Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Anderson Brian Edward
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2015		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BELDEN INC. [BDC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Legal, GC and Corp. Sec.
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 4,327
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Appreciation Rights   (1) 03/01/2021 Common Stock 1,590 $ 35.83 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (2) 02/27/2022 Common Stock 2,290 $ 39.83 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (3) 03/04/2023 Common Stock 1,241 $ 50.01 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (4) 03/04/2024 Common Stock 434 $ 72.57 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights   (5) 02/25/2025 Common Stock 5,535 $ 89.23 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Anderson Brian Edward
C/O BELDEN INC.
1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105		       SVP, Legal, GC and Corp. Sec.  

Signatures

/s/ Brian E. Anderson 04/01/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 530 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2012, 530 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2013 and 530 SARs became exercisable on March 1, 2014.
(2) 764 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2013, 763 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2014 and 763 SARs became exercisable on February 27, 2015.
(3) 414 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2014 and 414 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2015. The remaining 413 SARs will become exercisable on March 4, 2016.
(4) 145 SARs became exercisable on March 4, 2015. The remaining 289 SARs are scheduled to become exercisable in equal installments on March 4, 2016 and March 4, 2017.
(5) The SARs will become exercisable in equal installments on each of February 25, 2016, February 25, 2017 and February 25, 2018.

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