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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-018290"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:19:36.294112+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel issues $400M 4.900% Senior Notes due 2031, redeems $400M 3.950% Notes due 2027

## Summary
- Issued $400M of 4.900% Senior Notes due May 15, 2031; net proceeds ~$395.2M.
- Proceeds plus cash on hand to redeem all $400M of outstanding 3.950% Senior Notes due 2027 on May 28, 2026.
- Underwriting agreement with BofA, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, U.S. Bancorp; notes registered under shelf registration.
- Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated; change-of-control put at 101% of principal plus accrued interest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-018290
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000114036126018290/0001140361-26-018290-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000114036126018290/ef20071665_8k.htm

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