---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-027195"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:19:50.221672+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden completes €450M issuance of 4.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2033

## Summary
- €450M aggregate principal amount, 4.250% coupon, maturity February 1, 2033, issued at par.
- Notes are senior subordinated, ranking below all senior debt including revolving credit facility.
- Interest payable semi-annually on Feb 1 and Aug 1, beginning August 1, 2026.
- Optional redemption at par plus premium on or after Feb 1, 2029; equity clawback up to 40% at 104.250% before that date.
- Change of control put at 101% of principal plus accrued interest; covenants restrict debt, dividends, asset sales, and mergers, suspensible if investment grade.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-027195
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000119312526027195/0001193125-26-027195-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000119312526027195/d46780d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  BELDEN INC. incurred senior notes of €450 million aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 4.250% maturing February 1, 2033.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: €450 million aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 4.250%
  - Maturity: February 1, 2033
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 28, 2026, Belden Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced issuance and sale of €450 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000119312526027195/0001193125-26-027195-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  BELDEN INC. entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, U.S. Bank Europe DAC, UK Branch, as principal paying agent, and U.S. Bank Europe DAC, as transfer agent and registrar valued at €450 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2033 (effective 2026-01-28).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, U.S. Bank Europe DAC, UK Branch, as principal paying agent, and U.S. Bank Europe DAC, as transfer agent and registrar
  - Value: €450 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2033
  - Effective: 2026-01-28
  source text: On January 28, 2026, Belden Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced issuance and sale of €450 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 28, 2026 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), U.S. Bank Europe DAC, UK Branch, as principal paying agent, and U.S. Bank Europe DAC, as transfer agent and registrar.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000119312526027195/0001193125-26-027195-index.htm

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