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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2020
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.)

1 North Brentwood Boulevard, 15th Floor
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(314) 854-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par valueBDCNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

         


Item 8.01. Other Events

Belden Inc. (Belden, the Company, us, we, or our) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to recast certain prior period amounts to conform with the segment reporting changes made on January 1, 2020 in connection with the transfer of our West Penn Wire business and multi-conductor product lines between segments, with respect to the financial information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

On January 1, 2020, we transferred our West Penn Wire business and multi-conductor product lines from the Enterprise Solutions segment to the Industrial Solutions segment as a result of a shift in responsibilities among the segments. The Company's two reportable segments, Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Solutions, still remain.

The rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission require that when a registrant prepares, on or after the date a registrant reports an accounting change such as the change noted above, a new registration, proxy or information statement (or amends a previously filed registration, proxy, or information statement) that includes or incorporates by reference financial statements, the registrant must recast the prior period financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the registration, proxy or information statement to reflect this type of change. Accordingly, the Company is filing this Form 8-K to recast our consolidated financial statements for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, to reflect the change in segment reporting as described above. The updates do not represent a restatement of previously issued financial statements. The recast information of Items contained in the Company’s 2019 Form 10-K is presented in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, and 99.4 to this Form 8-K.

The information included in this Form 8-K is presented for informational purposes only in connection with the reporting changes described above and does not amend or restate our audited consolidated financial statements, which were included in our 2019 Form 10-K. This Form 8-K does not reflect events occurring after we filed our 2019 Form 10-K and does not modify or update the disclosures herein in any way, other than to illustrate the realignment of our organizational structure as described above. For significant developments which have occurred subsequent to the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K, refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 2020.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

d) Exhibits.
Exhibit NumberDescription
23.1
99.1
99.2
99.3
99.4
99.5

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In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.





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.
                     
  BELDEN INC.
Date: June 12, 2020  By: /s/ Douglas R. Zink
   Douglas R. Zink
   
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
   






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