X0202 4 2005-05-19 0 0000717605 HEXCEL CORP /DE/ HXL 0001012912 SOLOMON MARTIN L 1643 BRICKELL AVENUE APARTMENT 4902 MIAMI FL 33129 1 0 0 0 Restricted Stock Units 2005-05-19 4 A 0 1503 0 A Common Stock 1503 1503 D Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted under the Hexcel Corporation 2003 Incentive Stock Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b. The RSUs vest in three equal installments on the grant date and on the first and second anniversaries of the grant date and convert into an equal number of shares of common stock on the second anniversary of the grant date, unless the grantee elects to defer conversion until such time as the grantee ceases to be a director of Hexcel Corporation. Vesting and conversion are subject to certain acceleration and termination provisions. /s/Martin L. Solomon by Seth L. Kaplan, Attorney-in-fact 2005-05-23