Edgar Filing: BEL FUSE INC /NJ

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended

December 31, 2009

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to & #160;

Commission File Number:

0-11676

BEL FUSE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

NEW JERSEY		22-1463699
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

206 Van Vorst Street	Jersey City, New Jersey	07302
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(201) 432-0463

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Class A Common Stock, $0.10 par value; Class B Common Stock, $0.10 par value

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by checkmark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ¨ Yes x No

Indicate by checkmark if the registrant is not required to file reports to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes x No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

¨ Yes ¨ No Not applicable to the registrant.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).¨ Yes x No

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity of the registrant held by non-affiliates (for this purpose, persons and entities other than executive officers and directors) of the registrant, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2009) was $164.7 million.

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 10, 2010: 2,174,912 Class A Common Stock; 9,464,343 Class B Common Stock

Documents incorporated by reference:

Bel Fuse Inc.'s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated by reference into Part III.

BEL FUSE INC.

INDEX

Forward Looking Information			Page
Part I

	Item 1.	Business	1

	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	9

	Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	15

	Item 2.	Properties	15

	Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	17

Part II

	Item 4.	Not applicable	18

	Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	19

	Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	21

	Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	23

	Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	44

	Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	44

	Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	45

	Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	45

	Item 9B.	Other Information	47

Part III

	Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	48

	Item 11.	Executive Compensation	48

	Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	48

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INDEX (Con't)

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Part III (Con't)

	Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	48

	Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	49

Part IV

	Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedule	50

Signatures			53

*Page F-1 follows page 44

FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

The Company’s quarterly and annual operating results are affected by a wide variety of factors that could materially and adversely affect revenues and profitability, including the risk factors described in Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. As a result of these and other factors, the Company may experience material fluctuations in future operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition, operating results, and stock prices. Furthermore, this document and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) contain certain forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“Forward-Looking Statements”) with respect to the business of the Company. These Forward-Looking Statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those mentioned above, and those detailed in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which could cause actual results to differ materially from these Forward-Looking Statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these Forward-Looking Statements which may be necessary to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. An investment in the Company involves various risks, including those mentioned above and those which are detailed from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings.

PART I

Item 1. Business

General

Bel Fuse Inc. ("Bel" or the "Company") is a leading producer of electronic products that help make global connectivity a reality. The Company is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of products used in networking, telecommunications, high speed data transmission and consumer electronics. Products include magnetics (discrete components, power transformers and MagJack® integrated connectors), modules (power conversion and integrated modules), circuit protection (miniature, micro and surface mount fuses) and interconnect devices (passive jacks, plugs and cable assemblies). While these products are deployed primarily in the computer, networking and telecommunication industries, Bel’s portfolio of products also finds application in the automotive, medical and consumer electronics markets. These products are designed to protect, regulate, connect, isolate or manage a variety of electronic circuits.

With over 60 years in the electronics industry, Bel has reliably demonstrated the ability to succeed in a variety of product areas across multiple industries. The Company has a strong track record of technical innovation working with the engineering communities of market leaders. Bel has consistently proven itself a valuable supplier to the foremost companies in its chosen industries by developing cost-effective solutions for the challenges of new product development. By combining our strength in product design with our own specially-designed manufacturing facilities, Bel has established itself as a formidable competitor on a global basis.

The Company, which is organized under New Jersey law, operates in one industry with three reportable operating segments, which are geographic in nature. Bel’s principal executive offices are located at 206 Van Vorst Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302; (201) 432-0463. The Company operates other facilities in North America, Europe and Asia and trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (BELFA and BELFB). For information regarding Bel's three geographic operating segments, see Note 11 of the notes to consolidated financial statements.

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The terms “Company” and “Bel” as used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K refer to Bel Fuse Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise specified.

Product Groups

The Company has set forth below a description of its product groups as of December 31, 2009. For information regarding an acquisition (Cinch Connectors) made by the Company subsequent to December 31, 2009, see “—Acquisitions” below.

Magnetics

MagJack® integrated connector modules

Diplexer and triplexer filters

Power transformers

Discrete components

The Company produces MagJack® integrated connector modules. These devices integrate RJ45 and/or USB connectors with discrete magnetic components to provide a more robust part that allows customers to substantially reduce board space and inventory requirements. MagJack® provides the signal conditioning, electromagnetic interference suppression and signal isolation for networking, telecommunications, and broadband applications. These connectors are designed for network speeds from 10/100Base-T to 10GBase-T and include options for Power over Ethernet (PoE) capability.

Bel’s diplexer and triplexer filters are used in high speed, home networking applications that utilize excess bandwidth available on existing coax cabling. Developed in compliance with the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), the Company’s diplexers and triplexers help distribute high bandwidth video throughout the home by supporting the high speed, high quality, encrypted transmission required for DVD-quality video and triple play (data/voice/video) applications.

Power transformer products include standard and custom designs produced by the Company’s Signal Transformer division. Manufactured for use in alarm, security, motion control, elevator, medical products and many other industries, Signal’s designs are available in PC mount, chasses mount, surface mount and toroidal footprints. These devices are designed to comply with the international safety standards governing transformers including UL, CSA, IEC, TUV, and VDE.

Discrete magnetic components comprise Bel’s legacy product group, which includes transformers and chokes for use in networking, telecommunications and broadband applications. These magnetic devices condition, filter and isolate the signal as it travels through network equipment, helping to ensure accurate data/voice/video transmission.

Modules

Power conversion modules

Integrated modules

Bel’s Power conversion products include standard and custom isolated and non-isolated DC-DC converters designed specifically to power low voltage silicon devices. The need for converting one DC voltage to another is growing rapidly as developers of integrated circuits commonly adjust the supply voltage as a means of optimizing device performance. The DC-DC converters are used in data networking equipment, distributed power architecture, and telecommunication devices, as well as computers and peripherals.

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The Company has expanded its line of modules designed to support data transmission over existing power lines including next generation HomePlug® AV powerline applications. Typically deployed in home-based communication/entertainment devices such as Set Top Boxes (STBs), DSL modems, home theaters, HDTVs motherboards, and IPTV equipment, Bel’s modules incorporate the silicon required to enable powerline functionality, supporting a lower cost of ownership within a reduced footprint. Bel’s powerline modules are also being integrated in smart meters and appliances to support emerging Smart Grid technology developments.

The Company continues to pursue market opportunities where it can supply customized, value-added modules that capitalize on the Company’s manufacturing capabilities in surface mount assembly, automatic winding, hybrid fabrication, and component encapsulation.

Circuit Protection

Miniature fuses

Surface mount PTC devices and fuses

Radial PTC devices and micro fuses

The Company's circuit protection products include board level fuses (miniature, micro and surface mount), and Polymeric PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) devices, designed for the global electronic and telecommunication markets. Fuses and PTC devices prevent currents in an electrical circuit from exceeding certain predetermined levels, acting as a safety valve to protect expensive components from damage by cutting off high currents before they can generate enough heat to cause smoke or fire. Additionally, PTC devices are resettable and do not have to be replaced before normal operation of the end product can resume.

While the Company continues to manufacture traditional fuse types, its surface mount chip fuses are used in space-critical applications such as mobile phones and computers. Like all of Bel's fuse products, the chip fuses comply with RoHS6 standards for the elimination of lead and other hazardous materials.

The Company's circuit protection devices are used extensively in products such as televisions, consumer electronics, power supplies, computers, telephones, and networking equipment.

Interconnect

Passive jacks

Plugs

Cable assemblies

The Company has a comprehensive line of modular connectors including RJ45 and RJ11 passive jacks, plugs, and cable assemblies. Passive jacks serve primarily as the connectivity device in networking equipment such as routers, hubs, switches, and patch panels. Modular plugs and cable assemblies are utilized within the structured cabling system, often referred to as premise wiring. The Company’s connector products are designed to meet all major performance standards for Category 5e, 6, 6a, and Category 7a compliant devices used within Gigabit Ethernet and 10Gigabit Ethernet networks.

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The following table describes, for each of Bel's product groups, the principal functions and applications associated with such product groups.

Product Group	Function	Applications
Magnetics
MagJack® Integrated Connectors	Condition, filter, and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate data/voice/video transmission and provide RJ45 and USB connectivity.	Network switches, routers, hubs, and PCs used in 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE Plus, home networking, and cable modem applications.
Diplexer and Triplexer Filters	Condition, filter, and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate data/voice/video transmission with maximum throughput.	Home networking, set top box, and cable modem applications including high bandwidth video transmission and triple play applications.
Power Transformers	Safety isolation and distribution.	Power supplies, alarm, fire detection, and security systems, HVAC, lighting and medical equipment. Class 2, three phase, chassis mount, and PC mount designs available.
Discrete Components	Condition, filter, and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate data/voice/video transmission.	Network switches, routers, hubs, and PCs used in 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet (PoE).
Modules
Power Conversion Modules (DC-DC Converters)	Convert DC voltage level to other DC level as required to meet the power needs of low voltage silicon devices.	Networking equipment, distributed power architecture, telecom devices, computers, and peripherals.
Integrated Modules	Condition, filter, and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate data/voice/video transmission within a highly integrated, reduced footprint.	Broadband, home networking, set top boxes, HDTV, and telecom equipment supporting ISDN, T1/E1 and DSL technologies. Also integrated in smart meters and appliances in support of developing Smart Grid technology.
Circuit Protection
Miniature Fuses	Protects devices by preventing current in an electrical circuit from exceeding acceptable levels.	Power supplies, electronic ballasts, and consumer electronics.
Surface mount PTC devices and fuses	Protects devices by preventing current in an electrical circuit from exceeding acceptable levels. PTC devices can be reset to resume functionality.	Cell phone chargers, consumer electronics, power supplies, and set top boxes.
Radial PTC devices and micro fuses	Protects devices by preventing current in an electrical circuit from exceeding acceptable levels. PTC devices can be reset to resume functionality.	Cell phones, mobile computers, IC and battery protection, power supplies, and telecom line cards.
Interconnect
Passive Jacks	RJ45 and RJ11 connectivity for data/voice/video transmission.	Network routers, hubs, switches, and patch panels deployed in Category 5e, 6, 6a, and 7a cable systems.
Plugs	RJ45 and RJ11 connectivity for data/voice/video transmission.	Network routers, hubs, switches, and patch panels deployed in Category 5e, 6, 6a, and 7a cable systems.
Cable Assemblies	RJ45 and RJ11 connectivity for data/voice/video transmission.	Structured Category 5e, 6, 6a, and 7a cable systems (premise wiring).

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Acquisitions

Acquisitions have played a critical role in the growth of Bel and the expansion of both its product portfolio and its customer base. Furthermore, acquisitions continue to be a key element in the Company’s growth strategy. As part of the Company’s acquisition strategy, it may, from time to time, purchase equity positions in companies that are potential merger candidates. The Company frequently evaluates possible merger candidates that would provide an expanded product and technology base that will allow the Company to further penetrate its strategic customers and/or an opportunity to reduce overall operating expense as a percentage of revenue. Bel also looks at whether the merger candidates are positioned to take advantage of the Company's low cost manufacturing facilities; and whether a cultural fit will allow the acquired company to be integrated smoothly and efficiently.

On January 29, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Cinch Connectors (“Cinch”) from Safran S.A. for approximately $37.5 million in cash plus approximately $1.5 million for the assumption of certain expenses. The final purchase price remains subject to certain adjustments related to working capital. The transaction was funded with cash on hand. Cinch is headquartered in Lombard, Illinois and has manufacturing facilities in Vinita, Oklahoma; Reynosa, Mexico; and Worksop, England.

Cinch manufactures a broad range of interconnect products for customers in the military and aerospace, high-performance computing, telecom/datacom, and transportation markets. The Company believes that the addition of Cinch’s well-established lines of connector and cable products and extensive customer base will provide Bel with immediate access to the large and growing aerospace and military markets and will strengthen Bel’s position as a one-stop supplier of high-performance computing, telecom and data products. In addition to these strategic synergies, there is a significant opportunity for expense reduction and the elimination of redundancies. The combination of these factors and Bel’s ability to leverage its existing product line have given rise to the provisional amount of goodwill detailed below.

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While the initial accounting related to this business combination is not complete as of the filing date of this Form 10-K, the following table depicts the Company’s estimated acquisition date fair values of the consideration transferred and identifiable net assets acquired (in thousands):

Consideration

Cash	$	39,755
Assumption of change-in-control payments		747
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$	40,502

Acquisition-related costs (included in selling, general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2009)	$	605

Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

Cash	$	660
Accounts receivable		6,910
Inventory		7,548
Other current assets		803
Property, plant and equipment		9,345	(a)
Intangible assets		2,528	(b)
Other assets		192
Accounts payable		(2,923	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		(2,932	)
Total identifiable net assets	$	22,131

Goodwill	$	18,371	(c)

(a) As of the filing date, the appraisal related to the building acquired was received and the fair value of the building is included in this amount; however, the appraisals related to machinery and equipment acquired were incomplete as of the filing date and as such, this amount only includes the carrying value of those assets.

(b) The Company has identified various intangible assets, including customer lists, license agreements, non-compete agreements, in-process research and development, and other intellectual property, that are being valued by a third-party appraiser. These appraisals were not complete as of the date of this filing, and the amounts noted above only represent the carrying value of the intangible assets on Cinch's balance sheet as of the acquisition date.

(c) The amount of goodwill is provisional as of the filing date, as appraisals related to property, plant and equipment, and various intangible assets are still underway. As the final amount of goodwill has not yet been determined or allocated by country, the Company is unable to determine at this time the portion of goodwill, if any, that will be deductible for tax purposes.

On July 1, 2009, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Winsonko (Guangxi Pingguo) Electron Co., Ltd. for $0.5 million in cash, including an immaterial amount of transaction costs. The company was renamed Bel Pingguo Ltd. (“Bel Pingguo”).

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Sales and Marketing

The Company sells its products to customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Sales are made through one of three channels: direct strategic account managers, regional sales managers working with independent sales representative organizations or authorized distributors. Bel's strategic account managers are assigned to handle major accounts requiring global coordination.

Independent sales representatives and authorized distributors are overseen by the Company's sales management personnel located throughout the world. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had a sales and support staff of 57 persons that supported a network of 68 sales representative organizations and non-exclusive distributors. The Company has written agreements with all of its sales representative organizations and major distributors. These written agreements, terminable on short notice by either party, are standard in the industry.

Sales support functions have also been established and located in Bel international facilities to provide timely, efficient support for customers. This supplemental level of service, in addition to first-line sales support, enables the Company to be more responsive to customers’ needs on a global level. The Company’s marketing capabilities include product management which drives new product development, application engineering for technical support and marketing communications. Product marketing managers facilitate technical partnerships for engineering development of IC-compatible components and modules.

Research and Development

The Company’s engineering groups are strategically located around the world to facilitate communication with and access to customers’ engineering personnel. This collaborative approach enables partnerships with customers for technical development efforts. On occasion, Bel executes non-disclosure agreements with customers to help develop proprietary, next generation products destined for rapid deployment.

The Company also sponsors membership in technical organizations that allow Bel’s engineers to participate in developing standards for emerging technologies. It is management’s opinion that this participation is critical in establishing credibility and a reputable level of expertise in the marketplace, as well as positioning the Company as an industry leader in new product development.

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred, and are included in cost of sales. Generally, research and development is performed internally for the benefit of the Company. Research and development costs include salaries, building maintenance and utilities, rents, materials, administration costs and miscellaneous other items. Research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 amounted to $7.8 million, $7.4 million and $7.2 million, respectively.

Competition

The Company operates in a variety of markets, all of which are highly competitive. There are numerous independent companies and divisions of major companies that manufacture products that are competitive with one or more of Bel’s products.

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The Company's ability to compete is dependent upon several factors including product performance, quality, reliability, depth of product line, customer service, technological innovation, design, delivery time and price. Overall financial stability and global presence also play a role and give Bel a favorable position in relation to many of its competitors. Management intends to maintain a strong competitive posture in the Company's markets by continued expansion of the Company’s product lines and ongoing investment in research, development and manufacturing resources.

Associates

As of December 31, 2009, the Company had 2,674 full-time associates. The Company employed 457 people at its North American facilities, 2,152 people at its Asian facilities and 65 people at its European facilities, excluding workers supplied by independent contractors. The Company's manufacturing facility in New York is represented by a labor union and all factory workers in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are represented by unions. At December 31, 2009, 28 of our workers in the New York facility were previously covered by a collective bargaining agreement which expired on September 30, 2009. These associates have continued to work and contract negotiations are currently underway. The Company believes that its relations with its associates are satisfactory.

Suppliers

The Company has multiple suppliers for most of the raw materials that it purchases. Where possible, the Company has contractual agreements with suppliers to assure a continuing supply of critical components.

With respect to those items which are purchased from single sources, the Company believes that comparable items would be available in the event that there was a termination of the Company's existing business relationships with any such supplier. While such a termination could produce a disruption in production, the Company believes that the termination of business with any one of its suppliers would not have a material adverse effect on its long-term operations. Actual experience could differ materially from this belief as a result of a number of factors, including the time required to locate an alternative supplier, and the nature of the demand for the Company’s products. In the past, the Company has experienced shortages in certain raw materials, such as capacitors, ferrites and integrated circuits (“IC’s”), when these materials were in great demand. Even though the Company may have more than one supplier for certain materials, it is possible that these materials may not be available to the Company in sufficient quantities or at the times desired by the Company. In the event that the current economic conditions have a negative impact on the financial condition of our suppliers, this may impact the availability and cost of our raw materials.

Backlog

The Company typically manufactures products against firm orders and projected usage by customers. Cancellation and return arrangements are either negotiated by the Company on a transactional basis or contractually determined. The Company's estimated value of the backlog of orders as of February 28, 2010 was approximately $125.6 million, including $19.9 million related to the Cinch acquisition, as compared with a backlog of $35.5 million as of February 28, 2009. Management expects that all of the Company's backlog as of February 28, 2010 will be shipped by December 31, 2010. Such expectation constitutes a Forward-Looking Statement. Factors that could cause the Company to fail to ship all such orders by year-end include unanticipated supply difficulties, changes in customer demand and new customer designs. Due to these factors, backlog may not be a reliable indicator of the timing of future sales. See Item 1A of this Annual Report- "Risk Factors - Our backlog figures may not be reliable indicators."

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Intellectual Property

The Company has been granted a number of patents in the U.S., Europe and Asia and has additional patent applications pending relating to its products. While the Company believes that the issued patents are defendable and that the pending patent applications relate to patentable inventions, there can be no assurance that a patent will be obtained from the applications or that its existing patents can be successfully defended. It is management's opinion that the successful continuation and operation of the Company's business does not depend upon the ownership of patents or the granting of pending patent applications, but upon the innovative skills, technical competence and marketing and managerial abilities of its personnel. The patents have a life of seventeen years from the date of issue or twenty years from filing of patent applications. The Company's existing patents expire on various dates from August 10, 2010 to May 15, 2027.

The Company utilizes registered trademarks in the U.S., Europe and Asia to identify various products that it manufactures. The trademarks survive as long as they are in use and the registrations of these trademarks are renewed.

Available Information

The Company maintains a website at www.belfuse.com where it makes available the proxy statements, press releases and reports on Form 4, 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q that it and its insiders file with the SEC. These forms are made available as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Press releases are also issued via electronic transmission to provide access to the Company’s financial and product news. In addition, the Company provides notification of and access to voice and Internet broadcasts of its quarterly and annual results. The Company’s website also includes investor presentations and corporate governance materials.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all other information contained in this Annual Report before making investment decisions with respect to our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business in the future.

We do business in a highly competitive industry

Our business is highly competitive worldwide, with relatively low barriers to competitive entry. We compete principally on the basis of product performance, quality, reliability, depth of product line, customer service, technological innovation, design, delivery time and price. The electronic components industry has become increasingly concentrated and globalized in recent years and our major competitors, some of which are larger than us, have significant financial resources and technological capabilities.

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Our backlog figures may not be reliable indicators.

Many of the orders that comprise our backlog may be delayed, accelerated or canceled by customers without penalty. Customers may on occasion double order from multiple sources to ensure timely delivery when backlog is particularly long. Customers often cancel orders when business is weak and inventories are excessive. Therefore, we cannot be certain that the amount of our backlog equals or exceeds the level of orders that will ultimately be delivered. Our results of operations could be adversely impacted if customers cancel a material portion of orders in our backlog.

There are several factors which can cause us to lower our prices.

a) The average selling prices for our products tend to decrease rapidly over their life cycle, and customers are increasingly putting pressure on suppliers to lower prices. Our profits suffer if we are not able to reduce our costs of production, induce technological innovations as sales prices decline, or pass through cost increases to customers.

b) Any drop in demand or increase in supply of our products could cause a dramatic drop in our average sales prices which in turn could result in a decrease in our gross margins. In addition, a shift in product mix could have a favorable or unfavorable impact on our gross margins, depending upon the underlying raw material content and labor requirements of the associated products.

c) Increased competition from low cost suppliers around the world has put further pressures on pricing. We continually strive to lower our costs, negotiate better pricing for components and raw materials and improve our operating efficiencies. Profit margins will be materially and adversely impacted if we are not able to reduce our costs of production or introduce technological innovations as sales prices decline.

The global financial crisis has caused customer demand for our product to be highly volatile during 2009, which has materially adversely impacted Bel as we are continually challenged to bring workforce and leadtimes in line with customer demand.

The global financial crisis materially adversely impacted Bel’s financial results during 2009. Bel experienced a severe reduction in customer demand beginning in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the reduced demand continued through mid 2009. Bel implemented a significant reduction in workforce as we brought production levels in line with customer demand. In the fourth quarter of 2009, customer demand for our products increased in excess of our ability and that of our wire wound component suppliers to hire manufacturing labor and our ability to source enough components and raw materials to meet their increased demand. The ongoing shortage of labor, raw materials and components in the PRC will continue to have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition to an extent that we currently cannot predict.

We are dependent on our ability to develop new products.

Our future operating results are dependent, in part, on our ability to develop, produce and market new and more technologically advanced products. There are numerous risks inherent in this process, including the risks that we will be unable to anticipate the direction of technological change or that we will be unable to timely develop and bring to market new products and applications to meet customers’ changing needs.

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Our acquisitions may not produce the anticipated results.

A significant portion of our growth is from acquisitions. We cannot assure you that we will identify or successfully complete transactions with suitable acquisition candidates in the future. If an acquired business fails to operate as anticipated or cannot be successfully integrated with our other businesses, our results of operations, enterprise value, market value and prospects could all be materially and adversely affected. Integration of new acquisitions into our consolidated operations may result in lower average operating results for the group as a whole, and may divert management’s focus from the ongoing operations of the Company during the integration period.

If our acquisitions fail to perform up to our expectations, or if the value of goodwill decreases as a result of weakened economic conditions, we could be required to record a loss from the impairment of assets. The Company recorded charges of $12.9 million and $14.1 million related to the impairment of goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. In addition, a total of $0.7 million of fixed asset impairments was recorded during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Our strategy also focuses on the reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses through the integration or elimination of redundant sales facilities and administrative functions at acquired companies. On January 29, 2010, the Company acquired Cinch as previously described in the Acquisitions section of this Form 10-K. Our inability to achieve our expectations with respect to the Cinch acquisition or future acquisitions could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations.

If we were to undertake a substantial acquisition for cash, the acquisition would either be funded with cash on hand or financed in part through bank borrowings or the issuance of public or private debt or equity. The acquisition of Cinch was funded with cash on hand. If we borrow money to finance future acquisitions, this would likely decrease our ratio of earnings to fixed charges and adversely affect other leverage criteria and could result in the imposition of material restrictive covenants. Under our existing credit facility, we are required to obtain our lenders’ consent for certain additional debt financing and to comply with other covenants, including the application of specific financial ratios, and we may be restricted from paying cash dividends on our capital stock. We cannot assure you that the necessary acquisition financing would be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, when required. If we issue a substantial amount of stock either as consideration in an acquisition or to finance an acquisition, such issuance may dilute existing stockholders and may take the form of capital stock having preferences over our existing common stock.

We are exposed to weaknesses in international markets and other risks inherent in foreign trade.

We have operations in six countries around the world outside the United States, and approximately 79% of our revenues during 2009 were derived from sales to customers outside the United States. Some of the countries in which we operate have in the past experienced and may continue to experience political, economic, and military instability or unrest, medical epidemic and natural disasters. These conditions could have a material and adverse impact on our ability to operate in these regions and, depending on the extent and severity of these conditions, could materially and adversely affect our overall financial condition and operating results.

Although our operations have traditionally been largely transacted in U.S. dollars or U.S. dollar linked currencies, recent world financial instability may cause additional foreign currency risks in the countries in which we operate. The decoupling of the Chinese Renminbi from the U.S. dollar has and will continue to increase financial risk. In addition, with the acquisition of Cinch, the Company will have additional exposure to foreign currency risks associated with the Mexican Peso as there is now a large labor force in Mexico.

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Other risks inherent in doing trade internationally include: expropriation and nationalization, trade restrictions, transportation delays, and changes in United States laws that may inhibit or restrict our ability to manufacture in or sell to any particular country. For information regarding risks associated with our presence in Hong Kong, see "Item 2 - Properties" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

While we have benefited from favorable tax treatment in many of the countries where we operate, the benefits we currently enjoy could change if laws or rules in the United States or those foreign jurisdictions change, incentives are changed or revoked, or we are unable to renew current incentives.

We may experience labor unrest.

As we implement transfers of certain of our operations, we may experience strikes or other types of labor unrest as a result of lay-offs or termination of employees in higher labor cost countries. Our manufacturing facility in New York is represented by a labor union and all factory workers in the PRC are represented by unions. In addition, factory workers located in the United Kingdom and Mexico brought over with the Cinch acquisition are represented by labor unions.

We may experience labor shortages.

Government economic, social and labor policies in the PRC may cause shortages of factory labor in areas where we have our products manufactured. If we are required to manufacture more products outside of the PRC as a result of such shortages, our margins will likely be materially adversely affected.

Our results of operations may be materially and adversely impacted by environmental and other regulations.

Our manufacturing operations, products and/or product packaging are subject to environmental laws and regulations governing air emissions; wastewater discharges; the handling, disposal and remediation of hazardous substances, wastes and certain chemicals used or generated in our manufacturing processes; employee health and safety labeling or other notifications with respect to the content or other aspects of our processes, products or packaging; restrictions on the use of certain materials in or on design aspects of our products or product packaging; and, responsibility for disposal of products or product packaging. More stringent environmental regulations may be enacted in the future, and we cannot presently determine the modifications, if any, in our operations that any such future regulations might require, or the cost of compliance with these regulations.

We may face risks relating to climate change that could have an adverse impact on our business.

Greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions have increasingly become the subject of substantial international, national, regional, state and local attention. GHG emission regulations have been promulgated in certain of the jurisdictions in which we operate, and additional GHG requirements are in various stages of development. Such measures could require us to modify existing or obtain new permits, implement additional pollution control technology, curtail operations or increase our operating costs. Any additional regulation of GHG emissions, including through a cap-and-trade system, technology mandate, emissions tax, reporting requirement or other program, could adversely affect our business.

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Our results may vary substantially from period to period.

Our revenues and expenses may vary significantly from one accounting period to another accounting period due to a variety of factors, including customers' buying decisions, our product mix, the volatility of raw material costs and general market and economic conditions. Such variations could significantly impact our stock price.

A shortage of availability or an increase in the cost of raw materials and components may adversely impact our ability to procure high quality raw materials at cost effective prices and thus may negatively impact profit margins.

Our results of operations may be adversely impacted by difficulties in obtaining raw materials, supplies, power, labor, natural resources and any other items needed for the production of our products, as well as by the effects of quality deviations in raw materials and the effects of significant fluctuations in the prices of existing inventories and purchase commitments for these materials. Many of these materials and components are produced by a limited number of suppliers and may be constrained by supplier capacity.

As product life cycles shorten and during periods of market slowdowns, the risk of materials obsolescence increases and this may materially and adversely impact our financial results.

Rapid shifts in demand for various products may cause some of our inventory of raw materials, components or finished goods to become obsolete.

The life cycles and demand for our products are directly linked to the life cycles and demand for the end products into which they are designed. Rapid shifts in the life cycles or demand for these end products due to technological shifts, economic conditions or other market trends may result in material amounts of inventory of either raw materials or finished goods becoming obsolete. While the Company works diligently to manage inventory levels, rapid shifts in demand may result in obsolete or excess inventory and materially impact financial results.

A loss of the services of the Company’s executive officers or other skilled associates could negatively impact our operations and results.

The success of the Company’s operations is largely dependent upon the performance of its executive officers, managers, engineers and sales people. Many of these individuals have a significant number of years of experience within the Company and/or the industry in which we compete and would be extremely difficult to replace. The loss of the services of any of these associates may materially and adversely impact our results of operations if we are unable to replace them in a timely manner.

Our stock price, like that of many technology companies, has been and may continue to be volatile.

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate as a result of variations in our quarterly operating results and other factors beyond our control. These fluctuations may be exaggerated if the trading volume of our common stock is low. In addition, the market price of our common stock may rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, including:

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·	announcements of technological or competitive developments;

·	general market or economic conditions;

·	acquisitions or strategic alliances by us or our competitors;

·	the gain or loss of a significant customer or order; or

·	changes in estimates of our financial performance or changes in recommendations by securities analysts regarding us or our industry

In addition, equity securities of many technology companies have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations even in periods when the capital markets generally are not distressed. These price and volume fluctuations often have been unrelated to the operating performance of the affected companies.

Our intellectual property rights may not be adequately protected under the current state of the law.

We cannot assure you we will be successful in protecting our intellectual property through patent or other laws. As a result, other companies may be able to develop and market similar products which could materially and adversely affect our business.

We may be sued by third parties for alleged infringement of their proprietary rights and we may incur defense costs and possibly royalty obligations or lose the right to use technology important to our business.

From time to time, we receive claims by third parties asserting that our products violate their intellectual property rights. Any intellectual property claims, with or without merit, could be time consuming and expensive to litigate or settle and could divert management attention from administering our business. A third party asserting infringement claims against us or our customers with respect to our current or future products may materially and adversely affect us by, for example, causing us to enter into costly royalty arrangements or forcing us to incur settlement or litigation costs. In connection with a patent infringement lawsuit discussed in Item 3. Legal Proceedings, the Company paid a lump sum licensing fee of $2.1 million during 2009 in exchange for a licensing agreement covering past and future sales of the Company’s MagJack® integrated connector products.

Our investments in marketable securities could have a negative impact on our profitability.

As part of our acquisition strategies, we may from time to time acquire equity positions in companies that could be attractive acquisition candidates or could otherwise be potential co-venturers in potential business transactions with us. While the Company does not have a material amount of marketable securities at December 31, 2009, market declines occurring subsequent to any future investments could have a negative impact on our profitability.

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As a result of protective provisions in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the voting power of certain officers, directors and principal shareholders may be increased at future meetings of the Company’s shareholders.

The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that if a shareholder, other than shareholders subject to specific exceptions, acquires (after the date of the Company’s 1998 recapitalization) 10% or more of the outstanding Class A common stock and does not own an equal or greater percentage of all then outstanding shares of both Class A and Class B common stock (all of which common stock must have been acquired after the date of the 1998 recapitalization), such shareholder must, within 90 days of the trigger date, purchase Class B common shares, in an amount and at a price determined in accordance with a formula described in the Company's certificate of incorporation, or forfeit its right to vote its Class A common shares. As of February 28, 2010, to the Company’s knowledge, there were two shareholders of the Company's common stock with ownership in excess of 10% of Class A outstanding shares with no ownership of the Company's Class B common stock and with no basis for exception from the operation of the above-mentioned provisions. In order to vote their respective shares at Bel's next shareholders' meeting, these shareholders must either purchase the required number of Class B common shares or sell or otherwise transfer Class A common shares until their Class A holdings are under 10%. As of February 28, 2010, to the Company's knowledge, these shareholders owned 20.1% and 17.1%, respectively, of the Company's Class A common stock and had not taken steps to either purchase the required number of Class B common shares or sell or otherwise transfer Class A common shares until their Class A holdings fall below 10%. Unless and until this situation is satisfied in a manner permitted by the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the subject shareholders will not be permitted to vote their shares of Common Stock.

To the extent that the voting rights of particular holders of Class A common stock are suspended as of times when the Company's shareholders vote due to the above-mentioned provisions, such suspension will have the effect of increasing the voting power of those holders of Class A common shares whose voting rights are not suspended. As of February 28, 2010, Daniel Bernstein, the Company's chief executive officer, beneficially owned 93,555 Class A common shares (or 6.8%) of the outstanding Class A common shares whose voting rights were not suspended, the Estate of Elliot Bernstein beneficially owned 140,000 Class A common shares (or 10.3%) of the outstanding Class A common shares whose voting rights were not suspended and all directors and executive officers as a group (including Daniel Bernstein) beneficially owned 243,779 Class A common shares (or 17.6%) of the outstanding Class A common shares whose voting rights were not suspended.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

Item 2. Properties

The Company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, where it currently owns 19,000 square feet of office and warehouse space. During May 2007, the Company sold a parcel of land located in Jersey City, New Jersey for $6.0 million. In December 2007, the Tidelands Resource Council voted to approve the Bureau of Tideland Management’s recommendation for a Statement of No Interest. On March 14, 2008, the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection signed a letter to approve the Statement of No Interest. As final approval of the Statement of No Interest was still pending as of December 31, 2008, the Company continued to defer the estimated gain on sale of the land, in the amount of $4.6 million. Of the $6.0 million sales price, the Company received cash of $1.5 million before closing costs, and $4.6 million (including interest) was being held in escrow pending final resolution of the State of New Jersey tideland claim and certain environmental costs. During 2007, the Company paid $0.4 million related to environmental costs, which approximated the maximum amount of environmental costs for which the Company is liable. During May 2008, the title company released $2.3 million of the escrow and, as such, $2.3 remained in escrow and had been classified as restricted cash as of December 31, 2008. In February 2009, the final approval of the Statement of No Interest was received from the State of New Jersey. In March 2009, the title company released the remaining escrow of $2.3 million and corresponding guarantees and the Company recognized the gain associated with the sale of this property in the amount of $4.6 million. In July 2009, the Company established a standby letter of credit for the State of New Jersey as a performance guarantee related to environmental cleanup associated with the Jersey City, New Jersey property sale. In connection with this agreement, the Company has a compensating balance of $0.3 million which has been classified as restricted cash as of December 31, 2009. This compensating balance will be reduced to less than $0.1 million upon its renewal in July 2010.

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Additionally, the Company realized a $5.5 million pre-tax gain from the sale of property, plant and equipment in Hong Kong and Macao during the year ended December 31, 2007.

The Company operated 11 manufacturing facilities in 6 countries as of December 31, 2009. The following is a list of the locations of the Company's principal manufacturing facilities at December 31, 2009.

Location	Approximate Square Feet		Owned/ Leased	Percentage Used for Manufacturing

Dongguan, People's
Republic of China		346,000	Leased		61	%
Zhongshan, People's
Republic of China		386,000	Leased		70	%
Zhongshan, People's
Republic of China		117,000	Owned		100	%
Zhongshan, People's
Republic of China		78,000	Owned		100	%
Pingguo, People's
Republic of China		122,000	Leased		84	%
Hong Kong		43,000	Owned		7	%
Louny, Czech Republic		11,000	Owned		75	%
Dominican Republic		41,000	Leased		85	%
Cananea, Mexico		39,000	Leased		60	%
Inwood, New York		39,000	Owned		40	%
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania		74,000	Owned		60	%

		1,296,000

Of the space described above, 122,000 square feet is used for engineering, warehousing, sales and administrative support functions at various locations and 265,000 square feet is used for dormitories, canteen and other employee related facilities in the PRC. Manufacturing operations at the Westborough, Massachusetts facility ceased at the end of 2008 and as a result, 14,430 square feet at this facility remains unoccupied as of December 31, 2009 and is excluded from the table above. Approximately 28% of the 1.4 million square feet the Company occupies is owned while the remainder is leased. See Note 15 of the notes to consolidated financial statements for additional information pertaining to leases.

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With the acquisition of Cinch in January 2010, the Company acquired four additional facilities. The facility in Lombard, Illinois is used for administrative and research and development functions. The three remaining facilities are additions to the above table of Bel manufacturing facilities in 2010:

Location	Approximate Square Feet		Owned/ Leased	Percentage Used for Manufacturing

Vinita, Oklahoma		87,000	Owned		53	%
Reynosa, Mexico		77,000	Leased		56	%
Worksop, England (a)		52,000	Leased		28	%

		216,000

(a) Approximately 58% of the Worksop facility is designated for manfacturing use, but 30% is currently idle

The Territory of Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (“SAR”) of the PRC during 1997. The territory of Macao became a SAR of the PRC at the end of 1999. Management cannot presently predict what future impact, if any, this will have on the Company or how the political climate in the PRC and the Dominican Republic will affect its contractual arrangements in the PRC or labor relationships in the Dominican Republic. A significant portion of the Company's manufacturing operations and approximately 43% of its identifiable assets are located in Asia.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The Company is a defendant in a lawsuit captioned Synqor, Inc. v. Artesyn Technologies, Inc., Astec America, Inc., Emerson Network Power, Inc., Emerson Electric Co., Bel Fuse Inc., Cherokee International Corp., Delta Electronics, Inc., Delta Products Corp., Murata Electronics North America, Inc., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Power-One, Inc., Tyco Electronics Corp. and Tyco Electronics Ltd. brought in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas in November 2007. With respect to the Company, plaintiff claims that the Company infringed its patents covering certain power products. Synqor is seeking an unspecified amount of damages. The Company filed an Answer to Synqor’s complaint, denying the allegations of infringement and asserting invalidity of Synqor’s patents.

The Company was a defendant in a lawsuit captioned Halo Electronics, Inc. (“Halo”) v. Bel Fuse Inc., Pulse Engineering, Inc. and Technitrol, Inc. brought in Nevada Federal District Court. Plaintiff claimed that the Company had infringed its patents covering certain surface mount discrete magnetic products made by the Company. Halo was seeking unspecified damages, which it claims should be trebled. In December 2007, this case was dismissed by the Nevada Federal District Court for lack of personal jurisdiction. Halo then re-filed this suit, with similar claims against the Company, in the Northern California Federal District Court, captioned Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Bel Fuse Inc., Elec & Eltek (USA) Corporation, Wurth Electronics Midcom, Inc., and Xfmrs, Inc.

The Company is a plaintiff in a lawsuit captioned Bel Fuse Inc. v. Halo Electronics, Inc. brought in the United States District Court of New Jersey during June 2007. The Company claims that Halo has infringed a patent covering certain integrated connector modules made by Halo. The Company is seeking an unspecified amount of damages plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

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The Company was a defendant in a lawsuit captioned Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. v. Bel Fuse Inc. et al., brought in Illinois Federal District Court. The plaintiff claimed that its patent covers all of the Company's MagJack® integrated connector products. The Company had expected this case to proceed to trial. In order to eliminate future legal fees related to this case, a settlement was negotiated with Murata in October 2009 whereby the Company paid a lump sum licensing fee of $2.1 million in exchange for a licensing agreement covering the past and future sales of the Company’s MagJack® integrated connector products. As $2.0 million of this fee was deemed to relate to product sales from prior periods, the Company included this expense in cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Court issued an Order of Dismissal on November 4, 2009.

The Company cannot predict the outcome of its unresolved legal proceedings; however, management believes that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of operations. As of December 31, 2009, no amounts have been accrued in connection with contingencies related to these lawsuits, as the amounts are not estimable.

The Company is not a party to any other legal proceeding, the adverse outcome of which is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Item 4. Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related

Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

(a) Market Information

The Company’s voting Class A Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, and non-voting Class B Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Class A" and "Class B," respectively), are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The following table sets forth the high and low sales price range (as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.) for the Common Stock on NASDAQ for each quarter during the past two years.

	Class A		Class A		Class B		Class B
	High		Low		High		Low
Year Ended December 31, 2009
First Quarter	$	18.19	$	7.00	$	21.94	$	8.79
Second Quarter		15.33		10.80		17.75		12.44
Third Quarter		19.30		12.85		20.65		14.78
Fourth Quarter		20.70		16.80		22.11		17.23

Year Ended December 31, 2008
First Quarter	$	34.44	$	24.73	$	30.75	$	24.61
Second Quarter		32.00		25.01		30.83		23.80
Third Quarter		31.09		25.07		31.50		21.86
Fourth Quarter		28.16		10.04		29.69		11.95

The Common Stock is reported under the symbols BELFA and BELFB in the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Effective September 1, 2010, the NASDAQ will be converting the format of all 5-character trading symbols. As such, the Company’s Common Stock will be reported under the symbols BELF.A and BELF.B after such date.

(b) Holders

As of February 28, 2010, there were 73 registered shareholders of the Company's Class A Common Stock and 193 registered shareholders of the Company’s Class B Common Stock. As of February 28, 2010, the Company estimates that there were 787 beneficial shareholders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and approximately 1,950 beneficial shareholders of the Company’s Class B Common Stock. At February 28, 2010, to the Company’s knowledge, there were two shareholders of the Company’s Class A common stock whose voting rights were suspended. These two shareholders owned an aggregate of 37.2% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock. See Item 1A – Risk Factors for additional discussion.

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There are no contractual restrictions on the Company's ability to pay dividends provided the Company is not in default under its credit agreements immediately before such payment and after giving effect to such payment. Dividends paid during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:

	Dividend per Share				Total Dividend Payment (in 000’s)
	Class A		Class B		Class A		Class B
Year Ended December 31, 2009
February 1, 2009	$	0.06	$	0.07	$	130	$	642
May 1, 2009		0.06		0.07		130		642
August 1, 2009		0.06		0.07		131		641
November 1, 2009		0.06		0.07		131		691

Year Ended December 31, 2008
February 1, 2008	$	0.06	$	0.07	$	153	$	638
May 1, 2008		0.06		0.07		152		638
August 1, 2008		0.06		0.07		151		640
November 1, 2008		0.06		0.07		131		689

On February 1, 2010, the Company paid a $0.06 and $0.07 per share dividend to all shareholders of record at January 15, 2010 of Class A and Class B Common Stock, respectively, in the total amount of $0.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The Company currently anticipates paying dividends quarterly in the future.

(d) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

As of December 31, 2009, the Company had purchased and retired 527,817 Class A common shares at a cost of approximately $16.8 million and had purchased and retired 23,600 Class B common shares at a cost of approximately $0.8 million. A total of 6,070 shares of Class A common stock were repurchased during the year ended December 31, 2009 at a cost of $0.1 million. No shares of Class A common stock were repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2009. No shares of Class B common stock were repurchased during the year ended December 31, 2009.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

	Years Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005
	(In thousands of dollars, except per share data)

Selected Statements of Operations Data:

Net sales	$	182,753		$	258,350		$	259,137		$	254,933		$	215,916
Cost of sales (f)		161,454			217,079			203,007			192,985			156,147
Selling, general and administrative expenses (g)		30,055			36,093			36,117			37,800			33,152
Impairment of assets (b) (d)		12,875			14,805			-			-			-
Restructuring charges (c)		413			1,122			-			-			-
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment		(4,693	)		-			(5,499	)		-			-
Casualty loss (a)		-			-			-			1,030			-
Interest income and other, net		527			2,454			4,046			2,780			1,098
Gain (loss/impairment charge) on investments (e)		7,129			(10,358	)		2,146			5,150			-
(Loss) earnings before provision for income taxes		(9,695	)		(18,653	)		31,704			31,048			27,715
Income tax (benefit) provision		(1,385	)		(3,724	)		5,368			5,845			7,482
Net (loss) earnings		(8,310	)		(14,929	)		26,336			25,203			20,233
(Loss) earnings per Class A common share - basic		(0.71	)		(1.25	)		2.11			2.03			1.67
(Loss) earnings per Class A common share - diluted		(0.71	)		(1.25	)		2.11			2.03			1.67
(Loss) earnings per Class B common share - basic		(0.72	)		(1.28	)		2.25			2.16			1.79
(Loss) earnings per Class B common share - diluted		(0.72	)		(1.28	)		2.24			2.15			1.77
Cash dividends declared per Class A common share		0.24			0.24			0.20			0.16			0.16
Cash dividends declared per Class B common share		0.28			0.28			0.24			0.20			0.20

	As of December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005
	(In thousands of dollars, except percentages)

Selected Balance Sheet Data and Ratios:

Working capital	$	167,833		$	163,985		$	173,171		$	144,677		$	128,203
Total assets		245,946			261,784			293,860			268,497			242,056
Long term debt		-			-			-			-			-
Stockholders' equity		208,932			217,773			244,527			222,150			201,577
Return on average total assets (h)		-3.32	%		-5.17	%		9.34	%		9.65	%		8.83	%
Return on average stockholders' equity (h)		-3.88	%		-6.23	%		11.30	%		11.81	%		10.75	%

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(a)

During 2006, the Company incurred a loss of $1.0 million as a result of a fire at its leased manufacturing facility in the Dominican Republic. The loss was for raw materials and equipment in excess of estimated insurance proceeds. The production at this facility was substantially restored during 2006.

(b)

During the third quarter of 2009, the Company conducted an interim valuation test related to the Company’s goodwill by operating segment. As a result of the reduction in fair value of the Asia operating segment, the Company recorded charges of $12.9 million related to the impairment of goodwill of its Asia operating segment during 2009. During the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company conducted its annual valuation test related to the Company's goodwill by operating segment. As a result of the reduction in the fair value of the North America operating segment, the Company recorded charges of $14.1 million related to the impairment of goodwill of its North America operating segment during 2008.

(c)

During 2008, the Company ceased its manufacturing operations in its Westborough, Massachusetts facility. In connection with this closure, the Company incurred severance costs during 2008 of $0.6 million and lease termination costs of $0.5 million. The Company incurred an additional $0.4 million of restructuring costs in 2009 related primarily to the facility lease obligation.

(d)

During 2008, the Company incurred fixed asset impairments of $0.7 million related to assets located at the Westborough, Massachusetts facility which ceased operations as of December 31, 2008. This charge is included in Impairment of Assets in the Company’s Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2008.

(e)

During 2009, the Company realized a net gain for financial reporting purposes of $7.1 million related to the sale of its investments in Toko, Inc. and Power-One, Inc and the final redemptions of its investment in the Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio. During 2008, the Company recorded other-than-temporary impairment charges and realized losses of $10.4 million related to its investments in Toko, Inc., Power-One, Inc. and the Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio. During 2007, the Company realized a gain from the sale of Toko, Inc. common stock in the amount of $2.5 million, offset by an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.3 million related to its investment in the Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio. During 2006, the Company realized a gain principally from the sale of Artesyn common stock in the amount of $5.2 million.

(f)	During 2009, the Company incurred a $2.0 million licensing fee in connection with the settlement of the Murata lawsuit, as further described in Item 3.

(g)	During 2009, the Company incurred $0.6 million in acquisition costs related to the acquisitions of Bel Pingguo and Cinch Connectors.

(h)

Returns on average total assets and stockholders’ equity are computed for each year by dividing net (loss) income for such year by the average balances of total assets or stockholders’ equity, as applicable, on the last day of each quarter during such year and on the last day of the immediately preceding year.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the notes related thereto. The discussion of results, causes and trends should not be construed to imply any conclusion that such results, causes or trends will necessarily continue in the future.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to product returns, bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, investments, SERP expense, income taxes and contingencies and litigation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions, including in some cases future projections, that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company determines its reserves by both specific identification of customer accounts where appropriate and the application of historical loss experience to non-specific accounts. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively. While historical loss experience is utilized in determining the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts, the Company believes this factor may not by itself provide an accurate depiction of future losses, given the current economic conditions. If the financial condition of the Company's customers were to deteriorate, to the extent that their ability to make payments is impaired, additional allowances may be required.

Inventory

The Company makes purchasing and manufacturing decisions principally based upon firm sales orders from customers, projected customer requirements and the availability and pricing of raw materials. Future events that could adversely affect these decisions and result in significant charges to the Company’s operations include miscalculating customer requirements, technology changes which render certain raw materials and finished goods obsolete, loss of customers and/or cancellation of sales orders, stock rotation with distributors and termination of distribution agreements. The Company writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based on the aforementioned assumptions. During the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company recorded a $0.3 million inventory writedown related to the closure of the Westborough, Massachusetts facility. This charge is included in cost of sales in the accompanying statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had reserves for excess or obsolete inventory of $2.8 million and $4.1 million, respectively. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.

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When the value of inventory is written down, it is never written back up. When inventory that has been written down is subsequently used in the manufacturing process, the lower adjusted cost of the material is charged to cost of sales. Should any of this inventory be used in the manufacturing process for customer orders, the improved gross profit will be recognized at the time the completed product is shipped and the sale is recorded.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The assets and liabilities of acquired businesses are recorded under the purchase method of accounting at their estimated fair values at the dates of acquisition. Goodwill represents the amount of consideration transferred in excess of fair values assigned to the underlying net assets of acquired businesses.

Goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized, but are subject to annual impairment testing. Management reviews the carrying value of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets on an annual basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company tests goodwill for impairment, and has established December 31 as the annual impairment test date, using a fair value approach at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment for which discrete financial information is available and reviewed regularly by management. Assets and liabilities of the Company have been assigned to the reporting units to the extent they are employed in or are considered a liability related to the operations of the reporting unit and are considered in determining the fair value of the reporting unit. The Company has determined that its reportable operating segments are its reporting units.

The goodwill impairment test is a two-step process. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is unnecessary. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step of the goodwill impairment test is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill (i.e., fair value of the reporting unit less the fair value of the unit’s assets and liabilities, including identifiable intangible assets) with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying value of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, the excess is required to be recorded as an impairment.

During the third quarter of 2009, the Company conducted an interim impairment test related to its goodwill by operating segment as a result of continued market declines. As of the testing date of August 31, 2009, only the Company’s Asia and Europe operating segments had goodwill associated with them. The Company’s fair value analysis related to the interim test was supported by a weighting of two generally accepted valuation approaches, the income approach and the market approach, as further described below. These approaches include numerous assumptions with respect to future circumstances, such as industry and/or local market conditions that might directly impact each of the operating segment’s operations in the future, and are therefore uncertain. These approaches are utilized to develop a range of fair values and a weighted average of these approaches is utilized to determine the best fair value estimate within that range.

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Income Approach – Discounted Cash Flows. This valuation approach derives a present value of an operating segment’s future annual cash flows over the next four years and the present value of the residual value of the operating segment. The Company uses a variety of underlying assumptions to estimate these future cash flows, including assumptions relating to future economic market conditions, product pricing, sales volumes, costs and expenses, and capital expenditures. These assumptions may vary by each reporting unit depending on regional market conditions, including competitive position, supply and demand for raw materials, labor costs and other industry conditions.

Market Approach - Multiples of EBIT, EBITDA, DFNI and DFCF (as defined in the chart below). This valuation approach first identifies public companies in the electronic component manufacturing and distribution industries that are similar to Bel. A grouping of applicable value measures was then selected and the appropriate market multiples were calculated based on the fundamental value measures of the selected guideline companies. The last step involved selecting the multiple to apply to Bel’s various value measures, which was used to calculate the indicated value of each operating segment.

Detailed below is a table of key underlying assumptions utilized in the fair value estimate calculation for the interim test performed in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to those assumptions utilized during the 2008 annual valuation. Assumptions may vary by reporting unit. The table below shows the range of assumptions utilized across the various reporting units.

	Goodwill Impairment Analysis
	Key Assumptions
	2009 - Interim	2008 - Annual

Income Approach - Discounted Cash Flows:
Revenue growth rates	8.8% - 18.7%	(8.9%) - 10.3%
Cost of equity capital	13.8% - 14.8%	13.0% - 13.6%
Cost of debt capital	6.0% - 6.2%	4.9% - 7.7%
Weighted average cost of capital	12.6% - 13.4%	11.0% - 13.3%

Market Approach - Multiples of Guideline Companies (a):
EBIT multiples used	7.9 - 8.9	6.0 - 10.7
EBITDA multiples used	6.3 - 7.1	5.0 - 7.5
DFNI multiples used	12.2 - 13.7	9.3 - 13.5
DFCF multiples used	8.7 - 11.0	6.4 - 7.4
Control premium (b)	16.2% - 32.0%	27.5% - 31.7%

Weighting of Valuation Methods:
Income Approach - Discounted Cash Flows	75%	75%
Market Approach - Multiples of Guideline Companies	25%	25%

Definitions:
EBIT - Earnings before interest and taxes
EBITDA - Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
DFNI - Debt-free net income
DFCF - Debt-free cash flow

(a) Multiple range reflects multiples used throughout the North America, Asia and Europe reporting units

(b) Determined based on the industry mean control premium as published each year in MergerStat Review

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The valuation test, which heavily weights future cash flow projections, indicated that the goodwill associated with the Asia reporting unit was fully impaired as August 31, 2009. The reduction in expected future cash flows in Asia related to an overall reduction in projected future sales coupled with a significant decrease in projected cash flow related to working capital changes as of the third quarter 2009 testing date of August 31, 2009 as compared to December 31, 2008. For purposes of this analysis, management projected that sales would return to 2008 levels in 2011, with moderate growth in subsequent years. This statement constitutes a Forward Looking Statement. Actual results may differ, depending in part on the timing associated with the current economic recession and the impact of that recession on Bel’s customers. Based upon the results of the interim impairment test, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $12.9 million during the third quarter of 2009.

At December 31, 2009, the remaining goodwill of $2.0 million related solely to the Company’s Europe reporting unit. Management has concluded that the fair value of the Europe reporting unit exceeds its carrying value at December 31, 2009. While it has been determined that no impairment exists as of December 31, 2009, there can be no assurances that goodwill impairments will not occur in the future. The valuation model utilizes assumptions which represent management’s best estimate of future events, but would be sensitive to positive or negative changes in each of the underlying assumptions as well as to an alternative weighting of valuation methods which would result in a potentially higher or lower goodwill impairment expense. Specifically, a continued decline in demand for Bel’s products and a corresponding revenue decline at rates greater than management’s expectations, may lead to additional goodwill impairment charges. Furthermore, a continued decline in the guideline company multiples may also lead to additional goodwill impairment charges. Our goodwill balance was $2.0 million and $14.3 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Company’s goodwill.

Long-Lived Assets

Property, plant and equipment represents an important component of the Company’s total assets. The Company depreciates its property, plant and equipment on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Management reviews long-lived assets for potential impairment whenever significant events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment exists when the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of an asset and its eventual disposition are less than its carrying amount. If an impairment exists, the resulting write-down would be the difference between fair market value of the long-lived asset and the related net book value. No impairments related to long-lived assets were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2009. During 2008, the Company evaluated its long-lived assets in its Westborough, Massachusetts facility due to the scheduled closing of the facility at the end of 2008. In connection with this evaluation, the Company recorded $0.7 million of impairment charges related to its long-lived assets during the year ended December 31, 2008.

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Income Taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as measured by enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect in the periods when the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be settled or realized. Significant judgment is required in determining the worldwide provisions for income taxes. Valuation allowances are provided for deferred tax assets where it is considered more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefit of such asset. In the ordinary course of a global business, the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain for many transactions. It is the Company’s policy to establish provisions for taxes that may become payable in future years as a result of an examination by tax authorities. The Company establishes the provisions based upon management’s assessment of exposure associated with permanent tax differences and tax credits applied to temporary difference adjustments. The tax provisions are analyzed periodically (at least quarterly) and adjustments are made as events occur that warrant adjustments to those provisions. The accounting literature requires significant judgment in determining what constitutes an individual tax position as well as assessing the outcome of each tax position. Changes in judgment as to recognition or measurement of tax positions can materially affect the estimate of the effective tax rate and, consequently, affect our operating results.

As of December 31, 2009, the Company has foreign income tax net operating losses (“NOL”) and credit carryforwards of $3.6 million, net of valuation allowances of $0.1 million and state income tax NOL’s and credit carryforwards of $8.9 million, net of valuation allowances of $5.5 million. Foreign NOL's can be carried forward indefinitely and state NOL's expire through 2013 - 2029.

The Company believes that it is more likely than not that the benefit from certain state net operating loss carryforwards and credits will not be realized. In recognition of this risk, we have provided a valuation allowance of $0.9 million on the deferred tax assets relating to these state net operating loss and credit carryforwards. If our assumptions change and we determine we will be able to realize these NOLs, the tax benefits relating to any reversal of the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets at December 31, 2009 will be recognized as a reduction of income tax expense.

The President of the United States has presented a budget to the United States Congress which contains various modifications to international tax rules. Some of the proposed changes might subject the Company to, among other things, additional income taxes, restrictions on how foreign tax credits would be calculated and affect taxation regarding the transfer of intangible property. The Company cannot ascertain at this time what the final outcome of this proposed legislation will be or the effect, if any, on the Company's results of operations or financial condition.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when the product has been delivered and title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, collection of the resulting receivable is deemed reasonably assured by management, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the sale price is fixed and determinable.

Historically the Company has been successful in mitigating the risks associated with its revenue. Some issues relate to product warranty, creditworthiness of customers and concentration of sales among a few major customers.

The Company is not contractually obligated to accept returns from non-distributor customers except for defective product or in instances where the product does not meet the Company’s quality specifications. If these conditions exist, the Company would be obligated to repair or replace the defective product or make a cash settlement with the customer. Distributors generally have the right to return up to 5% of their purchases over the previous three to six months and are obligated to purchase an amount at least equal to the return. If the Company terminates a relationship with a distributor, the Company is obligated to accept as a return all of the distributor’s inventory from the Company. The Company accrues an estimate for anticipated returns based on historical experience at the time revenue is recognized and adjusts such estimate as specific anticipated returns are identified. If a distributor terminates its relationship with the Company, the Company is not obligated to accept any inventory returns.

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The Company has a significant amount of sales with several customers. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company had three customers with sales in excess of 10% of Bel’s consolidated revenue. Management believes that the individual loss of two of these customers would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company had sales of $28.6 million and $22.5 million, representing 15.7% and 12.3% of Bel’s consolidated revenue, to Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd. and Flextronics International Ltd., respectively.

Overview

Our Company

Bel is a leading producer of electronic products that help make global connectivity a reality. The Company designs, manufactures and markets a broad array of magnetics, modules (including power conversion and integrated modules), circuit protection devices and interconnect products. While these products are deployed primarily in the computer, networking and telecommunication industries, Bel’s expanding portfolio of products also finds application in the automotive, medical and consumer electronics markets. Bel's products are designed to protect, regulate, connect, isolate or manage a variety of electronic circuits.

Bel’s business is operated through three geographic segments: North America, Asia and Europe. During 2009, 68% of the Company’s revenues were derived from Asia, 23% from North America and 9% from its Europe operating segment. The Company’s revenues are primarily driven by working closely with its customers’ engineering staffs and aligning them with industry standards committees and various integrated circuit (IC) manufacturers. Sales of the Company’s magnetic products represented approximately 47% of our total net sales for 2009. The remaining 2009 revenues related to sales of the Company’s modules products (30%), interconnect products (18%) and circuit protection products (5%).

The Company’s expenses are driven principally by the cost of labor where Bel’s factories are located and the cost of the materials that it uses. As labor and material costs vary by product line, any significant shift in product mix has an associated impact on the Company’s costs of sales. Bel generally enters into processing arrangements with several independent wire wound component suppliers in Asia. Costs are recorded as incurred for all products manufactured either at third party facilities or at the Company's own manufacturing facilities. Such amounts are determined based upon the estimated stage of production and include labor cost and fringes and related allocations of factory overhead. The Company manufactures products at its own manufacturing facilities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Glen Rock, Pennsylvania; Inwood, New York; the Dominican Republic, Mexico; the Czech Republic, and, since the Cinch acquisition, in Vinita, Oklahoma; Reynosa, Mexico; and Worksop, England.

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Trends Affecting our Business

The Company believes the key factors affecting Bel’s 2009 and/or future results include the following:

Increasing pressures in the U.S. and global economy related to the global economic downturn, the credit crisis, volatility in interest rates, investment returns, energy prices and other elements that impact commercial and end-user consumer spending have created a highly challenging environment for Bel and its customers.

These weakening economic conditions have resulted in reductions in capital expenditures by end-user consumers of our products. While we have seen an increase in the backlog of orders in the second half of 2009, we do not anticipate a rebound to the 2008 level of sales volume in the near term.

Commodity prices, especially those pertaining to gold, copper and integrated circuits, have been highly volatile. Fluctuations in these prices and other commodity prices associated with Bel’s raw materials will have a corresponding impact on Bel’s profit margins.

The costs of labor, particularly in the PRC where several of Bel’s factories are located, have risen significantly as a result of government mandates for new minimum wage and overtime requirements (effective April 2008). These higher labor rates, in addition to new minimum wage levels issued by the PRC government in January 2010, will continue to have a negative impact on Bel’s profit margins.

The global nature of Bel’s business exposes Bel to earnings volatility resulting from exchange rate fluctuations.

At the end of the third quarter of 2009, there was an increase in customer demand. As a result, the Company and its wire wound component suppliers hired additional workers to meet this increased demand for Bel’s products. This led to higher labor costs in the fourth quarter of 2009. Management anticipates this trend to continue into 2010 due to training costs and production inefficiencies related to these new workers.

As overall demand in our industry begins to increase, our competitors have not been able to meet increased customer demand, which has resulted in additional time sensitive demand for Bel’s products. This will likely become another factor contributing to rising labor costs in future quarters, as excess overtime may be incurred to achieve these additional customer demands on a timely basis.

In January 2010, the Company completed its acquisition of Cinch. In connection with this transaction and the Bel Pingguo acquisition, the Company incurred $0.6 million in acquisition-related costs during the year ended December 31, 2009. Additional costs, including severance charges, related to the acquisition of Cinch will be incurred in the first quarter of 2010.

These factors are expected to continue into the foreseeable future. Given the need to maintain competitive pricing while incurring higher labor costs to accommodate the recent increase in demand, the Company anticipates that its results of operations for 2010 will be materially adversely affected by the continuing economic crisis.

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Summary by Operating Segment

Net sales by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

							% (Decrease) Increase
	2009		2008		2007			2009/2008		2008/2007

Net sales from external customers:
North America	$	41,898	$	67,380	$	78,091		-38	%	-14	%
Asia		123,764		165,164		151,550		-25	%	9	%
Europe		17,091		25,806		29,496		-34	%	-13	%
	$	182,753	$	258,350	$	259,137		-29	%	0	%

In 2008, there was a reduction in North America revenue due to the ending of a certain product’s life cycle. In addition, at the end of 2008, the Company transitioned the remaining operations in Westborough, Massachusetts to the PRC to take advantage of economies of scale. There was also an overall shift in product mix during 2008 which increased the proportion of product being manufactured, shipped and billed from Asia. In 2009, the Company experienced large reductions in sales volumes across all operating segments due to weakened economic conditions, and continued to transition manufacturing to the PRC with the closure of the Westborough, Massachusetts facility at the end of 2008.

(Loss) income from operations by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	2009			2008			2007
(Loss) Income from Operations:
North America	$	(205	)	$	(12,646	)	$	6,515
Asia		(16,462	)		1,202			17,488
Europe		(684	)		695			1,509
	$	(17,351	)	$	(10,749	)	$	25,512

In addition to sales volumes being significantly lower in 2009 as compared to 2008, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $12.9 million in its Asia operating segment in 2009. In 2008, the Company recorded asset impairment charges in its North America operating segment totaling $14.8 million, primarily related to a $14.1 million goodwill impairment charge and $0.7 million in asset impairments related to the closure of the Westborough, Massachusetts facility. Also in 2008, the Company experienced a significant increase in labor costs in Asia, due to increased training costs and production inefficiencies resulting from the hiring of 5,300 net new hires in addition to significantly higher wage rate rates effective April 1, 2008, as mandated by PRC officials.

See Note 11 to the notes to consolidated financial statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional segment disclosures.

Our 2009 Results

The current market conditions have impacted the Company considerably during the year ended December 31, 2009.

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During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company experienced a 29.3% decrease in sales as compared to 2008. This was primarily due to a reduction in demand across all product lines related to weak global economic conditions. The Company also recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $12.9 million in 2009 related to its Asia reporting unit, a $2.1 million license fee in connection with a lawsuit settlement and $0.6 million in acquisition costs related to the acquisitions of Bel Pingguo and Cinch Connectors in 2009. The Company incurred $0.4 million in restructuring charges related to the closure of its Westborough, Massachusetts facility and experienced an increase in the cost of materials due to a shift in product mix. Interest income also decreased by $1.9 million due to lower interest rates on invested balances. These items were offset, in part, by a 16.7% reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses, lower labor costs in 2009, a $4.7 million gain on sale of property, a reversal of a previously established tax liability of $3.9 million during 2009 and a $7.1 million net gain for financial reporting purposes related to the sale of the Company’s investments in Power-One common stock and Toko common stock, and the redemptions from the Columbia Portfolio during 2009. The reduction in sales coupled with these and other factors resulted in a net loss of $8.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. Additional details related to these factors affecting the 2009 results are described in the Results of Operations section below.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the past three years, the percentage relationship to net sales of certain items included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

	Percentage of Net Sales
	Years Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007

Net sales		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of sales		88.3			84.0			78.3
Selling, general and administrative expenses		16.4			14.0			13.9
Impairment of assets		7.0			5.7			-
Restructuring charges		0.2			0.4			-
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment		2.6			-			2.1
Realized gain (loss/impairment charge) on investment		3.9			(4.0	)		0.8
Interest income and other, net		0.3			1.0			1.6
(Loss) earnings before (benefit) provision for income taxes		(5.3	)		(7.2	)		12.2
Income tax (benefit) provision		(0.8	)		(1.4	)		2.1
Net (loss) earnings		(4.5	)		(5.8	)		10.2

The following table sets forth the year over year percentage increases or decreases of certain items included in the Company's consolidated statements of operations.

	Increase (Decrease) from Prior Period
	2009 compared with 2008			2008 compared with 2007

Net sales		(29.3	)%		(0.3	)%
Cost of sales		(25.6	)		6.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(16.7	)		(0.1	)
Net loss/earnings		(44.3	)		(156.7	)

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Sales

Net sales decreased by $75.6 million or 29.3% from $258.4 million during 2008 to $182.8 million during 2009. The Company attributes the decrease principally to a reduction in demand across all major product groups as a result of the weak economic conditions.

The significant components of the Company's revenues for 2009 were magnetic products of $86.3 million (as compared with $118.5 million during 2008), interconnect products of $32.5 million (as compared with $47.4 million during 2008), module products of $54.3 million (as compared with $77.3 million during 2008), and circuit protection products of $9.7 million (as compared with $15.1 million during 2008.)

The Company continues to have limited visibility as to future customer requirements and as such, the Company cannot predict with any degree of certainty sales revenue for 2010. The Company had three customers with sales in excess of 10%, with customer sales for 2009 amounting to $28.6 million, $22.5 million and $20.8 million, representing 15.7%, 12.3% and 11.4%, respectively, of total sales during the year ended December 31, 2009. The loss of any or all of these customers would cause a significant reduction in sales volume.

The Company cannot quantify the extent of sales growth arising from unit sales mix and/or price changes. Product demand and sales volume will affect how we price our products. Through the Company's engineering and research effort, the Company has been successful in adding additional value to existing product lines, which tends to increase sales prices initially until that generation of products becomes mature and sales prices experience price degradation. In general, as products become mature, average selling prices decrease.

Net sales decreased by $0.8 million or 0.3% from $259.1 million during 2007 to $258.3 million during 2008. The Company attributes the decrease to a reduction in magnetic sales of $7.0 million and a decrease in circuit protection sales of $4.0 million, offset in part by growth in module sales of $7.1 million and interconnect sales of $3.1 million. Contributing to the $7.0 million decrease in magnetic sales was a decrease in the Company’s MagJack® integrated connector sales of $5.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2008 as compared to 2007, which resulted primarily from production inefficiencies during early 2008 in the PRC.

The significant components of the Company's revenues for 2008 were magnetic products of $118.5 million (as compared with $125.5 million during 2007), interconnect products of $47.4 million (as compared with $44.3 million during 2007), module products of $77.3 million (as compared with $70.2 million during 2007), and circuit protection products of $15.1 million (as compared with $19.1 million during 2007.)

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased from 84.0% during the year ended December 31, 2008 to 88.3% during the year ended December 31, 2009. The increase in the cost of sales percentage is primarily attributable to the following:

In order to eliminate future legal fees related to the Murata patent infringement claim against the Company, a settlement was negotiated with Murata in October 2009 whereby the Company paid a lump sum license fee of $2.1 million in exchange for a licensing agreement covering past and future sales of Bel’s MagJack® integrated connector products. As $2.0 million of this amount was deemed to relate to product sales from prior periods, this portion is included in cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2009.

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Material costs as a percentage of sales have increased from 51.1% during 2008 to 55.3% during 2009. Bel manufactures a particular product line within the modules group that consists of a larger percentage of purchased components than most of the Company’s other products. The proportion of total sales attributable to this product has increased to 13% of total sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 12% of total sales in 2008, mainly due to relatively larger revenue declines in other product lines. While these products are strategic to Bel’s growth and important to total earnings, they return lower gross profit margins due to their higher material content, and the Company’s average gross profit percentage will likely decrease as these sales continue to account for an increasing proportion of total sales.

Included in cost of sales are research and development expenses of $7.8 million and $7.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The increase in research and development expenses during 2009 was primarily related to Bel’s power products and new MagJack® integrated connectors.

Labor costs as a percentage of sales have decreased from 15.0% during 2008 to 11.5% during 2009, due to a variety of factors. The Company experienced excessive labor costs in 2008 related to increased training costs and production inefficiencies associated with the large volume of new hires after the 2008 Chinese New Year, which did not reoccur in 2009. As discussed above, there was a shift in product mix during 2009 whereby there is a higher percentage of sales relating to a particular product line within the modules group that consists of a larger percentage of purchased components than most of the Company’s other products. The manufacturing process around this product line is less labor intensive, resulting in reduced labor costs in 2009. In addition, the Company has continued to transition the labor intensive assembly operations of other product lines to lower cost regions of the PRC during 2009.

During 2009, support labor and depreciation and amortization were $4.0 million and $0.7 million lower, respectively, than 2008. However, due to the reduction in 2009 sales volume, these fixed costs increased as a percentage of sales by 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively, as compared to 2008.

Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased from 78.3% during the year ended December 31, 2007 to 84.0% during the year ended December 31, 2008. During 2007, the Company established a $1.2 million warranty accrual for a defective part, including a $0.4 million inventory write-off of materials on hand related to this matter which were deemed to be unusable. Excluding this anomaly, cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased 6.1% during the year ended December 31, 2008 as compared to 2007. The increase in the cost of sales percentage is primarily attributable to the following:

The Company experienced a significant increase in labor costs, including social benefits, during the year ended December 31, 2008 (15.0% of sales as compared to 9.7% of sales for the year ended December 31, 2007). This increase was due to a variety of factors, including increased training costs and production inefficiencies resulting from the hiring of 5,300 net new hires since the Lunar New Year, significantly higher wage rates effective April 1, 2008 as mandated by PRC officials and an increase in overtime hours worked to reduce our backlog, with many of these hours being worked on Saturdays and Sundays at the new double-time rates. In addition, the PRC yuan, in which all PRC workers are paid, has appreciated, as compared to the dollar, on average by 9.5% during the year ended December 31, 2008 from 2007. Labor costs began to stabilize in the fourth quarter of 2008, due to a substantial reduction in overtime worked during that quarter.

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Sales of a particular product line within the modules group have increased by $11.3 million in 2008 compared to 2007. While these products are strategic to Bel’s growth and important to total earnings, they return lower gross profit margins as a larger percentage of the final product is comprised of purchased components. If these sales continue to increase, the Company’s average gross profit percentage will likely decrease.

Included in cost of sales are research and development expenses of $7.4 million and $7.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The increase in research and development expenses during 2008 was primarily related to Bel’s power products and new MagJack® integrated connectors.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”)

The percentage relationship of selling, general and administrative expenses to net sales increased from 14.0% during the year ended December 31, 2008 to 16.4% during the year ended December 31, 2009. While the percentage of sales increased from last year, the dollar amount of selling, general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $6.0 million (or 16.7%) lower as compared to 2008. The overall reduction in dollar amount was the result of the following factors:

Sales commissions decreased by $2.0 million due to the 2009 lower sales volume.

Travel expenses were reduced by $1.0 million, as management implemented travel restrictions beginning in the first quarter of 2009.

General and administrative salaries and fringe benefits decreased as compared to 2008 as a result of savings of approximately $1.4 million from company-wide reductions in headcount and a reduction of $0.2 million in bonus expense, partially offset by severance expense of $0.4 million.

As a result of the significant volatility in market conditions during 2008 and 2009, the underlying investments associated with the portion of the Company’s company-owned life insurance (COLI) attributable to SG&A experienced a decrease in cash surrender value during 2008 of $0.4 million, followed by an increase in cash surrender value of $0.1 million during 2009. This accounted for a $0.5 million decrease in SG&A expense in 2009 as compared to 2008.

Other selling costs were $0.4 million lower as compared to 2008 due to a reduction in sales and marketing expenses in Europe as well as lower freight expenses globally.

Other reductions in SG&A of $2.0 million included reductions in various other expense categories that were not individually significant.

These factors were partially offset by the following factors:

The Company incurred $0.6 million in acquisition costs related to the acquisitions of Bel Pingguo and Cinch Connectors.

The Company recorded charges totaling $0.5 million for compensation expense and fees related to the unauthorized issuance of stock.

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The percentage relationship of selling, general and administrative expenses to net sales increased slightly from 13.9% during the year ended December 31, 2007 to 14.0% during the year ended December 31, 2008. The selling, general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2008 remained consistent with that of 2007 at $36.1 million. While the expense in total remained flat, the following factors within selling, general and administrative expenses fluctuated from 2007:

Legal and professional fees increased by $0.2 million from 2007 principally due to $0.4 million of legal activity related to the Galaxy lawsuit during 2008 and an increase in audit and accounting fees of $0.6 million during 2008 as compared to 2007. These additional legal and professional fees were partially offset by the high level of patent litigation costs totaling $0.9 million during 2007 which did not recur at that level in 2008.

Other general and administrative costs decreased by $0.7 million during 2008 as compared to 2007. The Company reduced its discretionary bonus expense during 2008 as a result of lower profitability in 2008. In addition, the Company recorded a $0.2 million reduction of stock-based compensation expense related to forfeitures of restricted stock awards. There were additional reductions in other general and administrative costs that were not individually significant.

Primarily as a result of the strengthening of the U.S. dollar versus certain European currencies during the latter half of 2008, the Company’s currency exchange losses increased by $0.5 million. Payables related to certain of the Company’s European purchases are denominated in U.S. dollars, and receivables related to certain of the Company’s sales are denominated in European currencies.

Impairment of Assets

During the third quarter of 2009, the Company performed an interim valuation of the Company’s goodwill. In connection with this analysis, it was determined that the goodwill associated with the Company’s Asia operating segment was impaired, primarily due to a reduction in estimated future cash flows. The related impairment charge of $12.9 million is included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009. Management determined that the fair value of the remaining goodwill at December 31, 2009 exceeded its carrying value and that no additional impairment existed as of that date.

During the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company conducted its annual valuation test related to the Company's goodwill by operating segment. The valuation test, which heavily weights future cash flow projections, indicated that the goodwill associated with our North America operating segment was fully impaired as of the valuation date. As a result, the Company recorded a charge of $14.1 million related to the impairment of goodwill during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Also during the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company finalized its plans for the transfer, sale or ultimate disposition of its fixed assets located in the Westborough facility. Of the Westborough fixed assets, approximately $0.7 million were sold to a local vendor in January 2009. As such, these assets were reclassified as assets held for sale as of December 31, 2008 and the assets were written down to their net realizable value of $0.2 million. As a result of this sale of assets, in addition to a $0.2 million reserve on the remaining Westborough fixed assets, a total of $0.7 million of fixed asset impairments was recorded during the fourth quarter 2008.

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Restructuring Charges

In connection with the termination of its manufacturing operations at the Company's DC-DC manufacturing facility in Westborough, the Company incurred restructuring charges of $1.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2008. The restructuring charges consisted of $0.6 million of severance and other termination benefits associated with the layoff of approximately 50 employees in the Westborough facility and $0.5 million related to the Company's facility lease obligation. The Company incurred an additional $0.4 million of restructuring charges in 2009, primarily related to the facility lease obligation. See Note 18 of the notes to consolidated financial statements for additional information on these restructuring charges.

Gain on Sale of Property, Plant and Equipment

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company recognized a previously deferred gain from the sale of property in Jersey City, New Jersey in the amount of $4.6 million. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company realized gains from the sale of property, plant and equipment in Hong Kong and Macao in the amount of $5.5 million. The sale of the Company's real estate in Macao reflected the Company's decision to cease manufacturing in Macao and to consolidate manufacturing in larger more efficient facilities. During the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company ceased manufacturing in a small plant in the PRC.

Realized Gain (Loss/Impairment Charge) on Investments

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold its remaining investments in Power-One Inc. (“Power-One”) common stock and Toko Inc. (“Toko”) common stock. These sales resulted in an aggregate net gain for financial reporting purposes of $6.9 million which was recorded during 2009. The Company also realized $0.2 million in gains associated with redemptions of its investment in the Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio (“Columbia Portfolio”) during the year ended December 31, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recorded pre-tax charges related to other-than-temporary impairments of Bel's holdings in Toko of $3.6 million, Power-One of $5.3 million and the Columbia Portfolio of $1.4 million. See the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of this Item 7. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company realized gains from the sale of Toko common stock in the amount of $2.5 million, offset by an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.3 million related to its investment in the Columbia Portfolio.

Interest Income and Other, Net

Interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents decreased by approximately $1.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2009, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2008. Interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents decreased by approximately $1.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2008, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007. The decreases in interest income during 2009 and 2008 as compared to prior years is due primarily to the reduction in interest rates on invested balances.

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(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes

The benefit for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $1.4 million compared to $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Company incurred losses before benefit for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 which resulted in a $9.0 million lower loss before benefit for income taxes during 2009 compared to 2008. The Company’s effective tax rate, the income tax benefit as a percentage of loss before benefit from income taxes, was (14.3)% and (20.0)% for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate will fluctuate based on the geographic segment in which pretax profits/losses are earned. Of the geographic segments in which the Company operates, the U.S. has the highest tax rates; Europe’s tax rates are generally lower than U.S. tax rates; and the Far East has the lowest tax rates. The decrease in the effective tax benefit during 2009 as compared to 2008 is attributable to a gain on sale of property and marketable securities in North America which was offset, in part, by the settlement of a lawsuit. In the Far East, the Company incurred losses with no associated tax benefit as compared to the year ended December 31, 2008. During the year ended December 31, 2009, certain statutes of limitations expired which resulted in a reversal of a previously recognized liability for uncertain tax positions in the amount of $3.9 million. This was offset, in part, by an increase in the liability for uncertain tax positions in the amount of $1.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2009.

The benefit for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $(3.7) million compared to a $5.4 million provision for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Company's loss before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2008 was approximately $(18.7) million compared to earnings before income taxes of $31.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 or a decrease in earnings between December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 of $50.4 million. The Company’s effective tax rate, the income tax (benefit) provision as a percentage of (loss) earnings before (benefit) provision for income taxes, was (20.0)% and 16.9% for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate will fluctuate based on the geographic segment the pretax profits are earned in. Of the geographic segments in which the Company operates, the U.S. has the highest tax rates; Europe’s tax rates are generally lower than U.S. tax rates; and the Far East has the lowest tax rates. The decrease in the Company’s (benefit) provision for income tax as a percentage of (loss) earnings before (benefit) provision for income taxes is principally attributed to tax benefits in the U.S. of $2.3 million resulting from the reversal of an accrual for uncertain tax positions resulting from the expiration of certain statute of limitations; this was offset in part by a goodwill impairment loss in the North America segment in the amount of $12.5 million for which no tax benefit is available. Additionally, there were certain changes in estimates for prior year taxes, upon finalization of 2007 tax returns.

The Company has the majority of its products manufactured on the mainland of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), and Bel is not subject to corporate income tax on manufacturing services provided by third parties in the PRC. The Company no longer conducts manufacturing activities in Hong Kong or Macao. Hong Kong imposes corporate income tax at a rate of 16.5 percent solely on income sourced to Hong Kong. That is, its tax system is a territorial one which only seeks to tax activities conducted in Hong Kong.

During 2005, the Company was granted an offshore operating license from the government of Macao. An MCO named Bel Fuse (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited was set up to handle all of the Company’s sales to third-party customers in Asia. Sales to third-party customers commenced during the first quarter of 2006. Sales consist of products manufactured in the PRC. The MCO is not subject to Macao corporate income taxes which are imposed at a tax rate of 12%.

The Company has historically followed a practice of reinvesting a portion of the earnings of foreign subsidiaries in the expansion of its foreign operations. If the unrepatriated earnings were distributed to the parent corporation rather than reinvested in Asia, such funds would be subject to United States Federal income taxes. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company repatriated previously taxed foreign earnings of approximately $0.3 million.

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The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of the current (benefit) provision for income taxes. During the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized approximately $0.1 million, $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in interest and penalties in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company has approximately $0.6 million and $1.6 million accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which is included in both income taxes payable and liability for uncertain tax positions in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company is not currently being audited by any tax authorities.

Inflation and Foreign Currency Exchange

During the past three years, the effect of inflation on the Company's profitability was not material. Historically, fluctuations of the U.S. Dollar against other major currencies have not significantly affected the Company's foreign operations as most sales have been denominated in U.S. Dollars or currencies directly or indirectly linked to the U.S. Dollar. Most significant expenses, including raw materials, labor and manufacturing expenses, are either incurred in U.S. Dollars or the currencies of the Hong Kong Dollar, the Macao Pataca or the Chinese Renminbi. However, the Chinese Renminbi appreciated in value (approximately 1.7%) during the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared with 2008. Further appreciation of the Renminbi would result in the Company’s incurring higher costs for all expenses incurred in the PRC. The Company's European entities, whose functional currencies are Euros, Czech Korunas, and U.S. dollars, enter into transactions which include sales which are denominated principally in Euros, British Pounds and various other European currencies, and purchases that are denominated principally in U.S. dollars. Settlement of such transactions resulted in net realized and unrealized currency exchange losses of $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, which were charged to expense. Realized and unrealized currency gains (losses) during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2007 were not material. Translation of subsidiaries’ foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars resulted in translation (losses) gains of ($0.4) million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, which are included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. Translation gains during the year ended December 31, 2009 were not material. Any change in the linkage of the U.S. Dollar and the Hong Kong Dollar could have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically, the Company has financed its capital expenditures primarily through cash flows from operating activities and has financed acquisitions both through cash flows from operating activities and borrowings. Management believes that the cash flow from operations after payments of dividends, combined with its existing capital base and the Company's available lines of credit, will be sufficient to fund its operations for at least the next twelve months. Such statement constitutes a Forward Looking Statement. Factors which could cause the Company to require additional capital include, among other things, a further softening in the demand for the Company’s existing products, an inability to respond to customer demand for new products, potential acquisitions requiring substantial capital, future expansion of the Company's operations and net losses that would result in net cash being used in operating, investing and/or financing activities which result in net decreases in cash and cash equivalents. Net losses may result in the loss of domestic and foreign credit facilities and preclude the Company from raising debt or equity financing in the capital markets on affordable terms or otherwise.

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The Company has an unsecured credit agreement in the amount of $20 million, which expires on June 30, 2011. There have not been any borrowings under the credit agreement and as such, there was no balance outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008. At each of those dates, the entire $20 million line of credit was available to the Company to borrow. The credit agreement bears interest at LIBOR plus 0.75% to 1.25% based on certain financial statement ratios maintained by the Company. The Company is in compliance with its debt covenants as of December 31, 2009.

The Company's Hong Kong subsidiary had an unsecured line of credit of approximately $2 million, which was unused at December 31, 2009. The line of credit expired on January 31, 2009 and was renewed on February 10, 2009. Borrowing on the line of credit was guaranteed by the U.S. parent. The line of credit bears interest at a rate determined by the lender as the financing is extended.

The Company recorded minimal interest expense during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded interest expense of $0.1 million.

For information regarding further commitments under the Company’s operating leases, see Note 15 of the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

During May 2007, the Company sold a parcel of land located in Jersey City, New Jersey for $6.0 million. In December 2007, the Tidelands Resource Council voted to approve the Bureau of Tideland Management’s recommendation for a Statement of No Interest. On March 14, 2008, the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection signed a letter to approve the Statement of No Interest. As final approval of the Statement of No Interest was still pending as of December 31, 2008, the Company continued to defer the estimated gain on sale of the land, in the amount of $4.6 million. Of the $6.0 million sales price, the Company received cash of $1.5 million before closing costs, and $4.6 million (including interest) was being held in escrow pending final resolution of the State of New Jersey tideland claim and certain environmental costs. During 2007, the Company paid $0.4 million related to environmental costs, which approximated the maximum amount of environmental costs for which the Company is liable. During May 2008, the title company released $2.3 million of the escrow and, as such, $2.3 remained in escrow and had been classified as restricted cash as of December 31, 2008. In February 2009, the final approval of the Statement of No Interest was received from the State of New Jersey. In March 2009, the title company released the remaining escrow of $2.3 million and corresponding guarantees and the Company recognized the gain associated with the sale of this property in the amount of $4.6 million. In July 2009, the Company established a standby letter of credit for the State of New Jersey as a performance guarantee related to environmental cleanup associated with the Jersey City, New Jersey property sale. In connection with this agreement, the Company has a compensating balance of $0.3 million which has been classified as restricted cash as of December 31, 2009. This compensating balance will be reduced to less than $0.1 million upon its renewal in July 2010.

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Columbia Portfolio:

Through December 2009, the Company’s investment securities included privately placed units of beneficial interests in the Columbia Portfolio, which was an enhanced cash fund sold as an alternative to money-market funds. Due to adverse market conditions, the fund was overwhelmed with withdrawal requests from investors and the fund was closed with a restriction placed upon the cash redemption ability of its holders. At the time the liquidation was announced in December 2007, the Company held 25.7 million units of the Columbia Portfolio at a book value of $25.7 million. At December 31, 2008, the Company held 6.1 million units at a book value of $5.1 million, which approximated its fair value at that date.

As of December 31, 2009, the Company has received total cash redemptions to date of $24.2 million (including $5.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2009) at a weighted-average net asset value of $.9410 per unit. The Company recorded a gain of $0.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2009, as the net asset value exceeded the adjusted basis of this investment on the dates of redemption. During the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded $1.2 million and $0.3 million in impairment charges, respectively. In addition to the impairment charges noted, the Company has also recorded realized losses of $0.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2008 as the Company’s adjusted basis exceeded the net asset value on the dates of redemption. The Company received the final redemption from this fund in December 2009 and the fund was fully liquidated as of December 31, 2009.

Toko:

As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned a total of 1,840,919 shares, or approximately 1.9% of the outstanding shares, of the common stock of Toko, Inc. (“Toko”). The Company’s original cost of these shares was $5.6 million ($3.07 per share). During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold its remaining investment in Toko common stock on the open market at an aggregate fair market value of $1.9 million, resulting in a loss of $0.1 million for financial reporting purposes. The Company had previously recorded pre-tax impairment charges totaling $3.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2008 related to this investment.

During April 2007, the Company sold 4,034,000 shares of common stock of Toko on the open market which resulted in a gain of approximately $2.5 million, net of investment banker fees and other expenses in the amount of $0.8 million. The Company accrued bonuses of $0.5 million in connection with this gain which were paid in 2008. For financial statement purposes, in 2007 approximately $0.4 million and $0.1 million of such bonuses has been classified within cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses, respectively.

Power-One, Inc.:

As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned a total of 7,338,998 shares of Power-One common stock at an aggregate cost of $14.1 million ($1.92 per share). During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold its full investment in Power-One common stock on the open market at an aggregate fair market value of $15.8 million, resulting in a gain of $7.0 million for financial reporting purposes. The Company had previously recorded a pre-tax impairment charge of $5.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2008 related to this investment.

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Stock Repurchases

During 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the purchase of up to ten percent of the Company’s outstanding common shares. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had purchased and retired 23,600 Class B common shares at a cost of approximately $0.8 million and had purchased and retired 521,747 Class A common shares at a cost of approximately $16.7 million. No shares of Class B common stock were repurchased during the year ended December 31, 2008 and 361,714 Class A shares were repurchased principally from a related party during the year ended December 31, 2008 at a cost of $11.0 million. During January and February 2009, the Company purchased an additional 6,070 Class A common shares at a cost of $0.1 million.

Cash Flows

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company's cash and cash equivalents increased by $49.3 million from $75.0 million at December 31, 2008 to $124.2 million at December 31, 2009, reflecting approximately $29.2 million provided by operating activities. This resulted primarily from a reduction in 2009 sales volume and the associated decrease in purchasing of raw materials and overall reduction in manufacturing of finished products which led to a $11.3 million decrease in accounts receivable and a $14.8 million decrease in inventory on hand as compared to those balances at December 31, 2008. Other factors contributing to the overall increase in cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2009 included $20.6 million from the sale of marketable securities, $5.3 million from the final redemptions of the Columbia Portfolio, $1.5 million of proceeds from the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies and $2.6 million of proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment, primarily from the $2.3 million release of final escrow related to the sale of the Jersey City property, offset, in part, by $2.4 million for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, $0.1 million for the repurchase of the Company’s common stock, $3.5 million for the purchase of marketable securities, $0.4 million for payment of an acquisition, $0.1 million for the purchase of a license agreement and $3.1 million for payments of dividends. The remaining reduction in cash and cash equivalent relates to $0.3 million which was reclassified as restricted cash as of December 31, 2009.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company's cash and cash equivalents decreased by $8.9 million from $83.9 million at December 31, 2007 to $75.0 million at December 31, 2008, reflecting approximately $10.3 million provided by operating activities, $16.6 million from the partial redemption of the Columbia Portfolio, $2.0 million of marketable securities redesignated as cash equivalents and $2.3 million from the partial release of escrow related to the sale of the Jersey City property, offset, in part, by $19.0 million used for purchases of marketable securities, $6.9 million for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, $11.0 million for the repurchase of the Company’s common stock and $3.2 million for payments of dividends.

During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company's cash and cash equivalents increased by $7.1 million from $76.8 million at December 31, 2006 to $83.9 million at December 31, 2007, reflecting approximately $19.8 million provided by operating activities, offset by approximately $6.5 million used in investing activities (primarily as a result of the redesignation of the Columbia Portfolio funds of $25.7 million from a cash equivalent to an investment, $11.8 million used for purchases of marketable securities and $9.2 million used for the purchase of property, plant and equipment offset, in part, by $26.7 million from the sale of marketable securities and $11.3 million from the sale of property, plant and equipment) and approximately $6.6 million used in financing activities (principally reflecting $5.7 million for the repurchase of the Company’s common stock and $2.5 million for payments of dividends, partially offset by $1.5 million provided by the exercise of stock options).

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Cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, short-term investments and accounts receivable comprised approximately 64.7% and 53.0% of the Company's total assets at December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. The Company's current ratio (i.e., the ratio of current assets to current liabilities) was 7.0 to 1 and 6.5 to 1 at December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

Accounts receivable, net of allowances, were $34.8 million at December 31, 2009, as compared with $46.0 million at December 31, 2008. The decrease in accounts receivable is primarily due to a 16.2% decrease in fourth quarter sales for 2009 as compared to 2008 in addition to a decrease in the Company’s days sales outstanding (DSO) from 73 days at December 31, 2008 to 62 days at December 31, 2009. Marketable securities decreased by $13.7 million as a result of Bel’s sales of its investments in Power-One and Toko common stocks for an aggregate fair market value of $17.7 million, offset by purchases of $3.5 million of marketable securities. Short-term investments were $4.0 million lower at December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, as the remainder of this investment was liquidated during 2009. Inventories were $31.8 million at December 31, 2009, as compared with $46.5 million at December 31, 2008. The decrease in inventory levels was primarily related to an $11.5 million reduction in finished goods inventory as compared to December 31, 2008, due to lower customer demand for Bel’s products during most of 2009. Accounts payable was $17.2 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $14.3 million at December 31, 2008, as the Company has hired additional workers in order to meet an upturn in customer demand and purchased raw materials to accommodate the resulting increase in production.

The following table sets forth at December 31, 2009 the amounts of payments due under specific types of contractual obligations, aggregated by category of contractual obligation, for the time periods described below. This table excludes liabilities recorded relative to uncertain income tax positions, amounting to $1.8 million included in income taxes payable and $2.9 million included in liability for uncertain tax positions, as of December 31, 2009, as the Company is unable to make reasonable reliable estimates of the period of cash settlements, if any, with the respective taxing authorities.

	Payments due by period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years

Capital expenditure obligations	$	1,442	$	1,442	$	-	$	-	$	-
Operating leases		4,784		1,977		2,174		605		28
Raw material purchase obligations		19,949		19,949		-		-		-

Total	$	26,175	$	23,368	$	2,174	$	605	$	28

The Company is required to pay SERP obligations at the occurrence of certain events. As of December 31, 2009, $5.6 million is included in long-term liabilities as an unfunded pension obligation on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. Included in other assets at December 31, 2009 is the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance and marketable securities held in a Rabbi trust with an aggregate value of $6.4 million, which has been designated by the Company to be utilized to fund the Company’s SERP obligations.

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Other Matters

The Company believes that it has sufficient cash reserves to fund its foreseeable working capital needs. It may, however, seek to expand such resources through bank borrowings, at favorable lending rates, from time to time. If the Company were to undertake a substantial acquisition for cash, the acquisition would either be funded with cash on hand or would be financed in part through bank borrowings or the issuance of public or private debt or equity. If the Company borrows money to finance acquisitions, this would likely decrease the Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and adversely affect other leverage criteria and could result in the imposition of material restrictive covenants. Under its existing credit facility, the Company is required to obtain its lender’s consent for certain additional debt financing, to comply with other covenants including the application of specific financial ratios, and may be restricted from paying cash dividends on its common stock. The Company cannot assure that the necessary acquisition financing would be available to it on acceptable terms, or at all, when required. If the Company issues a substantial amount of stock either as consideration in an acquisition or to finance an acquisition, such issuance may dilute existing stockholders and may take the form of capital stock having preferences over its existing common stock.

New Financial Accounting Standards

During 2009, the Company adopted the revised accounting guidance related to business combinations. This guidance requires an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions specified in the literature. In accordance with this guidance, acquisition-related costs, including restructuring costs, must be recognized separately from the acquisition and will generally be expensed as incurred. That replaces the cost-allocation process detailed in previous accounting literature, which required the cost of an acquisition to be allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. The Company implemented this new guidance effective January 1, 2009 and, as a result, a total of $0.6 million in acquisition-related costs were charged to selling, general and administrative expense during 2009.

During 2009, the Company implemented an update to the accounting guidance related to earnings per share. In accordance with this accounting guidance, unvested share-based payment awards with rights to dividends are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of basic earnings per share. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2009 and in accordance with the accounting guidance, all prior-period earnings per share data presented has been adjusted retrospectively to conform to the provisions of the new guidance. This adjustment did not have a material impact on prior periods presented.

The FASB has published an update to the accounting guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures as it relates to investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value per share (or its equivalent). This accounting guidance permits a reporting entity to measure the fair value of certain investments on the basis of the net asset value per share of the investment (or its equivalent). This update also requires new disclosures, by major category of investments, about the attributes of investments included within the scope of this amendment to the Codification. The guidance in this update is effective for interim and annual periods ending after December 15, 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Fair Value of Financial Instruments — The estimated fair values of financial instruments have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.

The Company has not entered into, and does not expect to enter into, financial instruments for trading or hedging purposes. The Company does not currently anticipate entering into interest rate swaps and/or similar instruments.

The Company's carrying values of cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses are a reasonable approximation of their fair value.

The Company enters into transactions denominated in U.S. Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars, the Chinese Renminbi, Euros, British Pounds, the Czech Koruna and other European currencies. Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar exchange rate against these currencies could significantly impact the Company's consolidated results of operations.

The Company believes that a change in interest rates of 1% or 2% would not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated statement of operations or balance sheet.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

See the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying Index to Consolidated Financial Statements for the information required by this item.

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BEL FUSE INC.

INDEX

Financial Statements		Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		F-1 - F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008		F-3 - F-4

Consolidated Statements of Operations for Each of the Three Years in the Period Ended December 31, 2009		F-5

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for Each of the Three Years in the Period Ended December 31, 2009		F-6 - F-7

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Each of the Three Years in the Period Ended December 31, 2009		F-8 - F-10

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-11 - F-50

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Bel Fuse Inc.

Jersey City, New Jersey

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bel Fuse Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company's management is responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying management’s report on internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule and an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company's board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

F-1

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bel Fuse Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule of Bel Fuse Inc. and subsidiaries, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein. Also, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York

March 12, 2010

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BEL FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

	December 31,		December 31,
	2009		2008

ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	124,231	$	74,955
Marketable securities		2		13,735
Short-term investments		-		4,013
Accounts receivable - less allowance for doubtful accounts of $596 and $660 at December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively		34,783		46,047
Inventories		31,791		46,524
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		953		859
Refundable income taxes		3,255		2,498
Assets held for sale		-		236
Deferred income taxes		815		4,752

Total Current Assets		195,830		193,619

Property, plant and equipment - net		35,943		39,936

Restricted cash		250		2,309
Long-term investments		-		1,062
Deferred income taxes		4,516		5,205
Intangible assets - net		551		926
Goodwill		1,957		14,334
Other assets		6,899		4,393

TOTAL ASSETS	$	245,946	$	261,784

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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BEL FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

	December 31,		December 31,
	2009		2008

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	17,194	$	14,285
Accrued expenses		7,991		9,953
Accrued restructuring costs		156		555
Income taxes payable		1,863		4,054
Dividends payable		793		787
Total Current Liabilities		27,997		29,634

Long-term Liabilities:
Accrued restructuring costs		508		406
Deferred gain on sale of property		-		4,616
Liability for uncertain tax positions		2,887		3,445
Minimum pension obligation and unfunded pension liability		5,622		5,910
Total Long-term Liabilities		9,017		14,377

Total Liabilities		37,014		44,011

Commitments and Contingencies

Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, no par value, authorized 1,000,000 shares; none issued		-		-
Class A common stock, par value $.10 per share - authorized 10,000,000 shares; outstanding 2,174,912 and 2,180,982 shares, respectively (net of 1,072,769 treasury shares)		217		218
Class B common stock, par value $.10 per share - authorized 30,000,000 shares; outstanding 9,464,343 and 9,369,893 shares, respectively (net of 3,218,307 treasury shares)		946		937
Additional paid-in capital		21,663		19,963
Retained earnings		185,014		196,467
Accumulated other comprehensive income		1,092		188
Total Stockholders' Equity		208,932		217,773

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	$	245,946	$	261,784

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-4

BEL FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

	Years Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007

Net Sales	$	182,753		$	258,350		$	259,137

Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales		161,454			217,079			203,007
Selling, general and administrative		30,055			36,093			36,117
Impairment of assets		12,875			14,805			-
Restructuring charges		413			1,122			-
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment		(4,693	)		-			(5,499	)
		200,104			269,099			233,625

(Loss) income from operations		(17,351	)		(10,749	)		25,512
Gain (loss/impairment charge) on investment		7,129			(10,358	)		2,146
Interest income and other, net		527			2,454			4,046

(Loss) earnings before (benefit) provision for income taxes		(9,695	)		(18,653	)		31,704
Income tax (benefit) provision