New Issue-Belden Inc sells $700 mln notes

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Belden Inc on Monday sold $700
million of senior subordinated notes in the 144a private
placement market, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.
The size of the deal was increased from an originally
planned $550 million.
Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and Goldman Sachs were the joint
bookrunning managers for the sale.

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