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Celanese Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 7/29/22, at 4:13pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1306830-22-145   ·   File #:  1-32410

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/29/22  Celanese Corp.                    10-Q        6/30/22  100:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.36M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 3: EX-22.1     Published Report re: Matters Submitted to a Vote    HTML     31K 
                of Security Holders                                              
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     98K 
14: R2          Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of         HTML    189K 
                Operations                                                       
15: R3          Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of        HTML     64K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
16: R4          Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    160K 
17: R5          Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     50K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R6          Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement Equity     HTML    137K 
19: R7          Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash   HTML    124K 
                Flows                                                            
20: R8          Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     36K 
                Presentation                                                     
21: R9          Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     39K 
22: R10         Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures       HTML     38K 
23: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     34K 
24: R12         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net                 HTML     72K 
25: R13         Current Other Liabilities                           HTML     42K 
26: R14         Debt                                                HTML     73K 
27: R15         Benefit Obligations                                 HTML     70K 
28: R16         Environmental                                       HTML     47K 
29: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     88K 
30: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     41K 
31: R19         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    105K 
32: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    108K 
33: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K 
34: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    120K 
35: R23         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     75K 
36: R24         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     45K 
37: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     47K 
38: R26         Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     31K 
                Presentation (Policies)                                          
39: R27         Recent Accounting Pronouncements - (Tables)         HTML     30K 
40: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     35K 
41: R29         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Tables)        HTML     79K 
42: R30         Current Other Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     42K 
43: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     68K 
44: R32         Benefit Obligations (Tables)                        HTML     72K 
45: R33         Environmental (Tables)                              HTML     37K 
46: R34         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     86K 
47: R35         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     33K 
48: R36         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    114K 
49: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    107K 
50: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     79K 
51: R39         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     69K 
52: R40         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     45K 
53: R41         Subsequent Events (Tables)                          HTML     43K 
54: R42         Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     30K 
                Presentation (Narrative) (Details)                               
55: R43         Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures       HTML    123K 
                Plant Closures (Details)                                         
56: R44         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     37K 
57: R45         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Schedule of    HTML     47K 
                Goodwill) (Details)                                              
58: R46         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Schedule of    HTML     63K 
                Finite-lived intangible assets) (Details)                        
59: R47         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Schedule of    HTML     33K 
                Indefinite-lived intangible assets) (Details)                    
60: R48         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Schedule of    HTML     38K 
                Future amortization expense) (Details)                           
61: R49         Current Other Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     54K 
62: R50         Debt (Schedule of Short-term Debt) (Details)        HTML     47K 
63: R51         Debt (Schedule of Long-term Debt) (Details)         HTML     75K 
64: R52         Debt (Senior Credit Facilities Narrative)           HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R53         Debt (Schedule of Revolving Credit Facility)        HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R54         Debt (Senior Notes Narrative) (Details)             HTML     36K 
67: R55         Debt (Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility   HTML     40K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
68: R56         Debt (Factoring and Discounting Agreements          HTML     35K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
69: R57         Benefit Obligations (Schedule of Net Periodic       HTML     45K 
                Benefit Costs Recognized) (Details)                              
70: R58         Benefit Obligations (Schedule of Company            HTML     40K 
                Commitments to Fund Benefit Obligations) (Details)               
71: R59         Benefit Obligations (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     45K 
72: R60         Environmental (Schedule of Environmental            HTML     38K 
                Remediation Reserves) (Details)                                  
73: R61         Environmental (US Superfund Sites Narrative)        HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R62         Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     35K 
75: R63         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Treasury Stock)   HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R64         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Components of     HTML     68K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net) (Details)                
77: R65         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Adjustments to    HTML     58K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss),                   
                Net) (Details)                                                   
78: R66         Income Taxes (Schedule of Effective Tax Rate)       HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R67         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     29K 
80: R68         Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative         HTML     31K 
                Financial Instruments (Schedule of Net Investment                
                Hedges) (Details)                                                
81: R69         Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative         HTML     32K 
                Financial Instruments (Schedule of Foreign                       
                Currency Forwards) (Details)                                     
82: R70         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     62K 
                Changes in Fair Value of Derivatives) (Details)                  
83: R71         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     42K 
                Offsetting Assets) (Details)                                     
84: R72         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     42K 
                Offsetting Liabilities) (Details)                                
85: R73         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Assets and     HTML     81K 
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring                
                Basis) (Details)                                                 
86: R74         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Carrying       HTML     48K 
                Values and Fair Values of Financial Instruments)                 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R75         Commitments and Contingencies (Guarantees -         HTML     44K 
                Demerger and Divesture Obligations Narrative)                    
                (Details)                                                        
88: R76         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     29K 
                Contingencies (Purchase Obligations Narrative)                   
                (Details)                                                        
89: R77         Segment Information (Schedule of Business           HTML    112K 
                Segments) (Details)                                              
90: R78         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of net sales   HTML     75K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R79         Revenue Recognition Remaining Performance           HTML     42K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
92: R80         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Schedule of Earnings     HTML     57K 
                (Loss) Per Share) (Details)                                      
93: R81         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     29K 
94: R82         Subsequent Events - Schedule of Business            HTML     54K 
                Acquisition, Acquisition Notes (Details)                         
95: R83         Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details)             HTML     65K 
98: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    187K 
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