Earnings (Loss) Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2012		2011
	Basic	Diluted	Basic		Diluted
	(In $ millions, except share and per share data)
Amounts Attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	210	210	205		205
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—	(2	)	(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	210	210	203		203
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	—	—	—		—
Net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders	210	210	203		203
Weighted-average shares - basic	158,128,906	158,128,906	156,280,721		156,280,721
Dilutive stock options		1,014,359			2,036,940
Dilutive restricted stock units		597,188			891,739
Assumed conversion of preferred stock		—			—
Weighted-average shares - diluted		159,740,453			159,209,400
Per Share
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	1.33	1.31	1.31		1.29
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—	(0.01	)	(0.01	)
Net earnings (loss)	1.33	1.31	1.30		1.28

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2012		2011
	Basic	Diluted	Basic	Diluted
	(In $ millions, except share and per share data)
Amounts Attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	393	393	343	343
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—	2	2
Net earnings (loss)	393	393	345	345
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	—	—	—	—
Net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders	393	393	345	345
Weighted-average shares - basic	157,335,665	157,335,665	156,124,358	156,124,358
Dilutive stock options		1,434,687		2,014,769
Dilutive restricted stock units		640,255		799,784
Assumed conversion of preferred stock		—		—
Weighted-average shares - diluted		159,410,607		158,938,911
Per Share
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	2.50	2.47	2.20	2.16
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	—	—	0.01	0.01
Net earnings (loss)	2.50	2.47	2.21	2.17

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		Six Months Ended
	June 30,		June 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Stock options	15,016	—	7,508	90,313
Restricted stock units	7,946	—	7,946	—
Total	22,962	—	15,454	90,313