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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 9, 2021 </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>

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Its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; width: 20%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>94-1109521</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Identification No.)</FONT></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: 8pt 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 FEBRUARY 3, 2021)</B></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, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Hexcel Corporation<BR>
Two Stamford Plaza<BR>
281 Tresser Boulevard<BR>
Stamford, Connecticut 06901<BR>
(203) 969-0666 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)</P>

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<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="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 31%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">x</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-top: Black 3px double; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt; text-align: center; width: 44%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Title of securities</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 3px double; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center; width: 13%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>to be</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 3px double; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center; width: 13%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>maximum</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>offering price</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>per share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 3px double; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>maximum</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>aggregate</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>offering price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 3px double; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount of</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>registration fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">300,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$60.16</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$18,048,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.4pt 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$1,969.04</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 96%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This registration statement (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of Hexcel Corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) that may be offered or sold from time to time pursuant to the Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective February 3, 2021) (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may hereinafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on June 4, 2021.</FONT></TD></TR>
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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">This Registration Statement is being filed by the Registrant
to register an additional 300,000 shares of its Common Stock issuable to eligible participants under the Plan, which Common Stock
is in addition to the 277,789 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000119312516618739/d207983ds8.htm">Form S-8</A> filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on June 10, 2016 (File No.
333-211953) (the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statement&rdquo;).</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">This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same
class as that to which the Prior Registration Statement relates and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8 regarding the registration of additional securities. Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated
herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except to the extent supplemented, amended and superseded by
the information set forth herein.</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></P>

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<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 been filed by the Registrant
with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 92%">The Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000156459021004881/hxl-10k_20201231.htm">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020</A> (the &ldquo;Annual Report&rdquo;). </TD></TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form
    10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000156459021019427/hxl-10q_20210331.htm">March 31, 2021</A>. </TD></TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K
    filed on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000156459021002086/hxl-8k_20210125.htm">January 25, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000093041321000084/c101044_8k-ixbrl.htm">January 28, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000156459021019421/hxl-8k_20210419.htm">April 19, 2021</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000093041321001070/c101716_8k-ixbrl.htm">May 11, 2021</A> (except, in each case, any information, including exhibits, furnished to the Commission pursuant to Items 2.02
    and 7.01 of Form 8-K). </TD></TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(4)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The portions of the Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000093041321000642/c100775_def14a.htm">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</A>, filed on March 25, 2021, relating to the Registrant&rsquo;s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
    incorporated by reference in the Annual Report. </TD></TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(5)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The description of the Common Stock contained in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000717605/000156459021004881/hxl-ex46_399.htm">Exhibit 4.6</A> to the Annual
    Report, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</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">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), 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, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and are a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; (e.g., the portions of those documents
set forth under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; to the Commission) rather than filed
with the Commission. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
shall 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 which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or
supersedes such statement.</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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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><B>Exhibit<BR>Number</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-bottom: 1px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 87%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><B>Description</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/0000912057-96-014127.txt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000104746903011238/a2106961zex-3_2.txt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312514349510/d793175dex3.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 23, 2014).</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c101848_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Gail E. Lehman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Hexcel Corporation, as to the legality of the securities being registered.*</A> </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c101848_ex23-1.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP.*</A> </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c101848_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Gail E. Lehman (included in Exhibit 5.1).*</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A href="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).*</a></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="c101848_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective February 3, 2021).*</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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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"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>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 9, 2021.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>HEXCEL CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1px solid">/s/ Patrick J. Winterlich</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Patrick J. Winterlich</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><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"><B>KNOWN TO ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>,&nbsp;that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Patrick J. Winterlich and Gail E. Lehman, individually, his
or her attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact,
or his substitute or substitutes, may 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,
as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

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

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 30%"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 46%"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 20%"><B>Date</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Nick L. Stanage</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Nick
        L. Stanage</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Chairman of the Board of Directors,<BR>
        Chief Executive Officer and President</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Principal Executive Officer)</B></P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Patrick J. Winterlich</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Patrick
        J. Winterlich</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Executive Vice President and Chief
        Financial Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Principal Financial Officer)</B></P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Amy S. Evans</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Amy
        S. Evans</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting
        Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Principal Accounting Officer)</B></P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Jeffrey C. Campbell</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Jeffrey
        C. Campbell</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Cynthia M. Egnotovich</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Cynthia
        M. Egnotovich</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Thomas A. Gendron</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Thomas
        A. Gendron</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Dr. Jeffrey A. Graves</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Dr.
        Jeffrey A. Graves</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Guy C. Hachey</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Guy
        C. Hachey</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Dr. Marilyn L. Minus</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Dr.
        Marilyn L. Minus</P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: black 1px solid; text-align: center">/s/
        Catherine A. Suever</P>

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

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">June 9, 2021</TD></TR>
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As filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 9, 2021
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 FEBRUARY 3, 2021)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gail E. Lehman
Executive Vice President, General Counsel 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
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered (1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
300,000
$60.16
$18,048,000
$1,969.04
(1)
This registration statement (this "Registration Statement") covers shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Hexcel Corporation (the "Registrant") that may be offered or sold from time to time pursuant to the Hexcel Corporation 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated effective February 3, 2021) (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may hereinafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on June 4, 2021.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed by the Registrant
to register an additional 300,000 shares of its Common Stock issuable to eligible participants under the Plan, which Common Stock
is in addition to the 277,789 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's
Form S-8
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 10, 2016 (File No.
333-211953) (the "Prior Registration Statement").
This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same
class as that to which the Prior Registration Statement relates and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8 regarding the registration of additional securities. Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated
herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except to the extent supplemented, amended and superseded by
the information set forth herein.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant
with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)
The Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020
(the "Annual Report").
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
    10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2021
.
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K
    filed on
January 25, 2021
,
January 28, 2021
,
April 19, 2021
and
May 11, 2021
(except, in each case, any information, including exhibits, furnished to the Commission pursuant to Items 2.02
    and 7.01 of Form 8-K).
(4)
The portions of the Registrant's
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
, filed on March 25, 2021, relating to the Registrant's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
    incorporated by reference in the Annual Report.
(5)
The description of the Common Stock contained in
Exhibit 4.6
to the Annual
    Report, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), 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, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and are a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are "furnished" (e.g., the portions of those documents
set forth under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information "furnished" to the Commission) rather than filed
with the Commission. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
shall 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 which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or
supersedes such 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 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 23, 2014).
5.1
Opinion of Gail E. Lehman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Hexcel Corporation, as to the legality of the securities 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 February 3, 2021).*
* 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 9, 2021.
HEXCEL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Patrick J. Winterlich
Patrick J. Winterlich
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
KNOWN TO ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Patrick J. Winterlich and Gail E. Lehman, individually, his
or her attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact,
or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
        Nick L. Stanage
Nick
        L. Stanage
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Patrick J. Winterlich
Patrick
        J. Winterlich
Executive Vice President and Chief
        Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Amy S. Evans
Amy
        S. Evans
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting
        Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Jeffrey C. Campbell
Jeffrey
        C. Campbell
Director
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Cynthia M. Egnotovich
Cynthia
        M. Egnotovich
Director
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Thomas A. Gendron
Thomas
        A. Gendron
Director
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Dr. Jeffrey A. Graves
Dr.
        Jeffrey A. Graves
Director
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Guy C. Hachey
Guy
        C. Hachey
Director
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Dr. Marilyn L. Minus
Dr.
        Marilyn L. Minus
Director
June 9, 2021
/s/
        Catherine A. Suever
Catherine
        A. Suever
Director
June 9, 2021