form8k060109.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 1, 2009 (May 27,
2009)
General
Cable Corporation
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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001-12983
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06-1398235
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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4 Tesseneer Drive, Highland
Heights, Kentucky 41076-9753
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (859)
572-8000
Not
Applicable
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain
Officers
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(e) On May 27, 2009, the shareholders
of General Cable Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the
Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”) at the Company’s annual
meeting of shareholders. The amendment increased the number of shares
of common stock authorized for issuance from 1,800,000 to
5,800,000. The amended terms of the 2005 Plan are set forth in the
proxy statement dated April 17, 2009, for the Company’s annual meeting, and the
description of the 2005 Plan in the section of the proxy statement titled
“Approval of an Amendment to General Cable’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (Proposal
3)” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10 Amendment to 2005 Stock Incentive
Plan incorporated herein by reference toAppendix A to the Company’s Proxy
Statement dated April 17, 2009.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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GENERAL
CABLE CORPORATION
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June
1, 2009
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/s/Robert
J. Siverd |
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Robert
J. Siverd |
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Executive
Vice President, |
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General
Counsel and Secretary |
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