah M. Walters
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
John K. Wulff</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John K. Wulff
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28,
2005).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated By-laws, effective as of October&nbsp;23, 2008 (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
October&nbsp;29, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on February&nbsp;29, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment Number One to the Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Celanese Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
98-0420726
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1601 West LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75234-6034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Gjon N. Nivica, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
1601 West LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75234-6034
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 443-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Barbara L. Becker, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
(212) 351-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered
Share (1)
Offering Price (1)
Registration Fee (1)
Celanese Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan
Obligations (2)
$
10,000,000
100
%
$
10,000,000
$
558.00
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act.
(2)
The Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations
of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of its
Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-10.2
EX-23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is filed by Celanese
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), relating to obligations of
the Company to pay compensation deferred in accordance with the Company's Celanese Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act, and pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference
herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a)
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, containing audited financial statements for the Company's fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on February 13, 2009; and
(b)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since December 31, 2008, including the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January 6, 2009; January 21, 2009; January 26, 2009; February 2, 2009; February 12, 2009; March 2,
2009; March 10, 2009; March 27, 2009; and April 3, 2009.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the
information that the Company discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K
that it may from time to time furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission will be
incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.
Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
The Company's Exchange Act file number with the Commission is 001-32410.
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Item 4. Description of Securities
Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Company provides its senior employees and directors with
the opportunity to elect to defer a portion of their base salary, bonus and director fees in
exchange for a future payment amount equal to their deferments plus or minus certain amounts based
upon the market performance of specified measurement funds selected by the participant. The
obligations of the Company under the Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan Obligations") are
unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay the compensation deferred in accordance with
the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, along with any amounts deemed credited or debited on
the deferrals, and the rights of the participants in the Deferred Compensation Plan shall be no
greater than those of unsecured general creditors of the Company. The Deferred Compensation Plan
may be amended, modified or terminated, except that no amendment, modification or termination shall
have any retroactive effect to decrease the value of a participant's vested account balance. Up to
$10,000,000 of Plan Obligations are being registered under this Registration Statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate
the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breaches of directors' fiduciary duties. The Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") includes a provision that eliminates the
personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director, except for
liability:
•
for breach of duty of loyalty;
•
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or
knowing violation of law;
•
under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends or stock repurchases and
redemptions); or
•
for transactions from which the director derived improper personal benefit.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Third Amended and Restated By-laws (the
"By-laws") provide that, except in limited circumstances, the Company must indemnify its directors
and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL and must pay in advance the expenses and
costs incurred by its directors and officers in defense of civil, criminal, administrative,
regulatory and investigative actions. The Company is authorized to carry directors' and officers'
insurance providing indemnification for its directors, officers and certain employees for some
liabilities.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for
breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the
likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if
successful, might otherwise benefit the Company and its stockholders.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28,
2005).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated By-laws, effective as of October 23, 2008 (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
October 29, 2008).
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
10.1
Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, filed on February 29, 2008).
10.2
Amendment Number One to the Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (incorporated by reference from exhibit 5.1).
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Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
Item 9. Undertakings
1.
The Company hereby undertakes:
(a)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement;
(b)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
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(c)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
2. The Company hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to provisions and arrangements
that exist whereby the Company may indemnify such persons against liabilities arising under the
Securities Act, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 23
rd
day of April, 2009.
CELANESE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ David N. Weidman
David N. Weidman
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer)
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We, the undersigned officers and directors of Celanese Corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint David N. Weidman and Steven M. Sterin, and each of them acting alone, our true and lawful
attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our
capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our names
in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable
to enable said Registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration
Statement, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or
any of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements hereto and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done or have done or caused to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ David N. Weidman
Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 23, 2009
David N. Weidman
/s/
Steven M. Sterin
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 23, 2009
Steven M. Sterin
/s/
Christopher W. Jensen
Vice President and Corporate
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 23, 2009
Christopher W. Jensen
/s/
James E. Barlett
Director
April 23, 2009
James E. Barlett
/s/
David F. Hoffmeister
Director
April 23, 2009
David F. Hoffmeister
/s/
Martin G. McGuinn
Director
April 23, 2009
Martin G. McGuinn
/s/
Paul H. O'Neill
Director
April 23, 2009
Paul H. O'Neill
/s/ Mark C. Rohr
Director
April 23, 2009
Mark C. Rohr
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Name
Title
Date
/s/
Daniel S. Sanders
Director
April 23, 2009
Daniel S. Sanders
/s/
Farah M. Walters
Director
April 23, 2009
Farah M. Walters
/s/
John K. Wulff
Director
April 23, 2009
John K. Wulff
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28,
2005).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated By-laws, effective as of October 23, 2008 (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
October 29, 2008).
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
10.1
Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, filed on February 29, 2008).
10.2
Amendment Number One to the Celanese Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (incorporated by reference from exhibit 5.1).
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Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).