On December 31, 2012, Belden Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement (the "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 corrected a technical limitation in the Credit Agreement in order to allow the Company to hold an intercompany note from one of its European subsidiaries.

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.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 10.1    Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2012
                among Belden Inc., the financial institutions listed on the
                signature pages thereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
                Administrative Agent.