---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-25-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:52:39.218707+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden adopts new Code of Conduct effective August 21, 2025

## Summary
- Board of Directors approved the Belden Code of Conduct on August 21, 2025.
- The Code replaces any prior code of ethics for the company.
- No waiver of a code provision was reported in conjunction with the adoption.
- The adoption is a routine governance update with no disclosed changes to prior standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-25-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 5.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314225000029/0000913142-25-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314225000029/bdc-20250821.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-25-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-25-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-25-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  BELDEN INC.: Adopted new Code of Conduct effective August 21, 2025 (effective 2025-08-21).
  - Change: code of ethics
  - Effective: 2025-08-21
  source text: Effective August 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of Belden Inc. approved the adoption of a new code of ethics for the Company, known as the Belden Code of Conduct
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314225000029/0000913142-25-000029-index.htm

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