Earnings (Loss) Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010
	Basic	Diluted	Basic		Diluted
	(In $ millions, except share and per share data)
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	167	167	147		147
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—	(2	)	(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	167	167	145		145
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	—	—	—		—
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders	167	167	145		145
Weighted-average shares - basic	156,194,459	156,194,459	155,859,508		155,859,508
Dilutive stock options		1,898,195			1,670,850
Dilutive restricted stock units		926,185			353,190
Assumed conversion of preferred stock		—			—
Weighted-average shares - diluted		159,018,839			157,883,548
Per share
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	1.07	1.05	0.94		0.93
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—	(0.01	)	(0.01	)
Net earnings (loss)	1.07	1.05	0.93		0.92

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010
	Basic	Diluted	Basic		Diluted
	(In $ millions, except share and per share data)
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	510	510	323		323
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	2	2	(4	)	(4	)
Net earnings (loss)	512	512	319		319
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	—	—	(3	)	—
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders	512	512	316		319
Weighted-average shares - basic	156,147,982	156,147,982	154,173,120		154,173,120
Dilutive stock options		1,975,911			1,793,318
Dilutive restricted stock units		841,918			364,374
Assumed conversion of preferred stock		—			2,077,591
Weighted-average shares - diluted		158,965,811			158,408,403
Per share
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	3.27	3.21	2.08		2.04
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	0.01	0.01	(0.03	)	(0.03	)
Net earnings (loss)	3.28	3.22	2.05		2.01

Securities not included in the computation of diluted net earnings per share as their effect would have been antidilutive are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011	2010	2011	2010
Stock options	—	543,250	60,208	579,000
Restricted stock units	1,008	68,193	336	22,731
Convertible preferred stock	—	—	—	—
Total	1,008	611,443	60,544	601,731