secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEXCEL CORP /DE/ (HXL)
CIK:        0000717605
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000930413-24-003271
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hexcel: CEO Gentile becomes Chairman, David Li joins board, Stanage retires as employee
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- Nick Stanage retired as employee Nov 30, 2024, remains non-employee director; CEO Thomas Gentile appointed Chairman effective Dec 5, 2024.
- David Li, former CEO of CMC Materials, appointed to board effective Jan 1, 2025, expanding board to 10 members.
- Director Thomas Gendron will not stand for reelection at the 2025 Annual Meeting; no dispute or disagreement cited.
- Board adopted Director Compensation Program (Exhibit 10.1) with annual retainer ($88k) and equity grant ($140k) for non-employee directors.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324003271/0000930413-24-003271-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324003271/c110630_8k-ixbrl.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930413-24-003271

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