Slide 1: Celanese Q3 2015 Earnings
Celanese Q3 2015 Earnings Monday, October 19, 2015 Conference Call / Webcast Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time © Celanese Mark Rohr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Jensen, SVP, Finance and Chief Financial Officer Exhibit 99.3
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
Slide 3: Mark Rohr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 3 Mark Rohr Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Slide 4: Clear Lake Methanol - Completed construction and achieved full production rates
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 4 Clear Lake Methanol - Completed construction and achieved full production rates Record time and the lowest greenfield capital cost per ton in recent industry history
Slide 5: Celanese Corporation Q3 2015 Highlights
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 5 Net sales (in millions) Factors Affecting Net Sales $1,800 $1,200 $600 $0 30% 20% 10% 0% Q3 2014 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 20.1% 22.0% 21.6% $1,769 $1,477 $1,413 Q3 Performance Celanese Corporation Q3 2015 Highlights • Generated strong third quarter adjusted earnings of $1.50
Slide 6: Materials Solutions Q3 Performance
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 6 Net sales (in millions) Materials Solutions Q3 Performance Factors Affecting Net Sales $800 $600 $400 $200 $0 60% 40% 20% 0% Q3 2014 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 30.9% 34.8% 36.8% $657 $595 $573 Total core income margin YoY Core income highlights • Lower volume in Consumer Speci
Slide 7: Advanced Engineered Materials Q3 Performance
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 7 YoY Segment income highlights • Margin expanded as price discipline more than offset lower raw material costs • Lower volume on commercial selectivity QoQ Segment income highlights • Record adjusted EBIT • Record segment margin, expanded 300 basis points • Margin ex
Slide 8: Consumer Specialties Q3 Performance
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 8 Consumer Specialties Q3 Performance Factors Affecting Net Sales YoY Segment income highlights • Lower acetate tow volume driven by customer destocking • Lower price on reduced industry utilization rates • Productivity initiatives contributed to record margin QoQ Seg
Slide 9: Acetyl Chain Q3 Performance
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 9 Acetyl Chain Q3 Performance Factors Affecting Net Sales YoY Core income highlights • Lower price due to prior year industry outages in VAM that did not reoccur, lower raw material costs and lower demand in China • Volume decrease driven by lower China demand • Weake
Slide 10: Forward View
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 10 Forward View 2015 Outlook • Continue momentum in engineered materials and broad based productivity initiatives • Offset headwinds of weak Euro, reduced tow volumes and softer demand in China • Increasing adjusted earnings outlook to $5.90 - $6.10 per share for 2015
Slide 11: Chris Jensen, SVP, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 11 Chris Jensen SVP, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Slide 12: Strong Cash Flow Generation
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 12 Strong Cash Flow Generation • On pace for second consecutive record year of Free Cash Flow in 2015, expecting at least $600 million • Expect 2015 net capital expenditures in the range of $325 million to $350 million • Q3 2015 impacted by timing of certain cash item
Slide 13: Return of Cash to Shareholders
© Celanese Celanese Corporation 13 Return of Cash to Shareholders • Deployed $420 million to repurchase 6.6 million shares in Q3 • Reduced share count by 4.3% • Increased remaining share repurchase authorization by $1 billion, expect to complete within two years $2.3 billion returned to shareholders