---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-23-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T15:43:28.144743+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese shareholders approve amended incentive plan, increasing authorized shares by 1.5M

## Summary
- Shareholders approved Amended and Restated 2018 Global Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 1,500,000 and extending term.
- All ten director nominees elected; David F. Hoffmeister received 9.4M against votes, Deborah J. Kissire 7.2M against.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for 2023 with 98.6M for votes.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 92.1M for votes.
- Board determined to hold annual advisory votes on executive compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-23-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/0001306830-23-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/ce-20230420.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Celanese Corp shareholders approved Election of ten directors to serve until the 2024 annual meeting or until successors are elected.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Each of the director nominees was elected to serve for a term which expires at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2024 by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/0001306830-23-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Celanese Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/0001306830-23-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Celanese Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the holding of a shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, on a periodic basis by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/0001306830-23-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Celanese Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/0001306830-23-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Celanese Corp shareholders approved Approval of the Amended and Restated 2018 Global Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The Amended and Restated 2018 Global Incentive Plan was approved by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000064/0001306830-23-000064-index.htm

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