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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 * BALK LANCE C   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BELDEN INC. [BDC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BELDEN INC., 1 NORTH BRENTWOOD BOULEVARD, 15TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/21/2016 (Street) SAINT 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               87,905 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

Depositary Shares (1)

(2)

07/21/2016

P

5,000 (3)

(2)

07/15/2019(2)

Common Stock

6,625 (4)

$ 100

5,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BALK LANCE C C/O BELDEN INC. 1 NORTH BRENTWOOD BOULEVARD, 15TH FLOOR SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105	X

Signatures

/s/ Brian E. Anderson, attorney-in-fact for Lance C. Balk		07/22/2016
**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)	Each Depositary Share represents a 1/100th interest in a share of Belden Inc.'s 6.75% Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock").
(2)	The conversion price of the Preferred Stock on the mandatory conversion date (July 15, 2019) is dependent upon the average market value of the Common Stock for a period of time prior to the mandatory conversion date as set forth in the Pricing Term Sheet filed with the SEC as a Free Writing Prospectus on July 20, 2016. The Preferred Stock automatically converts into Common Stock on July 15, 2019, but holders may elect to convert shares of Preferred Stock into Common Stock at any time prior to such date at a conversion price of 120.46 shares of Common Stock per share of Preferred Stock.
(3)	This represents 50 shares of the Preferred Stock.
(4)	See note (2). If the average market value of the Common Stock during the period of time indicated in note (2) prior to the mandatory conversion date were $71.72 per share (the closing price on July 21, 2016), each share of the Preferred Stock would convert into 132.50 shares of Common Stock.

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