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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;30, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Commission File No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06-1398235</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4 Tesseneer Drive<BR>
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076</B><DIV style="width: 50%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>GENERAL CABLE SAVINGS PLAN</B>
<DIV style="width: 50%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ROBERT J. SIVERD, ESQUIRE</B><BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
General Cable Corporation<BR>
4 Tesseneer Drive<BR>
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076<BR>
(859)&nbsp;572-8000<DIV style="width: 50%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies of Communications to:</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Jarrod B. Pontius, Esquire</B><BR>
General Cable Corporation <BR>
4 Tesseneer Drive <BR>
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076<BR>
(859)&nbsp;572-8000
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Alan H. Lieblich, Esquire<BR>
Jeffrey M. Taylor, Esquire</B><BR>
Blank Rome LLP<BR>
One Logan Square<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103<BR>
(215)&nbsp;569-5500</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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<TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered(1)</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $.01(2)
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"> (3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">60.60</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"> (4)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18,180,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">714.48</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"> (5)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), and General Instruction F to Form S-8, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
General Cable Savings Plan (f/k/a General Cable Corporation Savings Plan; f/k/a
General Cable Corporation Savings Plan For Hourly Employees, and including the former
BICCGeneral Cable Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the &#147;BICCGC Plan&#148;))
(collectively, the &#147;Savings Plan&#148;). Pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;457(h)(2), no
separate fee is required with respect to such interests.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;416, this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to cover additional shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (&#147;Common
Stock&#148;), of General Cable Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) to be offered or issued in
connection with any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, whether
pursuant to the terms of the Savings Plan or otherwise.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents the total number of shares of Common Stock being registered
hereby. This amount does not include shares of Common Stock that have been previously
registered under the following effective registration statements and which have been
issued or are currently reserved and available for issuance under the Savings Plan:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>37,500 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-31869), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;23, 1997, with respect to the Savings Plan
(as adjusted for a 3-for-2 stock split effected in April&nbsp;1998);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>125,000 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-51818), as filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;14,
2000, with respect to the Savings Plan; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>71,188 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-89629), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October&nbsp;25, 1999, with respect shares of Common Stock issued under
the BICCGC Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Thus, upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, a total of 533,688
shares of Common Stock will have been registered for issuance under the Savings Plan.
A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 registration statement with respect to
the BICCGC Plan is being filed concurrently with the filing of this Registration
Statement to deregister all unissued shares originally registered thereunder. As
used in this Registration Statement, the term &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148; shall
be deemed to refer to Commission File Nos. 333-31869 and 333-51818.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration
fee pursuant to Securities Act Rules&nbsp;457(h)(1) and 457(c), based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as of June
27, 2008.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration fee has been
calculated solely with respect to the 300,000 additional shares of Common Stock being
registered hereby.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">* * *</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>USE OF COMBINED PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 429(a) of the Securities Act, the prospectus that will be used in connection
with the offer and sale of the securities covered by this Registration Statement and issued
pursuant to the Savings Plan (the &#147;Combined Prospectus&#148;) will also be used in connection with the
sale of securities that may be covered by the Prior Registration Statements.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of each Prior Registration
Statement filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference; provided, however, that
such contents shall be deemed to be amended, modified or superseded by statements contained in this
Registration Statement, to the extent any such statements contained herein may be deemed to amend,
modify or supersede such contents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is to provide for (i)&nbsp;the registration of an
additional 300,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered and sold under the Savings Plan and (ii)
the use of the Combined Prospectus in connection with the Registration Statement and each of the
Prior Registration Statements.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General Cable Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8
(the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) in order to register 300,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01
per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), under the General Cable Savings Plan (f/k/a General Cable Corporation
Savings Plan; f/k/a General Cable Corporation Savings Plan For Hourly Employees, and including the
former BICCGeneral Cable Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the &#147;BICCGC Plan&#148;)) (collectively,
the &#147;Savings Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After this Registration Statement is effective, a total of 533,688 shares of Common Stock
offered and sold or to be offered and sold under the Savings Plan shall have been registered for
issuance under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). This total amount
includes:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>300,000 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>37,500 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8 (Commission
File No.&nbsp;333-31869), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;23, 1997, with respect to the Savings Plan (as adjusted for a
3-for-2 stock split effected in April&nbsp;1998);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>125,000 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8 (Commission
File No.&nbsp;333-51818), as filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;14, 2000, with
respect to the Savings Plan; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>71,188 shares of Common Stock out of a total of 300,000 shares of Common Stock
registered by the Company on Form S-8 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-89629), as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;25, 1999, with respect
shares of Common Stock issued under the BICCGC Plan prior to the merger of the
BICCGC Plan with and into the Savings Plan effective December&nbsp;1, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information required in Part&nbsp;I of the Registration Statement will
be sent or given to each participant in the Savings Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Commission under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission
but constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon written or oral request by a participant in the Savings Plan, the Registrant will provide
to such participant, without charge, any document incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of
this Registration Statement, which is incorporated by reference into the Section 10(a) prospectus,
and any document required to be delivered to a participant in the Savings Plan pursuant to Rule
428(b) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. All requests should be directed to
Robert J. Siverd, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant, at 4
Tesseneer Drive, Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076, telephone number (859)&nbsp;572-8000.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, as filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement by the Registrant and the Savings Plan, as appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;29, 2008;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;the Savings Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007,
as filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;27, 2008;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;all other documents filed by the Registrant or the Savings Plan with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since December&nbsp;31, 2007; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on Form 8-A
(Commission File No.&nbsp;1-12983) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;13, 1997 to register Common Stock
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and any filing with the Commission by the Registrant
which serves to amend such registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant and the Savings Plan pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part of this Registration Statement from the
date of the filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert J. Siverd, the Registrant&#146;s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
provided an opinion, filed herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1, in connection with the securities being
registered in the Registration Statement and may be eligible to participate in the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the authority conferred by Section&nbsp;102 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as amended (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), Article&nbsp;VII of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;) contains provisions which
eliminate personal liability of members of its board of directors for violations of their fiduciary
duty of care. Neither the DGCL nor the Certificate of Incorporation, however, limits the liability
of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in
intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, paying a dividend or approving a stock
repurchase under circumstances where such payment or repurchase is not permitted under the DGCL, or
obtaining an improper personal benefit. Article&nbsp;VII of the Certificate of Incorporation also
provides that if the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of directors, the liability of a director of the Registrant shall be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides for the indemnification of certain persons, including
directors, officers and employees of a corporation, under certain circumstances. Article&nbsp;XIV of
the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws states that the Registrant is obligated to provide
indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as well as to indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the
right of the Registrant in which such person has been adjudged liable to the Registrant) by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or
was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, member, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses, judgements, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was
unlawful. In the case of any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant in
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, such person shall be
indemnified only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine that such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant currently maintains an insurance policy that provides coverage pursuant to
which the Registrant is to be reimbursed for amounts it may be required or permitted by law to pay
to indemnify directors and officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Post Effective Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A (File No.
333-143017), as filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;11, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;25, 2007 (File No.
1-12983), as filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2007.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions referred to in Item&nbsp;6 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the mater has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Highland Heights, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 30th day of
June, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                 /s/ Gregory B. Kenny
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gregory B. Kenny&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Robert J. Siverd and Brian J. Robinson, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documentation in connection therewith, with the Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions
of the Securities Act and all requirements of the Commission, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying all that each of the said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement was signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gregory B. Kenny
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Gregory B. Kenny&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal<BR>
Executive Officer) and Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Brian J. Robinson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Brian J. Robinson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robert J. Siverd
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Robert J. Siverd&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gregory E. Lawton
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Gregory E. Lawton&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Craig P. Omtvedt
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Craig P. Omtvedt&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robert L. Smialek
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Robert L. Smialek&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">June 30, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John E. Welsh, III
&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Highland Heights,
Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 30th day of June, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>GENERAL CABLE SAVINGS PLAN</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robert J. Siverd
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Post Effective Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A (File No.
333-143017), as filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;11, 2007.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;25, 2007 (File No.
1-12983), as filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2007.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2008
Commission File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
06-1398235
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4 Tesseneer Drive
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
GENERAL CABLE SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
ROBERT J. SIVERD, ESQUIRE
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
General Cable Corporation
4 Tesseneer Drive
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076
(859) 572-8000
(Name and address of agent for service)
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of Communications to:
Jarrod B. Pontius, Esquire
General Cable Corporation
4 Tesseneer Drive
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076
(859) 572-8000
Alan H. Lieblich, Esquire
Jeffrey M. Taylor, Esquire
Blank Rome LLP
One Logan Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 569-5500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered(1)
registered
share
price
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $.01(2)
300,000
(3)
$
60.60
(4)
$
18,180,000
$
714.48
(5)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and General Instruction F to Form S-8, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
General Cable Savings Plan (f/k/a General Cable Corporation Savings Plan; f/k/a
General Cable Corporation Savings Plan For Hourly Employees, and including the former
BICCGeneral Cable Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the "BICCGC Plan"))
(collectively, the "Savings Plan"). Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h)(2), no
separate fee is required with respect to such interests.
(2)
Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 416, this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to cover additional shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common
Stock"), of General Cable Corporation (the "Company") to be offered or issued in
connection with any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, whether
pursuant to the terms of the Savings Plan or otherwise.
(3)
Represents the total number of shares of Common Stock being registered
hereby. This amount does not include shares of Common Stock that have been previously
registered under the following effective registration statements and which have been
issued or are currently reserved and available for issuance under the Savings Plan:
•
37,500 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-31869), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on July 23, 1997, with respect to the Savings Plan
(as adjusted for a 3-for-2 stock split effected in April 1998);
•
125,000 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-51818), as filed with the Commission on December 14,
2000, with respect to the Savings Plan; and
•
71,188 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-89629), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 25, 1999, with respect shares of Common Stock issued under
the BICCGC Plan.
Thus, upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, a total of 533,688
shares of Common Stock will have been registered for issuance under the Savings Plan.
A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 registration statement with respect to
the BICCGC Plan is being filed concurrently with the filing of this Registration
Statement to deregister all unissued shares originally registered thereunder. As
used in this Registration Statement, the term "Prior Registration Statements" shall
be deemed to refer to Commission File Nos. 333-31869 and 333-51818.
(4)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration
fee pursuant to Securities Act Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c), based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as of June
27, 2008.
(5)
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration fee has been
calculated solely with respect to the 300,000 additional shares of Common Stock being
registered hereby.
* * *
USE OF COMBINED PROSPECTUS
Pursuant to Rule 429(a) of the Securities Act, the prospectus that will be used in connection
with the offer and sale of the securities covered by this Registration Statement and issued
pursuant to the Savings Plan (the "Combined Prospectus") will also be used in connection with the
sale of securities that may be covered by the Prior Registration Statements.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of each Prior Registration
Statement filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference; provided, however, that
such contents shall be deemed to be amended, modified or superseded by statements contained in this
Registration Statement, to the extent any such statements contained herein may be deemed to amend,
modify or supersede such contents.
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to provide for (i) the registration of an
additional 300,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered and sold under the Savings Plan and (ii)
the use of the Combined Prospectus in connection with the Registration Statement and each of the
Prior Registration Statements.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
General Cable Corporation (the "Registrant") is filing this registration statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") in order to register 300,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01
per share ("Common Stock"), under the General Cable Savings Plan (f/k/a General Cable Corporation
Savings Plan; f/k/a General Cable Corporation Savings Plan For Hourly Employees, and including the
former BICCGeneral Cable Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the "BICCGC Plan")) (collectively,
the "Savings Plan").
After this Registration Statement is effective, a total of 533,688 shares of Common Stock
offered and sold or to be offered and sold under the Savings Plan shall have been registered for
issuance under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This total amount
includes:
•
300,000 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby;
•
37,500 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8 (Commission
File No. 333-31869), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on July 23, 1997, with respect to the Savings Plan (as adjusted for a
3-for-2 stock split effected in April 1998);
•
125,000 shares of Common Stock registered by the Company on Form S-8 (Commission
File No. 333-51818), as filed with the Commission on December 14, 2000, with
respect to the Savings Plan; and
•
71,188 shares of Common Stock out of a total of 300,000 shares of Common Stock
registered by the Company on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-89629), as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 1999, with respect
shares of Common Stock issued under the BICCGC Plan prior to the merger of the
BICCGC Plan with and into the Savings Plan effective December 1, 2006.
The documents containing the information required in Part I of the Registration Statement will
be sent or given to each participant in the Savings Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Commission under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission
but constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Upon written or oral request by a participant in the Savings Plan, the Registrant will provide
to such participant, without charge, any document incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement, which is incorporated by reference into the Section 10(a) prospectus,
and any document required to be delivered to a participant in the Savings Plan pursuant to Rule
428(b) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. All requests should be directed to
Robert J. Siverd, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant, at 4
Tesseneer Drive, Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076, telephone number (859) 572-8000.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, as filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement by the Registrant and the Savings Plan, as appropriate.
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, as filed with the Commission on February 29, 2008;
(b) the Savings Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007,
as filed with the Commission on June 27, 2008;
(c) all other documents filed by the Registrant or the Savings Plan with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), since December 31, 2007; and
(d) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on Form 8-A
(Commission File No. 1-12983) filed with the Commission on May 13, 1997 to register Common Stock
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and any filing with the Commission by the Registrant
which serves to amend such registration statement.
All documents filed by the Registrant and the Savings Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part of this Registration Statement from the
date of the filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Robert J. Siverd, the Registrant's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
provided an opinion, filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1, in connection with the securities being
registered in the Registration Statement and may be eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as amended (the "DGCL"), Article VII of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") contains provisions which
eliminate personal liability of members of its board of directors for violations of their fiduciary
duty of care. Neither the DGCL nor the Certificate of Incorporation, however, limits the liability
of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in
intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, paying a dividend or approving a stock
repurchase under circumstances where such payment or repurchase is not permitted under the DGCL, or
obtaining an improper personal benefit. Article VII of the Certificate of Incorporation also
provides that if the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of directors, the liability of a director of the Registrant shall be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.
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Section 145 of the DGCL provides for the indemnification of certain persons, including
directors, officers and employees of a corporation, under certain circumstances. Article XIV of
the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws states that the Registrant is obligated to provide
indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as well as to indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the
right of the Registrant in which such person has been adjudged liable to the Registrant) by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or
was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, member, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses, judgements, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was
unlawful. In the case of any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant in
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, such person shall be
indemnified only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine that such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
The Registrant currently maintains an insurance policy that provides coverage pursuant to
which the Registrant is to be reimbursed for amounts it may be required or permitted by law to pay
to indemnify directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post Effective Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No.
333-143017), as filed with the Commission on June 11, 2007.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated July 25, 2007 (File No.
1-12983), as filed with the Commission on July 25, 2007.
5.1
Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.
23.1
Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions referred to in Item 6 of Part II of this Registration Statement, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the mater has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Highland Heights, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 30th day of
June, 2008.
GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Gregory B. Kenny
Gregory B. Kenny
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Robert J. Siverd and Brian J. Robinson, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documentation in connection therewith, with the Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions
of the Securities Act and all requirements of the Commission, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying all that each of the said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement was signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
June 30, 2008
/s/ Gregory B. Kenny
Gregory B. Kenny
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer) and Director
June 30, 2008
/s/ Brian J. Robinson
Brian J. Robinson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
June 30, 2008
/s/ Robert J. Siverd
Robert J. Siverd
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
June 30, 2008
/s/ Gregory E. Lawton
Gregory E. Lawton
Director
June 30, 2008
/s/ Craig P. Omtvedt
Craig P. Omtvedt
Director
June 30, 2008
/s/ Robert L. Smialek
Robert L. Smialek
Director
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June 30, 2008
/s/ John E. Welsh, III
John E. Welsh, III
Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Highland Heights,
Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 30th day of June, 2008.
GENERAL CABLE SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/ Robert J. Siverd
Robert J. Siverd
Member, Retirement Plans Finance Committee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post Effective Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No.
333-143017), as filed with the Commission on June 11, 2007.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated July 25, 2007 (File No.
1-12983), as filed with the Commission on July 25, 2007.
5.1
Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.
23.1
Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).