0001306830-05-000043 4/A 1 20050120 20050124 20050124 SANDERS DANIEL S 0001199342 4/A 34 001-32410 05545709 972-444-1000 C/O EXXON MOBIL CORP 5959 LAS COLINAS BLVD IRVING TX 75039-2298 Celanese CORP 0001306830 2810 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 4/A 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL [ ] Check this OMB Number: box 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 SANDERS DANIEL S Celanese CORP [ CE ] Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest 10% Owner C/O CELANESE CORPORATION, 1601 W. Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) _____ Officer (give title LBJ FREEWAY 1/20/2005 below) _____ Other (specify below) (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or DALLAS, TX 75234 Original Filed Joint/Group Filing (Check (City) (State) (Zip) (MM/DD/YYYY) Applicable Line) 1/24/2005 _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. 2A. 3. Trans. 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Trans. Deemed Code Acquired (A) or Securities Form: Direct Indirect Date Execution (Instr. 8) Disposed of (D) Beneficially (D) or Beneficial Date, if (Instr. 3, 4 and Owned Indirect (I) Ownership any 5) Following (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) (A) or Code V Amount (D) Price 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 of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Deemed Code Derivative and Expiration Date Securities Underlying of derivative Ownership of Security or Execution (Instr. 8) Securities 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 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 Non-Qualified Series A Stock Option $16 1/20/2005 A 24622 (1) 1/20/2015 Common 24622 $0 24622 D (Right to Buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: (1) Granted pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. The options vest with respect to 25% of the Option Shares on January 20, 2005, and subject to continued service as a director, with respect to 25% on each of December 31, 2005, December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2007. Remarks: This Amended Form 4 corrects the Title of Derivative Securities and the Transaction Code of the originally filed Form 4, and provides further details on the vesting schedule of the option grant. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other SANDERS DANIEL S C/O CELANESE CORPORATION X 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS, TX 75234 Signatures Mai-Anh Nguyen 1/24/2005 ** 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.