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<a name="s3B319F205F30178D3F651BBA954F6227"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Current Report</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">April 18, 2012</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold;">CELANESE CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 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Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Retirement Policy</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">On April 18, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Celanese Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) adopted a retirement policy affecting equity awards (the &#8220;Retirement Policy&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Retirement Policy is effective immediately, applies to all Company employees holding certain equity awards, which includes all of the Company's named executive officers, and will be implemented by amendments to such outstanding awards and will be included in future equity award agreements.&#160; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Retirement Policy provides that, upon the voluntary resignation or retirement of an employee who has attained the age of 55 and who has 10 years or more of service with the Company and its subsidiaries (the &#8220;Retirement&#8221;), in lieu of a forfeiture of unvested equity awards upon Retirement, a portion of the unvested equity awards will become vested as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:14px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:18px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">for stock options (&#8220;Stock Options&#8221;), a prorated portion based on the time between the grant date and Retirement for each vesting period will vest on the normal vesting schedule after Retirement, and such Stock Options will be exercisable  after vesting for the original remaining term of the Stock Option, subject to applicable hold requirements included in the award agreement, which will continue to apply.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:14px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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The Retirement Policy will apply to any annual grants of Stock Options, Time RSUs and Performance RSUs granted on and after October 1, 2010 as well as any new hire equity grants, but will not apply to retention or other off-cycle awards.  As a condition to the receipt of prorated vesting under the Retirement Policy, the employee must agree in connection with Retirement to two-year non-compete and non-solicitation covenants, in addition to any other obligations the employee may have to the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Douglas M. Madden and Jay C. Townsend are the only named executive officers of the Company who currently are eligible or will become eligible to retire from the Company during the vesting cycle of outstanding equity awards and obtain the benefits of the Retirement Policy.  As a result of separate retirement provisions included in the offer letter for Mark C. Rohr, the Company's new chairman and chief executive officer, the Retirement Policy will not apply to his awards. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:20px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">2009 Global Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated April 19, 2012</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">At the Company's 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 19, 2012, the stockholders approved certain amendments to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2009 GIP&#8221;).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The stockholders approved an increase of 8 million shares to the number of shares that may be issued under the 2009 GIP in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights (the &#8220;SARs&#8221;), restricted stock, restricted stock units (the &#8220;RSUs&#8221;) and other stock-based awards and other amendments including, but not limited to, the following (collectively, the &#8220;Amendments&#8221;): </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s3B319F205F30178D3F651BBA954F6227"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:14px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">re-approval of the performance measures and individual award limits for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and streamlined provisions concerning incentive bonuses;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:14px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">extension of the expiration date of the 2009 GIP until April 19, 2022 (10 years from the amended effective date);</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:14px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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and</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:14px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">update and clarification of performance-based compensation provisions, including expansion of the qualifying performance criteria. </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Amendments were approved by the Company's Board of Directors on February 9, 2012, subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders.  The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2009 GIP filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and the discussion of the Amendments on pages 18 to 29 in the Company's 2012 Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement filed on Schedule 14A with the SEC on March 9, 2012, which are incorporated herein by reference. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">On April&#160;19, 2012, the Company held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. During the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon four proposals: (1)&#160;election of  three Class&#160;II Directors and one Class III Director to the Company's Board of Directors to serve for terms that expire at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2015 and 2013, respectively, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2)&#160;advisory vote to approve executive compensation; (3) approval of amendments to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan; and (4) ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">As of the record date of February&#160;21, 2012, there were 156,805,630 shares of the Company&#8217;s Series A Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to be voted at the 2012 Annual Meeting, if represented. 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Election of Directors.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;Each of the Director nominees for Class II and Class III was elected to serve for a term which expires at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2015 and 2013, respectively, by the votes set forth in the table below.&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:93.97810218978103%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="9"></td></tr><tr><td width="21%"></td><td width="1%"></td><td width="19%"></td><td width="1%"></td><td width="19%"></td><td width="1%"></td><td width="17%"></td><td width="1%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:top;">&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;">Nominee</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Voted For</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Voted Against</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Abstain</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Broker Non-Votes</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:11pt;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Class II Directors</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">:</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">James E. 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Peacock III&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Title:&#160;&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Date: April&#160;23, 2012</font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s3B319F205F30178D3F651BBA954F6227"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit Index</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;</font><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:96.8978102189781%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="11%"></td><td width="89%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Exhibit </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Number</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">10.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Celanese Corporation 2009 Global Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated, April 19, 2012</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Press Release dated April 23, 2012*</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">* The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; 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Form 8-K April 19, 2012
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
April 18, 2012
CELANESE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
001-32410
98-0420726
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
222 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 900N, Irving, Texas 75039-5421
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(972) 443-4000
1601 West LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75234-6034
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report):
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e)
Retirement Policy
On April 18, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Celanese Corporation (the "Company") adopted a retirement policy affecting equity awards (the "Retirement Policy").  The Retirement Policy is effective immediately, applies to all Company employees holding certain equity awards, which includes all of the Company's named executive officers, and will be implemented by amendments to such outstanding awards and will be included in future equity award agreements.
The Retirement Policy provides that, upon the voluntary resignation or retirement of an employee who has attained the age of 55 and who has 10 years or more of service with the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Retirement"), in lieu of a forfeiture of unvested equity awards upon Retirement, a portion of the unvested equity awards will become vested as follows:
•
for stock options ("Stock Options"), a prorated portion based on the time between the grant date and Retirement for each vesting period will vest on the normal vesting schedule after Retirement, and such Stock Options will be exercisable  after vesting for the original remaining term of the Stock Option, subject to applicable hold requirements included in the award agreement, which will continue to apply.
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for time vesting restricted stock units (the "Time RSUs"), a prorated portion based on the time between the grant date and Retirement for each vesting period will vest on the normal vesting schedule after Retirement, with settlement to occur as otherwise provided in the award agreement, subject to applicable hold requirements included in the award agreement, which will continue to apply.
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for performance vesting restricted stock units (the "Performance RSUs"), a prorated portion of the target award based on the time between the grant date and Retirement will vest on the normal vesting schedule after Retirement, with settlement to occur as provided in the award agreement, subject to adjustment for the performance features and further subject to applicable hold requirements included in the award agreement, which will continue to apply.
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for other equity awards, a similar adjustment would be made.
The portion of Stock Options, Time RSUs and Performance RSUs that are not vested by reason of the Retirement Policy will be forfeited as of the Retirement Date.  The Retirement Policy will apply to any annual grants of Stock Options, Time RSUs and Performance RSUs granted on and after October 1, 2010 as well as any new hire equity grants, but will not apply to retention or other off-cycle awards.  As a condition to the receipt of prorated vesting under the Retirement Policy, the employee must agree in connection with Retirement to two-year non-compete and non-solicitation covenants, in addition to any other obligations the employee may have to the Company.
Douglas M. Madden and Jay C. Townsend are the only named executive officers of the Company who currently are eligible or will become eligible to retire from the Company during the vesting cycle of outstanding equity awards and obtain the benefits of the Retirement Policy.  As a result of separate retirement provisions included in the offer letter for Mark C. Rohr, the Company's new chairman and chief executive officer, the Retirement Policy will not apply to his awards.
2009 Global Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated April 19, 2012
At the Company's 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 19, 2012, the stockholders approved certain amendments to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan (the "2009 GIP").
The stockholders approved an increase of 8 million shares to the number of shares that may be issued under the 2009 GIP in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights (the "SARs"), restricted stock, restricted stock units (the "RSUs") and other stock-based awards and other amendments including, but not limited to, the following (collectively, the "Amendments"):
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re-approval of the performance measures and individual award limits for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and streamlined provisions concerning incentive bonuses;
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extension of the expiration date of the 2009 GIP until April 19, 2022 (10 years from the amended effective date);
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addition of a definition of "change in control";
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clarification of share usage and recycling rules consistent with the Company's practices;
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clarification and consolidation of provisions regarding no repricing of options or SARs;
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clarification that no dividend equivalents may be paid on performance-vesting restricted stock or RSU awards prior to satisfaction of such performance criteria; and
•
update and clarification of performance-based compensation provisions, including expansion of the qualifying performance criteria.
The Amendments were approved by the Company's Board of Directors on February 9, 2012, subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders.  The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2009 GIP filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and the discussion of the Amendments on pages 18 to 29 in the Company's 2012 Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement filed on Schedule 14A with the SEC on March 9, 2012, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 19, 2012, the Company held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. During the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon four proposals: (1) election of  three Class II Directors and one Class III Director to the Company's Board of Directors to serve for terms that expire at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2015 and 2013, respectively, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) advisory vote to approve executive compensation; (3) approval of amendments to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan; and (4) ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.
As of the record date of February 21, 2012, there were 156,805,630 shares of the Company's Series A Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to be voted at the 2012 Annual Meeting, if represented. For each proposal, the stockholder voting results were as follows:
1.   Election of Directors.
Each of the Director nominees for Class II and Class III was elected to serve for a term which expires at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2015 and 2013, respectively, by the votes set forth in the table below.
Nominee
Voted For
Voted Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Class II Directors
:
James E. Barlett
132,146,786
3,344,839
36,931
8,272,622
David F. Hoffmeister
132,149,447
3,341,528
37,581
8,272,622
Paul H. O'Neill
135,122,785
369,338
36,433
8,272,622
Class III Director:
Jay V. Ihlenfeld
134,532,049
956,754
39,753
8,272,622
2.   Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation.
The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below.
Voted For
Voted Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
130,433,034
4,726,816
368,706
8,272,622
3.   Amendments to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan.
The stockholders approved the amendments to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan by the votes set forth in the table below.
Voted For
Voted Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
130,811,417
4,684,330
32,809
8,272,622
4.   Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2012 was ratified by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below.
Voted For
Voted Against
Abstain
141,376,000
2,413,322
11,856
The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP was a routine matter and, therefore, there were no broker non-votes relating to this matter.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 23, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had approved a 25% increase in the Company's quarterly common stock cash dividend.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 7.01 disclosure.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
Celanese Corporation 2009 Global Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated April 19, 2012
99.1
Press Release dated April 23, 2012*
* The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing. The disclosure in Item 7.01 of this Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in such item in this Current Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
CELANESE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James R. Peacock III
Name:
James R. Peacock III
Title:
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary
Date: April 23, 2012
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
Celanese Corporation 2009 Global Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated, April 19, 2012
99.1
Press Release dated April 23, 2012*
* The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing. The disclosure in Item 7.01 of this Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in such item in this Current Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.