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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Trivedi Dhrupad   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BELDEN INC. [BDC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President, Industrial IT (Last) (First) (Middle) 7733 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, SUITE 800 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/03/2013 (Street) ST. LOUIS, MO 63105 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 05/03/2013   M(1)   6,493 A $ 39.83 9,272 D   Common Stock 05/03/2013   D   5,625 (2) D $ 50.69 3,647 D   Common Stock 05/06/2013   S(3)   868 D $ 51.1101 2,779 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Appreciation Rights

$ 39.83

05/03/2013

M(1)

6,493

(4)

02/27/2022

Common Stock

6,493

$ 0

12,987

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Trivedi Dhrupad 7733 FORSYTH BOULEVARD SUITE 800 ST. LOUIS, MO 63105			President, Industrial IT

Signatures

/s/ Brian E. Anderson, attorney-in-fact for Dhrupad Trivedi		05/06/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	The exercise reported was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Trivedi on February 15, 2013.
(2)	This represents the difference between the number of SARs exercised (6,493) and the number of shares issued as a result of the exercise (868). The number of shares to be issued under a SAR exercise is determined by multiplying the number of SARs being exercised by the difference between the FMV on the date of exercise ($50.69) and the exercise price ($39.83). Additional shares are then withheld to satisfy the Company's tax withholding obligations.
(3)	The sale reported was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Trivedi on February 15, 2013.
(4)	From the original grant of 19,480 SARs, 6,493 became exercisable on February 27, 2013. 6,493 SARs will become exercisable on February 27, 2014 and 6,494 SARs will become exercisable on February 27, 2015.

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