Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Oliver Kevin S
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/20/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Celanese Corp [CE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CELANESE CORPORATION, 222 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Acctg Officer/Controller
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

IRVING, TX 75039
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Series A Common Stock 20,252.036 (1) (2)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Oliver Kevin S
C/O CELANESE CORPORATION
222 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N
IRVING, TX 75039
      Chief Acctg Officer/Controller  

Signatures

/s/ Jacqueline R. Hall, attorney-in-fact for Kevin S. Oliver 07/28/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* 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).
(1) Includes 4,120 and 1,650 performance-based restricted stock units ("PRSUs") granted pursuant to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan") on February 6, 2104 and July 23, 2014, respectively. The performanc criteria have been met and the PRSUs will vest on January 1, 2017.
(2) Includes 1,202 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted pursuant to the the Plan on February 3, 2016. Subject to continued employment, the RSUs vest as follows: 396 RSUs on each of Februaray 15, 2017 and February 15, 2018 and 410 RSUs on February 15, 2019.
 
Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit No. 24 - Power of Attorney

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