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  0001491601
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000717605
  HEXCEL CORP /DE/
  001-08472
  TWO STAMFORD PLAZA
  281 TRESSER BLVD., 16TH FLOOR
  STAMFORD
  CT
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  203-969-0666
  Lehman Gail E
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  4800
  303744.00
  81748036
  08/28/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  01/28/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  01/28/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  02/06/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  02/06/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  01/28/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  01/28/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/06/2021
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  352
  02/06/2021
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  Compensation
  Common
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  Issuer
  N
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  /s/ Emily Navaro, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for  Gail Lehman.