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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CELANESE AG
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
CELANESE CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY NONE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
61476 KRONBERG IM TAUNUS, GERMANY
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
CELANESE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES
OF CELANESE ACETATE LLC
(Full Title of the Plan)
JULIE K. CHAPIN, ESQ., VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
CELANESE AMERICAS CORPORATION
86 MORRIS AVENUE
SUMMIT, NJ 07901
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(908) 522-7500
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM
AMOUNT TO BE MAXIMUM OFFERING AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PRICE PER SHARE PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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ORDINARY SHARES WITH NO PAR VALUE 50,000 SHARES 17.72* $886,000.00* $221.50
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* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on January 16, 2001.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
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*Pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), documents containing the information specified in Part I of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to each person eligible to participate in the
Plan. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together,
constitute the Section 10(a) prospectus (the "Prospectus").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by
reference the contents of the following documents filed by Celanese AG (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"):
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 1999, as filed with the Commission on March 31,
2000;
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the year
covered by the Registrant's document referred to in (a) above;
and
(c) The description of the ordinary shares of the Registrant with
no par value (the "Ordinary Shares"), contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on October 21, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment indicating that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents so incorporated by reference. The
Registrant may also incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement
any Form 6-K (or portion thereof) subsequently furnished or filed with the
Commission by identifying in such Form 6-K that it (or such portion thereof) is
being incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Statements
contained in the foregoing documents incorporated by reference shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded hereby to the extent that statements contained
herein, or in any subsequently filed documents that are amendments hereto or
that are incorporated herein by reference, shall modify or replace such
statements. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the
Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including
financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The information required by Item 4 is not applicable to this
Registration Statement because the class of securities to be offered is
registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Celanese maintains liability insurance for members of the Supervisory
Board and the Management Board and officers of Celanese, including insurance
against liability under the Securities Act.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
The information required by Item 7 is not applicable to this
Registration Statement.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
Number Description
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4.1 The English language translation of the form of Articles of Association
(Satzung) of the Registrant (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 1.1
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 1999 (No. 1-15419) filed with the Commission on March 31,
2000.)
23.1 Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft to incorporation by reference of
Independent Auditors' Report included in the Registrant's 1999 Annual
Report on Form 20-F
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
99.1 Celanese Stock Purchase Plan for Hourly Employees of Celanese Acetate
LLC
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculating of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement,
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 of this
Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer,
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Kronberg im Taunus, Federal Republic
of Germany, on the 19th day of January, 2001.
CELANESE AG
By: /s/ Claudio Sonder
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Claudio Sonder
Chairman of the Management Board
By: /s/ Perry W. Premdas
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Perry W. Premdas
Member of the Management Board
and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
officers and directors of Celanese AG (the "Registrant") hereby constitutes and
appoints Edmond A. Collins, Michael E. Grom, Ronald K. Silversten and Julie K.
Chapin, or any of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him
and on his behalf and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities
and on behalf of the Registrant, to sign, execute, and file this Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all
amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority,
granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Claudio Sonder Chairman of the Management Board January 19, 2001
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Claudio Sonder
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/s/ Perry W. Premdas Member of the Management Board January 19, 2001
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Perry W. Premdas
/s/ Peter Jakobsmeier Principal Accounting Officer January 19, 2001
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Peter Jakobsmeier
/s/ Ernst Schadow Member of the Management Board January 19, 2001
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Ernst Schadow
/s/ Edward H. Munoz Member of the Management Board January 19, 2001
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Edward H. Munoz
/s/ David N. Weidman Member of the Management Board January 19, 2001
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David N. Weidman
/s/ Julie K. Chapin Authorized Representative in the United States January 19, 2001
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Julie K. Chapin
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Regulation
S-K Exhibit
Number Description of Document
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4.1 The English language translation of the form of Articles
of Association (Satzung) of the Registrant, (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 1999
(No. 1-15419) filed with the Commission on March 31, 2000.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft to
incorporation by reference of Independent Auditors' Report
included in the Registrant's 1999 Annual Report on Form
20-F
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
99.1 Celanese Stock Purchase Plan for Hourly Employees of
Celanese Acetate LLC
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