General Cable Code of Ethics and Compliance Guidelines

IntegrityAn example of asignificant potentialconflict is when thespouse of the plant’sfinancial controlleris being consideredfor an accountingposition at thesame plant.Related EmployeesEmployee referrals of former colleagues,friends and family members are welcomeand appreciated at General Cable.However, due to the appearance of aconflict of interest, or more specificallyfavoritism, the proposed hiring of a familymember must be proactively discussedwith local HR and approved by theRegional Chief Executive Officer in chargeof the business function for which theperson is being hired.To avoid any conflict of interest, GeneralCable prohibits the employment offamily members in all circumstanceswhere one family member is under thedirect or indirect supervision of anotherfamily member, or where one familymember would have direct influenceover the conditions of the employmentrelationship with the other family member.This includes, but is not limited to,hiring, promotion, performance reviews,compensation, benefits, training andcareer opportunities.Under our Code, the term “familymember” includes, but is not limited to:• Spouse, registered partner, domesticpartner, unmarried couple, romanticrelationship• Child, stepchild, grandchild, nieceor nephew• Parent, stepparent, grandparent, auntor uncle• Siblings (brother or sister) or cousins(first or second)• In-laws (father, mother, sister, brother,son, daughter)• Other relationships established byblood, marriage or legal actionIn certain situations, due to thesignificance of the potential conflict,approval from our Global Legal Team willalso be required.Outside Employment, FinancialInterest and DirectorshipsAs General Cable employees, we areeach expected to devote our full workingtime to the duties of our positions withthe Company and not to have any outsidefinancial or employment interests thatinterfere with our work responsibilitiesor General Cable’s best interests. Thismeans that we must not:• Work for another employer that in anyway limits our ability to fulfill the dutiesof our General Cable position• Own a substantial financial interest inany business that we know or havereason to believe may have a currentor future business relationship with, oris a competitor of, our Company• Own or engage in business activitiesthat compete with, sell or buy fromGeneral Cable• Use General Cable tangible orintangible property, know-how,information technology assets,facilities or intellectual property toconduct non-General Cable business• Serve as a director in for-profitcompanies unrelated to GeneralCable or trade organizations unlessapprovedin advance by our GlobalLegal Team and the Regional ChiefExecutive OfficerA substantial financial interest is whenthe value of the beneficial ownership ofany class of stock or securities (besidesour Company stock) is more than 25%of your annual salary. The ownershiprestrictions do not prohibit the acquisitionor ownership of less than 1% of anycorporation’s equity securities traded on anational securities exchange or the NYSEor quoted on the NASDAQ.Exceptions to these restrictions, otherthan those permitted by local law, mustbe discussed with a member of yourleadership team and approved in advanceby our Global Legal Team and theRegional Chief Executive Officer or theirlocal designee.As employees committed to the successof General Cable, we should never takefor ourselves any business or investmentopportunity that we learn of through ourrelationship with our Company. In addition,we must never help anyone else, includingfamily and friends, take such business orinvestment opportunity for personal gain.Personal LoansGeneral Cable does not provide personalloans, guarantees or other extensionsof credit to any director or executiveofficer, regardless of whether doing so ispermitted by local law.Confidentiality andPublic DisclosureWe must always protect Companyconfidential information and may neverreveal such information to any outsideparties unless properly authorized orlegally required to do so. Disclosureor unauthorized use of our Company’sconfidential information concerningany aspect of our business, finances,operations or intellectual property ofthe Company such as business plans orstrategies, new product developmentplans or drawings, price and cost dataor costs of doing business is prohibited.Similarly, disclosure or use of confidentialinformation obtained about companiesthat General Cable is or is consideringdoing business with is prohibited. Thisinformation remains confidential until theCompany has disclosed it or made itotherwise generally available to the publicthrough the press, periodicals, financial orbusiness publications or similar sources.We are expected to take all appropriateprecautions to safeguard confidential andproprietary information under our control.For example, we must keep it in a securelocation and limit disclosure to only thoseemployees with a business purpose forknowing such information. Our obligationto protect such confidential informationcontinues indefinitely, whether or not weremain employees of the Company, untilour Company publicly discloses it.When we have a business need todisclose such information to a third party,a confidentiality agreement (also knownas a nondisclosure agreement) must beentered into that requires the third partyto keep the information confidential beforeany disclosure of Company informationoccurs.What should we do if there is aninadvertent disclosure?As soon as an inadvertent disclosure ofconfidential information is discovered, it iscritical to contact our Global Legal Teamso that actions may be taken to furtherprotect such information and comply withany necessary disclosure requirements.Q.Ahmed recently heard that General Cable was considering purchasing a certain property not too far from his parents’ home.May he or a family member buy the property in hopes of reselling it to General Cable? Does the answer change if Ahmed and/ora family member wants to buy the property and use it to farm?We work together with integrity and speakwith truth and candor.Answer: Ahmed may not buy the property with the hopes of selling it to General Cable, because this would be taking a corporateopportunity. If Ahmed purchased the land to use as a farm, this would need to first be offered to the Company, because Ahmed learnedof the opportunity due to his position at General Cable, and he would be taking that opportunity from the Company.12 13