BELDEN INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 20, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BELDEN INC. (BDC)
CIK: 0000913142
Period of Report: 2012-03-20

Reporting Person: STAPLES CATHY O (SVP)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-16	Common Stock	J	1731	$0.00	Disposed	38574	Direct
2012-03-16	Common Stock	F	1688	$39.54	Disposed	36886	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted stock units (RSUs) previously reported in Table I as owned that were forfeited pursuant to the RSU grant agreement, which required continued employment through February 22, 2013 in order to receive accelerated vesting of these RSUs upon retirement from the Company.

F2: Shares withheld for tax purposes related to portion of February 22, 2010 performance-based restricted stock unit grant, the vesting of which was accelerated upon Ms. Staples' retirement from the Company.