General Cable Code of Ethics and Compliance Guidelines

We believe people are the differentiatingbusiness. When any of us are involved in theWe also need to be mindful of ourPeoplefactor in gaining a competitive advantage.We recruit and retain talented people whocollection, storage, modification, transfer,blockage, erasure, or use of personal data,activities and whether or not theyconstitute lobbying. If we engage in anbring specialized knowledge in such areaswe must know and comply with applicableactivity that involves communicating withWe value people and their collective knowledge, skills and expertise. We hire the best peopleas manufacturing excellence, technology,quality, safety, management, purchasing,privacy laws. It is important that we protectemployee data and follow all applicablegovernment officers or legislators in anattempt to influence policy making orfor the job, empower them to perform and provide performance-driven training, development,sales and accounting. As with everythinglaws with regard to international privacy,administrative decisions, we would beongoing coaching and feedback. We recognize and celebrate accomplishments and pay forwe do, we are committed to the continuouseven when this may limit our ability to sendengaging in lobbying. Any and all lobbyingperformance. We demonstrate value for others through words and actions.Attracting, Developing and RetainingAt General Cable, we strongly believe that there is no greater strength than the collective force of skilled, motivated and engaged employeesimprovement of our talented workforce. Wesubscribe to the 70/20/10 developmentmodel, which states that 70% of personaldevelopment comes from on-the-jobemployee data across country borders.Community andPolitical Involvementactivities need to be discussed with ourGlobal Legal Team prior to engaging insuch activities to ensure that all applicablelaws are being followed.who understand our business, improve each day, and strive to meet our continuously increasing expectations. As such, we are committedto attracting, developing and retaining people who are passionate about delivering results and producing high-quality products for ourexperience, special assignments, androtations; 20% comes from mentoring; andWe are encouraged to become activelyinvolved in the communities in which weIntellectual Propertycustomers.We offer our employees opportunities to sharpen their skills every day through rich assignments, focused performance-driven10% from formal training. We recognizelive and work, including participating inWe encourage our employees to betraining and a highly interactive team environment. Our employees are exposed to a wide range of experiences and are encouraged toand celebrate accomplishments of ourCompany-sponsored events. However,innovative and to develop novel inventionsexpress their ideas for continuous improvement.employees and pay for performance.we may not use General Cable’s name orand manufacturing methods that can beRecruiting and developing a local workforceresources in our individual participation inprotected by patents or as trade secretsis part of our commitment to creatingcommunity and charitable events withoutto create a commercial advantage for ourshared value in the communities in which weprior leadership approval. Participation inCompany. As General Cable employees,do business.We strive to hire and developpolitical activities is a personal choice thatunless local law requires otherwise, welocal candidates whenever possible.should only be conducted outside of workrecognize that all of our work producthours and should not use any Companybelongs to our Company, including butBy paying for performance and encouragingresources. In promoting our individualnot limited to any inventions, ideas,the development of our employees, webeliefs or political views, we should neverdiscoveries, improvements, artwork,strive to retain our employees and promoteindicate or suggest that such views areprocesses, designs, software, hardware,from within.being made on behalf of General Cable oror any other materials we may help toEmployee PersonalInformationthat the Company supports such views. Weshould never feel pressured or led to believethat our position at General Cable or thediscover, create or author in connectionwith our work. In addition, we are urgedto report or disclose any invention relatedWe protect employee personal informationchance for future advancement is related into our business to our supervisor or theby following all applicable privacy andany way to our personal support of politicalGlobal Legal Team to ensure its protectiondata protection laws wherever we door charitable causes.as intellectual property.30We value people and their collective knowledge,skills and expertise.31