50 ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMA TION None. P AR T III. ITEM 10. DIRECT ORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT See the information on the Company’ s Executive Of ficers in Item 1 - Business – Executive Of ficers of the Registrant. Except as set forth in Item 1 - Business, the additional information required by this item, including information on the Directors of the Company , will be included in the definitive Proxy Statement which General Cable intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2012 , and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board of Directors of the Company has determined that Craig P . Omtvedt, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and certain other committee members of the Audit Committee, quality as audit committee financial experts as defined by the rules of the SEC and all members of the audit committee are independent under NYSE listing standards, including the independence criteria applicable to audit committee members. The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to its directors, of ficers (including the Company’ s principal executive of ficer , principal financial of ficer and principal accounting of ficer) and employees. The Company has also adopted Corporate Governance Principles and Guidelines, an Audit Committee Charter , a Compensation Committee Charter and a Corporate Governance Committee Charter (collectively “Charters”). Copies of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Principles and Guidelines and each of the Charters are available on the Company’ s website, www .generalcable.com, and may be found under the “Investor Information” section by clicking on “Corporate Governance”. Any of the foregoing documents is also available in print to any shareholders who request the documents. The Company intends to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding an amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our Code of Ethics by posting such information on our website at the location specified above. On February 23, 2012, the Company submitted its Annual Chief Executive Of ficer Certification to the New Y ork Stock Exchange as required by Section 303A.12 (a) of the New Y ork Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual. The Chief Executive Of ficer and Chief Financial Of ficer Certifications required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are filed as exhibits to the Company’ s Form 10-K. ITEM 1 1. EXECUTIVE COMPENSA TION The information required by this item will be included in the definitive Proxy Statement which General Cable intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2012 , and is incorporated herein by reference. T able of Contents