BARNES GROUP 2009 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN IMPORTANT NOTE

Plan. The Plan will be referred to by the name specified in the Adoption Agreement.

Original Effective Date. The Original Effective Date is the date as of which the Plan was initially adopted.

Amendment Effective Date. The Amendment Effective Date is the date specified in the Adoption Agreement as of which the Plan is amended and restated. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein or in the Adoption Agreement, the Plan shall apply to amounts deferred and benefit payments made on or after the Amendment Effective Date.

Special Effective Date. A Special Effective Date may apply to any given provision if so specified in Appendix A of the Adoption Agreement. A Special Effective Date will control over the Original Effective Date or Amendment Effective Date, whichever is applicable, with respect to such provision of the Plan.

“Account” means an account established for the purpose of recording amounts credited on behalf of a Participant and any income, expenses, gains, losses or distributions included thereon. The Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or to the Participant’s Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.

“Administrator” means the person or persons designated by the Plan Sponsor in Section 1.05 of the Adoption Agreement to be responsible for the administration of the Plan. If no Administrator is designated in the Adoption Agreement, the Administrator is the Plan Sponsor.

“Adoption Agreement” means the agreement adopted by the Plan Sponsor that establishes the Plan.

“Beneficiary” means the persons, trusts, estates or other entities entitled under Section 8.2 to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant.

“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Plan Sponsor.

“Bonus” means an amount of incentive remuneration payable by the Employer to a Participant.

“Change in Control” means a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i) & (ii) that occurs with respect to a Participant on or after the date on which an event involving the Plan Sponsor that is described in Section 9.7(a), (b), (c) or (d) occurs.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Compensation” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

“Director” means a non-employee member of the Board who has been designated by the Employer as eligible to participate in the Plan.

“Disability” means that the Social Security Administration has determined that a Participant is disabled under the Social Security Act. A Participant shall be considered as incurring a Disability on the last day of the month in which the Participant first becomes eligible for and begins to receive Social Security disability benefits.

“Eligible Employee” means an employee of the Employer who satisfies the requirements in Section 2.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

“Employer” means the Plan Sponsor and any other entity which is authorized by the Plan Sponsor to participate in and, in fact, does adopt the Plan.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Identification Date” means the date as of which Key Employees are determined which is specified in Section 1.06 of the Adoption Agreement.

“Key Employee” means an employee who satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 9.6.

“Participant” means an Eligible Employee or Director who commences participation in the Plan in accordance with Article 3.

“Plan” means the unfunded plan of deferred compensation set forth herein, including the Adoption Agreement and any trust agreement, as adopted by the Plan Sponsor and as amended from time to time.

“Plan Sponsor” means the entity identified in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement or any successor by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

“Plan Year” means the period identified in Section 1.02 of the Adoption Agreement.

“Related Employer” means the Employer and (a) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations as defined in Code Section 414(b) that includes the Employer and (b) any trade or business that is under common control as defined in Code Section 414(c) that includes the Employer.

“Retirement” has the meaning specified in 6.01(f) of the Adoption Agreement.

“Separation from Service” means the date that the Participant retires or otherwise has a termination of employment (other than by death) with respect to all entities comprising the Related Employer. A Separation from Service does not occur if the Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of leave does not exceed six months or such longer period during which the Participant’s right to re-employment is provided by statute or contract. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to re-employment is not provided either by statute or contract, a Separation from Service will be deemed to have occurred on the first day following the six-month period. If the period of leave is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, where the impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, a 29 month period of absence shall be substituted for the six month period.

“Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship of the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code section 152(b)(i), (b)(2) and (d)(i)(B); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

“Valuation Date” means each business day of the Plan Year.

“Years of Service” means each one year period for which the Participant receives service credit in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement.

Participation. The Participants in the Plan shall be those Directors and employees of the Employer who satisfy the requirements of Section 2.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

Termination of Participation. The Administrator may terminate a Participant’s participation in the Plan in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A. If the Employer terminates a Participant’s participation before the Participant experiences a Separation from Service the Participant’s vested Accounts shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.

Deferral Agreement. If permitted by the Plan Sponsor in accordance with Section 4.01 of the Adoption Agreement, each Eligible Employee and Director may elect to defer his Compensation within the meaning of Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement by executing in writing or electronically, a deferral agreement in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator and the provisions of this Article 4.

Amount of Deferral. An Eligible Employee or Director may elect to defer Compensation in any amount permitted by Section 4.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

Timing of Election to Defer. Each Eligible Employee or Director who desires to defer Compensation otherwise payable during a Plan Year must execute a deferral agreement within the period preceding the Plan Year specified by the Administrator. Each Eligible Employee who desires to defer Compensation that is a Bonus must execute a deferral agreement within the period preceding the Plan Year during which the Bonus is earned that is specified by the Administrator, except that if the Bonus can be treated as performance based compensation as described in Code Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii), the deferral agreement may be executed within the period specified by the Administrator, which period, in no event, shall end after the date which is six months prior to the end of the period during which the Bonus is earned, provided the Participant has performed services continuously from the later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the performance criteria are established through the date the Participant executed the deferral agreement and provided further that the compensation has not yet become ‘readily ascertainable’ within the meaning of Reg. Sec 1.409A-2(a)(8). In addition, if the Compensation qualifies as ‘fiscal year compensation’ within the meaning of Reg. Sec. 1.409A -2(a)(6), the deferral agreement may be made not later than the

If the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit annual distribution elections in accordance with Section 6.01(h) of the Adoption Agreement the following rules apply. At the time an Eligible Employee or Director completes a deferral agreement, the Eligible Employee or Director must elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for the Compensation subject to the deferral agreement from among the options the Plan Sponsor has made available for this purpose and which are specified in 6.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement. Prior to the time required by Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2, the Eligible Employee or Director shall elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for any Employer contributions that may be credited to the Participant’s Account during the Plan Year. If an Eligible Employee or Director fails to elect a distribution event, he shall be deemed to have elected Separation from Service as the

If the Plan Sponsor has elected not to permit annual distribution elections in accordance with Section 6.01(h) of the Adoption Agreement but does allow elections of the time and/or form of payment of amounts credited to a Participant’s Account, the following rules apply. At the time an Eligible Employee or Director first completes a deferral agreement but in no event later than the time required by Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2, the Eligible Employee or Director must elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for amounts credited to his Account from among the options the Plan Sponsor has made available for this purpose and which are specified in Section 6.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement. If an Eligible Employee or Director fails to elect a distribution event, he shall be deemed to have elected Separation from Service in the distribution event. If he fails to elect a form of payment, he shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum form of payment.

If the Plan Sponsor has elected not to permit any distribution elections to be made by a Participant the following rule shall apply. The amount credited to a Participant’s Account shall be paid at the time and in the form specified in Section 6.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

Matching Contributions. If elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 5.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer will credit the Participant’s Account with a matching contribution determined in accordance with the formula specified in Section 5.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. The matching contribution will be treated as allocated to the Participant’s Account at the time specified in Section 5.01(a)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement.

Other Contributions. If elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer will credit the Participant’s Account with a contribution determined in accordance with the formula or method specified in Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement. The contribution will be treated as allocated to the Participant’s Account at the time specified in Section 5.01(b)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement.

Establishment of Account. For accounting and computational purposes only, the Administrator will establish and maintain an Account on behalf of each Participant which will reflect the credits made pursuant to Section 6.2, distributions or withdrawals, along with the earnings, expenses, gains and losses allocated thereto, attributable to the hypothetical investments made with the amounts in the Account as provided in Article 7. The Administrator will establish and maintain such other records and accounts, as it decides in its discretion to be reasonably required or appropriate to discharge its duties under the Plan.

Credits to Account. A Participant’s Account will be credited for each Plan Year with the amount of his elective deferrals under Section 4.1 at the time the amount subject to the deferral election would otherwise have been payable to the Participant and the amount of Employer contributions treated as allocated on his behalf under Article 5.

Investment Options. The amount credited to each Account shall be treated as invested in the investment options designated for this purpose by the Administrator.

Adjustment of Accounts. The amount credited to each Account shall be adjusted for hypothetical investment earnings, expenses, gains or losses in an amount equal to the earnings, expenses, gains or losses attributable to the investment options selected by the party designated in Section 9.01 of the Adoption Agreement from among the investment options provided in Section 7.1. If permitted by Section 9.01 of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary after the death of the Participant) may, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator, select the investments from among the options provided in Section 7.1 to be used for the purpose of calculating future hypothetical investment adjustments to the Account or to future credits to the Account under Section 6.2 effective as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next following notice to the Administrator. Each Account shall be adjusted as of each Valuation Date to reflect: (a) the hypothetical earnings, expenses, gains and losses described above; (b) amounts credited pursuant to Section 6.2; and (c) distributions or withdrawals. In addition, each Account may be adjusted for its allocable share of the hypothetical costs and expenses associated with the maintenance of the hypothetical investments provided in Section 7.1.

Vesting. A Participant, at all times, has the 100% nonforfeitable interest in the amounts credited to his Account attributable to his elective deferrals made in accordance with Section 4.1.

Death. The Plan Sponsor may elect to accelerate vesting upon the death of the Participant in accordance with Section 7.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement and/or to make distributions upon Death in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement

Disability. If the Plan Sponsor has elected to accelerate vesting upon the occurrence of a Disability in accordance with Section 7.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement and/or to permit distributions upon Disability in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the determination of whether a Participant has incurred a Disability shall be made in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Plan.

Amount of Benefits. The vested amount credited to a Participant’s Account as determined under Articles 6, 7 and 8 shall determine and constitute the basis for the value of benefits payable to the Participant under the Plan.

Method and Timing of Distributions. Distributions under the Plan shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the Adoption Agreement. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.6 requiring a six month delay for certain distributions to Key Employees, distributions following a distribution event shall commence at the time specified in Section 6.01 of the Adoption Agreement. If permitted by Section 6.01(g) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may elect, at least twelve months before a scheduled distribution event, to delay the payment date for a minimum period of sixty months from the originally scheduled date of payment, provided the election does not take effect for at least twelve months from the date on which the election is made. The distribution election change must be made in accordance with procedures and rules established by the Administrator. The Participant may, at the same time the date of payment is deferred, change the form of payment but such change in the form of payment may not effect an acceleration of payment in violation of Code Section 409A or the provisions of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b). For purposes of this Section 9.2, a series of installment payments is always treated as a single payment and not as a series of separate payments.

Unforeseeable Emergency. A Participant may request a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency if the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit Unforeseeable Emergency withdrawals under Section 8.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. The request must be in writing and must be submitted to the Administrator along with evidence that the circumstances constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. The Administrator has the discretion to require whatever evidence it deems necessary to determine whether a distribution is warranted, and may require the Participant to certify that the need cannot be met from other sources reasonably available to the Participant. Whether a Participant has incurred an Unforeseeable Emergency will be determined by the Administrator on the basis of the relevant facts and circumstances in its sole discretion, but, in no event, will an Unforeseeable Emergency be deemed to exist if the hardship can be relieved: (a) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (b) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or (c) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan.

Payment Election Overrides. If the Plan Sponsor has elected one or more payment election overrides in accordance with Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the following provisions apply. Upon the occurrence of the first event selected by the Plan Sponsor, the remaining vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account shall be paid in the form designated to the Participant or his Beneficiary regardless of whether the Participant had made different elections of time and /or form of payment or whether the Participant was receiving installment payments at the time of the event.

Cashouts Except as provided in Section 9.9(c) of this Plan, lump sum cashouts shall not be made under the Plan,

Required Delay in Payment to Key Employees. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.6, a distribution made on account of Separation from Service (or Retirement, if applicable) to a Participant who is a Key Employee as of the date of his Separation from Service (or Retirement, if applicable) shall not be made before the date which is six months after the Separation from Service (or Retirement, if applicable).

A Participant is treated as a Key Employee if (i) he is employed by a Related Employer any of whose stock is publicly traded on an established securities market, and (ii) he satisfies the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii), determined without regard to Code Section 416(i)(5), at any time during the twelve month period ending on the Identification Date.

A Participant who is a Key Employee on an Identification Date shall be treated as a Key Employee for purposes of the six month delay in distributions for the twelve month period beginning on the first

The Plan Sponsor may elect to apply an alternative method to identify Participants who will be treated as Key Employees for purposes of the six month delay in distributions if the method satisfies each of the following requirements. The alternative method is reasonably designed to include all Key Employees, is an objectively determinable standard providing no direct or indirect election to any Participant regarding its application, and results in either all Key Employees or no more than 200 Key Employees being identified in the class as of any date. Use of an alternative method that satisfies the requirements of this Section 9.6(c) will not be treated as a change in the time and form of payment for purposes of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b).

The six month delay does not apply to payments described in Section 9.9(a),(b) or (d) or to payments that occur after the death of the Participant. If the payment of all or any portion of the Participant’s vested Account is being delayed in accordance with this Section 9.6 at the time he incurs a Disability which would otherwise require a distribution under the terms of the Plan, no amount shall be paid until the expiration of the six month period of delay required by this Section 9.6.

Change in Control. If the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit distributions upon a Change in Control, the following provisions shall apply. A distribution made upon a Change in Control will be made at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement in the form elected by the Participant in accordance with the procedures described in Article 4.

any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Plan Sponsor (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Plan Sponsor or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Plan Sponsor’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (A) of paragraph (c) below; or

the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors serving on the Board: individuals who, at the beginning of any period of two consecutive years, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Plan Sponsor) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Plan Sponsor’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Plan Sponsor or any Subsidiary with any other corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Plan Sponsor outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Plan Sponsor or any Subsidiary, at least 60% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Plan Sponsor or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Plan Sponsor (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Plan Sponsor (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Plan Sponsor or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

the shareholders of the Plan Sponsor approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Plan Sponsor or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Plan Sponsor of all or substantially all of the Plan Sponsor’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Plan Sponsor of all or substantially all of the Plan Sponsor’s assets to an entity, at least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Plan Sponsor in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Plan Sponsor immediately prior to such sale.

the term “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act;

the term “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; and

the term “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) any member of the Barnes family (by blood or

Permissible Delays in Payment. Distributions may be delayed beyond the date payment would otherwise occur in accordance with the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 in any of the following circumstances as long as the Employer treats all payments to similarly situated Participants on a reasonably consistent basis.

The Employer may delay payment if it reasonably anticipates that its deduction with respect to such payment would be limited or eliminated by the application of Code Section 162(m). Payment must be made during the Participant’s first taxable year in which the Employer reasonably anticipates, or should reasonably anticipate, that if the payment is made during such year the deduction of such payment will not be barred by the application of Code Section 162(m) or during the period beginning with the Participant’s “separation from service” and ending on the later of the last day of the Employer’s taxable year in which the Participant separates from service or the 15th day of the third month following the Participant’s “separation from service.” If a scheduled payment to a Participant is delayed in accordance with this Section 9.8(a), all scheduled payments to the Participant that could be delayed in accordance with this Section 9.8(a) will also be delayed. The term “separation from service” and the other provisions hereof shall be determined in a manner consistent with applicable Treasury regulations.

The Employer may also delay payment if it reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will violate federal securities laws or other applicable laws provided payment is made at the earliest date on which the Employer reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will not cause such violation.

The Employer reserves the right to amend the Plan to provide for a delay in payment upon such other events and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe in generally applicable

Permitted Acceleration of Payment. The Employer may permit acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment or amount scheduled to be paid pursuant to a payment under the Plan provided such acceleration would be permitted by the provisions of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-3(j)(4), including the following events:

Domestic Relations Order. A payment may be accelerated if such payment is made to an alternate payee pursuant to and following the receipt and qualification of a domestic relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p).

Compliance with Ethics Agreements and Legal Requirements. A payment may be accelerated as may be necessary to comply with ethics agreements with the Federal government or as may be reasonably necessary to avoid the violation of Federal, state, local or foreign ethics law or conflicts of laws, in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

De Minimis Amounts. In the discretion of the Administrator, a payment may be accelerated if (i) the amount of the payment is not greater than the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B), and (ii) at the time the payment is made the amount constitutes the Participant’s entire interest under the Plan and all other plans that are aggregated with the Plan under Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2).

FICA Tax. A payment may be accelerated to the extent required to pay the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax imposed under Code Sections 3101, 3121(a) and 3121(v)(2) of the Code with respect to compensation deferred under the Plan (the “FICA Amount”). Additionally, a payment may be accelerated to pay the income tax on wages imposed under Code Section 3401 of the Code on the FICA Amount and to pay the additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding Code Section 3401 wages and taxes. The total payment under this subsection (d) may not exceed the aggregate of the FICA Amount and the income tax withholding related to the FICA Amount.

Section 409A Additional Tax. A payment may be accelerated if the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A; provided that such payment may not exceed the amount required to be included in income as a result of the failure to comply with the

Offset. A payment may be accelerated in the Employer’s discretion as satisfaction of a debt of the Participant to the Employer, where such debt is incurred in the ordinary course of the service relationship between the Participant and the Employer, the entire amount of the reduction in any of the Employer’s taxable years does not exceed $5,000, and the reduction is made at the same time and in the same amount as the debt otherwise would have been due and collected from the Participant.

Other Events. A payment may be accelerated in the Administrator’s discretion in connection with such other events and conditions as permitted by Code Section 409A.

Amendment and Termination by Plan Sponsor. The Plan Sponsor reserves the right to amend and/or terminate the Plan (for itself and each Employer) through action of its Board of Directors at any time for whatever reasons it may deem appropriate (or for no reason), except that no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect the benefits payable to any person who has begun to receive benefits hereunder and no such amendment or termination may accelerate or defer the payment of compensation except as permitted by Section 409A of the Code.

Plan Termination Following Change in Control or Corporate Dissolution. If so elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 11.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Plan pursuant to irrevocable action taken within the 30 days preceding or the twelve months following a Change in Control as determined in accordance with the rules set forth in Section 9.7. For this purpose, the Plan will be treated as terminated only if all agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements sponsored by the Related Employer immediately after the Change in Control which are treated as a single plan with the Plan under Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2) are also terminated so that all participants under the Plan and all similar arrangements that experienced the Change in Control are required to receive all amounts deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve months of the date the Plan Sponsor irrevocably takes all necessary action to terminate the arrangements. The foregoing provisions of this Section 10.2 and Section 11.01 of the Adoption Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and construed in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(B). In addition, the Plan Sponsor reserves the right to terminate and liquidate the Plan within twelve months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Code Section 331 or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U. S. C. Section 503(b)(1)(A) provided that amounts deferred under the Plan are included in the gross incomes of Participants in the latest of the following years (or, if earlier, the taxable year in which the amount is actually or constructively received): (a) the calendar year in which the termination and liquidation occurs, (b) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, or (c) the first calendar year in which payment is administratively practicable. The preceding sentence shall be administered, interpreted and construed in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(A).

Other Plan Terminations. The Plan Sponsor retains the discretion to terminate the Plan if (a) all arrangements sponsored by the Plan Sponsor

Establishment of Trust. The Plan Sponsor may but is not required to establish a trust to hold amounts which the Plan Sponsor may contribute from time to time to correspond to some or all amounts credited to Participants under Section 6.2. If the Plan Sponsor elects to establish a trust in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the provisions of Sections 11.2 and 11.3 shall become operative.

Grantor Trust. Any trust established by the Plan Sponsor shall be between the Plan Sponsor and a trustee pursuant to a separate written agreement under which assets are held, administered and managed, subject to the claims of the Plan Sponsor’s creditors in the event of the Plan Sponsor’s insolvency. The trust is intended to be treated as a grantor trust under the Code, and the establishment of the trust shall not cause the Participant to realize current income on amounts contributed thereto. The Plan Sponsor must notify the trustee in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency.

Investment of Trust Funds. Trust investments need not reflect the hypothetical investments selected by Participants under Section 7.1 for the purpose of adjusting Accounts and the earnings or investment results of the trust need not affect the hypothetical investment adjustments to Participant Accounts under the Plan.

Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator. The Administrator has the full power and discretion, and the full responsibility, to administer, interpret, and construe the Plan in all of its details, subject, however, to any applicable requirements of ERISA. The Administrator’s powers and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

To make and enforce such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan;

To interpret the Plan, its interpretation thereof to be final on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan;

To decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan;

To compute the amount of benefits which will be payable to any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan;

To determine the person or persons to whom such benefits will be paid;

To authorize the payment of benefits;

To appoint such agents, counsel, accountants, and consultants as may be required to assist in administering the Plan;

To allocate and delegate its responsibilities to administer the Plan.

Claims and Review Procedures. The claims and review procedures applicable to this Plan are set forth in a supplemental document; the following provisions of this Section 12.2 are inapplicable.

Claims Procedure.

Review Procedure.

Special Procedure for Claims Due to Disability.

The initial decision on the claim for a Disability distribution will be made within forty-five (45) days after the Plan receives the claimant’s claim, unless special circumstances require additional time, in which case the Administrator will notify the claimant before the end of the initial forty-five (45)-day period of an extension of up to thirty (30) days. If necessary, the Administrator may notify the claimant, prior to the end of the initial thirty (30)-day extension period, of a second extension of up to thirty (30) days. If an extension is due to the claimant’s failure to supply the necessary information, then the notice of extension will describe the additional information and the claimant will have forty-five (45) days to provide the additional information. Moreover, the period for making the determination will be delayed from the date the notification of extension was sent out until the claimant responds to the request for additional information. No additional extensions may be made, except with the claimant’s voluntary consent. The contents of the notice shall be the same as described in Section 12.2(a) above. If a disability distribution claim is denied in whole or in part, then the claimant will receive notification, as described in Section 12.2(c).

If an internal rule, guideline, protocol or similar criterion is relied upon in making the adverse determination, then the denial notice to the claimant will either set forth the internal rule, guideline, protocol or similar criterion, or will state that such was relied upon and will be provided free of charge to the claimant upon request (to the extent not legally-privileged) and if the claimant’s claim was denied based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, then the claimant will be provided a statement either explaining the decision or indicating that an explanation will be provided to the claimant free of charge upon request.

Any claimant whose application for a Disability distribution is denied in whole or in part, may appeal the denial by submitting to the panel reviewing the administrator’s

If the initial Disability distribution denial was based in whole or in part on a medical judgment, then the Review Panel will consult with a health care professional who has appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine involved in the medical judgment, and who was neither consulted in connection with the initial determination nor is the subordinate of any person who was consulted in connection with that determination; and upon notifying the claimant of an adverse determination on review, include in the notice either an explanation of the clinical basis for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request.

A decision on review shall be made promptly, but not later than forty-five (45) days after receipt of a request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing. If an extension is required, the claimant will be notified before the end of the initial forty-five (45)-day period that an extension of time is required and the anticipated date that the review will be completed. A decision will be given as soon as possible, but not later than ninety (90) days after receipt of a request for review. The Review Panel shall give notice of its decision to the claimant; such notice shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 12.2(a). In addition, if the claimant’s claim was denied based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion, then the claimant will be

Exhaustion of Claims Procedure and Right to Bring Legal Claim No action in law or equity shall be brought more than one (1) year after the Review Panel’s affirmation of a denial of the claim, or, if earlier, more than four (4) years after the facts or events giving rise to the claimant’s allegation(s) or claim(s) first occurred.

Plan Administrative Costs. All reasonable costs and expenses (including legal, accounting, and employee communication fees) incurred by the Administrator in administering the Plan shall be paid by the Plan Sponsor.

Unsecured General Creditor of the Employer. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of the Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under the Plan, any and all of the Employer’s assets shall be, and shall remain, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Employer. Each Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.

Employer’s Liability. Each Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits under the Plan shall be defined only by the Plan and by the deferral agreements entered into between a Participant and the Employer. An Employer shall have no obligation or liability to a Participant under the Plan except as provided by the Plan and a deferral agreement or agreements. An Employer shall have no liability to Participants employed by other Employers.

Limitation of Rights. Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits, will be construed as giving to the Participant or any other person any legal or equitable right against the Employer, the Plan or the Administrator, except as provided herein; and in no event will the terms of employment or service of the Participant be modified or in any way affected hereby.

Anti-Assignment. None of the benefits or rights of a Participant or any Beneficiary of a Participant shall be subject to the claim of any creditor. In particular, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all such benefits and rights shall be free from attachment, garnishment, or any other legal or equitable process available to any creditor of the Participant and his or her Beneficiary. Neither the Participant nor his or her Beneficiary shall have the right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any of the payments which he or she may expect to receive, contingently or otherwise, under the Plan, except the right to designate a Beneficiary to receive death benefits provided hereunder.

Facility of Payment. If the Administrator determines, on the basis of medical reports or other evidence satisfactory to the Administrator, that the recipient of any benefit payments under the Plan is incapable of handling his affairs by reason of minority, illness, infirmity or other incapacity, the Administrator may direct the Employer to disburse such payments to a person or institution designated by a court which has jurisdiction over such

Notices. Any notice or other communication to the Employer or Administrator in connection with the Plan shall be deemed delivered in writing if addressed to the Plan Sponsor at the address specified in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement and if either actually delivered at said address or, in the case or a letter, 5 business days shall have elapsed after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mails, first-class postage prepaid and registered or certified.

Tax Withholding. If the Employer concludes that tax is owing with respect to any deferral or payment hereunder, the Employer shall withhold such amounts from any payments due the Participant, as permitted by law, or otherwise make appropriate arrangements with the Participant or his Beneficiary for satisfaction of such obligation. Tax, for purposes of this Section 13.7 means any federal, state, local or any other governmental income tax, employment or payroll tax, excise tax, or any other tax or assessment owing with respect to amounts deferred, any earnings thereon, and any payments made to Participants under the Plan.

Each Indemnitee (as defined in Section 13.8(e)) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Employer for all actions taken by him and for all failures to take action (regardless of the date of any such action or failure to take action), to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Employer is incorporated, against all expense, liability, and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (as defined in Subsection (e)). No indemnification pursuant to this Section shall be made, however, in any case where (1) the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or (2) there is a settlement to which the Employer does not consent.

The right to indemnification provided in this Section shall include

Indemnification pursuant to this Section shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be such and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors, and administrators. The Employer agrees that the undertakings made in this Section shall be binding on its successors or assigns and shall survive the termination, amendment or restatement of the Plan.

The foregoing right to indemnification shall be in addition to such other rights as the Indemnitee may enjoy as a matter of law or by reason of insurance coverage of any kind and is in addition to and not in lieu of any rights to indemnification to which the Indemnitee may be entitled pursuant to the by-laws of the Employer.

For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

“Indemnitee” shall mean each person serving as an Administrator (or any other person who is an employee, director, or officer of the Employer) who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any Proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was performing administrative functions under the Plan.

“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit, or proceeding by or in the right of the Employer), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or through arbitration.

Successors. The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Plan Sponsor, the Employer and their successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.

Disclaimer. It is the Plan Sponsor’s intention that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A. Neither the Plan Sponsor nor the Employer shall have any liability to any Participant should any provision of the Plan fail to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A.

Governing Law. The Plan will be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State specified by the Plan Sponsor in Section 12.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

Plan Addendums. The Plan Sponsor may adopt one or more addendums that shall constitute a part of this Plan and, to the extent provided therein, supplement or supersede other provisions of the Plan and Adoption Agreement.

o    amends and restates its existing plan as of ______ [month, day, year] which is the Amendment Restatement Date. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix A, all amounts deferred under the Plan prior to the Amendment Restatement Date shall be governed by the terms of the Plan as in effect on the day before the Amendment Restatement Date.

January 1 - December 31, except that the first Plan Year will begin on September 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009.

The Administrator is the person or persons designated by the Plan Sponsor to be responsible for the administration of the Plan. Neither Fidelity Employer Services Company nor any other Fidelity affiliate can be the Administrator.

ý    Eligible Employees are those employees of the Employer who satisfy the following criteria:

o    All Directors are eligible to participate.

o    Only Directors selected by the Employer are eligible to participate.

ý    Directors are not eligible to participate.

ý    Compensation is defined as:

o    Compensation as defined in _______ [insert name of qualified plan] without regard to the limitation in Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for such Plan Year.

Compensation Other than Bonuses [do not complete if you complete (iii)]

o    _____ [insert percentage] of the Compensation the Participant has elected to defer for the Plan Year

o    An amount determined by the Employer in its sole discretion

o    Matching Contributions for each Participant shall be limited to $ ______ and/or ___% of Compensation.

o    Other:

ý    Not Applicable [Proceed to Section 5.01(b)]

o    Is selected by the Employer in its sole discretion to receive an allocation of Matching Contributions

o    As of the last day of the Plan Year

o    At such times as the Employer shall determine in it sole discretion

o    At the time the Compensation on account of which the Matching Contribution is being made would otherwise have been paid to the Participant

o    Other:

o    An amount equal to [insert number] % of the Participant’s Compensation

o    An amount determined by the Employer in its sole discretion

o    Is selected by the Employer in its sole discretion to receive an allocation of other Employer contributions

ý    At such time or times as the Employer shall determine in its sole discretion

All distributions shall commence in accordance with the following [choose one]:

ý    As soon as administratively feasible following the “distribution event” (described in Section 6.01(b) of this Adoption Agreement) and, in all cases except when a six-month delay rules applies, within 90 days after such distribution event; provided, however, that when the distribution event is Separation from Service (and regardless of whether a Participant is actually a Key Employee for whom a six-month delay in payment is required), distributions will commence on the first day of the seventh month following Separation from Service.

o    Monthly on specified day 5th [insert day]

o    Annually on specified month and day _______ [insert _____ month and day]

o    Calendar quarter on specified month and day [______ month of quarter (insert 1,2 or 3); ______ day (insert day)]

The timing of distributions as determined in Section 6.01(a)(i) shall be modified by the adoption of:

o    Event Delay - Distribution events other than those based on Specified Date or Specified Age will be treated as not having occurred for _____ months [insert number of months].

o    Hold Until Next Year — Distribution events other than

o    Immediate Processing — The timing method selected by the Plan Sponsor under Section 6.01(a)(i) shall be overridden for the following distribution events [insert events]:

ý    Not applicable.

Specified Date and Specified Age elections may not extend beyond age Not Applicable [insert age or “Not Applicable” if no maximum age applies].

Payment Election Override

If the Participant’s vested Account at the time of his Separation from Service does not exceed $ _____ distribution of the vested Account shall automatically be made in the form of a single lump sum in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Plan.

There are no involuntary cashouts.

Retirement shall be defined as a Separation from Service that occurs on or after the Participant [insert description of requirements]:

No special definition of Retirement applies.

ý    Other: Death or Disability on or after the date the Participant has both attained ace 55 and completed at least 5 Years of Service.

o    Not applicable.

Years of Service shall also include service performed for the following entities:

Years of Service shall be determined in accordance with (select one)

o    The elapsed time method in Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.410(a)-7

o    The general method in DOL Reg. Sec. 2530.200b-1 through b-4

o    The Participant’s Years of Service credited under [insert name of plan]

ý    Other: Notwithstanding (i) above or any other provision of the Plan and Adoption Agreement, the methodology for determining a Participant’s Years of Service hereunder shall be consistent with the methodology for determining the Participant’s years of “Vesting Service” under the Barnes Group Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as such plan is in effect at the time the individual becomes a Participant in this Plan, excluding, however, any period after a Separation from Service (or death or Disability); provided, however, that (i) the determination of a Participant’s Years of Service shall take into account the provisions of any applicable written employment agreement or other individual agreement between the Employer and the Participant as in effect at the time the individual becomes a Participant in this Plan; and (ii) the final determination of a Participant’s Years of Service shall be made by the Administrator, it being

A withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency as defined in Section 2.24:

Will

Will Not [if Unforeseeable Emergency withdrawals are not permitted, proceed to Section 9.01]

Upon a withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant’s deferral election for the remainder of the Plan Year:

Will

Will Not