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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 * STONE STREET 2000 LLC   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HEXCEL CORP /DE/ [HXL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/19/2005 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10004 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ 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 Common Stock 05/19/2005   A   3,006 (3) A $ 0 (3) 3,431,100 I See footnotes (1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
STONE STREET 2000 LLC 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10004		X
GS ADVISORS 2000 LLC 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK, NY 10004		X
LXH HOLDINGS CORP 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK, NY 10004		X
LXH HOLDINGS LP 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK, NY 10004		X
LXH LLC 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK, NY 10004		X
LXH II LLC 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK, NY 10004		X

Signatures

/s/ Edward T. Joel, Attorney-in-Fact		05/23/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Edward T. Joel, Attorney-in-Fact		05/23/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Edward T. Joel, Attorney-in-Fact		05/23/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Edward T. Joel, Attorney-in-Fact		05/23/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Edward T. Joel, Attorney-in-Fact		05/23/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Edward T. Joel, Attorney-in-Fact		05/23/2005
**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)	This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), GS Advisors 2000, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG ("GS oHG"), Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH ("GS GmbH"), GS Employee Funds 2000 GP, L.L.C. ("GS Employee 2000"), Stone Street 2000, L.L.C. ("Stone 2000"), GS Capital Partners 2000, L.P. ("GS Capital"), GS Capital Partners 2000 Offshore, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GS Capital Partners 2000 GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG ("GS Germany"), GS Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P. ("GS Employee"), Stone Street Fund 2000, L.P. ("Stone Street" and, together with GS Capital, GS Offshore, GS Germany and GS Employee, the "Limited Partnerships"), LXH Holdings Corp. ("LXH Corp."), LXH Holdings, L.P. ("LXH L.P."), LXH, L.L.C. ("LXH"), and LXH II, L.L.C. ("LXH II" and, together with LXH, the "LXH Entities"), (continued in next footnote)
(2)	(GS Group, Goldman Sachs, GS Advisors, GS oHG, GS GmbH, GS Employee 2000, Stone 2000, the Limited Partnerships, LXH Corp., LXH L.P., and the LXH Entities, collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in duplicate.
(3)	The 3,006 shares of Hexcel Corporation (the "Company") common stock ("Common Stock") were granted pursuant to the Hexcel Corporation 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, consisting of 1,503 shares of phantom stock granted to each of Sanjeev K. Mehra, a managing director of Goldman Sachs, and Peter M. Sacerdote, an advisory director of Goldman Sachs (together with Sanjeev K. Mehra, the "GS Directors"), in their capacity as directors of the Company. Each of the GS Directors has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such shares for the benefit of GS Group.
(4)	GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own the 3,006 shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Hexcel Corporation 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, consisting of 1,503 shares of phantom stock granted to each of the GS Directors in their capacity as directors of the Company. Each grant of 1,503 shares vests in three equal installments on the grant date, which was May 19, 2005, and on the first and second anniversaries of the grant date and converts 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 the Company. Vesting and conversion are subject to certain acceleration and termination provisions.
(5)	GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 3,424,914 shares of Common Stock by reason of the beneficial ownership of such shares by the LXH Entities. LXH may be deemed to own beneficially and directly 1,950,565 shares of Common Stock. LXH II may be deemed to own beneficially and directly 1,474,349 shares of Common Stock. In addition, GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own 3,180 shares of Common Stock which were granted pursuant to the Hexcel Corporation 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, consisting of 1,590 shares of phantom stock granted to each of the GS Directors in their capacity as directors of the Company.
(6)	Affiliates of GS Group and Goldman Sachs are the members or managing members of the LXH Entities. Affiliates of GS Group and Goldman Sachs are the general partners or managing partners of the Limited Partnerships. Goldman Sachs is the investment manager of the Limited Partnerships. Goldman Sachs is a direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Each of Goldman Sachs and GS Group disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned beneficially and directly by the LXH Entities and owned beneficially and indirectly by the Limited Partnerships, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
(7)	Each of (i) GS Capital, the managing member of LXH, the managing general partner of LXH L.P. and the sole stockholder of LXH Corp., and (ii) GS Advisors, the general partner of GS Capital, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly an aggregate of 1,950,565 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH's beneficial ownership of such shares. Each of GS Capital and GS Advisors disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. LXH Corp., the limited partner of LXH L.P., may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 67,533.5 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH's beneficial ownership of such shares. LXH Corp. disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities described herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(8)	LXH L.P., a member of LXH, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 78,510.2 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH's beneficial ownership of such shares. LXH L.P. disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities described herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. LXH may be deemed to own beneficially and directly 1,950,565 shares of Common Stock. Each of (i) GS Offshore, the managing member of LXH II, and (ii) GS Advisors, the general partner of GS Offshore, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 1,474,349 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH II's beneficial ownership of such shares. Each of GS Offshore and GS Advisors disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(9)	Each of (i) GS Germany, a member of LXH II, (ii) GS GmbH, the sole managing partner of GS Germany, and (iii) GS oHG, the sole stockholder of GS GmbH, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 81,529 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH II's beneficial ownership of such shares. Each of GS Germany, GS GmbH and GS oHG disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Each of (i) GS Employee, a member of LXH II and (ii) GS Employee 2000, the general partner of GS Employee, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 619,751 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH II's beneficial ownership of such shares. Each of GS Employee and GS Employee 2000 disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(10)	Each of (i) Stone Street, a member of LXH II and (ii) Stone 2000, the general partner of Stone Street, may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 64,308 shares of Common Stock by reason of LXH II's beneficial ownership of such shares. Each of Stone Street and Stone 2000 disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

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