UNITED ST A TES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION W ashington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One)   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December  31, 2012 OR   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period fr om                      to                      . Commission file number: 1-12983 GENERAL CABLE CORPORA TION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 06-1398235 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 4 Tesseneer Drive 41076-9753 Highland Heights, KY (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant’ s telephone number , including ar ea code: (859) 572-8000 Securities Register ed Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $.01 Par Value New York Stock Exchange Securities Register ed Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Y es No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Y es No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Y es No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate W eb site, if any , every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Y es No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation of S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’ s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a lar ge accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non-accelerated filer , or a smaller reporting company . See the definitions of “lar ge accelerated filer” “accelerated filer" and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Lar ge accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Y es No The aggregate market value of the registrant’ s Common Stock held by non-af filiates of the registrant was $1,266.7 million at June 29, 2012 (based upon non-af filiate holdings of 48,832,503 shares and a market price of $25.94 per share). As of February 22, 2013 there were 49,706,370 shares of the registrant’ s Common Stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORA TED BY REFERENCE: Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for the registrant’ s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2012 have been incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. T able of Contents