UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2004

Belden CDT Inc.

7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105

(314) 854-8000

n/a

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Table of Contents

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On November 9, 2004, a Third Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement (“Third Amendment”) was entered into among Belden CDT Inc. (the Registrant), Belden Inc., Belden Technologies, Inc., Belden Wire & Cable Company, and Cable Design Technologies Inc., as Borrowers, the Lenders listed therein, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent. In response to the merger transaction involving Belden CDT Inc. (formerly Cable Design Technologies Corporation) and Belden Inc. that was completed on July 15, 2004, the Third Amendment’s main purpose was to bring Belden CDT Inc. and its subsidiaries into the Credit and Security Agreement dated as of October 9, 2003 that had been entered into by the Belden Inc. group. By the Third Amendment, Belden CDT Inc. and Cable Design Technologies Inc. became co-borrowers under the credit facility, certain domestic subsidiaries of Belden CDT Inc. became co-guarantors, and these additional borrowers and guarantors further joined in the lien in favor of the bank group pledging certain of their domestic assets, other than real property, as security for the facility.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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