0001306830-20-000144 SD 2 13p-1 1.01 20191231 20200529 20200529 Celanese Corp 0001306830 2820 980420726 DE 1231 SD 34 001-32410 20924084 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 SD 1 a2019formsd.htm SD Document UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _______________________________________________________ Form SD Specialized Disclosure Report [[Image Removed: celogoa10a02.jpg]] CELANESE CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) (Commission File Number) 001-32410 Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of 98-0420726 Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 222 West Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 900N Irving TX (Address of Principal Executive 75039-5421 Offices) (Zip Code) Michael R. Sullivan Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary 222 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 900N Irving, TX 75039 (Name and address of agent for service) (972) 443-4000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies: x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report This Form SD of Celanese Corporation (the "Company") is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the "Rule") promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. The Rule provides that a company that manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, products for which the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products must conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding those specified minerals that is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the specified minerals originated in certain covered countries. The specified minerals are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, the "Conflict Minerals"). For purposes of the Rule, the "Covered Countries" are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. Certain of the Company's operations manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality of those products. Specifically, certain of the Conflict Minerals are component chemicals of catalysts used in the manufacture of certain of the Company's products. The Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding these Conflict Minerals. The good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and whether any of the Conflict Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. Based on this reasonable country of origin inquiry, the Company determined that the Conflict Minerals used in its catalysts did not originate in the Covered Countries. The Company's reasonable country of origin inquiry entailed (i) identifying the Company's suppliers of, and lessors that trade in, the Conflict Minerals used in the Company's catalysts and (ii) obtaining certifications or written confirmations from these suppliers and lessors, each of which indicated that the Conflict Minerals obtained by the Company from the seller or lessor did not originate in any Covered Country. This information is publicly available on our Sustainability website, https://www.celanese.com/Sustainability/Social under "Conflict Minerals". Item 1.02 Exhibit Omitted. Section 2 - Exhibits Item 2.01 Exhibits Omitted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ A. Lynne Puckett Name: A. Lynne Puckett Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Date: May 29, 2020