1306830--2/29/2008--Celanese

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We are subject to risks associated with the increased volatility in the prices and availability of key raw materials and energy. Failure to develop new products and production technologies or to implement productivity and cost reduction initiatives successfully may harm our competitive position. Environmental regulations and other obligations relating to environmental matters could subject us to liability for fines, clean-ups and other damages, require us to incur significant costs to modify our operations and increase our manufacturing and delivery costs. Changes in environmental, health and safety regulatory requirements could lead to a decrease in demand for our products. Our production facilities handle the processing of some volatile and hazardous materials that subject us to operating risks that could have a negative effect on our operating results. Production at our manufacturing facilities could be disrupted for a variety of reasons, which could prevent us from producing enough of our products to maintain our sales and satisfy our customers demands. We may experience unexpected difficulties in the relocation of our Ticona operations from Kelsterbach to the Rhine Main area, which may increase our costs, delay the transition or disrupt our ability to supply our customers. Recent federal regulations aimed at increasing security at certain chemical production plants and similar legislation that may be proposed in the future could, if passed into law, require us to relocate certain manufacturing activities and require us to alter or discontinue our production of certain chemical products, thereby increasing our operating costs and causing an adverse effect on our results of operations. Our significant non-US operations expose us to global exchange rate fluctuations that could adversely impact our profitability. Significant changes in pension fund investment performance or assumptions relating to pension costs may have a material effect on the valuation of pension obligations, the funded status of pension plans, and our pension cost. Our future success will depend in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property rights. Our inability to enforce these rights could reduce our ability to maintain our market position and our profit margins. Provisions in our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and second amended and restated bylaws, as well as any shareholders rights plan, may discourage a takeover attempt. Risks Related to the Acquisition of CAG The amounts of the fair cash compensation and of the guaranteed annual payment offered under the domination and profit and loss transfer agreement ( Domination Agreement ) may be increased, which may further reduce the funds the Purchaser can otherwise make available to us. The Purchaser may be required to compensate CAG for annual losses, which may reduce the funds the Purchaser can otherwise make available to us. We and two of our subsidiaries have taken on certain obligations with respect to the Purchaser s obligation under the Domination Agreement and intercompany indebtedness to CAG, which may diminish our ability to make payments on our indebtedness. Risks Related to Our Indebtedness Our level of indebtedness could diminish our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or the chemicals industry and prevent us from meeting obligations under our indebtedness. Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly and affect our operating results. Despite our current debt levels, we and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantially more debt.

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