Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Pennycook Glenn
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2013		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BELDEN INC. [BDC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
7733 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, SUITE 800		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP, Enterprise Connectivity
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 3,761
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Appreciation Rights   (1) 02/24/2019 Common Stock 9,000 $ 11.92 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (2) 02/22/2020 Common Stock 13,190 $ 21.7 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (3) 03/01/2021 Common Stock 11,200 $ 35.83 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (4) 02/27/2022 Common Stock 9,950 $ 39.83 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (5) 03/04/2023 Common Stock 6,311 $ 50.01 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Pennycook Glenn
7733 FORSYTH BOULEVARD
SUITE 800
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105		       EVP, Enterprise Connectivity  

Signatures

/s/ Brian E. Anderson, attorney-in-fact for Glenn Pennycook 06/03/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 3,000 SARs became exercisable on February 24, 2010, 3,000 SARs became exercisable on February 24, 2011 and 3,000 SARs became exercisable on February 24, 2012.
(2) 4,397 SARs became exercisable on February 22, 2011, 4,397 SARs became exercisable on February 22, 2012 and 4,396 SARs became exercisable on February 22, 2013.
(3) 5,600 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2012 and were exercised. Of the 11,200 outstanding SARs, 5,600 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2013 and 5,600 SARs will become exercisable on March 1, 2014.
(4) 3,317 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2013. The remaining 6,633 SARs are scheduled to become exercisable in equal installments on February 27, 2014 and February 27, 2015.
(5) The SARs will become exercisable in equal installments on each of March 4, 2014, March 4, 2015 and March 4, 2016.

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