---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-26-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:28:20.735837+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden acquires RUCKUS Networks for $1.85B; expects immediate EPS accretion

## Summary
- Belden to acquire RUCKUS Networks from Vistance for ~$1.85B; expected to close in H2 2026 subject to regulatory approvals.
- RUCKUS adds Wi-Fi and enterprise switching; deal immediately accretive to adjusted EPS, gross margins >60% and adj. EBITDA margins >20%.
- Combined adj. EBITDA base ~$650M; Belden expects net leverage below 3.0x within first full year post-close.
- Financing: $1.85B term loan B committed by JPMorgan; Belden to pause share repurchases until leverage reaches ~1.5x target.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-26-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314226000020/0000913142-26-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314226000020/bdc-20260429.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-26-000020.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7f5e10682d022a8db7be6e08dccf778a975d4fa1
  claim: BELDEN INC. entered into Purchase Agreement with Vistance Networks, Inc. valued at approximately $1.846 billion in cash (effective 2026-04-29).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 29, 2026, Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Vistance Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Vistance”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and Vistance has agreed to sell, the RUCKUS reporting segment of Vistance (collectively, the “Business”) in exchange for approximately $1.846 billion in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis, subject to certain adjustments (the “Transaction”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314226000020/0000913142-26-000020-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.