Brian Lieser - Sep 2, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for BELDEN INC. (BDC)

Signature
/s/ Brian E. Anderson, attorney-in-fact for Brian Lieser
Stock symbol
BDC
Transactions as of
Sep 2, 2025
Transactions value $
-$1,765,335
Form type
4
Date filed
9/4/2025, 05:36 PM
Previous filing
Jul 11, 2025
Next filing
Dec 4, 2025

Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Lieser Brian EVP, Solutions C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, ST. LOUIS /s/ Brian E. Anderson, attorney-in-fact for Brian Lieser 2025-09-04 0001967061

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BDC Common Stock Options Exercise $65.9K +1.07K +2.41% $61.79 45.2K Sep 2, 2025 Direct F1
transaction BDC Common Stock Disposed to Issuer -$97.7K -769 -1.7% $127.11 44.4K Sep 2, 2025 Direct F3
transaction BDC Common Stock Sale -$37.5K -297 -0.67% $126.11 44.1K Sep 3, 2025 Direct F4
transaction BDC Common Stock Disposed to Issuer -$404K -3.19K -7.22% $126.84 41K Sep 3, 2025 Direct F5
transaction BDC Common Stock Disposed to Issuer -$808K -6.37K -15.56% $126.84 34.6K Sep 3, 2025 Direct F6
transaction BDC Common Stock Sale -$484K -3.8K -10.99% $127.28 30.8K Sep 4, 2025 Direct F4
holding BDC Common Stock 505 Sep 2, 2025 By 401(k) Plan F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction BDC Stock Appreciation Rights Options Exercise $0 -1.07K -100% $0.00 0 Sep 2, 2025 Common Stock 1.07K $61.79 Direct F1, F7
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The exercise reported was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Lieser on November 7, 2024.
F2 Represents the balance of shares of Belden Inc. common stock held in the Belden Retirement Savings Plan as of the date of this filing.
F3 This represents the difference between the number of SARs exercised (1,066) and the number of shares issued as a result of the exercise (297). The number of shares to be issued under a SAR exercise is determined by multiplying the number of SARs being exercised by the difference between the FMV on the date of exercise ($127.11) and the exercise price ($61.79). Additional shares were then withheld to satisfy the Company's tax withholding obligations.
F4 The sale reported was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Lieser on November 7, 2024.
F5 Shares withheld for tax purposes related to portion of August 30, 2021 restricted stock unit grant that vested on August 30, 2025. The resulting shares were delivered on September 3, 2025.
F6 The Reporting Person was awarded 6,986 performance stock units (PSUs) on August 30, 2021. Following the performance period, it was determined based on the total stockholder return during the performance period that the PSUs earned a conversion factor of 2.0. Therefore, the PSUs converted to 13,972 restricted stock units (RSUs). This cell represents the number of shares withheld for tax purposes upon vesting. The resulting shares were delivered on September 3, 2025.
F7 The original grant of stock appreciation rights became exercisable in equal portions on the first three anniversaries of the grant date.