Divestitures (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations

The Company has completed the following as of March 31, 2017 (in millions):

Entity	Sale / Closure	Sale / Closure Date	Gross Proceeds		Pre-tax Gain / (Loss)(1)
General Cable Phoenix South Africa Pty. Ltd. ("South Africa - Durban") (2)	Closure	Fourth Quarter 2016	$	—	$	1.6
National Cables (Pty) Ltd. ("South Africa - National Cables") (2)	Closure	Fourth Quarter 2016	—		(29.4		)
Metal Fabricators of Zambia PLC ("Zambia") - 75.39% interest	Sale	Third Quarter 2016	9.8		(14.4		)
General Cable S.A.E. ("Egypt") (3)	Sale	Second Quarter 2016	5.8		(8.4		)

(1) The pre-tax gain / (loss) for each sale was recorded in the SG&A expenses caption of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss); the pre-tax gain / (loss) includes the reclassification of foreign currency translation adjustments upon sale of the entity.

(2) The gain (loss) represents foreign currency translation adjustments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income upon liquidation.

(3) Prior to the sale, the Company recorded a long-lived asset impairment charge in cost of sales of $6.0 million in the first quarter of 2016.

As part of the October 2014 announcement, the Company has completed the following as of March 31, 2017 (in millions):

Entity	Sale / Closure	Sale / Closure Date	Gross Proceeds		Pre-tax Gain / (Loss) (1)
Pakistan Cables Limited ("Pakistan") - 24.6% interest	Sale	First Quarter 2017	$	5.3	$	(3.5	)
General Cable Energy India Private Ltd. ("India")	Sale	First Quarter 2016	10.8		1.6
Phelps Dodge International Thailand ("Thailand") - 75.47% interest	Sale	Third Quarter 2015	88.0		16.1
Dominion Wire and Cables ("Fiji") - 51% interest	Sale	First Quarter 2015	9.3		(2.6		)
Keystone Electric Wire and Cable ("Keystone") - 20% interest	Sale	First Quarter 2015	11.0		3.6
Phelps Dodge International Philippines, Inc. ("PDP") - 60% interest and Phelps Dodge Philippines Energy Products Corp (“PDEP”), (together, "the Philippines")	Sale	Fourth Quarter 2014	67.1		17.6

(1) The pre-tax gain / (loss) for each sale was recorded in the Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses caption of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss); the pre-tax gain / (loss) includes the reclassification of foreign currency translation adjustments upon sale of the entity.