Hexcel Corporation Common Stock Approved for Listing on NYSE Euronext Paris

Regulatory News:

Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL) (Paris:HXL) today announced that the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has approved the Company’s prospectus for admission of its common stock to listing and trading on the Professional Segment of NYSE Euronext in Paris (“Euronext”), and has granted visa number 11-219, dated June 14, 2011, on the prospectus. This prospectus has been prepared by Hexcel Corporation and its signatory accepts the responsibility for its contents. The attention of investors is drawn to the risk factors described in the prospectus. On June 10, 2011, Euronext approved Hexcel Corporation’s application for listing and trading of its common stock on Euronext.

Hexcel Corporation’s common stock is scheduled to begin trading on Euronext on June 20, 2011. The Company’s common stock will trade under the symbol “HXL” and be denominated in Euros on the Paris venue. This listing will not alter Hexcel Corporation’s share count, capital structure, or current stock-listings on the New York Stock Exchange, where it also trades under the symbol “HXL.”

Hexcel has long had a major presence in Europe, where we employ approximately 2,000 people in facilities across England, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Austria. The Company believes this cross listing will provide European investors a greater opportunity to access Hexcel shares in the future. As an NYSE listed company, Hexcel easily and efficiently obtained its cross listing on the NYSE Euronext in Paris through the Fast Path program.

Copies of this prospectus may be obtained free of charge from Hexcel Corporation at 281 Tresser Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, U.S.A. and from its paying agent in France, Société Générale (Postal address: 32, rue du Champ de Tir, BP 81236, 44312 Nantes Cedex 3, France). The prospectus will also be available on Hexcel’s website at www.hexcel.com and the AMF’s website at www.amf-france.org.

Hexcel Corporation is a leading advanced composites company. It develops, manufactures and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials, including carbon fibers, reinforcements, prepregs, honeycomb, matrix systems, adhesives and composite structures, used in commercial aerospace, space and defense and industrial applications such as wind turbine blades.