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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.01

                          NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT


GRANTED TO:    GRANT DATE      NUMBER OF SHARES OF BELDEN CDT INC. COMMON STOCK
               MAY 18, 2005                                 2,500

This Agreement is made between Belden CDT Inc., a Delaware corporation, having
its principal office in St. Louis, Missouri (the "Company"), and the
undersigned, a non-employee director of the Company.

The parties have agreed as follows:

1.       Pursuant to the 2001 Cable Design Technologies Corporation Long-Term
         Performance Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the Company grants to the
         director a restricted stock award in the number of shares of the
         Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share, noted above (the
         "Restricted Shares"), on the grant date, subject to the following
         conditions and the terms and conditions of the Plan:

         (a)      Transfer Restrictions. The Restricted Shares shall not be
                  sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed
                  of before the director's departure from the Board of Directors
                  of the Company ("Transfer Restrictions"). The grant is subject
                  to forfeiture in the event the director is removed from the
                  Board for cause.

         (b)      Disability/Death. In the event of disability or death of the
                  director during continued service with the Company, the
                  Transfer Restrictions shall lapse and be of no further force
                  or effect and the shares shall be deemed fully vested.

         (c)      Transferability. Prior to the lapsing of the Transfer
                  Restrictions, no Restricted Shares shall be transferable by
                  the director except pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
                  order (as defined by the Internal Revenue Code).

         (d)      Sale of Assets/Merger. In the event of a proposed sale of all
                  or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the
                  merger of the Company pursuant to Section 14 of the Plan, the
                  restrictions applicable to all shares of Restricted Shares
                  shall lapse and such shares shall be deemed fully vested.

         The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee (the "Committee")
         has the discretion to determine whether to issue share certificates for
         any Restricted Shares (or to make a book-entry transfer for uncertified
         shares) awarded to the director while they are subject to any Transfer
         Restrictions. Thereafter, the director will be entitled to receive
         share certificates (or in the Company's discretion such book-entry
         shall be made) for such shares.

2.       Subject to the Transfer Restrictions, the director shall have all of
         the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to such
         Restricted Shares, including the right to vote such Restricted Shares
         and to receive all dividends or other distributions paid with respect
         to such Restricted Shares.

3.       To the extent the issuance of Restricted Shares or the lapse of
         Transfer Restrictions results in the receipt of compensation to the
         director, the Company is authorized to withhold from any cash
         compensation then or thereafter payable to the director any tax
         required to be withheld by reason of the receipt of compensation
         resulting from the award, the issuance of shares or the lapse of the
         Transfer Restrictions.

4.       The director agrees to take any action, and consents to taking such
         action by the Company, with respect to the Restricted Shares awarded by
         this Agreement to achieve compliance with applicable laws or
         regulations. Any determination by the Company's legal counsel with
         respect to such need for any action to achieve compliance shall be
         final and binding.

5.       The Committee shall have authority, subject to the express provisions
         of the Plan, to construe this Agreement and the Plan, to establish,
         amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to
         make all other determinations in the judgment of the Committee
         necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The
         Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile
         any inconsistency in the Plan or in this Agreement in the manner and to
         the extent it shall deem expedient to carry out the purpose of the
         Plan. All action by the Committee under the provisions of this
         paragraph shall be final and binding for all purposes.


6.       This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
         laws of Delaware, other than any choice of law provisions calling for
         the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

THE RESTRICTED SHARES GRANTED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S
REGISTERING THE SHARES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in duplicate
as of the Grant Date first above written.

BELDEN CDT INC.




By
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     C. Baker Cunningham
     President and Chief Executive Officer




Accepted:
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                (Director's Signature)