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


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 4, 2015


General Cable Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware   001-12983   06-1398235

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

4 Tesseneer Drive, Highland Heights, Kentucky

 

41076-9753

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(859) 572-8000

Not Applicable

(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):

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 4, 2015, the registrant (“General Cable”) issued a press release, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

General Cable makes reference to non-GAAP financial measures in the press release. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures contained in the attached press release to the comparable GAAP financial measures are contained in the attached press release or in General Cable’s Fourth Quarter 2014 Investor Presentation available on the Company’s website. Attached as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference are certain slides which are included in General Cable’s Fourth Quarter 2014 Investor Presentation and which contain such reconciliation information.

The information being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

List below the financial statements, pro forma financial information and exhibits, if any, furnished as part of this report.  

(d)   The Exhibits furnished in this report are listed in the Index to Exhibits.  


SIGNATURES

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


GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

 
 

February 4, 2015

/s/ Brian J. Robinson

Brian J. Robinson

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit

Method

Number

Description

of Filing

 
99.1 General Cable Corporation Press Release dated February 4, 2015 Furnished
Herewith
 
99.2 Certain slides contained in General Cable Corporation’s Furnished
Fourth Quarter 2014 Investor Presentation Herewith