0001306830-23-000068 4 1 20230503 20230505 20230505 Brown William M 0001350633 4 34 001-32410 23894393 HARRIS CORPORATION 1025 W NASA BOULEVARD MELBOURNE FL 32919 Celanese Corp 0001306830 2820 980420726 DE 1231 222 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N IRVING TX 75039-5421 972-443-4000 222 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N IRVING TX 75039-5421 Celanese CORP 20041102 Blackstone Crystal Holdings Capital Partners (Cayman) IV Ltd. 20041022 4 1 wf-form4_168331869056788.xml FORM 4 FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL ? Check this box OMB Number: if no longer UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 3235-0287 subject to Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated Section 16. Form STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF average burden 4 or Form 5 SECURITIES hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). 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 Brown William M Celanese Corp [ CE ] Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest 10% Owner C/O CELANESE CORPORATION, 222 W Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) _____ Officer (give title LAS COLINAS BLVD, SUITE 900N 5/3/2023 below) _____ Other (specify below) (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or IRVING, TX 75039 Original Filed Joint/Group Filing (Check (MM/DD/YYYY) Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication ? Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed Code Acquired (A) or Securities Form: Direct Indirect Execution (Instr. 8) Disposed of (D) Beneficially (D) or Indirect Beneficial Date, if (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Following (I) (Instr. 4) Ownership any Reported (Instr. 4) Transaction(s) (A) (Instr. 3 and or 4) Code V Amount (D) Price Common Stock 5/3/2023 D 1098 D (1) 103 D Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. 3. Trans. Date 3A. 4. Trans. 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Deemed Code Derivative and Expiration Date of Securities of derivative Ownership of Security or Execution (Instr. 8) Securities Underlying Derivative Derivative Securities Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise Date, if Acquired (A) or Security Security Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Price of any Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Owned Security: Ownership Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 and Following Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Security 5) Reported or Transaction(s) Indirect Date Expiration Amount or (Instr. 4) (I) Exercisable Date Title Number of (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Shares Phantom Stock (2) 5/3/2023 A 1098 (3) (3) Common 1098.0 $0 12406.591 D Stock Explanation of Responses: (1) Upon vesting of 1,098 Restricted Stock Units granted to the reporting person on May 3, 2022, the reporting person deferred the receipt of 1,098 shares of Common Stock and received instead 1,098 shares of phantom stock pursuant to the Company's 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). As a result, the reporting person is reporting the disposition of 1,098 shares of Common Stock in exchange for an equal number of shares of phantom stock. (2) Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock. (3) As provided in the Plan, the reported phantom stock becomes payable in shares of Common Stock upon termination of the reporting person's service as a director of the Company subject to certain restrictions and limitations. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Brown William M C/O CELANESE CORPORATION X 222 W LAS COLINAS BLVD, SUITE 900N IRVING, TX 75039 Signatures /s/ Adam R. Santosuosso, Attorney-in-Fact for William M. 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