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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.02
                          GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS

         1.       Release by Executive ("Executive Release"). (a) In
consideration of the obligations of Belden CDT, Inc. (the "Company"), as set
forth in that certain letter from the Company, dated November 2, 2005, attached
hereto ("Letter"), including payment of the sum of $4,932,902.46, the
undersigned, C. Baker Cunningham ("Executive"), on his own behalf and on behalf
of his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, representatives and
assigns, does herein unconditionally release, waive, and fully discharge the
Company and its subsidiaries (including successors and assigns thereof) and all
of their respective past, present and future employees, officers, directors,
agents, affiliates, parents, predecessors, administrators, representatives,
attorneys, and shareholders, and employee benefit plans (all of the above
collectively, the "Executive Releasees"), from any and all legal claims,
liabilities, suits, causes of action (whether before a court or an
administrative agency), damages, costs, attorneys' fees, interest, injuries,
expenses, debts, or demands of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown,
liquidated or unliquidated, absolute or contingent, at law or in equity, which
were or could have been filed with any Federal, state, or local court, agency,
arbitrator or any other entity, based directly or indirectly on Executive's
employment with and separation from the Company or based on any other alleged
act or omission by or on behalf of the Company prior to Executive's signing this
Executive Release. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms, the
foregoing waiver and release specifically includes all claims based on the
terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, and those based on breach of
contract (express or implied), tort, harassment, intentional infliction of
emotional distress, defamation, negligence, privacy, employment discrimination,
retaliation, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended ("ADEA"),
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the National Labor
Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, the Family Medical Leave Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, the Missouri Human Rights Act (R.S. MO Section 213.010 et seq.), as
amended, any federal, state or local fair employment, human rights wage and hour
laws and wage payment laws, and any and all other Federal, state, local or other
governmental statutes, laws, ordinances, regulations and orders, under common
law, and under any Company policy, procedure, bylaw or rule.

                  (b)      Executive intends this Executive Release to be
binding on his successors, and Executive specifically agrees not to file or
continue any claim in respect of matters covered by the immediately preceding
paragraph hereof. Executive further agrees never to institute any suit,
complaint, proceeding, grievance or action of any kind at law, in equity, or
otherwise in any court of the United States or in any state, or in any
administrative agency of the United States or any state, county or municipality,
or before any other tribunal, public or private, against the Company arising
from or relating to his employment with or his termination of employment from
the Company or any other occurrences to the date of this Executive Release,
other than a claim challenging the validity of this Executive Release under
ADEA. Executive may bring a claim under ADEA to challenge the release under this
Executive Release. Nothing in this Executive Release is intended to reflect any
party's belief that Executive's waiver of claims under ADEA is invalid or
unenforceable, it being the interest of the parties that such claims are waived.

                  (c)      The foregoing provisions of this Executive Release to
the contrary notwithstanding, the waiver and release hereunder shall not waive
or release any rights or claims:


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                           (i)      that Executive may have that arise after the
         date hereof and shall not waive post-termination health-continuation
         insurance benefits required by state or Federal law;

                           (ii)     that Executive may have under the Letter;

                           (iii)    any claim of indemnification under the
         Indemnification Agreement between the Company and Executive, dated
         September 1, 2004, which rights of indemnification survive in
         accordance with their terms; or

                           (iv)     any rights to coverage under Directors and
         Officers Liability and/or other Missouri policies for acts or omissions
         occurring during Executive's employment.

         (d)      Executive further agrees that:

                  (i)      Executive's waiver of rights under this Executive
         Release is knowing and voluntary and in compliance with the Older
         Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 ("OWBPA");

                  (ii)     Executive understands the terms of this Executive
         Release;

                  (iii)    The Company is hereby advising Executive in writing
         to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Executive Release;

                  (iv)     The Company is giving Executive a period of
         twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Executive Release;

                  (v)      This Executive Release shall become effective and
         enforceable only after the expiration of seven (7) days following its
         execution and delivery by Executive to the Company and during such
         7-day period Executive may revoke this Executive Release by written
         notice delivered to the Company. If no such revocation occurs, this
         Executive Release shall become irrevocable in its entirety, and binding
         and enforceable against Executive, on the day next following the day on
         which the foregoing 7-day period has elapsed. To revoke this Executive
         Release, Executive shall deliver a written statement of revocation to:
         Belden CDT Inc., 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 800, St. Louis, Missouri
         63105, Attn: Kevin L. Bloomfield, Vice President, Secretary and General
         Counsel.

         2.       Release by the Company ("Company Release"). (a) In
consideration of the agreements of Executive, including, without limitation, the
Executive Release herein, the Company hereby releases Executive and his
representatives and administrators, successors, assigns, agents, and attorneys,
past and present, from any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements,
contracts, covenants, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations,
controversies, debts, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, orders and
liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, direct or indirect, in law, equity or
otherwise, which have existed, may have existed, which do exist, or which may
presently exist arising out of any act or omission of the Executive which was
disclosed in any manner to the Board of Directors or any member thereof, through
the effective


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date of the Executive Release set forth in Section 1(d)(v). This Company Release
does not, however, include any facts, claims or matters unknown to the Company,
of which Executive was aware, which have not been disclosed in any manner to the
Company's Board of Directors or any member thereof as of the Effective Date. The
Company Release shall be effective on the effective date of the Executive
Release set forth in Section 1(d)(v) hereof and shall not be effective if the
Executive Release fails to become effective. The foregoing provisions of this
Company Release to the contrary notwithstanding, the waiver and release
hereunder shall not waive or release any rights or claims that the Company may
have that arise after the date hereof or claims that the Company may have under
the Letter.

                  (b)      The Company intends this Company Release to be
binding on its successors, and the Company specifically agrees not to file or
continue any claim in respect of matters covered by the immediately preceding
paragraph hereof. The Company further agrees never to institute any suit,
complaint, proceeding, grievance or action of any kind at law, in equity, or
otherwise in any court of the United States or in any state, or in any
administrative agency of the United States or any state, county or municipality,
or before any other tribunal, public or private, against the Company arising
from or relating to the claims released under the Company Release.

         3.       Counterparts. This Release may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original for all purposes, and
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.



                                  /s/C. Baker Cunningham
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                                  C. Baker Cunningham



                                  Belden CDT Inc.


                                  By: /s/Glenn Kalnasy
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                                      Glenn Kalnasy, Chairman
                                      Compensation Committee



                                  November 2, 2005