UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Belden Inc.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

Delaware		001-12561		36-3601505
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

(314) 854-8000

n/a

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT			3
SIGNATURES			4

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Hendrikus (Henk) Derksen’s Executive Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) with Belden Inc. (the “Company”), dated January 1, 2010, was amended as follows:

	•		Effective September 1, 2011, his base salary will become $350,000 per year;
	•		Effective September 1, 2011, his target for purposes of his participation in the Company’s annual cash incentive plan (“ACIP”) will be 60% of his base salary; and
	•		Effective August 26, 2011 (the grant date), he received 1,400 restricted share units that vest in three years and 3,100 stock appreciation rights that vest equally over three years, expire in ten years, and have an exercise price equal to the closing price of Belden             shares on the grant date of August 26, 2011.

A copy of his Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.36 in the Company’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 26, 2010.

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.