---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000930413-24-001763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:35:36.348059+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel adds CEO Thomas Gentile III to board; annual meeting votes disclosed

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9; CEO Thomas Gentile III appointed as director effective May 2, 2024.
- Gentile will not serve on any board committee and receives no additional compensation.
- All 8 director nominees elected; votes ranged from 47.1M (Egnotovich) to 72.4M (Dr. Hubbard).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 70.1M for, 4.2M against, 257K abstain.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 75.4M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000930413-24-001763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324001763/0000930413-24-001763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324001763/c109018_8k-ixbrl.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas C. Gentile III was appointed as Director at HEXCEL CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Thomas C. Gentile III, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324001763/0000930413-24-001763-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HEXCEL CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 as follows: For Against Abstain 75,381,470 2,803,005 207,944
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324001763/0000930413-24-001763-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HEXCEL CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory approval of 2023 compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The stockholders, on an advisory, non-binding basis, approved the 2023 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 70,086,461 4,232,546 256,975 3,816,437
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324001763/0000930413-24-001763-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HEXCEL CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director as follows: Name of Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Nick L. Stanage 69,398,653 5,128,414 48,915 3,816,437 Jeffrey C. Campbell 65,048,723 9,478,640 48,619 3,816,437 James J. Cannon 72,126,795 2,403,264 45,923 3,816,437 Cynthia M. Egnotovich 47,134,986 27,344,506 96,490 3,816,437 Thomas A. Gendron 68,975,839 5,551,441 48,702 3,816,437 Guy C. Hachey 68,823,363 5,710,125 42,494 3,816,437 Dr. Patricia A. Hubbard 72,362,636 2,169,134 44,212 3,816,437 Catherine A. Suever 71,983,239 2,548,898 43,845 3,816,437
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324001763/0000930413-24-001763-index.htm

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