0001140361-10-005447 5 1 20091231 20100210 20100210 Townsend Jay 0001314817 5 34 001-32410 10589247 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS TX 75234 Celanese CORP 0001306830 2820 980420726 DE 1231 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS TX 75234 972-443-4000 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS TX 75234 Blackstone Crystal Holdings Capital Partners (Cayman) IV Ltd. 20041022 5 1 doc1.xml FORM 5 FORM 5 OMB APPROVAL [ ] Check this OMB Number: box if no longer 3235-0362 subject to Estimated Section 16. Form average burden 4 or Form 5 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION hours per obligations may Washington, D.C. 20549 response... 1.0 continue. See ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL Instruction OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1(b). [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 5. Relationship of Person * or Trading Symbol Reporting Person(s) to Townsend Jay Celanese CORP [CE] Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Statement for Issuer's below) _____ Other C/O CELANESE CORPORATION, 1601 Fiscal Year Ended (specify below) W. LBJ FREEWAY (MM/DD/YYYY) SVP, Strategy & Business 12/31/2009 Dev. (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or DALLAS, TX 75234 Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY) Joint/Group Filing(Check (City) (State) (Zip) Applicable Line) _X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. Code 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Securities Form: Direct Indirect Execution Disposed of (D) Beneficially (D) or Indirect Beneficial Date, if (Instr. 3, 4 and Owned Following (I) Ownership any 5) Reported (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) Transaction(s) (A) (Instr. 3 and or 4) Amount (D) Price Series A Common Stock 3/10/2009 G (1) 89352 D $0 0 D By JF Townsend Series A Common Stock 3/10/2009 G (1) 89352 A $0 89352 I Investments, LP Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. 3. 3A. 4. Trans. Code 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Trans. Deemed (Instr. 8) Derivative and Expiration Date Securities Underlying of Derivative Ownership of Security or Date Execution Securities (MM/DD/YYYY) Derivative Security Derivative Securities Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise Date, if Acquired (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Price of any Disposed of (D) (Instr. 5) Owned at End Security: Ownership Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 and of Issuer's Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Security 5) Fiscal Year or (Instr. 4) Indirect Date Expiration Amount or (I) Exercisable Date Title Number of (Instr. 4) (A) (D) Shares Explanation of Responses: (1) The reporting person transferred these shares to JF Townsend Investments, LP, a limited partnership. The reporting person and his wife each own a 50% interest in the sole general partner of JF Townsend Investments, LP, and each hold a 50% limited partnership interest in JF Townsend Investments, LP through a living trust for which the trustees are the reporting person and his wife. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Townsend Jay C/O CELANESE CORPORATION SVP, Strategy & Business 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY Dev. DALLAS, TX 75234 Signatures Robert L. Villasenor, Attorney-in-Fact for Jay Townsend 2/10/2010 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.