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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Commission File No.&nbsp;333-_________</B>
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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 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B><BR>
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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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06-1398235</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or <BR>
organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4 Tesseneer Drive, Highland
Heights, Kentucky</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41076</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION<BR>
2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(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<BR>
(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:<BR>
<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</DIV>


<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&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap"> Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B> registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B> registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>per share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>Common Stock, par value $.01<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,000,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$35.35<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$141,400,000
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7,890.12<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></TD>
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   <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), 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;Registrant&#148;) to be offered
or issued in connection with any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions,
whether pursuant to the terms of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;) or otherwise.</TD>
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    <TD>Represents the total number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereby. This amount
does not include 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock registered by the Registrant on Form S-8
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-125190), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) on May&nbsp;24, 2005 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), which have been issued or
are currently reserved and available for issuance under the 2005 Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;457(c), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange as of August&nbsp;11, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration fee has been calculated
solely with respect to the 4,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock being registered
hereby.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>***<BR>
<BR>USE OF COMBINED PROSPECTUS</B>
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<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 2005 Plan (the &#147;Combined Prospectus&#148;) will also be used in connection with the sale
of securities covered by the Prior Registration Statement.
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item 4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item 8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item 9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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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 the Prior Registration
Statement (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-125190) 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 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered and sold under the 2005 Plan and (ii)&nbsp;the
use of the Combined Prospectus in connection with this Registration Statement and the Prior
Registration Statement. The additional 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock that are the subject of
this Registration Statement relate to the increase in the number of authorized shares available for
issuance under the 2005 Plan as approved by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders at the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Meeting held on May&nbsp;27, 2009. This Registration Statement has been prepared and filed
pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART II</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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    <TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
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<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 into this
Registration Statement by the Registrant:
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2009, and as adjusted in the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>all other documents filed by the Registrant 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, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement under the Exchange Act on Form 8-A (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.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant 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.
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<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 is eligible to receive awards under the 2005 Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<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.
</DIV>

<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, judgments, 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD width="95%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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
S-4/A (File No.&nbsp;333-143017), as filed with the Commission on June
11, 2007.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;16, 2008 (File
No.&nbsp;1-12983), as filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;19, 2008.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;16, 2005 (File
No.&nbsp;1-12983), as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2005.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan,
as approved by stockholders on May&nbsp;27, 2009, incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to Definitive Proxy Statement (File No.
1-12983), as filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;17, 2009.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</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="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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<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>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 matter 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.</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 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 13th day of
August, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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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;<BR></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 has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gregory B. Kenny
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory B. Kenny <br>
President and Chief Executive Officer<br> (Principal Executive
Officer) and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <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">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Siverd
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Siverd <BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <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">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Brian J. Robinson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian J. Robinson <BR>
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer<BR> (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <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">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John E. Welsh, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John E. Welsh, III <Br>
Non-Executive Chairman and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <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">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gregory E. Lawton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory E. Lawton <BR>
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="69%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Craig P. Omtvedt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Craig P. Omtvedt<br>
Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">August&nbsp;13, 2009
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert L. Smialek
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert L. Smialek <BR>
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"  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>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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
S-4/A (File No.&nbsp;333-143017), as filed with the Commission on June
11, 2007.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;16, 2008 (File
No.&nbsp;1-12983), as filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;19, 2008.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;16, 2005 (File
No.&nbsp;1-12983), as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2005.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment
to General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as approved
by stockholders on May&nbsp;27, 2009,
incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to Definitive Proxy
Statement (File No.&nbsp;1-12983), as filed with the Commission on
April&nbsp;17, 2009.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2009
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 CORPORATION
2005 STOCK INCENTIVE 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:
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.
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
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Amount of
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
registered
registered
per share
offering price
fee
Common Stock, par value $.01
(1)
4,000,000
(2)
$35.35
(3)
$141,400,000
$7,890.12
(4)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 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 "Registrant") to be offered
or issued in connection with any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions,
whether pursuant to the terms of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2005 Plan") or otherwise.
(2)
Represents the total number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereby. This amount
does not include 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock registered by the Registrant on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-125190), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on May 24, 2005 (the "Prior Registration Statement"), which have been issued or
are currently reserved and available for issuance under the 2005 Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange as of August 11, 2009.
(4)
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registration fee has been calculated
solely with respect to the 4,000,000 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 2005 Plan (the "Combined Prospectus") will also be used in connection with the sale
of securities covered by the Prior Registration Statement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration
Statement (Commission File No. 333-125190) 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 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered and sold under the 2005 Plan and (ii) the
use of the Combined Prospectus in connection with this Registration Statement and the Prior
Registration Statement. The additional 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock that are the subject of
this Registration Statement relate to the increase in the number of authorized shares available for
issuance under the 2005 Plan as approved by the Registrant's stockholders at the Registrant's
Annual Meeting held on May 27, 2009. This Registration Statement has been prepared and filed
pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
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 into this
Registration Statement by the Registrant:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on May 8, 2009, and as adjusted in the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 12, 2009;
(b)
all other documents filed by the Registrant 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, 2008; and
(c)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement under the Exchange Act on Form 8-A (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 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.
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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 is eligible to receive awards under the 2005 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.
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, judgments, 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.
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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 to Form 8-K dated December 16, 2008 (File
No. 1-12983), as filed with the Commission on December 19, 2008.
5.1
Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.
10.1
General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated May 16, 2005 (File
No. 1-12983), as filed with the Commission on May 16, 2005.
10.2
Amendment to General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan,
as approved by stockholders on May 27, 2009, incorporated by
reference to Appendix A to Definitive Proxy Statement (File No.
1-12983), as filed with the Commission on April 17, 2009.
23.1
Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche 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:
(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.
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(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 matter 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 13th day of
August, 2009.
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 has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
August 13, 2009
/s/ Gregory B. Kenny
Gregory B. Kenny
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer) and Director
August 13, 2009
/s/ Robert J. Siverd
Robert J. Siverd
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
August 13, 2009
/s/ Brian J. Robinson
Brian J. Robinson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 13, 2009
/s/ John E. Welsh, III
John E. Welsh, III
Non-Executive Chairman and Director
August 13, 2009
/s/ Gregory E. Lawton
Gregory E. Lawton
Director
S-1
August 13, 2009
/s/ Craig P. Omtvedt
Craig P. Omtvedt
Director
August 13, 2009
/s/ Robert L. Smialek
Robert L. Smialek
Director
S-2
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 to Form 8-K dated December 16, 2008 (File
No. 1-12983), as filed with the Commission on December 19, 2008.
5.1
Opinion of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire.
10.1
General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated May 16, 2005 (File
No. 1-12983), as filed with the Commission on May 16, 2005.
10.2
Amendment
to General Cable Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as approved
by stockholders on May 27, 2009,
incorporated by reference to Appendix A to Definitive Proxy
Statement (File No. 1-12983), as filed with the Commission on
April 17, 2009.
23.1
Consent of Robert J. Siverd, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
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