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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Swords Timothy   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HEXCEL CORP /DE/ [HXL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) See Remarks (Last) (First) (Middle) HEXCEL CORPORATION, 281 TRESSER BLVD., 16TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/10/2018 (Street) STAMFORD, CT 06901 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units (1)

(1)

08/10/2018

A

0.93

(2)

(2)

Common Stock

0.93

$ 0

429.33 (3)

D

Restricted Stock Units (1)

(1)

08/10/2018

A

1.62

(2)

(2)

Common Stock

1.62

$ 0

746.23 (4)

D

Restricted Stock Units (1)

(1)

08/10/2018

A

1.84

(2)

(2)

Common Stock

1.84

$ 0

847.35 (5)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Swords Timothy HEXCEL CORPORATION 281 TRESSER BLVD., 16TH FLOOR STAMFORD, CT 06901			See Remarks

Signatures

/s/ Steven A. Wein, as attorney-in-fact for Timothy Swords		08/13/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents a conditional right to receive one share of common stock of the issuer. Dividend equivalents in the form of additional RSUs ("Additional RSUs") accrue with respect to RSUs (and any Additional RSUs previously accrued) when dividends are paid on shares of common stock of the issuer.
(2)	The RSUs and Additional RSUs vest in equal increments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant and convert into an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the issuer. Upon vesting, all fractional shares underlying the vesting tranche of RSUs and Additional RSUs are cancelled.
(3)	On January 26, 2016, the reporting person received a grant pursuant to the Hexcel Corporation 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2013 Plan"). As previously reported, (i) as of the date the grantee became a reporting person, 1,263.18 RSUs and Additional RSUs from such grant remained unvested, (ii) on January 26, 2017, 425 RSUs and Additional RSUs vested, (iii) on January 26, 2018 427 RSUs and Additional RSUs vested, leaving 426.83 RSUs and Additional RSUs unvested and (iv) following January 26, 2018, the reporting person received aggregate dividend equivalents in the form of 1.57 Additional RSUs. On August 10, 2018, the reporting person received dividend equivalents in the form of 0.93 Additional RSUs, based on the $68.63 market price per underlying share on the dividend payment date.
(4)	As previously reported, (i) on January 30, 2017, the reporting person was granted 1,106 RSUs pursuant to the 2013 Plan, (ii) on January 30, 2018, 371 RSUs and Additional RSUs vested, leaving an aggregate of 741.87 RSUs and Additional RSUs unvested and (iii) following January 30, 2018, the reporting person received aggregate dividend equivalents in the form of 2.74 Additional RSUs. On August 10, 2018, the reporting person received dividend equivalents in the form of 1.62 Additional RSUs, based on the $68.63 market price per underlying share on the dividend payment date.
(5)	As previously reported, (i) on January 29, 2018, the reporting person was granted 844 RSUs pursuant to the 2013 Plan and (ii) following January 29, 2018, the reporting person received aggregate dividend equivalents in the form of 1.51 Additional RSUs. On August 10, 2018, the reporting person received dividend equivalents in the form of 1.84 Additional RSUs, based on the $68.63 market price per underlying share on the dividend payment date.
Remarks: President, Industrial

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