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 *
  Turner Paul Keith
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/23/2017		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BELDEN INC. [BDC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Sales
 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 5,522 (1)
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 02/22/2013 02/22/2020 Common Stock 1,686 $ 21.7 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (2) 03/01/2021 Common Stock 7,030 $ 35.83 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (3) 02/27/2022 Common Stock 4,200 $ 39.83 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (4) 03/04/2023 Common Stock 2,280 $ 50.01 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (5) 03/04/2024 Common Stock 1,114 $ 72.57 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (6) 02/25/2025 Common Stock 1,065 $ 89.23 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (7) 02/24/2026 Common Stock 1,806 $ 52.89 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (8) 02/22/2027 Common Stock 4,210 $ 74.91 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Turner Paul Keith
C/O BELDEN INC.
1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105		       SVP, Sales  

Signatures

/s/ Brian E. Anderson, attorney-in-fact for Paul Turner 03/03/2017
**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) Consists of previously granted restricted stock units that will vest between 2017 and 2019.
(2) 2,344 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2012, 2,343 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2013 and 2,343 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2014.
(3) 1,400 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2013, 1,400 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2014 and 1,400 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2015.
(4) 760 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2014, 760 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2015 and 760 became exercisable on March 4, 2016.
(5) 372 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2015, 371 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2016 and 371 will become exercisable on March 4, 2017.
(6) 355 SARs became exercisable on February 25, 2016 and 355 SARs became exercisable on February 25, 2017. The remaining 355 SARs are scheduled to become exercisable on February 25, 2018.
(7) 602 SARs became exercisable on February 24, 2017. The remaining 1,204 SARs are scheduled to become exercisable in equal installments on February 24, 2018 and February 24, 2019.
(8) The SARs will become exercisable in equal installments on February 22, 2018, February 22, 2019 and February 22, 2020.

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