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Debt
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
As of
March 31,
2024		As of
December 31,
2023
(In $ millions)
Short-Term Borrowings and Current Installments of Long-Term Debt - Third Party and Affiliates
Current installments of long-term debt2,348 1,025 
Short-term borrowings, including amounts due to affiliates(1)
50 146 
Revolving credit facilities(2)
41 212 
Total2,439 1,383 
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(1)The weighted average interest rate was 2.2% and 2.9% as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
(2)The weighted average interest rate was 3.2% and 3.4% as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
As of
March 31,
2024		As of
December 31,
2023
(In $ millions)
Long-Term Debt
Senior unsecured notes due 2024, interest rate of 3.500%
473 473 
Senior unsecured notes due 2024, interest rate of 5.900%
527 527 
Senior unsecured notes due 2025, interest rate of 1.250%
324 331 
Senior unsecured notes due 2025, interest rate of 6.050%
1,000 1,000 
Senior unsecured notes due 2026, interest rate of 1.400%
400 400 
Senior unsecured notes due 2026, interest rate of 4.777%
1,081 1,105 
Senior unsecured notes due 2027, interest rate of 2.125%
539 551 
Senior unsecured notes due 2027, interest rate of 6.165%
2,000 2,000 
Senior unsecured term loan due 2027(1)
880 880 
Senior unsecured notes due 2028, interest rate of 0.625%
540 552 
Senior unsecured notes due 2028, interest rate of 6.350%
1,000 1,000 
Senior unsecured notes due 2029, interest rate of 5.337%
540 552 
Senior unsecured notes due 2029, interest rate of 6.330%
750 750 
Senior unsecured notes due 2030, interest rate of 6.550%
999 999 
Senior unsecured notes due 2032, interest rate of 6.379%
1,000 1,000 
Senior unsecured notes due 2033, interest rate of 6.700%
1,000 1,000 
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds due at various dates through 2030(2)
126 127 
Bank loan due 2026, interest rate of 2.8%
111 — 
Bank loans due at various dates through 2030(3)
5 5 
Obligations under finance leases due at various dates through 2054
140 148 
Subtotal13,435 13,400 
Unamortized deferred financing costs(4)
(69)(74)
Current installments of long-term debt(2,348)(1,025)
Total11,018 12,301 
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(1)The interest rate was 6.922% and 6.943% as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
(2)Interest rates range from 4.05% to 5.00%.
(3)The weighted average interest rate was 2.7% and 2.6% as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
(4)Related to the Company's long-term debt, excluding obligations under finance leases.
Senior Credit Facilities
In March 2022, Celanese, Celanese U.S. and certain subsidiaries entered into a term loan credit agreement (as amended to date, the "March 2022 U.S. Term Loan Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which lenders provided a tranche of delayed-draw term loans due 364 days from issuance in an amount equal to $500 million (the "364-day Term Loans") and a tranche of delayed-draw term loans due 5 years from issuance in an amount equal to $1.0 billion (the "5-year Term Loans"). The 364-day Term Loans have been fully repaid.
Also in March 2022, Celanese, Celanese U.S. and certain subsidiaries entered into a new revolving credit agreement (as amended to date, the "U.S. Revolving Credit Agreement" and, together with the March 2022 U.S. Term Loan Credit Agreement, the "U.S. Credit Agreements") consisting of a $1.75 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (with a letter of credit sublimit), maturing in 2027 (the "U.S. Revolving Credit Facility"). The margin for borrowings under the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility was 1.00% to 2.00% above certain interbank rates at current Company credit ratings.
In August 2023, the Company amended certain covenants in the March 2022 U.S. Term Loan Credit Agreement to permit refinancing of certain senior notes without requiring a mandatory prepayment under the March 2022 U.S. Term Loan Credit Agreement.
On February 16, 2024 and February 21, 2023, the Company amended certain covenants in the U.S. Credit Agreements, including financial ratio maintenance covenants.
The U.S. Credit Agreements are guaranteed by Celanese, Celanese U.S. and domestic subsidiaries together representing substantially all of the Company's U.S. assets and business operations (the "Subsidiary Guarantors"). The Subsidiary Guarantors are listed in Exhibit 22.1 to this Quarterly Report.
In January 2023, Celanese (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd ("CSIT"), a fully consolidated subsidiary, entered into a restatement of an existing credit facility agreement (the "China Revolving Credit Agreement") to upsize and modify the facility thereunder to consist of an aggregate CNY1.75 billion uncommitted senior unsecured revolving credit facility available under two tranches (with overdraft, bank guarantee and documentary credit sublimits) (the "China Revolving Credit Facility"). Obligations bear interest at certain fixed and floating rates. The China Revolving Credit Agreement is guaranteed by Celanese U.S.
Also in January 2023, CSIT entered into a senior unsecured working capital loan contract for CNY800 million (the "China Working Capital Term Loan Agreement"), payable 12 months from withdrawal date and bearing interest at 0.5% less than certain interbank rates. The loan under the China Working Capital Term Loan Agreement was fully drawn in January 2023 and was supported by a letter of comfort from the Company. The China Working Capital Term Loan Agreement was fully repaid in the three months ended March 31, 2024.
In December 2023, Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical Co., Ltd. ("CNC") entered into a senior unsecured working capital loan agreement for CNY800 million, payable on December 25, 2026 and bearing interest at 2.8% (the "CNC Working Capital Loan Agreement," together with the China Revolving Credit Agreement and the China Working Capital Term Loan Agreement, the "China Credit Agreements," and the China Credit Agreements together with the U.S. Credit Agreements, the "Global Credit Agreements"). The loan under the CNC Working Capital Loan Agreement was fully drawn during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The Company expects that the China Credit Agreements will continue to facilitate its efficient repatriation of cash to the U.S. to repay debt and effectively redomicile a portion of its U.S. debt to China at a lower average interest rate.
The Company's debt balances and amounts available for borrowing under its senior unsecured revolving credit facilities are as follows:
As of
March 31,
2024
(In $ millions)
U.S. Revolving Credit Facility
Borrowings outstanding— 
Available for borrowing1,750 
China Revolving Credit Facility
Borrowings outstanding41 
Available for borrowing201 
On May 8, 2024, the Company drew $300 million from its U.S. Revolving Credit Facility. This borrowing and cash on hand were used to repay in full the Company's senior unsecured notes due 2024, with an interest rate of 3.500%, due on May 8, 2024.
Senior Notes
The Company has outstanding senior unsecured notes, issued in public offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (collectively, the "Senior Notes"). The Senior Notes were issued by Celanese U.S. and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Celanese and the Subsidiary Guarantors. Celanese U.S. may redeem some or all of each of the Senior Notes, prior to their respective maturity dates, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount, plus a "make-whole" premium as specified in the applicable indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
In August 2023, Celanese U.S. completed a public offering registered under the Securities Act of senior unsecured notes as follows (collectively, the "2023 Offering"):
Maturity DateAggregate Principal
Amount Issued		Discount to ParInterest Rate
(In $ millions)
November 15, 20281,000 99.986%6.350%
November 15, 2030999 99.950%6.550%
November 15, 20331,000 99.992%6.700%
In August 2023, Celanese U.S. completed a cash tender offer for $2.25 billion in aggregate principal amount (the "Tender Offer") as follows:
Maturity DateAggregate Principal Amount TenderedPurchase price per $1,000 principal amountTotal Tender Offer ConsiderationAccrued and Unpaid Interest
(In $ millions)(In $ millions)
June 30, 20241,473 $999.92 1,473 12 
March 15, 2025750 $1,002.85 752 20 
April 30, 202427 $983.95 27 — 
The net proceeds from the 2023 Offering were used (i) to fund the Tender Offer and (ii) for the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness, including the payment in full of the 364-day Term Loans and certain 3-year term loans pursuant to a term loan credit agreement entered into in September 2022.
Accounts Receivable Purchasing Facility
In June 2023, the Company entered into an amendment to the amended and restated receivables purchase agreement (the "Amended Receivables Purchase Agreement") under its U.S. accounts receivable purchasing facility among certain of the Company's subsidiaries, its wholly-owned, "bankruptcy remote" special purpose subsidiary ("SPE") and certain global financial institutions ("Purchasers"). The Amended Receivables Purchase Agreement extends the term of the accounts receivable purchasing facility such that the SPE may sell certain receivables until June 18, 2025. Under the Amended Receivables Purchase Agreement, transfers of U.S. accounts receivable from the SPE are treated as sales and are accounted for as a reduction in accounts receivable because the agreement transfers effective control over and risk related to the U.S. accounts receivable to the SPE. The Company and related subsidiaries have no continuing involvement in the transferred U.S. accounts receivable, other than collection and administrative responsibilities and, once sold, the U.S. accounts receivable are no longer available to satisfy creditors of the Company or the related subsidiaries. These sales are transacted at 100% of the face value of the relevant U.S. accounts receivable, resulting in derecognition of the U.S. accounts receivables from the Company's unaudited consolidated balance sheet. The Company de-recognized $290 million and $1.4 billion of accounts receivable under this agreement for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, and collected $318 million and $1.3 billion of accounts receivable sold under this agreement during the same periods. Unsold U.S. accounts receivable of $153 million were pledged by the SPE as collateral to the Purchasers as of March 31, 2024.
Factoring and Discounting Agreements
The Company has factoring agreements in Europe and Singapore with financial institutions to sell 100% and 90% of certain accounts receivable, respectively, on a non-recourse basis. The Company also has a factoring agreement in China with a financial institution to sell 100% of certain accounts receivable on a limited recourse basis. These transactions are treated as sales and are accounted for as reductions in accounts receivable because the agreements transfer effective control over and risk related to the receivables to the buyer. The Company has no material continuing involvement in the transferred receivables, other than collection and administrative responsibilities and, once sold, the accounts receivable are no longer available to satisfy creditors in the event of bankruptcy. The Company de-recognized $164 million and $423 million of accounts receivable under these factoring agreements for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and year ended December 31, 2023, respectively, and collected $110 million and $407 million of accounts receivable sold under these factoring agreements during the same periods.
In December 2023, the Company entered into a Master Discounting Agreement (the "Master Discounting Agreement") with a financial institution in China to discount, on a non-recourse basis, banker's acceptance drafts ("BADs"), classified as accounts receivable. Under the Master Discounting Agreement, the transfer of BADs are treated as sales and are accounted for as a reduction in accounts receivable because the Master Discounting Agreement transfers effective control over and risk related to
the transferred BADs to the financial institution. The Company has no continuing involvement in the transferred BADs and the BADs are no longer available to satisfy creditors in the event of a bankruptcy. The Company received $15 million and $45 million from the accounts receivable transferred under the Master Discounting Agreement as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Covenants
The Company's material financing arrangements contain customary covenants, such as events of default and change of control provisions, and in the case of the U.S. Credit Agreements the maintenance of certain financial ratios (subject to adjustment following certain qualifying acquisitions and dispositions, as set forth in the U.S. Credit Agreements, as amended). Failure to comply with these covenants, or the occurrence of any other event of default, could result in acceleration of the borrowings and other financial obligations.
The Company is in compliance with the covenants in its material financing arrangements as of March 31, 2024.