SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2006
CELANESE
CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
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001-32410 | |
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1601 West LBJ Freeway, Dallas,
Texas 75234-6034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (972) 901-4500
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if
changed since last report):
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On March 6, 2006, Celanese Corporation announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Celanese AG, with the participation of Celanese Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG, ("CEH"), which holds more than 95% of Celanese AG's registered share capital, reached a settlement with 11 plaintiff shareholders.
The settlement provides for CEH to offer at least EUR 51.00 per no-par-value share of Celanese AG as cash consideration to each shareholder who will cease to be a shareholder of the company in the context of the intended squeeze-out. CEH further agrees to make early payment of the guaranteed annual payment owed pursuant to Section 4 of the Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement for the financial year 2005/2006, ending on September 30, 2006.
The plaintiff parties to the settlement withdrew all actions filed by them in connection with the Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement as well as other ancillary litigation and the plaintiff parties recognized the validity of the Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement.
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.
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CELANESE CORPORATION | |||||||||
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/s/ Steven M. Sterin | |||||||
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Name: Steven
M. Sterin Title: Vice President and Controller |
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Date: March 6, 2006