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OMB Number 3235-0104
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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(F) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
(Print or Type Response)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Mehra Sanjeev K.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
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(Street)
New York New York 10004
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/00
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3. IRS or Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL)
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5 Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[ X ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr.5)
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Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share 14,525,000(1) I(1) (1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM
DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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1. Title of Derivative Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
Security Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
(Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr.5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
See attached pages.
/s/ Roger S. Begelman December 29, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Sanjeev K. Mehra by Attorney-in-fact
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, See instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
a currently valid OMB Number.
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Item 1: Sanjeev K. Mehra
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Item 2: December 19, 2000
Item 4: Hexcel Corporation (HXL)
Form 3
Explanation of Responses
(1) The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman, Sachs &
Co. ("Goldman, Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The
Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities
reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest
therein, if any. As of December 19, 2000, Goldman Sachs and GS
Group may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly in the
aggregate 14,525,000 shares of Common Stock through certain
investment partnerships and limited liability companies of which
Goldman Sachs or affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the
general partner, managing general partner, managing partner,
managing member, manager or investment manager.
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Item 1: Sanjeev K. Mehra
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Item 2: December 19, 2000
Item 4: Hexcel Corporation (HXL)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned does hereby appoint Hans L. Reich and Roger S.
Begelman his true and lawful attorneys, and each of them his true and
lawful attorney, with power to act without the other, and with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for him and in his name any
Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, any
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 and any Annual
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or
successor form, which may be required to be filed by him with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all instruments necessary or
incidental therewith, hereby granting unto said attorneys and each of them
full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, and in any and all capacities, every act and thing whatsoever
required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and each of them.
This power of attorney shall not be affected by the subsequent
disability or incompetence of the principal. This power of attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until either revoked in writing by the
undersigned or until such time as the person or persons to whom power of
attorney has been hereby granted cease(s) to be an employee of The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates.
In witness thereof the undersigned hereunto signed his name this 28th
day of January, 2000.
/s/ Sanjeev K. Mehra
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Sanjeev K. Mehra
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