Kissire Deborah J. 4

What Happened
Deborah J. Kissire, a director of Celanese Corporation (CE), received an award of 3.505 phantom shares on 2026-03-10. The filing records the award at $50.67 per share for a total value of approximately $178. This was an award of derivative phantom stock (transaction code A), not an open‑market purchase or a sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-10; Form 4 filed: 2026-03-11 (timely filed).
• Amount: 3.505 phantom shares; price used: $50.67; total reported value: $178 (derivative).
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing excerpt.
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A); reported as a derivative award (phantom stock).
• Footnotes:
  • F1: Each phantom share represents the right to receive one share of Celanese common stock.
  • F2: These phantom shares represent dividend equivalents under Celanese’s 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan and will be paid out in shares of common stock as provided by the Plan.

Context
This is a compensation-related derivative award (dividend equivalents on deferred compensation) and does not reflect an open-market trade. Phantom stock awards are payable in shares per the Plan and are common components of director compensation; they do not necessarily indicate a change in insider sentiment.