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): May 7, 2018

General Cable Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware (State of incorporation)	001-12983 (Commission File Number)	06-1398235 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

4 Tesseneer Drive Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076-9753 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(859) 572-8000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):



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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 7, 2018, General Cable Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2018. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference.

General Cable makes reference to non-GAAP financial measures in the press release. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures contained in the press release to the comparable GAAP financial measures are contained in the press release or in General Cable’s First Quarter 2018 Investor Presentation available on General Cable’s website. Attached as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference are certain slides which are included in General Cable’s First Quarter 2018 Investor Presentation and which contain such reconciliation information.

The information furnished on this Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.


Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)	Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 7, 2018
99.2		Certain slides contained in General Cable’s First Quarter 2018 Investor Presentation

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.




	GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

May 7, 2018	By:	/s/ EMERSON C. MOSER
		Emerson C. Moser
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 7, 2018
99.2		Certain slides contained in General Cable’s First Quarter 2018 Investor Presentation

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