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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-24-006992
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240307
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240307

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BEL FUSE INC /NJ
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000729580
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COILS, TRANSFORMERS & OTHER INDUCTORS [3677]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				221463699
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11676
		FILM NUMBER:		24731047

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 EXECUTIVE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			WEST ORANGE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07052
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2014320463

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 EXECUTIVE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			WEST ORANGE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07052
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp; March 1, 2024</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>BEL FUSE INC.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt;">Emerging growth company &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left"><b>Item 5.02.</b>&nbsp;<b> Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b>&nbsp;<b> </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">On March 1, 2024, John Tweedy notified Bel Fuse Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) of his decision to retire from the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) upon the expiration of his term and not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.&nbsp; Mr. Tweedy indicated that his decision to retire and not stand for re-election was not a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company&#8217;s operations, policies or practices.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 8.01.</b>&nbsp;<b> Other Events.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">On March 7, 2024, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Tweedy&#8217;s decision to retire from the Board and not stand for re-election at the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and certain information about the Company&#8217;s intended nominee to succeed Mr. Tweedy.&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 15pt;">(d) <i>Exhibits.</i></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Important Additional Information For Investors and Shareholders</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The Company intends to file a proxy statement and proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) in connection with its solicitation of proxies for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. <b>SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO), ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD, AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THESE DOCUMENTS BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</b> Shareholders may obtain the proxy statement, any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents as and when filed by the Company with the SEC without charge from the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available at no charge on the Company&#8217;s website at https://ir.belfuse.com/financial-information/sec-filings.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers may be deemed to be participants in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company&#8217;s shareholders in connection with the matters to be considered at the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Information regarding the ownership of the Company&#8217;s directors and executive officers in the Company&#8217;s common shares is included in their SEC filings on Forms 3, 4, and 5, which can be found through the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov or on the Company&#8217;s website at https://ir.belfuse.com/financial-information/sec-filings. Information can also be found in the Company&#8217;s other SEC filings. More detailed and updated information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy statement and other materials to be filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;BEL FUSE INC.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;"><b>Bel Fuse Inc.</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">300 Executive Drive, Suite 300</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">West Orange,&nbsp; NJ 07052</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Bel Director John Tweedy to Retire from the Board</b><br>
<b>and Not Stand for Re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting</b></p>

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<i>Bel plans to nominate David Valletta to join the Board, </i></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><i>Former Executive Vice President</i>&nbsp;<i>of Worldwide Sales at Vishay Intertechnology</i></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>WEST ORANGE, N.J., March 7, 2024</b>&nbsp;(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bel Fuse Inc.&nbsp;<b>(Nasdaq: BELFA and BELFB) </b>(&#8220;Bel&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;),&nbsp;a designer, manufacturer, and provider of products that power, protect and connect electronic circuits, today announced that John Tweedy will retire from the Board and not stand for re-election at the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Board of Directors plans to nominate David Valletta to join the Board in 2024.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">Mr. Tweedy has served on Bel&#8217;s Board since 1996 and throughout the years has served on various committees including Audit and Executive. John has been instrumental during Bel&#8217;s various acquisitions, international expansion, and recent changes to the overall organization.<br>
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&#8220;On behalf of the Board, I thank John for his many contributions to Bel. As a long-standing member of the Board, John&#8217;s insight and counsel will be missed&#8221; said Dan Bernstein, President, CEO and Director.<br>
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Mr. Valletta brings over 40 years of sales and growth experience within the electronic components industry. In his most recent role as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Vishay Intertechnology, Mr. Valletta was responsible for a multi-billion global sales team and helped to set the strategic direction of the organization while attaining certain revenue and profit margin targets across all of its product categories. Mr. Valletta worked closely with the executive team and Board of Directors as they pursued acquisitions and integrated them within Vishay. Mr. Valletta began his journey at Vishay in 1994 and held prior roles at AVX corporation, a leading electronic component manufacturer based in South Carolina. He holds a BA from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA from Northeastern University.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">&#8220;We are very pleased about the potential of adding Dave to our Board given his tremendous wealth of knowledge in building, leading and managing sales teams for global organizations within our industry,&#8221; said Dan Bernstein, Chief Executive Officer. &#8220;If elected, Dave will be helpful in sharing with us his proven expertise as we look to continue to invest and focus on growth in places such as Europe and the Automotive sector.&#8221;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>About Bel </b><br>
Bel (www.belfuse.com) designs, manufactures and markets a broad array of products that power, protect and connect electronic circuits. These products are primarily used in the networking, telecommunications, computing, military, aerospace, medical, transportation and broadcasting industries. Bel's product groups include Magnetic Solutions (integrated connector modules, power transformers, power inductors and discrete components), Power Solutions and Protection (front-end, board-mount and industrial power products, module products and circuit protection), and Connectivity Solutions (expanded beam fiber optic, copper-based, RF and RJ connectors and cable assemblies). The Company operates facilities around the world.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Important Additional Information For Investors and Shareholders</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">The Company intends to file a proxy statement and proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) in connection with its solicitation of proxies for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. <b>SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO), ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD, AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THESE DOCUMENTS BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</b> Shareholders may obtain the proxy statement, any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents as and when filed by the Company with the SEC without charge from the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available at no charge on the Company&#8217;s website at https://ir.belfuse.com/financial-information/sec-filings.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">The Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers may be deemed to be participants in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company&#8217;s shareholders in connection with the matters to be considered at the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Information regarding the ownership of the Company&#8217;s directors and executive officers in the Company&#8217;s common shares is included in their SEC filings on Forms 3, 4, and 5, which can be found through the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov or on the Company&#8217;s website at https://ir.belfuse.com/financial-information/sec-filings. Information can also be found in the Company&#8217;s other SEC filings. More detailed and updated information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy statement and other materials to be filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, our expectations, plans and opinions regarding director nominations and the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from expectations, including, but not limited to, changes in our plans with respect to director nominations and the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, changes in individual intentions with respect to the same, and our ability to achieve our expected strategic, financial and operational plans. For additional discussion of risk factors, please refer to our Annual Reports on Form&nbsp;10-K,&nbsp;Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q,&nbsp;and other filings that we make from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC&#8217;s website (<u>www.sec.gov</u>). The Company undertakes no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Bel Fuse Inc.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">Lynn Hutkin, VP Financial Reporting &amp; Investor Relations<br>
ir@belf.com</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Three Part Advisors</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">Jean Marie Young, Managing Director</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">Steven Hooser, Partner</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">jyoung@threepa.com</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;">shooser@threepa.com</p>

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