UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

August 23, 2007

 

(August 17, 2007)

Date of report

 

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Hexcel Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-8472

 

94-1109521

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Two Stamford Plaza
281 Tresser Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut  06901-3238

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(203) 969-0666

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02                               Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Joseph H. Shaulson, formerly President, Reinforcements, terminated his employment with Hexcel as of August 17, 2007.  Mr. Shaulson led the process of selling the architectural, ballistics, US electronics and US general industrial product lines within our reinforcements business unit, which concluded in early August. As previously announced, we retained our reinforcements for composites product lines, and merged these product lines with our former composites and structures business segments into one unit.

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Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securi­ties Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its be­half by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

HEXCEL CORPORATION

August 23, 2007

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ira J. Krakower

 

 

 Ira J. Krakower

 

 

 Senior Vice President

 

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