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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-01T12:34:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-01T12:40:27.316712+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden completes $1.87B RUCKUS acquisition; enters $1.85B term loan

## Summary
- Closed acquisition of RUCKUS Networks from Vistance (VISN) on July 1, 2026 for ~$1.87B cash, net of cash acquired.
- Funded via a new $1.85B senior secured term loan at SOFR+2.25% or base+1.25%, maturing July 1, 2033.
- RUCKUS adds Wi-Fi, enterprise switching, and AI-driven network management; expands Belden's IT/OT addressable market.
- Term loan secured by substantially all assets of Belden and U.S. guarantor subsidiaries, with customary covenants.
- Pro forma financial statements to be filed within 71 calendar days.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-01T12:34:39+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314226000029/0000913142-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314226000029/bdc-20260701.htm

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