UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                SCHEDULE 13D

                 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             (Amendment No. 9)*

                             Hexcel Corporation
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                              (Name of Issuer)

                  Common Stock (Par Value $0.01 Per Share)
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                       (Title of Class of Securities)

                                428291 10 8
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                               (CUSIP Number)

         Robert C. Schwenkel, Esq.                 Ben I. Adler, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP      Goldman, Sachs & Co.
             One New York Plaza                    One New York Plaza
             New York, NY 10004                    New York, NY 10004
               (212) 859-8000                        (212) 902-1000

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 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons Authorized to Receive Notices
                             and Communications)

                              February 28, 2006
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           (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


     If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),  13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check
the following box |_|.

          Note.  Schedules  filed in paper  format  shall  include a signed
     original and five copies of the schedule,  including all exhibits. See
     Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

          * The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall be filled out for a
     reporting  person's  initial  filing on this form with  respect to the
     subject  class  of  securities,   and  for  any  subsequent  amendment
     containing  information  which would alter  disclosures  provided in a
     prior cover page.

     The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed"  for the  purpose  of Section 18 of the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities  of
that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the
Act (however, see the Notes).




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 2 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|

3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF, OO

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         43,122
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              14,108,893

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         43,122
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                14,108,893

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             14,152,015(1)

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             15.2%(2)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             HC-CO

(1) This amount includes shares of common stock of Hexcel Corporation (the
"Company") that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. ("GS Group") which are issuable upon the exercise of options
granted by the Company which are currently exercisable and held for the
benefit of GS Group.

(2) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Group.




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 3 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF, WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |X|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             NEW YORK

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              14,108,893

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                14,108,893

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             14,108,893

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             15.2%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             BD-PN-IA

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than Goldman, Sachs & Co.




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 4 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GS ADVISORS 2000, L.L.C.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              10,954,362

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                10,954,362

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             10,954,362

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             11.8%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             OO

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Advisors 2000, L.L.C.




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 5 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. oHG

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             GERMANY

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              335,935

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                335,935

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             335,935

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0.4%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG.




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 6 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GOLDMAN, SACHS MANAGEMENT GP GmbH

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             GERMANY

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              335,935

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                335,935

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             335,935

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0.4%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             CO

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule
13d-3(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
which specifically excludes from such calculation all securities
not outstanding which are subject to options, warrants, rights or
conversion privileges and which are beneficially owned by any
person other than Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH.



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 7 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GS EMPLOYEE FUNDS 2000 GP, L.L.C.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              2,552,830

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                2,552,830

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             2,552,830

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             2.7%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             OO

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Employee Funds 2000 GP,
L.L.C.



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 8 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             STONE STREET 2000, L.L.C.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              264,946

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                264,946

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             264,946

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0.3%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             OO

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than Stone Street 2000, L.L.C.



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 9 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000, L.P.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              8,034,955

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                8,034,955

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             8,034,955

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             8.6%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Capital Partners 2000, L.P.




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 10 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 OFFSHORE, L.P.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             CAYMAN ISLANDS

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              2,919,407

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                2,919,407

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             2,919,407

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             3.1%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Capital Partners 2000
Offshore, L.P.



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 11 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 GmbH & CO. BETEILIGUNGS KG

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             GERMANY

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              335,935

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                335,935

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             335,935

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0.4%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Capital Partners 2000 GmbH &
Co. Beteiligungs KG.



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 12 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 EMPLOYEE FUND, L.P.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              2,552,830

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                2,552,830

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             2,552,830

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             2.7%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Capital Partners 2000
Employee Fund, L.P.




                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 13 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             STONE STREET FUND 2000, L.P.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              264,946

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                264,946

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             264,946

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0.3%(1)

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN

(1) This percentage is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which specifically
excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than Stone Street Fund 2000, L.P.



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 14 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             LXH HOLDINGS CORP.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              1.45

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                1.45

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             1.45

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             LESS THAN 0.1%

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             CO



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 15 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             LXH HOLDINGS, L.P.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              1.69

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                1.69

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             1.69

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             LESS THAN 0.1%

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             PN



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 16 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             LXH, L.L.C.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF, WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              42

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                42

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             42

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             LESS THAN 0.1%

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             OO



                                SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 428291 10 8                                          Page 17 of 35

1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

             LXH II, L.L.C.

2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) |_|
                                                                (b) |_|


3      SEC USE ONLY


4      SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF, WC

5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                               |_|


6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             DELAWARE

               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                         0
    SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

   OWNED BY              32

               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     EACH
                         0
  REPORTING

    PERSON     10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

     WITH                32

11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             32

12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
       CERTAIN SHARES                                               |_|

13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             LESS THAN 0.1%

14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             OO



     This  Amendment  No. 9, 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 "Original
Purchasers")  (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 Original Purchasers,  collectively,  the "Filing Persons"),  amends
and  supplements  the  Schedule  13D filed by the Filing  Persons  with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC") on December 28, 2000 (as
amended by  Amendment  No. 1 filed on December 20,  2002,  Amendment  No. 2
filed on March  21,  2003,  Amendment  No. 3 filed on  November  30,  2004,
Amendment  No. 4 filed  on  December  21,  2004,  Amendment  No. 5 filed on
December 27, 2004,  Amendment No. 6 filed on July 15, 2005, Amendment No. 7
filed on August 10, 2005 and Amendment No. 8 filed on January 4, 2006,  the
"Schedule  13D"),  relating to the common stock,  par value $0.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"),  of Hexcel Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation (the
"Company").  Capitalized  terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.(1)

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.
        ----------------------

     Item 4 is hereby  amended by adding the following  immediately  before
the final three paragraphs thereof:

     On February 28, 2006, the Company advised the Limited Partnerships and
the Original Purchasers (collectively,  the "GS Selling Stockholders") that
the Other Purchasers were exercising one of their three demand registration
rights pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) of the registration  rights agreement,
dated as of March 19, 2003, among the Company and the Other Purchasers, and
requested that the Company file a  registration  statement on Form S-3 with
respect to an aggregate of  9,495,156  shares of Common Stock  beneficially
owned by the Other Purchasers.  The intended method of distribution of such
shares of Common  Stock is an  underwritten  public  offering  (the  "Third
Registered Offering").

     On February 28, 2006, the GS Selling Stockholders provided the Company
with written notice of the exercise of their piggyback  registration rights
pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Amended  and  Restated  Registration  Rights
Agreement and requested  that the Company  include in the Third  Registered
Offering  up  to  an  aggregate  of  14,108,073   shares  of  Common  Stock
beneficially  owned by them.  Even though the GS Selling  Stockholders  (i)
have exercised their piggyback  registration  rights and requested that the
Company  include in the Third  Registered  Offering up to an  aggregate  of
14,108,073  shares  of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by them and (ii)
presently  intend to  dispose  of all such  shares in the Third  Registered
Offering,  depending on market conditions and other factors in existence at
the  time  of  any  such  disposition,  there  can be no  assurance  that a
registration  statement  with  respect to the sale of such  shares  will be
declared  effective by the SEC or that such shares will  ultimately be sold
pursuant  to such  registration  statement.  Goldman  Sachs  will act as an
underwriter in the Third Registered Offering.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
         -------------------------------------

Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     (a) As of February  28, 2006,  GS Group may be deemed to  beneficially
own an aggregate of 14,152,015  shares of Common Stock,  consisting of: (i)
74 shares of  Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by the  Original
Purchasers,  as described below; (ii) (A) (I) 10,000 options granted to Mr.
Mehra on December 19, 2000 pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive Stock Plan, of
which all of such options are  currently  exercisable  for 10,000 shares of
Common  Stock,  (II) 2,000  options  granted to Mr.  Mehra on May 10,  2001
pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock Plan, of which all of such options
are currently  exercisable  for 2,000 shares of Common  Stock,  (III) 8,000
options  granted  to Mr.  Mehra on July 31,  2001  pursuant  to the  Hexcel
Incentive   Stock  Plan,  of  which  all  of  such  options  are  currently
exercisable for 8,000 shares of Common Stock, (IV) 2,000 options granted to
Mr. Mehra on May 9, 2002  pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock Plan, of
which all of such  options are  currently  exercisable  for 2,000 shares of
Common  Stock,  (V) 2,000  options  granted  to Mr.  Mehra on May 22,  2003
pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock Plan, of which all of such options
are  currently  exercisable  for 2,000 shares of Common  Stock,  (VI) 1,590
restricted  stock units  granted to Mr. Mehra on November 16, 2004 pursuant
to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock Plan, of which one-third of such restricted
stock units vested on the date of grant,  an  additional  one-third of such
restricted stock units vested on November 16, 2005, the remaining one-third
of such  restricted  stock units will vest on November  16, 2006 and all of
such restricted  stock units will convert into an equal number of shares of
Common Stock on such date as Mr. Mehra ceases to serve as a director of the
Company, and (VII) 1,503 restricted stock units granted to Mr. Mehra on May
19, 2005 pursuant to the Hexcel Incentive Stock Plan, of which one-third of
such  restricted  stock units  vested on the date of grant,  an  additional
one-third of such  restricted  stock units will vest on May 19,  2006,  the
remaining  one-third  of such  restricted  stock units will vest on May 19,
2007 and all of such  restricted  stock  units will  convert  into an equal
number of shares of Common  Stock on such date as Mr. Mehra ceases to serve
as a director of the Company (Sanjeev K. Mehra has an understanding with GS
Group  pursuant to which he holds the options  and  restricted  stock units
described  above in (A)(I)  through  (A)(VII) for the benefit of GS Group),

-----------------------
(1)  Neither  the  present  filing nor  anything  contained  herein will be
construed as an admission that any Filing Person constitutes a "person" for
any purpose other than for compliance  with Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.



and (B) (I) 10,000  options  granted to Mr.  Sacerdote on December 19, 2000
pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock Plan, of which all of such options
are currently  exercisable  for 10,000  shares of Common Stock,  (II) 2,000
options  granted to Mr.  Sacerdote  on May 10, 2001  pursuant to the Hexcel
Incentive   Stock  Plan,  of  which  all  of  such  options  are  currently
exercisable  for 2,000 shares of Common Stock,  (III) 2,000 options granted
to Mr.  Sacerdote  on May 9, 2002  pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock
Plan,  of which all of such  options are  currently  exercisable  for 2,000
shares of Common Stock,  (IV) 2,000 options granted to Mr. Sacerdote on May
22, 2003 pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive Stock Plan, of which all of such
options are currently  exercisable  for 2,000 shares of Common  Stock,  (V)
1,590  restricted stock units granted to Mr. Sacerdote on November 16, 2004
pursuant to the Hexcel  Incentive  Stock Plan,  of which  one-third of such
restricted stock units vested on the date of grant, an additional one-third
of such  restricted  stock units vested on November 16, 2005, the remaining
one-third of such restricted stock units will vest on November 16, 2006 and
all of such  restricted  stock units will  convert  into an equal number of
shares of Common Stock on such date as Mr.  Sacerdote  ceases to serve as a
director of the Company,  and (VI) 1,503  restricted stock units granted to
Mr.  Sacerdote on May 19, 2005 pursuant to the Hexcel Incentive Stock Plan,
of which  one-third  of such  restricted  stock units vested on the date of
grant, an additional  one-third of such restricted stock units will vest on
May 19, 2006, the remaining  one-third of such restricted  stock units will
vest on May 19, 2007 and all of such  restricted  stock units will  convert
into an  equal  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  on such  date as Mr.
Sacerdote  ceases to serve as a director of the Company (Peter M. Sacerdote
has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds the options
and restricted  stock units  described  above in (B)(I) through (B)(VI) for
the benefit of GS Group);  (iii) 14,107,999 shares of Common Stock that are
beneficially  owned by the Limited  Partnerships,  as described  below; and
(iv) 820  shares of Common  Stock  acquired  by Goldman  Sachs in  ordinary
course trading activities. The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to
be  beneficially  owned by GS Group  represent  approximately  15.2% of the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock, based on there being 93,038,134 shares
of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares
outstanding  was  provided by the Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was
calculated in accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which
specifically  excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding
which are subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and
which are beneficially owned by any person other than GS Group.

     As of February 28, 2006,  Goldman Sachs may be deemed to  beneficially
own an aggregate of 14,108,893  shares of Common Stock,  consisting of: (i)
74 shares of  Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by the  Original
Purchasers, as described below; (ii) 14,107,999 shares of Common Stock that
are beneficially owned by the Limited Partnerships, as described below; and
(iii) 820 shares of Common  Stock  acquired  by Goldman  Sachs in  ordinary
course trading activities. The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to
be beneficially owned by Goldman Sachs represent approximately 15.2% of the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock, based on there being 93,038,134 shares
of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares
outstanding  was  provided by the Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was
calculated in accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which
specifically  excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding
which are subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and
which are beneficially owned by any person other than Goldman Sachs.

     GS Group and Goldman Sachs disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares
of Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by the  Original  Purchasers  and the
Limited   Partnerships  to  the  extent  that   partnership  or  membership
interests,  as the case may be,  in the  Limited  Partnerships  are held by
persons other than Goldman Sachs or its affiliates.

     In accordance  with  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  Release No.
34-39538   (January  12,  1998),   this  filing   reflects  the  securities
beneficially  owned by the investment  banking division of GS Group and its
subsidiaries  and affiliates  (the  "Investment  Banking  Division").  This
filing does not reflect securities, if any, beneficially owned by any other
operating  unit  of GS  Group  and its  subsidiaries  and  affiliates.  The
Investment Banking Division disclaims  beneficial  ownership of securities,
if any, beneficially owned by (i) any client accounts with respect to which
the Investment  Banking Division or its employees have voting or investment
discretion,  or both, and (ii) certain  investment  entities,  of which the
Investment  Banking  Division  is the  general  partner,  managing  general
partner or other manager, to the extent interests in such entities are held
by persons other than the Investment Banking Division.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS Advisors may be deemed to beneficially own
an aggregate of 10,954,362  shares of Common Stock,  consisting  of: (i) 57
shares of Common Stock, of which 42 shares may be deemed to be beneficially
owned by GS Capital and 15 shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by
GS  Offshore,  as described  below;  and (ii)  10,954,305  shares of Common
Stock, of which 8,034,913 shares are  beneficially  owned by GS Capital and
2,919,392 shares are beneficially owned by GS Offshore, as described below.
The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be  beneficially  owned by
GS Advisors  represent  approximately  11.8% of the  outstanding  shares of
Common  Stock,  based on there  being  93,038,134  shares of  Common  Stock
outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was
provided  by the  Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was  calculated  in
accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which  specifically
excludes from such  calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Advisors.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS oHG may be deemed to  beneficially  own an
aggregate of 335,935 shares of Common Stock, consisting of: (i) 2 shares of
Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by GS Germany; and
(ii)  335,933  shares of Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by GS
Germany.  The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be  beneficially
owned by GS oHG represent  approximately  0.4% of the outstanding shares of
Common  Stock,  based on there  being  93,038,134  shares of  Common  Stock
outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was
provided  by the  Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was  calculated  in
accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which  specifically
excludes from such  calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS oHG.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS GmbH may be deemed to beneficially  own an
aggregate of 335,935 shares of Common Stock, consisting of: (i) 2 shares of
Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by GS Germany; and
(ii) 335,933 shares of Common Stock beneficially  owned by GS Germany.  The
shares of Common  Stock that may be deemed to be  beneficially  owned by GS
GmbH  represent  approximately  0.4% of the  outstanding  shares  of Common
Stock,  based on there being 93,038,134  shares of Common Stock outstanding
as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was provided by
the Company.  The foregoing  percentage was  calculated in accordance  with
Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which specifically excludes from such
calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are subject to options,
warrants,  rights or conversion privileges and which are beneficially owned
by any person other than GS GmbH.

     As  of  February  28,  2006,   GS  Employee  2000  may  be  deemed  to
beneficially  own  an  aggregate  of  2,552,830  shares  of  Common  Stock,
consisting  of:  (i) 14  shares of  Common  Stock  that may be deemed to be
beneficially  owned by GS  Employee;  and (ii)  2,552,816  shares of Common
Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by GS  Employee.  The shares of Common
Stock  that may be  deemed to be  beneficially  owned by GS  Employee  2000
represent  approximately  2.7% of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock,
based on there being  93,038,134  shares of Common Stock  outstanding as of
February 23, 2006,  which number of shares  outstanding was provided by the
Company.  The foregoing  percentage was calculated in accordance  with Rule
13d-3(d)(1)  of the Exchange  Act,  which  specifically  excludes from such
calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are subject to options,
warrants,  rights or conversion privileges and which are beneficially owned
by any person other than GS Employee 2000.

     As of February 28, 2006,  Stone 2000 may be deemed to beneficially own
an aggregate of 264,946 shares of Common Stock,  consisting of: (i) 1 share
of  Common  Stock  that may be  deemed  to be  beneficially  owned by Stone
Street; and (ii) 264,945 shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned
by Stone  Street.  The  shares  of  Common  Stock  that may be deemed to be
beneficially  owned  by  Stone  2000  represent  approximately  0.3% of the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock, based on there being 93,038,134 shares
of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares
outstanding  was  provided by the Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was
calculated in accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which
specifically  excludes from such calculation all securities not outstanding
which are subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and
which are beneficially owned by any person other than Stone 2000.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS Capital may be deemed to beneficially  own
an aggregate of 8,034,955  shares of Common  Stock,  consisting  of: (i) 42
shares  of  Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned  by LXH;  and (ii)
8,034,913 shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned by GS Capital.
The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be  beneficially  owned by
GS Capital represent approximately 8.6% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock,  based on there being 93,038,134  shares of Common Stock outstanding
as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was provided by
the Company.  The foregoing  percentage was  calculated in accordance  with
Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which specifically excludes from such
calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are subject to options,
warrants,  rights or conversion privileges and which are beneficially owned
by any person other than GS Capital.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS Offshore may be deemed to beneficially own
an aggregate of 2,919,407  shares of Common  Stock,  consisting  of: (i) 15
shares of Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by LXH II;  and (ii)
2,919,392  shares  of  Common  Stock  that  are  beneficially  owned  by GS
Offshore.  The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially
owned by GS Offshore represent approximately 3.1% of the outstanding shares
of Common  Stock,  based on there being  93,038,134  shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was
provided  by the  Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was  calculated  in
accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which  specifically
excludes from such  calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Offshore.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS Germany may be deemed to beneficially  own
an aggregate of 335,935 shares of Common Stock, consisting of: (i) 2 shares
of Common  Stock that are  beneficially  owned by LXH II; and (ii)  335,933
shares of Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by GS  Germany.  The
shares of Common  Stock that may be deemed to be  beneficially  owned by GS
Germany represent  approximately  0.4% of the outstanding  shares of Common
Stock,  based on there being 93,038,134  shares of Common Stock outstanding
as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was provided by
the Company.  The foregoing  percentage was  calculated in accordance  with
Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which specifically excludes from such
calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are subject to options,
warrants,  rights or conversion privileges and which are beneficially owned
by any person other than GS Germany.

     As of February 28, 2006, GS Employee may be deemed to beneficially own
an aggregate of 2,552,830  shares of Common  Stock,  consisting  of: (i) 14
shares of Common  Stock  that are  beneficially  owned by LXH II;  and (ii)
2,552,816  shares  of  Common  Stock  that  are  beneficially  owned  by GS
Employee.  The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially
owned by GS Employee represent approximately 2.7% of the outstanding shares
of Common  Stock,  based on there being  93,038,134  shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was
provided  by the  Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was  calculated  in
accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which  specifically
excludes from such  calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than GS Employee.

     As of February  28, 2006,  Stone Street may be deemed to  beneficially
own an aggregate of 264,946  shares of Common Stock,  consisting  of: (i) 1
share of  Common  Stock  that is  beneficially  owned  by LXH II;  and (ii)
264,945 shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned by Stone Street.
The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be  beneficially  owned by
Stone Street  represent  approximately  0.3% of the  outstanding  shares of
Common  Stock,  based on there  being  93,038,134  shares of  Common  Stock
outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares outstanding was
provided  by the  Company.  The  foregoing  percentage  was  calculated  in
accordance  with Rule  13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act, which  specifically
excludes from such  calculation  all securities not  outstanding  which are
subject to options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges and which are
beneficially owned by any person other than Stone Street.

     As of February 28, 2006, LXH Corp. may be deemed to  beneficially  own
1.45  shares of Common  Stock,  that also may be deemed to be  beneficially
owned by LXH, LXH L.P. and GS Capital.  The shares of Common Stock that may
be deemed to be beneficially owned by LXH Corp. represent less than 0.1% of
the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock,  based on there being  93,038,134
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of
shares outstanding was provided by the Company.

     As of February 28, 2006,  LXH L.P. may be deemed to  beneficially  own
1.69  shares of Common  Stock,  that also may be deemed to be  beneficially
owned by LXH and GS Capital.  The shares of Common Stock that may be deemed
to be  beneficially  owned  by LXH L.P.  represent  less  than  0.1% of the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock, based on there being 93,038,134 shares
of Common Stock outstanding as of February 23, 2006, which number of shares
outstanding was provided by the Company.

     As of February 28,  2006,  LXH  beneficially  owns 42 shares of Common
Stock. The shares of Common Stock  beneficially owned by LXH represent less
than 0.1% of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock,  based on there being
93,038,134  shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  as of February  23, 2006,
which number of shares outstanding was provided by the Company.

     As of February 28, 2006, LXH II beneficially  owns 32 shares of Common
Stock.  The shares of Common Stock  beneficially  owned by LXH II represent
less than 0.1% of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock,  based on there
being  93,038,134  shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  as of February 23,
2006, which number of shares outstanding was provided by the Company.

     None of the Filing Persons or, to their knowledge,  the persons listed
on Schedules  I, II-A-i,  II-A-ii,  II-B-i,  II-B-ii,  II-C or II-D hereto,
beneficially  owns any  shares  of  Common  Stock  other  than as set forth
herein.

     (b) Each Filing Person shares the power to vote or direct the vote and
to  dispose  or to  direct  the  disposition  of  shares  of  Common  Stock
beneficially owned by such Filing Person as indicated above.

     (c) Except as described above, no transactions in the shares of Common
Stock were effected by the Filing Persons,  or, to their knowledge,  any of
the persons listed on Schedules I, II-A-i,  II-A-ii,  II-B-i, II-B-ii, II-C
or II-D hereto,  since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D by the Filing
Persons relating to the Common Stock.

     (d)  Except for  clients  of  Goldman  Sachs who may have the right to
receive  or the power to direct  the  receipt  of  dividends  from,  or the
proceeds  from the sale of,  any  shares of Common  Stock  held in  managed
accounts,  no other person is known by any Filing  Person to have the right
to receive or the power to direct the  receipt of  dividends  from,  or the
proceeds from the sale of, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
any Filing Person.

     (e) Not applicable.









                                 SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,  complete
and correct.


March 2, 2006


                               THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact



                               GS ADVISORS 2000, L.L.C.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact



                               GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. OHG


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact










                               GOLDMAN, SACHS MANAGEMENT GP GMBH


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact



                               GS EMPLOYEE FUNDS 2000 GP, L.L.C.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               STONE STREET 2000, L.L.C.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000, L.P.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 OFFSHORE, L.P.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact









                               GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 GMBH & CO.
                               BETEILIGUNGS KG


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 EMPLOYEE FUND, L.P.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               STONE STREET FUND 2000, L.P.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               LXH HOLDINGS CORP.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               LXH HOLDINGS, L.P.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact









                               LXH, L.L.C.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact


                               LXH II, L.L.C.


                               By:  /s/Roger S. Begelman
                                    --------------------------
                                   Name:  Roger S. Begelman
                                   Title: Attorney-in-fact







                              SCHEDULE II-A-i

Schedule II-A-i is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     The name, position and present principal  occupation of each executive
officer of GS Advisors 2000, L.L.C., the sole general partner of each of GS
Capital  Partners 2000, L.P. and GS Capital  Partners 2000 Offshore,  L.P.,
are set forth below.

     The business  address for all the executive  officers  listed below is
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, except
as follows:  The  business  address of Richard S.  Sharp,  Hughes B. Lepic,
Robert R. Gheewalla, Sanjay H. Patel, Steffen J. Kastner, Bjorn P. Killmer,
Benoit  Valentin,  Ulrika  Werdelin,  Sang  Gyun Ahn and  Martin  Hintze is
Peterborough  Court,  133  Fleet  Street,  London  EC4A 2BB,  England.  The
business address of Mary Nee, Hsueh J. Sung and Andrew Wolff is Cheung Kong
Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address
of Joseph P. DiSabato is 555 California  Street,  San Francisco,  CA 94104.
The business address of Muneer A. Satter is 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago,
IL 60606.  The business  address of Ankur A. Sahu is Roppongi  Hills,  Mori
Tower, Level 43-48, 10-1,  Roppongi 6-chome,  Minato-ku,  Tokyo,  106-6147,
Japan.

     All executive officers listed below are United States citizens, except
as follows:  Richard S. Sharp and Sarah E. Smith are citizens of the United
Kingdom; Hughes B. Lepic and Benoit Valentin are citizens of France; Adrian
M. Jones is a citizen of Ireland; Bjorn P. Killmer,  Steffen J. Kastner and
Martin  Hintze are citizens of Germany;  Hsueh Sung is a citizen of Taiwan,
Ankur A. Sahu is a citizen  of India,  Sang Gyun Ahn is a citizen  of South
Korea and Ulrika Werdelin is a citizen of Sweden.




Name                               Position                    Present Principal Occupation
---------------------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------------
                                                         
Richard A. Friedman                President                   Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph H. Gleberman                Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Henry Cornell                      Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Richard S. Sharp                   Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Esta E. Stecher                    Assistant Secretary         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sanjeev K. Mehra                   Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Muneer A. Satter                   Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sanjay H. Patel                    Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Hsueh J. Sung                      Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Steven M. Bunson                   Assistant Secretary         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli            Treasurer                   Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
David J. Greenwald                 Assistant Secretary         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hughes B. Lepic                    Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Russell E. Makowsky                Assistant Secretary         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sarah E. Smith                     Assistant Treasurer         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Gerald J. Cardinale                Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Stephen S. Trevor                  Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph P. DiSabato                 Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Robert R. Gheewalla                Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Ben I. Adler                       Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Melina E. Higgins                  Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Adrian M. Jones                    Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
John E. Bowman                     Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Katherine B. Enquist               Vice President/Secretary    Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Beverly L. O'Toole                 Assistant Secretary         Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Matthew E. Tropp                   Assistant Secretary         Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mitchell S. Weiss                  Vice President              Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mary Nee                           Vice President              Executive Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Ulrika Werdelin                    Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Kenneth A. Pontarelli              Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Steffen J. Kastner                 Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Stuart A. Katz                     Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Bjorn P. Killmer                   Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Benoit Valentin                    Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Sang Gyun Ahn                      Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Martin Hintze                      Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Michael E. Koester                 Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ankur A. Sahu                      Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Andrew E. Wolff                    Vice President              Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Christine Serfin                   Vice President              Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Julie Abraham                      Assistant Secretary         Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.






                              SCHEDULE II-A-ii
                              ----------------

Schedule II-A-ii is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     The name and  principal  occupation  of each  member of the  Principal
Investment  Area  Investment  Committee  of  Goldman,  Sachs  & Co.,  which
exercises  the  authority  of Goldman,  Sachs & Co. in managing GS Advisors
2000,  L.L.C.,  GS Capital  Partners 2000,  L.P., GS Capital  Partners 2000
Offshore,  L.P., GS Capital  Partners 2000 GmbH & Co.  Beteiligungs  KG, GS
Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P. and Stone Street Fund 2000, L.P.,
are set forth below.

     The  business  address for each member  listed  below is c/o  Goldman,
Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004,  except as follows:
The business  address of Richard S. Sharp,  Robert R. Gheewalla,  Hughes B.
Lepic and Sanjay H. Patel is Peterborough  Court, 133 Fleet Street,  London
EC4A 2BB,  England.  The  business  address of Muneer A. Satter is 71 South
Wacker Drive,  Chicago,  IL 60606. The business address of Hsueh J. Sung is
68/F Cheung Kong Centre, Hong Kong.

     All  members  listed  below  are  United  States  citizens,  except as
follows:  Richard S. Sharp and Sarah E.  Smith are  citizens  of the United
Kingdom;  Hughes B.  Lepic is a citizen  of  France;  Adrian M.  Jones is a
citizen of Ireland and Hsueh Sung is a citizen of Taiwan.

Name                        Present Principal Occupation
--------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
Peter M. Sacerdote          Advisory Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Richard A. Friedman         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph H. Gleberman         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Henry Cornell               Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Richard S. Sharp            Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Sanjeev K. Mehra            Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Muneer A. Satter            Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joe DiSabato                Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Adrian M. Jones             Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Peter G. Sachs              Senior Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Scott Kapnick               Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Melina E. Higgins           Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hsueh J. Sung               Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Ben I. Adler                Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli     Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sarah E. Smith              Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Stephen S. Trevor           Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Robert R. Gheewalla         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs International
Hughes B. Lepic             Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs International
Gerald J. Cardinale         Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sanjay H. Patel             Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs International



                               SCHEDULE II-C
                               -------------

     The name, position and present principal  occupation of each executive
officer of Stone Street  2000,  L.L.C.,  the sole general  partner of Stone
Street Fund 2000, L.P., are set forth below.

     The business  address for all the executive  officers  listed below is
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, except
as follows:  The  business  address of Richard S.  Sharp,  Hughes B. Lepic,
Robert R. Gheewalla, Sanjay H. Patel, Steffen J. Kastner, Bjorn P. Killmer,
Benoit  Valentin,  Ulrika  Werdelin,  Sang  Gyun Ahn and  Martin  Hintze is
Peterborough  Court,  133  Fleet  Street,  London  EC4A 2BB,  England.  The
business address of Mary Nee, Hsueh J. Sung and Andrew Wolff is Cheung Kong
Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address
of Joseph P. DiSabato is 555 California  Street,  San Francisco,  CA 94104.
The business address of Muneer A. Satter is 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago,
IL 60606.  The business  address of Ankur A. Sahu is Roppongi  Hills,  Mori
Tower, Level 43-48, 10-1,  Roppongi 6-chome,  Minato-ku,  Tokyo,  106-6147,
Japan.

     All executive officers listed below are United States citizens, except
as follows:  Richard S. Sharp and Sarah E. Smith are citizens of the United
Kingdom; Hughes B. Lepic and Benoit Valentin are citizens of France; Adrian
M. Jones is a citizen of Ireland; Bjorn P. Killmer,  Steffen J. Kastner and
Martin  Hintze are  citizens  of Germany;  Ulrika  Werdelin is a citizen of
Sweden, Hsueh J. Sung is a citizen of Taiwan, Ankur A. Sahu is a citizen of
India and Sang Gyun Ahn is a citizen of South Korea.



Name                     Position                             Present Principal Occupation
------------------------ ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        
Peter M. Sacerdote       Chairman/President                   Advisory Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Peter G. Sachs           Vice President                       Senior Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Richard A. Friedman      Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph H. Gleberman      Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Henry Cornell            Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Richard S. Sharp         Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Esta E. Stecher          Vice President/Assistant Secretary   Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sanjeev K. Mehra         Vice President/Treasurer             Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Muneer A. Satter         Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hsueh J. Sung            Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Steven M. Bunson         Assistant Secretary                  Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli  Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
David J. Greenwald       Vice President/Assistant Secretary   Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hughes B. Lepic          Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Russell E. Makowsky      Assistant Secretary                  Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sarah E. Smith           Assistant Treasurer                  Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Stephen S. Trevor        Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph P. DiSabato       Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Robert R. Gheewalla      Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Sanjay H. Patel          Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Ben I. Adler             Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Melina E. Higgins        Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
John E. Bowman           Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Carrie Teret             Vice President                       Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Katherine B. Enquist     Vice President/Secretary             Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Beverly L. O'Toole       Assistant Secretary                  Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mitchell S. Weiss        Vice President                       Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Matthew E. Tropp         Assistant Secretary                  Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mary Nee                 Vice President                       Executive Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Richard J. Stingi        Vice President                       Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ulrika Werdelin          Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Gerald J. Cardinale      Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Adrian M. Jones          Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Kenneth A. Pontarelli    Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Steffen J. Kastner       Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Stuart A. Katz           Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Bjorn P. Killmer         Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Benoit Valentin          Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Sang Gyun Ahn            Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Martin Hintze            Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Michael E. Koester       Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ankur A. Sahu            Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Andrew E. Wolff          Vice President                       Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Christine Serfin         Vice President                       Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Julie Abraham            Assistant Secretary                  Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.






                               SCHEDULE II-D
                               -------------

Schedule II-D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     The name, position and present principal  occupation of each executive
officer of GS Employee Funds 2000 GP, L.L.C.,  the sole general  partner of
GS Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P., are set forth below.

     The business  address for all the executive  officers  listed below is
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, except
as follows:  The  business  address of Richard S.  Sharp,  Hughes B. Lepic,
Robert R. Gheewalla, Sanjay H. Patel, Steffen J. Kastner, Bjorn P. Killmer,
Benoit  Valentin,  Ulrika  Werdelin,  Sang  Gyun Ahn and  Martin  Hintze is
Peterborough  Court,  133  Fleet  Street,  London  EC4A 2BB,  England.  The
business address of Mary Nee, Hsueh J. Sung and Andrew Wolff is Cheung Kong
Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address
of Joseph P. DiSabato is 555 California  Street,  San Francisco,  CA 94104.
The business address of Muneer A. Satter is 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago,
IL 60606.  The business  address of Ankur A. Sahu is Roppongi  Hills,  Mori
Tower, Level 43-48, 10-1,  Roppongi 6-chome,  Minato-ku,  Tokyo,  106-6147,
Japan.  All executive  officers  listed below are United  States  citizens,
except as follows:  Richard S. Sharp and Sarah E. Smith are citizens of the
United Kingdom, Hughes B. Lepic and Benoit Valentin are citizens of France,
Adrian M.  Jones is a citizen of  Ireland,  Steffen  J.  Kastner,  Bjorn P.
Killmer and Martin  Hitze are  citizens of  Germany,  Ulrika  Werdelin is a
citizen of Sweden  and Hsueh J. Sung is a citizen of Taiwan,  Ankur A. Sahu
is a citizen of India and Sang Gyun Ahn is a citizen of South Korea.



Name                        Position                            Present Principal Occupation
--------------------------- ---------------------------------   ------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          
Richard A. Friedman         President                           Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph H. Gleberman         Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Henry Cornell               Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Richard S. Sharp            Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Esta E. Stecher             Vice President/Assistant Secretary  Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sanjeev K. Mehra            Vice President/Treasurer            Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Muneer A. Satter            Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hsueh J. Sung               Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Steven M. Bunson            Assistant Secretary                 Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli     Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
David J. Greenwald          Vice President/Assistant Secretary  Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hughes B. Lepic             Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Russell E. Makowsky         Assistant Secretary                 Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sarah E. Smith              Assistant Treasurer                 Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Gerald J. Cardinale         Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Stephen S. Trevor           Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joseph P. DiSabato          Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Robert R. Gheewalla         Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Sanjay H. Patel             Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Ben I. Adler                Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Melina E. Higgins           Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Adrian M. Jones             Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
John E. Bowman              Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Katherine B. Enquist        Vice President/Secretary            Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Beverly L. O'Toole          Assistant Secretary                 Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 Carrie Teret               Vice President                      Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mitchell S. Weiss           Vice President                      Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mary Nee                    Vice President                      Executive Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Matthew E. Tropp            Assistant Secretary                 Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Richard J. Stingi           Vice President                      Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ulrika Werdelin             Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Kenneth A. Pontarelli       Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Steffen J. Kastner          Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Stuart A. Katz              Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Bjorn P. Killmer            Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Benoit Valentin             Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Sang Gyun Ahn               Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Martin Hintze               Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Michael E. Koester          Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ankur A. Sahu               Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Andrew E. Wolff             Vice President                      Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Christine Serfin            Vice President                      Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Julie Abraham               Assistant Secretary                 Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.