Celanese Corporation · NYSE:CE

Celanese — Q2 2016 Earnings Presentation

9 slides from Celanese's earnings presentation, Jul 25, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Celanese Q2 2016 Earnings

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 1 Celanese Q2 2016 Earnings Monday, July 25, 2016 Conference Call / Webcast Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time Mark Rohr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Jensen, SVP Finance and Chief Financial Officer Exhibit 99.3

  2. Slide 2: Forward-looking statements

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 2 This presentation may contain "forward-looking statements," which include information concerning the company's plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs and other information that is not historical in

  3. Slide 3: Recent Highlights

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 3 Recent Highlights Celanese POM facility, Frankfurt am Main, Germany • Increased annual dividend by 20 percent from $1.20 to $1.44 per share, reflecting continued strong cash generation. • Received a credit rating upgrade to Investment Grade status by both Standard &

  4. Slide 4: Opportunity Pipeline Examples

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 4 Opportunity Pipeline Examples Injection devices Lithium-ion battery separators • SlideX™ POM is uniquely suited to handle increasing demand and friction requirements • Injection delivery devices are becoming highly sophisticated • Our polymers give device manufactur

  5. Slide 5: Celanese Corporation Q2 2016 Highlights

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 5 Net sales (in millions) Factors Affecting Net Sales $1,500 $1,000 $500 $0 30% 20% 10% 0% Q2 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 22.0% 25.5% 23.1% $1,477 $1,404 $1,351 Q2 Performance • Adjusted earnings per share of $1.59; highest second quarter performance • Adjusted EBIT of $312

  6. Slide 6: Materials Solutions

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 6 Net sales (in millions) Q2 Performance Factors Affecting Net Sales $600 $400 $200 $0 40% 20% 0% Q2 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 34.8% 38.0% 36.5% $595 $594 $600 Total core income margin YoY Core income highlights • Higher volume primarily in engineered materials base busine

  7. Slide 7: Acetyl Chain

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 7 Q2 Performance Factors Affecting Net Sales YoY Core income highlights • Acetic acid price weaker versus prior year principally driven by China and decline in methanol price which more than offset productivity gains • Core income impacted by scheduled turnarounds at

  8. Slide 8: Cash Flow

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 8 Q2 2016 • Operating cash flow of $349 million, second highest ever • Free cash flow was an all time high of $285 million • Net capital expenditures were $58 million; expect full year 2016 to be in the range of $250 million to $300 million Strong cash generation; tra

  9. Slide 9: Return of Cash to Shareholders

    © Celanese Celanese Corporation 9 $2.6 billion returned to shareholders since 2007 via dividends and share repurchases Dividend Payout and Share Repurchases (in millions) Dividend Share Repurchases $600 $400 $200 $0 2013 2014 2015 1H 2016 Share Repurchases Dividend • Repurchased 2.8 million shares d

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