0001306830-24-000165 4 2 20240812 20240814 20240814 Rucker Kim K.W. 0001430329 4 34 001-32410 241208973 KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC. THREE LAKES DRIVE NORTHFIELD IL 60093 Celanese Corp 0001306830 2820 08 Industrial Applications and Services 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 wk-form4_1723668261.xml FORM 4 FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL ? Check this box OMB Number: if no longer 3235-0287 subject to Estimated Section 16. Form average burden 4 or Form 5 hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). ? Check this box UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION to indicate that Washington, D.C. 20549 a transaction STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF was made SECURITIES 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. 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 Rucker Kim K.W. 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 8/12/2024 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 Phantom Stock (1) 8/12/2024 A 46.146 (2) (2) Common 46.146 $125.19 8,299.08 D Stock Explanation of Responses: (1) Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock. (2) The reported phantom stock represents dividend equivalents on compensation deferred under the Company's 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The shares of phantom stock become payable in shares of Common Stock, as provided in the Plan, following the termination of the reporting person's service as a director of the Company. Remarks: Exhibit List: Exhibit No. 24 - Power of Attorney Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Rucker Kim K.W. C/O CELANESE CORPORATION X 222 W LAS COLINAS BLVD, SUITE 900N IRVING, TX 75039 Signatures /s/ Christine Dryden, Attorney-in-Fact for Kim K.W. Rucker 8/14/2024 ** 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. EX-24 2 poarucker24.txt EX-24 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Ashley B. Duffie, Blake Feikema, Adam R. Santosuosso, and Christine Dyrden signing singly, as the undersigned'strue and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as herein after described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead ofthe undersigned to: (1) (as applicable) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or any rules or regulations of the SEC; (2) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 and Forms 144 (including any amendments thereto) and any other forms or reports required with respect to the securities of Celanese Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of securities laws; (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and (4) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing. The undersigned acknowledges that: (1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney- in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information; (2) any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable; (3) neither Celanese nor such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and (4) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned hereby gives and grants each foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact, for and on behalf of the undersigned, will lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. This Power of Attorney will remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file the forms noted above with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in the Company's securities, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below. /s/ Kim K.W. Rucker Signature Name: Kim K.W. Rucker Dated: 25-Jul-2024