SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                            TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                 Date of Report
                                January 30, 2003


                                   BELDEN INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                    DELAWARE
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)




                1-12280                                  76-0412617
        (Commission File Number)            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


   7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 800
          St. Louis, Missouri                               63105
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)


               Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                 (314) 854-8000














Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      Exhibits

         Exhibit 99.1:       Belden Inc. (the "Company") press release dated
           January 30, 2003 titled "Belden Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2002
           Results"

Item 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On January 30, 2003, the Company issued the press release attached as Exhibit
99.1, which sets out the Company's results of operations for the fourth quarter
and full year of 2002.


                                   SIGNATURES

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:  January 30, 2003                    By: /s/ Kevin L. Bloomfield
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                                                   Kevin L. Bloomfield
                                                   Vice President, Secretary &
                                                   General Counsel












                                  Exhibit Index


99.1     Company press release dated January 30, 2003 titled "Belden Inc.
         Reports Fourth Quarter 2002 Results"