Edgar Filing: GENERAL CABLE CORP /DE/

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

  4 TESSENEER DRIVE

  HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY 41076

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

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


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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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