UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | SEC 1473 (7-02) | ||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) |
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
QUELLA JAMES C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154 |
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Mai-Anh Nguyen as Attorney in fact | 01/19/2005 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
No securities are beneficially owned | |
* | 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). |
 Remarks: Mr. Quella is associated with Blackstone LR Associates (Cayman) IV Ltd. ("BLRA"). BLRA may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Series B common stock of Celanese Corporation for the following reason: 92,360,339 shares of Series B common stock of Celanese Corporation are owned by Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 1 ("Cayman 1"), Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 2 ("Cayman 2"), and Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. 3 ("Cayman 3" and collectively with Cayman 1 and Cayman 2, the "Cayman Entities"). Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) IV L.P. ("BCP IV") owns 100% of Cayman 1. Blackstone Family Investment Partnership (Cayman) IV-A L.P. ("BFIP") and Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) IV-A L.P. ("BCP IV-A") collectively own 100% of Cayman 2. Blackstone Chemical Coinvest Partners (Cayman) L.P. ("BCCP" and, collectively with BCP IV, BFIP and BCP IV-A, the "Blackstone Funds") owns 100% of Cayman 3. Each of the Blackstone Funds may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Series B common stock held by the Cayman Entities owned by such Blackstone Funds. Blackstone Management Associates (Cayman) IV L.P. ("BMA") is the general partner of each of the Blackstone Funds and may, therefore, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the share of Series B common stock held by the Cayman Entities. BLRA is the general partner of BMA and may, therefore, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares of Series B common stock held by the Cayman Entities. Mr. Quella disclaims beneficial ownership of shares of the Series B common stock that may be deemed beneficially owned by BLRA or any other affiliates of The Blackstone Group set forth above. This report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Quella is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. |