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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 13, 2025 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>HEXCEL CORPORATION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 40%; padding: 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 20%; padding: 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 40%; padding: 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>94-1109521</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
    Incorporation or Organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
    Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Two Stamford Plaza<BR>
281 Tresser Boulevard<BR>
Stamford, Connecticut 06901</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (as amended and<BR>
restated effective May 8, 2025)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full Title of the Plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Gail E. Lehman<BR>
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hexcel Corporation<BR>
Two Stamford Plaza<BR>
281 Tresser Boulevard<BR>
Stamford, Connecticut 06901<BR>
(203) 969-0666 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">x</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Hexcel Corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) is filing
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) to register an additional 500,000 shares of
its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), issuable to eligible participants under the Hexcel Corporation
2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective May 8, 2025) (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). At the Registrant&rsquo;s
annual meeting of stockholders held on May 8, 2025, the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders approved the authorization of an additional
500,000 shares for sale under the Plan, the extension of the expiration date of the Plan from May 5, 2026, to May 5, 2031, and
the revision of the definition of eligible &ldquo;compensation&rdquo; to remove bonuses and commissions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Plan are securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 were filed with the Commission
on June 10, 2016 (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000119312516618739/d207983ds8.htm">File No. 333-211953</A>)
and June 9, 2021 (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000093041321001177/c101848_s8.htm">File No. 333-256928</A>)
(the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&rdquo;). Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except to the extent supplemented,
amended or superseded by the information set forth below.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following documents, which have previously been filed by
the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;),
are incorporated herein by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>the Registrant&#8217;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000095017025014412/hxl-20241231.htm">Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024</A>, filed with the Commission on February 5, 2025 (including
the information incorporated by reference therein from the Registrant&#8217;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000119312525062566/d861294ddef14a.htm">Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</A>, filed with the Commission on March 25, 2025);</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>the Registrant&#8217;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000095017025056328/hxl-20250331.htm">Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025</A>, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2025;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>the Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000093041325000026/c110993_8k-ixbrl.htm">January
7, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000095017025007795/hxl-20250122.htm">January 22,
2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000114036125003947/ny20042516x3_8k.htm">February
12, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000114036125006094/ef20044028_8k.htm">February
26, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000114036125008826/ef20045430_8k.htm">March 14,
2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000095017025056309/hxl-20250421.htm">April 21, 2025</A>,
and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000093041325001787/c112644_8k-ixbrl.htm">May 14, 2025</A>
(excluding any information furnished in such reports under Item 2.02, Item 7.01 or Item 9.01);<FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"> </FONT>and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>the description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock set forth in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017024012245/hxl-ex4_6.htm">Exhibit
4.6</A> of the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, together with any amendment
or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than those furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K or other information &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; to the Commission) subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/0000912057-96-014127.txt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #0000EE">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 9, 1996).</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000104746903011238/a2106961zex-3_2.txt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #0000EE">Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed on March 31, 2003).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041323002140/c107034_ex3-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; background-color: white">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (as of September 12, 2023) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2023).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c113015_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Gail E. Lehman, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Secretary of Hexcel Corporation, as to the legality of the Common Stock being registered.</A>* </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c113015_ex23-1.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP.</A>* </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c113015_ex5-1.htm">Consent of Gail E. Lehman (included in Exhibit 5.1).</A>*</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#signature">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</A>*</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c113015_ex99-1.htm">Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective May 8, 2025)</A>* </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">* Filed herewith.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><a name="signature"></a>SIGNATURES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Stamford, State of Connecticut, on June 13, 2025.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>HEXCEL CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%; padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 33%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Patrick J. Winterlich</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Patrick J. Winterlich</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President and</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Thomas C. Gentile III, Patrick J. Winterlich, Gail E. Lehman, Lauren Shumejda and Heather M. DeGregorio, and each of them singly,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Hexcel Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to
be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. &nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; padding-top: 0.25pt; padding-right: 0.25pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-top: 0.25pt; padding-right: 0.25pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-left: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Thomas
        C. Gentile III</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; "><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Thomas C. Gentile III</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and President <B>(Principal Executive Officer)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Patrick
        J. Winterlich</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Patrick
        J. Winterlich</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Principal Financial Officer)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Amy
        S. Evans</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amy S. Evans</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Principal Accounting Officer)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Jeffrey
        C. Campbell</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Jeffrey
        C. Campbell</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ James
        J. Cannon</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">James
        J. Cannon</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Cynthia
        M. Egnotovich</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Cynthia
        M. Egnotovich</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Guy
        C. Hachey</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Guy C.
        Hachey</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Patricia
        A. Hubbard</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Patricia
        A. Hubbard</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ David
        H. Li</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">David
        H. Li</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1px solid">/s/ Catherine
        A. Suever</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Catherine A. Suever</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 13, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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As filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 13, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HEXCEL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)
Delaware
94-1109521
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Two Stamford Plaza
281 Tresser Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (as amended and
restated effective May 8, 2025)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gail E. Lehman
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Secretary
Hexcel Corporation
Two Stamford Plaza
281 Tresser Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
(203) 969-0666
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging
growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
Emerging growth company
o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
o
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Hexcel Corporation (the "Registrant") is filing
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to register an additional 500,000 shares of
its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), issuable to eligible participants under the Hexcel Corporation
2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective May 8, 2025) (the "Plan"). At the Registrant's
annual meeting of stockholders held on May 8, 2025, the Registrant's stockholders approved the authorization of an additional
500,000 shares for sale under the Plan, the extension of the expiration date of the Plan from May 5, 2026, to May 5, 2031, and
the revision of the definition of eligible "compensation" to remove bonuses and commissions.
The additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Plan are securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 were filed with the Commission
on June 10, 2016 (
File No. 333-211953
)
and June 9, 2021 (
File No. 333-256928
)
(the "Prior Registration Statements"). Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except to the extent supplemented,
amended or superseded by the information set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously been filed by
the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
are incorporated herein by reference:
·
the Registrant's
Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
, filed with the Commission on February 5, 2025 (including
the information incorporated by reference therein from the Registrant's
Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
, filed with the Commission on March 25, 2025);
·
the Registrant's
Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025
, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2025;
·
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January
7, 2025
,
January 22,
2025
,
February
12, 2025
,
February
26, 2025
,
March 14,
2025
,
April 21, 2025
,
and
May 14, 2025
(excluding any information furnished in such reports under Item 2.02, Item 7.01 or Item 9.01);
and
·
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth in
Exhibit
4.6
of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, together with any amendment
or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than those furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K or other information "furnished" to the Commission) subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 9, 1996).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed on March 31, 2003).
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (as of September 12, 2023) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2023).
5.1
Opinion of Gail E. Lehman, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Secretary of Hexcel Corporation, as to the legality of the Common Stock being registered.
*
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
*
23.2
Consent of Gail E. Lehman (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
99.1
Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective May 8, 2025)
*
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
.*
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Stamford, State of Connecticut, on June 13, 2025.
HEXCEL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Patrick J. Winterlich
Patrick J. Winterlich
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Thomas C. Gentile III, Patrick J. Winterlich, Gail E. Lehman, Lauren Shumejda and Heather M. DeGregorio, and each of them singly,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Hexcel Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to
be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas
        C. Gentile III
Thomas C. Gentile III
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 13, 2025
/s/ Patrick
        J. Winterlich
Patrick
        J. Winterlich
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 13, 2025
/s/ Amy
        S. Evans
Amy S. Evans
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 13, 2025
/s/ Jeffrey
        C. Campbell
Jeffrey
        C. Campbell
Director
June 13, 2025
/s/ James
        J. Cannon
James
        J. Cannon
Director
June 13, 2025
/s/ Cynthia
        M. Egnotovich
Cynthia
        M. Egnotovich
Director
June 13, 2025
/s/ Guy
        C. Hachey
Guy C.
        Hachey
Director
June 13, 2025
/s/ Patricia
        A. Hubbard
Patricia
        A. Hubbard
Director
June 13, 2025
/s/ David
        H. Li
David
        H. Li
Director
June 13, 2025
/s/ Nick L. Stanage
Director
June 13, 2025
Nick L. Stanage
/s/ Catherine
        A. Suever
Catherine A. Suever
Director
June 13, 2025