Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 4.5

EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

BELDEN INC.

AND 
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN, 
AND 
DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED, 
as Trustee
    

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of October 25, 2017
to 
Indenture 
Dated as of July 6, 2017 
3.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of October 25, 2017 is by and among Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each existing Guarantor (the “Existing Guarantors”) under the Indenture referred to below, Thinklogical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “New Guarantor”) and Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee the Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2017 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the Trustee, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as Principal Paying Agent, and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as Transfer Agent and Registrar, providing for the issuance of €450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”); and 
WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to comply with Section 4.17 or 10.04 thereof, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, the New Guarantor has determined that it is in its best interests to unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the New Guarantor and the Trustee necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the New Guarantor and the Trustee, in accordance with their terms, have been duly done and performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the New Guarantor and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01.    The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally, with the Existing Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. 
Section 1.02.    This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

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Section 1.03.    This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the New Guarantor and the Trustee.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.01.    Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.
Section 2.02.    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture.  This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
Section 2.03.    THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 2.04.    The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.    
[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, as of the date first written above.
BELDEN INC.

		
	By:
	    /s/ William Tiszai     
Name: William Tiszai 
Title: Vice President, Global Sales

Operations, and Treasurer

BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LLC
BELDEN HOLDINGS, LLC
CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC
BELDEN 1993 LLC
PPC BROADBAND, INC. 
BELDEN FINANCE 2013 LP
GARRETTCOM, INC.
GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC
PROSOFT TECHNOLOGY, INC.            
VIA HOLDINGS I, INC.
VIA HOLDINGS II, INC.
TRIPWIRE, INC.
THINKLOGICAL, LLC

		
	By:
	    /s/ William Tiszai     
Name: William Tiszai     
Title: Treasurer

Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture (2027 Notes)

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED, 
as Trustee

By:        /s/ David Contino         
Name: David Contino 
Title:     Associate Director

By:        /s/ Kieran Odedra         
Name:    Kieran Odedra 
Title:     Associate Director

Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture (2027 Notes)Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 1
Dated as of November 2, 2017
to
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 16, 2017
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”) is made as of November 2, 2017 by and among Belden Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Foreign Borrowers party hereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the Loan Guarantors party hereto (collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan Parties”), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 16, 2017 by and among the Company, the Foreign Borrowers and other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have so agreed on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent hereby agree to enter into this Amendment.
1.Amendments to the Credit Agreement.  Effective as of the date of satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)    Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following new defined term thereto in the appropriate alphabetical location:
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means November 2, 2017.    
(b)    Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the definition of “Issuing Bank Sublimit” in its entirety to read as follows:
“Issuing Bank Sublimit” means, as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (i) $22,500,000, in the case of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (ii) $12,500,000, in the case of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and (iii) such amount as shall be designated to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative in writing by another Issuing Bank.  Each Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank 

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Sublimit may be decreased or increased from time to time, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, with the written consent of the Company and such Issuing Bank.    
(c)    Section 2.06(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the third sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
“A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) subject to Sections 1.06 and 2.11(b), the U.S. Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) the Revolving Exposure Limitations shall be satisfied.”    
2.    Conditions of Effectiveness.  The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the conditions precedent that:
(a)    the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Loan Parties, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent; and
(b)    the Administrative Agent shall have received payment and/or reimbursement of the Administrative Agent’s and its affiliates’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, to the extent invoiced, reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of joint counsels for the Administrative Agent) in connection with this Amendment.
3.    Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties.  Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are within such Loan Party’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational actions and, if required, actions by equity holders.  This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Party and are enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.
(b)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except in each case as have been obtained or made and that are in full force and effect and except for filings required to perfect the Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (ii) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to such Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) will not violate in any material respect or result in a default under any material indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding upon such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any material payment to be made by such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, where such breach or the failure to take such action could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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(c)    As of the date hereof and after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred that is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of (or made with respect to) such Loan Party set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
4.    Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement.
(a)    Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.  This Amendment is a Loan Document and shall (unless expressly indicated herein or therein) be construed, administered, and applied, in accordance with all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.
(b)    Each Loan Party (i) agrees that this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall not limit or diminish the obligations of any Loan Party arising under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) reaffirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement and each and every other Loan Document to which it is a party (including, without limitation, each applicable Collateral Document), (iii) reaffirms all Liens on the Collateral which have been granted by it in favor of the Administrative Agent (for itself and the other Secured Parties) pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, and (iv) acknowledges and agrees that, except as specifically modified above, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents executed and/or delivered by it in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.  Except with respect to the subject matter hereof, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.
5.    Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
6.    Headings.  Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.
7.    Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  Signatures delivered by facsimile or PDF shall have the same force and effect as manual signatures delivered in person.
[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWERS:

BELDEN INC.,
as the Company

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson             
Name: Brian Anderson
Title:   Senior VP, Legal, General Counsel & Corporate
            Secretary

BELDEN CANADA INC., 
as a Foreign Borrower

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson             
Name: Brian Anderson
Title:   Secretary

BELDEN EUROPE B.V., 
as a Foreign Borrower

By:     /s/ Henk Derksen             
Name: Henk Derksen
Title: Director

BELDEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, 
as a Foreign Borrower

By:     /s/ Henk Derksen              
Name: Henk Derksen
Title: Director

HIRSCHMANN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL GMBH, 
as a Foreign Borrower

By:     /s/ Henk Derksen             
Name: Henk Derksen
Title: Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

	
		
	 
	OTHER LOAN PARTIES:

BELDEN 1993 LLC

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

GARRETTCOM, INC.

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:   Secretary

	 
	 

	 
	BELDEN HOLDINGS, LLC 

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

	 
	 

	 
	BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LLC

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

	 
	 

	 
	CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

	 
	 

	 
	GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

	

	

BELDEN FINANCE 2013 LP

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

PPC BROADBAND, INC.

By:    /s/ Brian Anderson         
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title:  Secretary

VIA HOLDINGS I, INC.

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

VIA HOLDINGS II, INC.

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

TRIPWIRE, INC.

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary
BELDEN CANADA FINANCE 1 ULC

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

BELDEN CANADA FINANCE 2 ULC

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary
GRASS VALLEY CANADA (f/k/a Miranda Technologies Partnership), by its partner GRASS VALLEY CANADA PARTNER ULC

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

GRASS VALLEY CANADA PARTNER ULC (f/k/a Miranda Technologies Partner ULC)

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

GRASS VALLEY BROADCAST SOLUTIONS LIMITED (f/k/a Miranda Technologies Limited)

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

PROSOFT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

BELDEN WIRE & CABLE B.V.

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Henk Derksen
Title: Managing Director

GRASS VALLEY NEDERLAND B.V.

By:     /s/ John de Kok            
Name:  John de Kok
Title: Director

THINKLOGICAL, LLC

By:     /s/ Brian Anderson        
Name:  Brian Anderson
Title: Secretary

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as the Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent

By:     /s/ Stephanie Lis            
Name: Stephanie Lis
Title: Authorized Officer

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH

By:     /s/ Auggie Marchetti        
Name: Auggie Marchetti
Title: Authorized Officer

J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED

By:     /s/ Kennedy A. Capin        
Name: Kennedy A. Capin
Title: Authorized Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender 

By:     /s/ Matt Harbour        
Name: Matt Harbour
Title: Authorized Signatory

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA,
as a Lender

By:     /s/ David G. Phillips        
Name: David G. Phillips
Title: Senior Vice President Credit Officer, Canada
          Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (LONDON BRANCH),
as a Lender

By:     /s/ N B Hogg            
Name: N B Hogg
Title: Authorized Signatory

By:     /s/ T Saldanha            
Name: T Saldanha
Title: Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

CITIBANK, N.A., 
as a Lender 

By:     /s/ Javier Escobar        
Name: Javier Escobar
Title: Vice President and Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender

By:     /s/ Nicole Manies        
Name: Nicole Manies
Title: Vice President

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Acting through its Canadian branch, as a Lender

By:     /s/ John P. Rehob        
Name: John P. Rehob
Title: Vice President & Principal Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
as a Lender

By:     /s/ Chris Lam            
Name: Chris Lam
Title: Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender

By:     /s/ Marvus Tarkington        
Name: Marcus Tarkington
Title: Director

By:     /s/ Dusan Lazarov        
Name: Dusan Lazarov
Title: Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,
as a Lender

By:     /s/ Meredith Philips        
Name: Meredith Philips
Title: Assistant Vice President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Belden Inc.

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