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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 23, 2012
Belden Inc.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
| Delaware | 001-12561 | 36-3601505 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(314) 854-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||
Exhibit 10.1 Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of July 23, 2012 among Belden Inc., the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. |
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On July 23, 2012, Belden Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement with the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Amendment”). The Amendment includes provisions that allow the Company to issue term debt in the amount of C$250,000,000.
A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text to the Amendment, which is incorporated by reference herein. The representations and warranties contained in the Amendment and the related Credit Agreement were made only for purposes thereof and as of specific dates; were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Amendment and the related Credit Agreement; and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations and warranties or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Amendment and the related Credit Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures by the Company.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit 10.1 | Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of July 23, 2012 among Belden Inc., the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BELDEN INC. | ||||||
| Date: July 27, 2012 | By: | /s/ Kevin L. Bloomfield | ||||
| Kevin L. Bloomfield | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | ||||||
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