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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 16, 2013.

 

             

Meeting Information            

 

   
              Meeting Type:     Annual Meeting    

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

           For holders as of:     March 18, 2013    
             

 

Date:    May 16, 2013

 

 

      Time: 11:00 a.m., EDT

   
             

 

Location:   General Cable Corporation

   

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     4 Tesseneer Drive

     Highland Heights, KY 41076-9753

 

   

  GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

  4 TESSENEER DRIVE

  HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY 41076

   

 

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  Voting Items                   
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

1.     Election of Directors

                  
                  
 

        Nominees:

                 
 

        01)    Gregory B. Kenny

             
 

        02)    Gregory E. Lawton

       
 

        03)    Craig P. Omtvedt

       
 

        04)    Patrick M. Prevost

       
 

        05)    Robert L. Smialek

             
 

        06)    John E. Welsh, III

             
             
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3 and 4:

              
 

2. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, to audit General Cable’s 2013 consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting.

 
 

3. Approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of our named executive officers.

 
 

4. Approval of performance goals under General Cable’s 2008 Annual Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

 
  NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 18, 2013 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.  
             
             
                      
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