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Board/Management Information • Oct 21, 2004

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Ad-hoc | 21 October 2004 15:44

Celanese AG supervisory board appoints new management board

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Celanese AG supervisory board appoints new management board Kronberg, Germany – (CZZ: FSE): As a result of the takeover of Celanese AG by BCP Crystal Acquisition GmbH & Co. KG , various changes are planned for the Celanese Group organization and management structure. As already announced, the Celanese Group will be controlled by a U.S. management holding company in the future. It is BCP’s intent to appoint a management team of the new company which will include David Weidman as chief executive officer, Lyndon Cole as executive vice president and Andreas Pohlmann as chief administrative officer. A decision on the remaining position of chief financial officer will be made soon. As announced earlier, the current Celanese AG management board chairman, Claudio Sonder, will retire and the current chief financial officer, Perry Premdas, will leave the company as planned on October 31, 2004. Taking this new group structure into account, today the Celanese AG supervisory board has named a new management board. It appointed Dr. Andreas Pohlmann, currently chief administrative officer and director of personnel, as the new chairman of the Celanese AG board of management and director of personnel. In addition, the supervisory board named Dr. Lyndon Cole, board member of Celanese AG and president of Ticona, to also serve as vice chairman of the management board and current vice president treasurer Peter Jakobsmeier as the company’s new chief financial officer. The appointments are to go into effect November 1, 2004. David Weidman will leave the management board of Celanese AG effective October 31. It is intended to have him appointed by the court as a member of Celanese AG supervisory board. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 21.10.2004 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 575300; ISIN: DE0005753008; Index: Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart 211544 Okt 04