BELDEN INC. - Quarter Report: 2016 July (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 3, 2016

Commission File No. 001-12561

BELDEN INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1 North Brentwood Boulevard

15th Floor

St. Louis, Missouri 63105

(Address of principal executive offices)

(314) 854-8000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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As of July 29, 2016, the Registrant had 42,120,279 outstanding shares of common stock.

BELDEN INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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BELDEN INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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BELDEN INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENTS

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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BELDEN INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY STATEMENT

SIX MONTHS ENDED JULY 3, 2016

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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BELDEN INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include Belden Inc. and all of its subsidiaries (the Company, us, we, or our). We eliminate all significant affiliate accounts and transactions in consolidation.

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements presented as of any date other than December 31, 2015:

These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data contained in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Business Description

We are an innovative signal transmission solutions provider built around five global business platforms – Broadcast Solutions, Enterprise Connectivity Solutions, Industrial Connectivity Solutions, Industrial IT Solutions, and Network Security Solutions. Our comprehensive portfolio of signal transmission solutions provides industry leading secure and reliable transmission of data, sound and video for mission critical applications.

Reporting Periods

Our fiscal year and fiscal fourth quarter both end on December 31. Our fiscal first quarter ends on the Sunday falling closest to 91 days after December 31, which was April 3, 2016, the 94th day of our fiscal year 2016. Our fiscal second and third quarters each have 91 days. The six months ended July 3, 2016 and June 28, 2015 included 185 and 179 days, respectively.

Reclassifications

We have made certain reclassifications to the 2015 Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements with no impact to reported net income in order to conform to the 2016 presentation.

Fair Value Measurement

Accounting guidance for fair value measurements specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based upon whether the inputs to those valuation techniques reflect assumptions other market participants would use based upon market data obtained from independent sources or reflect our own assumptions of market participant valuation. The hierarchy is broken down into three levels based on the reliability of the inputs as follows:

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As of and during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 and June 28, 2015, we utilized Level 1 inputs to determine the fair value of cash equivalents. We did not have any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements during the six months ended July 3, 2016 and June 28, 2015.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We classify cash on hand and deposits in banks, including commercial paper, money market accounts, and other investments with an original maturity of three months or less, that we hold from time to time, as cash and cash equivalents. We periodically have cash equivalents consisting of short-term money market funds and other investments. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve our capital for the purpose of funding operations. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes. As of July 3, 2016, we did not have any significant cash equivalents.

Contingent Liabilities

We have established liabilities for environmental and legal contingencies that are probable of occurrence and reasonably estimable, the amounts of which are currently not material. We accrue environmental remediation costs based on estimates of known environmental remediation exposures developed in consultation with our environmental consultants and legal counsel. We are, from time to time, subject to routine litigation incidental to our business. These lawsuits primarily involve claims for damages arising out of the use of our products, allegations of patent or trademark infringement, and litigation and administrative proceedings involving employment matters and commercial disputes. Based on facts currently available, we believe the disposition of the claims that are pending or asserted will not have a materially adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.

As of July 3, 2016, we were party to standby letters of credit, bank guaranties, and surety bonds totaling $8.9 million, $2.9 million, and $2.4 million, respectively.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when all of the following circumstances are satisfied: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) price is fixed or determinable, (3) collectability is reasonably assured, and (4) delivery has occurred. Delivery occurs in the period in which the customer takes title and assumes the risks and rewards of ownership of the products specified in the customer’s purchase order or sales agreement. At times, we enter into arrangements that involve the delivery of multiple elements. For these arrangements, when the elements can be separated, the revenue is allocated to each deliverable based on that element’s relative selling price and recognized based on the period of delivery for each element. Generally, we determine relative selling price using our best estimate of selling price, unless we have established vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) or third party evidence of fair value exists for such arrangements.

We record revenue net of estimated rebates, price allowances, invoicing adjustments, and product returns. We record revisions to these estimates in the period in which the facts that give rise to each revision become known.

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We have certain products subject to the accounting guidance on software revenue recognition. For such products, software license revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of the product has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, collection is probable and VSOE of the fair value of undelivered elements exists. As substantially all of the software licenses are sold in multiple-element arrangements that include either support or both support and professional services, we use the residual method to determine the amount of software license revenue to be recognized. Under the residual method, consideration is allocated to undelivered elements based upon VSOE of the fair value of those elements, with the residual of the arrangement fee allocated to and recognized as software license revenue. In our Network Security Solutions segment, we have established VSOE of the fair value of support, subscription-based software licenses and professional services. Software license revenue is generally recognized upon delivery of the software if all revenue recognition criteria are met.

Revenue allocated to support services under our Network Security Solutions support contracts, subscription-based software, and remote ongoing operational services is paid in advance and recognized ratably over the term of the service. Revenue allocated to professional services, including remote implementation services, is recognized as the services are performed.

Discontinued Operations

In both the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, we recognized a $0.2 million ($0.1 million net of tax) loss from disposal of discontinued operations for a final escrow settlement related to the 2010 disposition of Trapeze Networks, Inc.

Subsequent Events

We have evaluated subsequent events after the balance sheet date through the financial statement issuance date for appropriate accounting and disclosure. See Note 12.

Current-Year Adoption of Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (ASU 2015-03), which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. We adopted ASU 2015-03 effective January 1, 2016, retrospectively. Adoption resulted in a $6.0 million decrease in total current assets, a $19.2 million decrease in other long-lived assets, and a $25.2 million decrease in long-term debt in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2015 compared to the prior period presentation. Adoption had no impact on our results of operations.

Pending Adoption of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09), which will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP. The core principle of the ASU is that an entity should recognize revenue for the transfer of goods or services equal to the amount that it expects to be entitled to receive for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2018, and allows for both retrospective and modified retrospective methods of adoption. Early adoption beginning January 1, 2017 is permitted. We are continuing the process of determining the method and timing of adoption and assessing the impact of ASU 2014-09 on our Consolidated Financial Statements. Our initial assessment indicates that the overall impact of adopting ASU 2014-09 is expected to be minimal. Any significant impact is expected to be limited to a software product line within our Broadcast segment that generates an immaterial amount of annual revenues.

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In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (ASU 2016-02), a leasing standard for both lessees and lessors. Under its core principle, a lessee will recognize lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for all arrangements with terms longer than 12 months. Lessor accounting remains largely consistent with existing U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The new standard will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The standard requires the use of a modified retrospective transition method. We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (ASU 2016-09), which requires entities to recognize the income tax effects of stock awards in the income statement when the awards vest or are settled. Further, ASU 2016-09 allows entities to withhold up to the maximum individual statutory tax rate without classifying the stock awards as a liability and to account for forfeitures either upon occurrence or by estimating forfeitures. The new standard will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Note 2:  Acquisitions

M2FX

We acquired 100% of the shares of M2FX Limited (M2FX) on January 7, 2016 for a preliminary purchase price of $23.2 million. Of the total purchase price, $7.6 million has been preliminarily deferred as estimated earn-out consideration. The estimated earn-out is scheduled to be paid in early 2017, if certain financial targets are achieved. We determined the estimated fair value of the earn-out with the assistance of a third party valuation specialist using a probability weighted discounted cash flow model. M2FX is a manufacturer of fiber optic cable and fiber protective solutions for broadband access and telecommunications networks. M2FX is located in the United Kingdom. The results of M2FX have been included in our Consolidated Financial Statements from January 7, 2016, and are reported within the Broadcast segment. The M2FX acquisition was not material to our financial position or results of operations.

Note 3:  Operating Segments

We are organized around five global business platforms:  Broadcast, Enterprise Connectivity, Industrial Connectivity, Industrial IT, and Network Security. Each of the global business platforms represents a reportable segment.

To capitalize on the adoption of IP technology and accelerate our penetration of the commercial audio-video market, we transferred responsibility of audio-video cable and connectors from our Broadcast platform to our Enterprise Connectivity platform effective January 1, 2016. We have revised the prior period segment information to conform to the change in the composition of these reportable segments. This transfer had no impact to our reporting units for purposes of goodwill impairment testing.

The key measures of segment profit or loss reviewed by our chief operating decision maker are Segment Revenues and Segment EBITDA. Segment Revenues represent non-affiliate revenues and include revenues that would have otherwise been recorded by acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our Consolidated Statements of Operations due to the effects of purchase accounting and the associated write-down of acquired deferred revenue to fair value. Segment EBITDA excludes certain items, including depreciation expense; amortization of intangibles; asset impairment; severance, restructuring, and acquisition integration costs; purchase accounting effects related to acquisitions, such as the adjustment of acquired inventory and deferred revenue to fair value; and other costs. We allocate corporate expenses to the segments for purposes of measuring Segment EBITDA. Corporate expenses are allocated on the basis of each segment’s relative EBITDA prior to the allocation.

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Our measure of segment assets does not include cash, goodwill, intangible assets, deferred tax assets, or corporate assets. All goodwill is allocated to reporting units of our segments for purposes of impairment testing.

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The following table is a reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ Revenues and EBITDA to consolidated revenues and consolidated income from continuing operations before taxes, respectively.

(1) For both the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 and June 28, 2015, both our consolidated revenues and gross profit were negatively impacted by the reduction of the acquired deferred revenue balance to fair value associated with our 2015 acquisition of Tripwire.

(2)  See Note 7, Severance, Restructuring, and Acquisition Integration Activities, for details.

(3)  For the six months ended July 3, 2016, we recognized $0.2 million of cost of sales related to the adjustment of acquired inventory to fair value related to our acquisition of M2FX. For the six months ended June 28, 2015, we recognized $9.2 million of compensation expense related to the accelerated vesting of acquiree stock based compensation awards associated with our acquisition of Tripwire. In addition, we recognized $0.3 million of cost of sales related to the adjustment of acquired inventory to fair value related to our acquisition of Coast.

Note 4: Income per Share

The following table presents the basis for the income per share computations:

For the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, diluted weighted average shares outstanding do not include outstanding equity awards of 0.7 million and 0.6 million, because to do so would have been anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, diluted weighted average shares outstanding do not include outstanding equity awards of 0.3 million and 0.3 million, respectively, because to do so would have been anti-dilutive.

For purposes of calculating basic earnings per share, unvested restricted stock units are not included in the calculation of basic weighted average shares outstanding until all necessary conditions have been satisfied and issuance of the shares underlying the restricted stock units is no longer contingent. Necessary conditions are not satisfied until the vesting date, at which time holders of our restricted stock units receive shares of our common stock.

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For purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share, unvested restricted stock units are included to the extent that they are dilutive. In determining whether unvested restricted stock units are dilutive, each issuance of restricted stock units is considered separately.

Once a restricted stock unit has vested, it is included in the calculation of both basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Note 5:  Inventories

The major classes of inventories were as follows:

Note 6:  Long-Lived Assets

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

We recognized depreciation expense of $12.0 million and $23.7 million in the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. We recognized depreciation expense of $11.7 million and $23.2 million in the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, respectively.

We recognized amortization expense related to our intangible assets of $26.3 million and $51.8 million in the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. We recognized amortization expense related to our intangible assets of $25.9 million and $52.4 million in the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, respectively.

Note 7:  Severance, Restructuring, and Acquisition Integration Activities

Industrial Restructuring Program

Both our Industrial Connectivity and Industrial IT segments have been negatively impacted by a decline in sales volume. Global demand for industrial products has been negatively impacted by the strengthened U.S. dollar and lower energy prices. Our customers have reduced capital spending in response to these conditions, and we expect these conditions to continue to negatively impact our industrial segments’ sales volume. In response to these industrial market conditions, we began to execute a restructuring program in the fourth quarter of 2015 to reduce our cost structure. We recognized $2.4 million and $5.8 million of severance and other restructuring costs for this program during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. We expect to incur approximately $2 million of additional severance and other restructuring costs for this program, the majority of which will be incurred in the third quarter of 2016. We expect the restructuring program to generate approximately $18 million of savings on an annualized basis, which we began to realize in the first quarter of 2016.

Industrial Manufacturing Footprint Program

In further response to the industrial market conditions described above, in the first quarter of 2016 we began a program to further consolidate our manufacturing footprint. The manufacturing consolidation is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. We recognized $2.0 million and $2.5 million of severance and other

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restructuring costs for this program during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. The costs were incurred by the Enterprise and Industrial Connectivity segments, as the manufacturing locations involved in the program serve both platforms. We expect to incur approximately $16 million and $15 million of additional severance and other restructuring costs for this program in 2016 and 2017, respectively. We expect the program to generate approximately $10 million of savings on an annualized basis, beginning in the second half of 2017.

Grass Valley Restructuring Program

Our Broadcast segment’s Grass Valley brand was negatively impacted by a decline in global demand of broadcast technology infrastructure products. Outside of the U.S., demand for these products was impacted by the relative price increase of products due to the strengthened U.S. dollar as well as the impact of weaker economic conditions which have resulted in lower capital spending. Within the U.S., demand for these products was impacted by deferred capital spending. We believe broadcast customers have deferred their capital spending as they navigate through a number of important industry transitions and a changing media landscape. In response to these broadcast market conditions, we began to execute a restructuring program beginning in the third quarter of 2015 to further reduce our cost structure. We recognized $0.9 million and $5.0 million of severance and other restructuring costs for this program during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. We expect to incur approximately $1 million of additional severance and other restructuring costs for this program, the majority of which will be incurred in the third quarter of 2016. We expect the restructuring program to generate approximately $30 million of savings on an annualized basis, which we began to realize in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Productivity Improvement Program and Acquisition Integration

In 2014, we began a productivity improvement program and the integration of our acquisition of Grass Valley. The productivity improvement program focused on improving the productivity of our sales, marketing, finance, and human resources functions relative to our peers. The majority of the costs for the productivity improvement program related to the Industrial Connectivity, Enterprise, and Industrial IT segments. The restructuring and integration activities related to our acquisition of Grass Valley focused on achieving desired cost savings by consolidating existing and acquired operating facilities and other support functions. We substantially completed the productivity improvement program and the acquisition integration activities in 2015. In the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, we recorded severance, restructuring, and integration costs of $4.9 million and $19.4 million, respectively, related to these two significant programs, as well as other cost reduction actions and the integration of our acquisitions of ProSoft, Coast, and Tripwire. In the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, we recognized $0.6 million and $1.0 million of costs, respectively, primarily related to our 2016 acquisition of M2FX.

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The following table summarizes the costs by segment of the various programs described above:

Of the total severance, restructuring, and acquisition integration costs recognized in the three months ended July 3, 2016, $1.8 million, $3.6 million, and $0.5 million were included in cost of sales; selling, general and administrative expenses; and research and development, respectively. Of the total severance, restructuring, and acquisition integration costs recognized in the three months ended June 28, 2015, $1.8 million, $2.7 million, and $0.4 million were included in cost of sales; selling, general and administrative expenses; and research and development, respectively.

Of the total severance, restructuring, and acquisition integration costs recognized in the six months ended July 3, 2016, $3.9 million, $9.7 million, and $0.7 million were included in cost of sales; selling, general and administrative expenses; and research and development, respectively. Of the total severance, restructuring,

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and acquisition integration costs recognized in the six months ended June 28, 2015, $3.2 million, $14.5 million, and $1.7 million were included in cost of sales; selling, general and administrative expenses; and research and development, respectively.

The other restructuring and integration costs primarily consisted of equipment transfer, costs to consolidate operating and support facilities, retention bonuses, relocation, travel, legal, and other costs. The majority of the other restructuring and integration costs related to these actions were paid as incurred or are payable within the next 60 days.    

We continue to review our business strategies and evaluate potential new restructuring actions. This could result in additional restructuring costs in future periods.

Accrued Severance

The table below sets forth the significant severance activity that occurred for two of the programs described above. The balances are included in accrued liabilities.

The other adjustments were the result of changes in estimates. We experienced higher than expected voluntary turnover, and as a result, certain approved severance actions were not taken. We expect the majority of the liabilities for these programs to be paid during the second half of 2016.

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Note 8:  Long-Term Debt and Other Borrowing Arrangements

The carrying values of our long-term debt and other borrowing arrangements were as follows:

Revolving Credit Agreement due 2018

Our revolving credit agreement provides a $400 million multi-currency asset-based revolving credit facility (the Revolver). The borrowing base under the Revolver includes eligible accounts receivable; inventory; and property, plant and equipment of certain of our subsidiaries in the U.S., Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. In January 2015, we borrowed $200.0 million under the Revolver in order to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Tripwire. During the fourth quarter of 2015 and first quarter of 2016, we repaid $150.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, of the Revolver borrowings. As of July 3, 2016, we had no borrowings outstanding on our revolver, and our available borrowing capacity was $293.7 million. The Revolver matures in 2018. Interest on outstanding borrowings is variable, based upon LIBOR or other similar indices in foreign jurisdictions, plus a spread that ranges from 1.25% - 1.75%, depending upon our leverage position. We pay a commitment fee on our available borrowing capacity of 0.375%. In the event we borrow more than 90% of our borrowing base, we are subject to a fixed charge coverage ratio covenant.

Variable Rate Term Loan due 2020

In 2013, we borrowed $250.0 million under a Term Loan Credit Agreement (the Term Loan). The Term Loan is secured on a second lien basis by the assets securing the Revolving Credit Agreement due 2018 discussed above and on a first lien basis by the stock of certain of our subsidiaries. The borrowings under the Term Loan are scheduled to mature in 2020 and require quarterly amortization payments of approximately $0.6 million. Interest under the Term Loan is variable, based upon the three-month LIBOR plus an applicable spread. The interest rate as of July 3, 2016 was 3.41%.

Senior Subordinated Notes

We have outstanding $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior subordinated notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes). The 2024 Notes are guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by certain of our subsidiaries. The 2024 Notes rank equal in right of payment with our senior subordinated notes due 2023, 2022, and 2019 and with any future subordinated debt, and they are subordinated to all of our senior debt and the senior debt of our subsidiary guarantors, including our Term Loan and Revolver. Interest is payable semiannually on January 15 and July 15 of each year.

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We have outstanding €500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.5% senior subordinated notes due 2023 (the 2023 Notes). The carrying value of the 2023 Notes as of July 3, 2016 is $559.7 million. The 2023 Notes are guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by certain of our subsidiaries. The notes rank equal in right of payment with our senior subordinated notes due 2024, 2022, and 2019 and with any future subordinated debt, and they are subordinated to all of our senior debt and the senior debt of our subsidiary guarantors, including our Term Loan and Revolver. Interest is payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

We have outstanding $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.5% senior subordinated notes due 2022 (the 2022 Notes). The 2022 Notes are guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by certain of our subsidiaries. The 2022 Notes rank equal in right of payment with our senior subordinated notes due 2024, 2023, and 2019, and with any future subordinated debt, and they are subordinated to all of our senior debt and the senior debt of our subsidiary guarantors, including our Term Loan and Revolver. Interest is payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year.

We have outstanding $5.2 million aggregate principal amount of our senior subordinated notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes). The 2019 Notes have a coupon interest rate of 9.25% and an effective interest rate of 9.75%. The interest on the 2019 Notes is payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15. The 2019 notes are guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by certain of our subsidiaries. The notes rank equal in right of payment with our senior subordinated notes due 2024, 2023, and 2022, and with any future senior subordinated debt, and are subordinated to all of our senior debt and the senior debt of our subsidiary guarantors, including our Term Loan and Revolver.

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt

The fair value of our senior subordinated notes as of July 3, 2016 was approximately $1,478.6 million based on quoted prices of the debt instruments in inactive markets (Level 2 valuation). This amount represents the fair values of our senior subordinated notes with a carrying value of $1,464.9 million as of July 3, 2016. We believe the fair value of our Term Loan approximates book value.

Note 9:  Income Taxes

We recognized income tax benefits of $3.6 million and $3.4 million for the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively, representing effective tax rates of (9.3%) and (6.2%), respectively. The effective tax rates were impacted by the following significant factors:

The tax benefits described above for the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 were partially offset by a $2.7 million tax expense to record a liability for uncertain tax positions in one of our foreign jurisdictions.

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We recognized income tax benefits of $2.3 million and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, respectively, representing effective tax rates of (11.9%) and (379.1%), respectively. A significant factor impacting the income tax benefit for the six months ended June 28, 2015 was the recognition of a $1.5 million tax benefit as a result of reducing a deferred tax asset valuation allowance related to a capital loss carryforward. Based on transactions in the six months ended June 28, 2015, the capital loss carryforward became fully realizable. In addition, our effective tax rate in 2015 benefited from a tax planning strategy that allowed us to recognize a significant balance of foreign tax credits related to one of our foreign jurisdictions.

Note 10:  Pension and Other Postretirement Obligations

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit costs for our pension and other postretirement benefit plans:

Note 11:  Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table summarizes total comprehensive income:

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The accumulated balances related to each component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, are as follows:

The following table summarizes the effects of reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the six months ended July 3, 2016:

(1) The amortization of these accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs (see Note 10).

Note 12:  Subsequent Events

On July 26, 2016, we completed an offering of 5.2 million depositary shares, each of which represents 1/100^th interest in a share of 6.75% Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the Preferred Stock), for an offering price of $100 per depositary share. Unless earlier converted, each share of Preferred Stock will automatically convert into common stock on or around July 15, 2019 into between 120.46 and 132.50 shares of Belden common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. This represents a range of 6.2 million - 6.9 million shares of Belden common stock to be issued upon conversion. The number of shares of Belden common stock issuable upon the mandatory conversion of the Preferred Stock will be determined based upon the volume-weighted average price of Belden’s common stock over the 20 day trading period beginning on, and including, the 22^nd scheduled trading day prior to July 15, 2019. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $502 million. We intend to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes.

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Item 2:       Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

Belden Inc. (the Company, us, we, or our) is an innovative signal transmission solutions company built around five global business platforms – Broadcast Solutions, Enterprise Connectivity Solutions, Industrial Connectivity Solutions, Industrial IT Solutions, and Network Security Solutions. Our comprehensive portfolio of signal transmission solutions provides industry leading secure and reliable transmission of data, sound, and video for mission critical applications.

We strive for operational excellence through the execution of our Belden Business System, which includes three areas of focus: Lean enterprise initiatives, our Market Delivery System, and our Talent Management System. Through operational excellence we generate significant free cash flow on an annual basis. We utilize the cash flow generated by our business to fuel our continued transformation and generate shareholder value. We believe our business system, balance across markets and geographies, systematic go-to-market approach, extensive portfolio of innovative solutions, commitment to Lean principles, and improving margins present a unique value proposition for shareholders.

We use a set of tools and processes that are designed to continuously improve business performance in the critical areas of quality, delivery, cost, and innovation. We consider revenue growth, Adjusted EBITDA margin, free cash flows, and return on invested capital to be our key operating performance indicators. We also seek to acquire businesses that we believe can help us achieve these objectives. The extent to which appropriate acquisitions are made and integrated can affect our overall growth, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows.

Trends and Events

The following trends and events during 2016 have had varying effects on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Foreign currency

Our exposure to currency rate fluctuations primarily relates to exchange rate movements between the U.S. dollar and the euro, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, Mexican peso, Australian dollar, British pound, and Brazilian real. Generally, as the U.S. dollar strengthens against these foreign currencies, our revenues and earnings are negatively impacted as our foreign denominated revenues and earnings are translated into U.S. dollars at a lower rate. Conversely, as the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, our revenues and earnings are positively impacted.

In addition to the translation impact described above, currency rate fluctuations have an economic impact on our financial results. As the U.S. dollar strengthens or weakens against foreign currencies, it results in a relative price increase or decrease for certain of our products that are priced in U.S. dollars in a foreign location.

Commodity prices

Our operating results can be affected by changes in prices of commodities, primarily copper and compounds, which are components in some of the products we sell. Generally, as the costs of inventory purchases increase due to higher commodity prices, we raise selling prices to customers to cover the increase in costs, resulting in higher sales revenue but a lower gross profit percentage. Conversely, a decrease in commodity prices would result in lower sales revenue but a higher gross profit percentage. Selling prices of our products are affected by many factors, including end market demand, capacity utilization, overall economic conditions, and commodity prices. Importantly, however, there is no exact measure of the effect of changing commodity

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prices, as there are thousands of transactions in any given quarter, each of which has various factors involved in the individual pricing decisions. Therefore, all references to the effect of copper prices or other commodity prices are estimates.

Channel Inventory

Our operating results also can be affected by the levels of Belden products purchased and held as inventory by our channel partners and customers. Our channel partners and customers purchase and hold the products they bought from us in their inventory in order to meet the service and on-time delivery requirements of their customers. Generally, as our channel partners and customers change the level of products they bought from us and hold in their inventory, it impacts our revenues. Comparisons of our results between periods can be impacted by changes in the levels of channel inventory. We use information provided to us by our channel partners and make certain assumptions based on our sales to them to determine the amount of products they bought from us and hold in their inventory. As such, all references to the effect of channel inventory changes are estimates.

Market Growth and Market Share

The broadcast, enterprise, industrial, and network security markets in which we operate can generally be characterized as highly competitive and highly fragmented, with many players. Based on available data for our served markets, we estimate that our market shares range from approximately 5% - 20%. A substantial acquisition in one of our served markets would be necessary to meaningfully change our estimated market share percentage. We monitor available data regarding market growth, including independent market research reports, publicly available indices, and the financial results of our direct and indirect peer companies, in order to estimate the extent to which our served markets grew or contracted during a particular period. We expect that our unit sales volume will increase or decrease consistently with the market growth rate. Our strategic goal is to utilize our Market Delivery System to target faster growing geographies, applications, and trends within our end markets, in order to achieve growth that is higher than the general market growth rate. To the extent that we exceed the market growth rates, we consider it to be the result of capturing market share.

Operating Segments

To capitalize on the adoption of IP technology and accelerate our penetration of the commercial audio-video market, we transferred responsibility of audio-video cable and connectors from our Broadcast platform to our Enterprise Connectivity platform effective January 1, 2016. We have revised the prior period segment information to conform to the change in the composition of these reportable segments.

Acquisitions

We completed the acquisitions of M2FX Limited (M2FX) on January 7, 2016 and Tripwire Inc. (Tripwire) on January 2, 2015. The results of M2FX and Tripwire have been included in our Consolidated Financial Statements from their respective acquisition dates and are reported in the Broadcast and Network Security segments, respectively.

Long-Term Debt

During the first quarter of 2016, we repaid $50.0 million of the Revolver borrowings. As of July 3, 2016, we had no borrowings outstanding on our revolver, and our available borrowing capacity was $293.7 million.

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Productivity Improvement Programs

Industrial Restructuring Program

Both our Industrial Connectivity and Industrial IT segments have been negatively impacted by a decline in sales volume. Global demand for industrial products has been negatively impacted by the strengthened U.S. dollar and lower energy prices. Our customers have reduced capital spending in response to these conditions, and we expect these conditions to continue to negatively impact our industrial segments’ sales volume. In response to these industrial market conditions, we began to execute a restructuring program in the fourth quarter of 2015 to reduce our cost structure. We recognized $2.4 million and $5.8 million of severance and other restructuring costs for this program during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. We expect to incur approximately $2 million of additional severance and other restructuring costs for this program, the majority of which will be incurred in the third quarter of 2016. We expect the restructuring program to generate approximately $18 million of savings on an annualized basis, which we began to realize in the first quarter of 2016.

Industrial Manufacturing Footprint Program

In further response to the industrial market conditions described above, in the first quarter of 2016 we began a program to further consolidate our manufacturing footprint. The manufacturing consolidation is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. We recognized $2.0 million and $2.5 million of severance and other restructuring costs for this program during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. The costs were incurred by the Enterprise and Industrial Connectivity segments, as the manufacturing locations involved in the program serve both platforms. We expect to incur approximately $16 million and $15 million of additional severance and other restructuring costs for this program in 2016 and 2017, respectively. We expect the program to generate approximately $10 million of savings on an annualized basis, beginning in the second half of 2017.

Grass Valley Restructuring Program

Our Broadcast segment’s Grass Valley brand was negatively impacted by a decline in global demand of broadcast technology infrastructure products. Outside of the U.S., demand for these products was impacted by the relative price increase of products due to the strengthened U.S. dollar as well as the impact of weaker economic conditions which have resulted in lower capital spending. Within the U.S., demand for these products was impacted by deferred capital spending. We believe broadcast customers have deferred their capital spending as they navigate through a number of important industry transitions and a changing media landscape. In response to these broadcast market conditions, we began to execute a restructuring program beginning in the third quarter of 2015 to further reduce our cost structure. We recognized $0.9 million and $5.0 million of severance and other restructuring costs for this program during the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, respectively. We expect to incur approximately $1 million of additional severance and other restructuring costs for this program, the majority of which will be incurred in the third quarter of 2016. We expect the restructuring program to generate approximately $30 million of savings on an annualized basis, which we began to realize in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Productivity Improvement Program and Acquisition Integration

In 2014, we began a productivity improvement program and the integration of our acquisition of Grass Valley. The productivity improvement program focused on improving the productivity of our sales, marketing, finance, and human resources functions relative to our peers. The majority of the costs for the productivity improvement program related to the Industrial Connectivity, Enterprise, and Industrial IT segments. The restructuring and integration activities related to our acquisition of Grass Valley focused on achieving desired cost savings by consolidating existing and acquired operating facilities and other support functions. We substantially completed the productivity improvement program and the acquisition integration activities in 2015. In the three and six months ended June 28, 2015, we recorded severance, restructuring, and integration costs of $4.9 million and $19.4 million, respectively, related to these two significant programs, as well as other cost reduction actions and the integration of our acquisitions of ProSoft, Coast, and Tripwire. In the three and six months ended July 3, 2016, we recognized $0.6 million and $1.0 million of costs, respectively, primarily related to our 2016 acquisition of M2FX.

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United Kingdom Referendum

The United Kingdom’s (the UK’s) June 2016 vote in favor of exiting the European Union (the EU) adversely impacted global markets, including currencies, and resulted in a sharp decline in the value of the British pound, as compared to the U.S. dollar and other currencies. Volatility in exchange rates is expected to continue in the short term as the UK negotiates its exit from the EU. A weaker British pound compared to the U.S. dollar during a reporting period causes local currency results of our UK operations to be translated into fewer U.S. dollars. For the six months ended July 3, 2016, approximately 3% of our revenues were to customers located in the UK. In the longer term, any impact on our results of operations from the potential exit of the UK from the EU will depend, in part, on the outcome of tariff, trade, regulatory, and other negotiations between the UK and the EU.

Subsequent Event

On July 26, 2016, we completed an offering of 5.2 million depositary shares, each of which represents 1/100th interest in a share of 6.75% Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the Preferred Stock). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $502 million. We intend to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows that are or would be considered material to investors.

Critical Accounting Policies

During the six months ended July 3, 2016:

Results of Operations

Consolidated Income from Continuing Operations before Taxes

Revenues increased in the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 from the comparable periods of 2015 due to the following factors:

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Gross profit increased in the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 from the comparable periods of 2015 due to the increases in sales volume noted above and improved productivity as a result of our restructuring actions. The increases in sales volume that led to increases in gross profit were most notable in our Network Security segment. The increases in gross profit from improved productivity were most notable in our Broadcast and Industrial Connectivity segments.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased in the three months ended July 3, 2016 from the comparable period of 2015 primarily due to improved productivity as a result of our restructuring actions. Additionally, favorable currency translation resulted in $1.0 million decrease in expense. These factors were partially offset by a $0.9 million increase in severance, restructuring and acquisition integration costs.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased in the six months ended July 3, 2016 from the comparable period of 2015 primarily due to $9.2 million of compensation expense that we recognized in the prior year as a result of accelerating the vesting of certain acquiree equity awards at the closing of the Tripwire acquisition. In addition, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased in the six months ended July 3, 2016 due to a decrease in severance, restructuring, and acquisition integration costs of $4.8 million. Favorable currency translation resulted in a $3.6 million decrease in expense. The remaining decrease was due to improved productivity from our restructuring actions.

Operating income increased in both the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 from the comparable periods of 2015 primarily due to the increases in gross profit and decreases in selling, general and administrative expenses discussed above. Favorable currency translation contributed $2.5 million and $5.5 million of the increase in operating income, respectively.

Income before taxes increased in both the three and six months ended July 3, 2016 from the comparable periods of 2015 primarily due to the increases in operating income discussed above.

Income Taxes