UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

May 4, 2011  (May 3, 2012)

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Hexcel Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-8472

 

94-1109521

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Two Stamford Plaza

281 Tresser Boulevard

Stamford, Connecticut 06901-3238

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

(203) 969-0666

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written Communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Section 5—Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02                Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Appointment of Mr. Nick L. Stanage

 

Yesterday, May 3, 2012, we announced that, effective May 3, 2012, Mr. Nick L. Stanage was appointed Chief Operating Officer, in addition to serving as President of Hexcel.  We also issued a press release on May 3, 2012 regarding the appointment of Mr. Stanage, which press release is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

 

Mr. Stanage, 53, has served as President of Hexcel since November 2009.  He joined Hexcel after serving as President of the Heavy Vehicle Products business of Dana Holding Corporation, a position he held from December 2005 to October 2009. Mr. Stanage was Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Vehicle Group at Dana from August 2005 to December 2005.

 

Item 5.07                Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a)          Hexcel’s annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 3, 2012.

 

(b)         The stockholders elected all of Hexcel’s nominees for director as follows:

 

Name of Director

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joel S. Beckman

 

79,055,408

 

1,999,839

 

10,819,270

 

David E. Berges

 

75,567,808

 

5,485,005

 

10,819,270

 

Lynn Brubaker

 

80,662,924

 

218,735

 

10,819,270

 

Jeffrey C. Campbell

 

80,779,724

 

253,673

 

10,819,270

 

Sandra L. Derickson

 

79,072,900

 

1,976,622

 

10,819,270

 

W. Kim Foster

 

80,796,140

 

250,389

 

10,819,270

 

Thomas A. Gendron

 

79,058,209

 

1,991,443

 

10,819,270

 

Jeffrey A. Graves

 

79,972,936

 

1,078,668

 

10,819,270

 

David C. Hill

 

80,797,268

 

253,305

 

10,819,270

 

David L. Pugh

 

79,064,569

 

1,990,673

 

10,819,270

 

 

(c)                The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Hexcel’s named executive officers as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

71,683,179

 

8,664,993

 

753,006

 

10,819,270

 

 

(d)               The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Hexcel’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012 as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

 

 

87,049,111

 

4,803,986

 

67,351

 

 

 

 

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Item 9.01                Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99.1         Press Release issued May 3, 2012, regarding the appointment of Nick L. Stanage to the position of Chief Operating Officer

 

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Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

HEXCEL CORPORATION

 

 

May 4, 2012

 

 

  /s/ Ira J. Krakower

 

 

 

Ira J. Krakower

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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