0001005477-05-003482 3 1 20050930 20051005 20051005 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 Sterin Steven 0001340482 3 34 001-32410 051125981 972 443 4000 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS TX 75234 3 1 edgar123.xml FORM 3 FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB Number: Washington, D.C. 20549 3235-0104 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF Estimated SECURITIES average burden hours per response... 0.5 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. Date of Event 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Person * Requiring Symbol Sterin Steven Statement Celanese CORP [CE] (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/30/2005 (Last) (First) (Middle) 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check C/O CELANESE CORPORATION, 1601 W. all applicable) LBJ FREEWAY _____ Director _____ 10% Owner ___X___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice President & Controller / (Street) 5. If Amendment, 6. Individual or Joint/Group DALLAS, TX 75234 Date Original Filing(Check Applicable Line) (City) (State) (Zip) Filed(MM/DD/YYYY) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Securities Ownership Beneficial Ownership Beneficially Form: (Instr. 5) Owned Direct (Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivate Security 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount 4. 5. 6. Nature of (Instr. 4) and Expiration Date of Securities Conversion Ownership Indirect (MM/DD/YYYY) Underlying or Form of Beneficial Derivative Security Exercise Derivative Ownership (Instr. 4) Price of Security: (Instr. 5) Derivative Direct (D) Security or Indirect (I) Date Expiration Title Amount (Instr. 5) Exercisable Date or Number of Shares Explanation of Responses: Remarks: No securities beneficially owned. No securities are beneficially owned. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Sterin Steven C/O CELANESE CORPORATION Vice President & Controller 1601 W. LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS, TX 75234 Signatures /s/ Steven M. Sterin 9/30/2005 ** 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 5(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.