-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HpI5Q3LHzssmiDCAunybIzTJO1nfN2U2T1xohkAAFGUVXEl1T3TyVN/WpkxsLhxe O4mXxRbvsERcWxZkbyEn1A== 0000893220-07-003205.txt : 20070927 0000893220-07-003205.hdr.sgml : 20070927 20070927115428 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893220-07-003205 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070921 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070927 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070927 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL CABLE CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000886035 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRAWING AND INSULATING NONFERROUS WIRE [3357] IRS NUMBER: 061398235 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12983 FILM NUMBER: 071138453 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 TESSENEER DRIVE CITY: HIGHLAND HEIGHTS STATE: KY ZIP: 41076 BUSINESS PHONE: 8595728000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 TESSENEER DRIVE CITY: HIGHLAND HEIGHTS STATE: KY ZIP: 41076 8-K 1 w39938de8vk.htm FORM 8-K FOR GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 21, 2007
General Cable Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   001-12983   06-1398235
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 		  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
4 Tesseneer Drive, Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076-9753
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (859) 572-8000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On September 21, 2007, General Cable Corporation (the “Company”) and its subsidiary, General Cable Industries, Inc. (“Industries”), entered into a Third Amendment, dated as of September 21, 2007 (the “Third Amendment”), to its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of as of November 23, 2005, among Industries, as borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors referred to therein, Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., as administrative agent, collateral agent and joint lead arranger, National City Business Credit, Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent, UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arranger, and the Lenders thereto (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).
     The Third Amendment amends certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement to permit the issuance of an additional $475,000,000 of convertible notes.
     The description set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Third Amendment filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated into this report by reference.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits:
  10.1   Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of as of September 21, 2007, among Industries, as borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors referred to therein, Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., as administrative agent, collateral agent and joint lead arranger, National City Business Credit, Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent, UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arranger, and the Lenders thereto (to be filed supplementally).

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
 		  
Date: September 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Robert J. Siverd    
    Name:   Robert J. Siverd   
    Title:   Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary 		  

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit Number   Description
10.1
  Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of as of September 21, 2007, among Industries, as borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors referred to therein, Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., as administrative agent, collateral agent and joint lead arranger, National City Business Credit, Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent, UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arranger, and the Lenders thereto (to be filed supplementally).

 

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