HEXCEL CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2012

May 7, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HEXCEL CORP /DE/ (HXL)
CIK: 0000717605
Period of Report: 2012-05-05

Reporting Person: DERICKSON SANDRA L (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-05	Common Stock	M	3143	—	Acquired	3143	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-05	Restricted Stock Units	$0	M	3143	Disposed	2012-05-05	Common Stock (3143)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	27291	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The Common Stock was acquired upon the conversion of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") in accordance with the terms of the underlying agreement. The RSUs were granted in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b.

F2: RSUs granted under the Hexcel Corporation 2003 Incentive Stock Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b.

F3: The RSUs vested proportionately over the one-year period immediately following the grant date, and converted into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock on the first anniversary of the grant date. The grant date was one year prior to the expiration date.