Celanese Corp 8-K, filed Feb 28, 2022
Celanese Corp (CE)
About this 8-K
Celanese Corp filed this 8-K on February 28, 2022, reporting on events of February 22, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Principal Accounting Officer
On February 22, 2022, Celanese Corporation (“Celanese” or the “Company”) appointed Aaron M. McGilvray to the position of Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer), effective March 14, 2022. In this role, Mr. McGilvray will have global responsibility for SEC reporting, internal reporting, accounting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Mr. McGilvray, 46, has served as our assistant controller since January 2018. Prior to that he served as global director of technical accounting from March 2016 and technical accounting manager from December 2011, when he joined the Company. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility over 13 years prior to joining Celanese. He holds Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science degrees in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.
In connection with his appointment, Mr. McGilvray’s compensation package will be increased to reflect: (1) a base salary of $285,000; (2) an annual cash bonus target of 40% of salary; and (3) eligibility, beginning in 2023, for an annual long-term incentive award with grant date fair value of $140,000 to be granted pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2018 Global Incentive Plan, under same terms applicable to grants to Company leadership.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. McGilvray and other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer. There are no family relationships between Mr. McGilvray and any officer or director of the Company. There have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, and no transactions are currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Mr. McGilvray or any member of his immediate family had or will have any interest, that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. McGilvray succeeds Benita M. Casey, who is departing from her role as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Her last day is expected to be June 1, 2022.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| By: | /s/ Michael R. Sullivan | |
| Name: | Michael R. Sullivan | |
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Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary |
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| Date: February 28, 2022 |