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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

 

 

   

 

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GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

4 TESSENEER DRIVE

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY 41076

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Information

 

      
 

Meeting Type:       Annual Meeting

      
 

For holders as of:  March 16, 2015

      
 

Date: May 14, 2015        Time: 11:00 a.m., EDT

      
 

Location: General Cable Corporation

      
 

                  4 Tesseneer Drive

                  Highland Heights, KY 41076-9753

 

      
      
 

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  Voting Items            
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR

all nominees listed in proposal 1 and FOR proposals

2, 3 and 4.

        
 

 

1.

  

 

Election of Directors

    

 

Nominees:

        
    

 

1a.   Sallie B. Bailey

    

 

1b.   Edward Childs Hall, III

    

 

1c.   Gregory B. Kenny

    

 

1d.   Gregory E. Lawton

    

 

1e.   Craig P. Omtvedt

    

 

1f.    Patrick M. Prevost

    

 

1g.   John E. Welsh, III

 

 

2.

  

 

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as General Cable’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015.

  
 

 

3.

  

 

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

 

 

4.

  

Approval of the Amended and Restated General Cable Stock Incentive Plan.

 

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2015 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

 

  
 

 

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