Exhibit 10.23

FORM OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

For Directors

PURSUANT TO THE

BARNES GROUP INC.

STOCK AND INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PART OF A PROSPECTUS COVERING

SECURITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT executed in duplicate as of February 13,
2008 (the “Grant Date”), between Barnes Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and [NAME OF GRANTEE], a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Holder”)(the “RSU Agreement”), as amended and restated on
December 31, 2008, effective January 1, 2009 (the RSU Agreement as so amended
and restated being hereafter referred to as “the Agreement” or “this
Agreement”).

The terms and conditions of the Agreement are set forth herein and shall apply
on and after January 1, 2009. For the avoidance of doubt, and any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any provision of this Agreement
(including in particular but without limitation any provision of Section 2(a),
Section 2(b) or Section 6 below) that would change the time or form of payment
of any amount that is payable under the RSU Agreement shall “apply only to
amounts that would not otherwise be payable in 2008” within the meaning of
paragraph .02 of §3 of Notice 2006-79 as modified by Section 3.01(B)(1) of
Notice 2007-86, and shall be administered, interpreted and construed
accordingly.

In accordance with the provisions of the Barnes Group Inc. Stock and Incentive
Award Plan as amended and in effect from time to time on and after the Grant
Date (the “Plan”), the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) has authorized the execution of
this Agreement and issuance of shares pursuant thereto.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth
and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

 

1.

GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD. Subject to the terms, conditions and
restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants
to the Holder an award of                                          restricted
stock units (each a “Restricted Stock Unit” and, collectively, the “Award”). The
Award entitles the Holder to receive, without payment to the Company and at the
applicable time or times provided by Section 6 hereof (if any), a number of
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the

 

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Company (“Common Stock”), equal to the number of the Restricted Stock Units (if
any) that become non-forfeitable pursuant to Section 4 hereof, subject, however,
to Section 5 and the other provisions of this Agreement. The Award also entitles
the Holder to be paid Dividend Equivalents on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 2. In no event shall the Holder acquire any
rights under this Agreement unless the Holder executes and delivers to the
Company, no later than 60 days after the Grant Date, a counterpart of the RSU
Agreement duly countersigned by the Holder.

 

2. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS.

 

  (a) On a date in January 2009 to be determined by the Company (the “Money
Payment Date”), the Company will pay the Holder an amount of money (“Dividend
Equivalents”) equal to the Fair Market Value on the Money Payment Date of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate number of hypothetical
shares of Common Stock (“Hypothetical Shares”) that would have been credited to
the Holder on the Money Payment Date if on each date on which a dividend (other
than a Common Stock dividend) was paid to the holders of Common Stock the record
date of which fell during calendar year 2008 and for which record date Dividend
Equivalents were not payable in 2008 (within the meaning of paragraph .02 of §3
of Notice 2006-79 as modified by Section 3.01(B)(1) of Notice 2007-86) pursuant
to the RSU Agreement (each date on which such a dividend was paid to the holders
of Common Stock being hereafter referred to as a “2008 Dividend Payment Date”),
the Company had credited the Holder on its books with a number of Hypothetical
Shares determined in accordance with the following formula:

(A x B)/C

in which “A” equals (I) plus (II) where (I) is the number of the Restricted
Stock Units (if any) that pursuant to the RSU Agreement as in effect before
January 1, 2009 were neither forfeited nor paid on or before the dividend record
date applicable to such 2008 Dividend Payment Date, and (II) is the aggregate
number of Hypothetical Shares (if any) that the Company would have credited to
the Holder pursuant to this sentence before such 2008 Dividend Payment Date, “B”
equals the dividend per share paid on such 2008 Dividend Payment Date, and “C”
equals the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on such 2008 Dividend
Payment Date. However, if a dividend is paid in property other than cash or
Common Stock, the number of Hypothetical Shares credited to the Holder in
respect of such dividend pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be determined
in accordance with the formula set forth above, except that “B” shall equal the
fair market value on the 2008 Dividend Payment Date of the property that was
paid per share of Common Stock as a dividend on such 2008 Dividend Payment Date.

 

  (b)

On each date on which a dividend (other than a Common Stock dividend) is paid to
the holders of Common Stock the record date of which falls during the period
commencing on January 1, 2009 and ending on the first date on which all of the
Restricted Stock Units have either been forfeited pursuant to Section 5 or paid
pursuant to Section 6 of the RSU Agreement as in effect from time to time on or

 

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after the Grant Date (a “Dividend Payment Date”), the Company shall pay the
Holder an amount of money (also “Dividend Equivalents”) determined by
multiplying (i) the number of the Restricted Stock Units (if any) that were
neither forfeited nor paid on or before such dividend record date, times
(ii) the dividend per share paid on such Dividend Payment Date. However, if the
dividend is paid in property other than cash or Common Stock, the amount of
money to be paid to the Holder in respect of such dividend shall be determined
by multiplying (A) the number of the Restricted Stock Units (if any) that were
neither forfeited nor paid on or before such dividend record date, times (B) the
fair market value on such Dividend Payment Date of the property that was paid
per share of Common Stock as a dividend on such Dividend Payment Date. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Holder’s entitlement to be paid Dividend Equivalents
pursuant to the first or second sentence of this Section 2(b) is contingent on
the Holder’s service as a director of the Company continuing until the record
date of such Dividend Equivalents, except that if a dividend record date occurs
after Restricted Stock Units become non-forfeitable within the meaning of
Section 4 and before shares are delivered in payment of such Restricted Stock
Units pursuant to Section 6, the Holder’s entitlement to be paid Dividend
Equivalents for such record date pursuant to the first or second sentence of
this Section 2(b) in respect of the Restricted Stock Units that became
non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4 is contingent on the Holder’s
service as a director of the Company continuing until the date on which such
Restricted Stock Units became non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4.

 

3. RESTRICTIONS ON AWARD. In no event (a) may the Holder sell, exchange,
transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage or dispose of the Award or any
interest therein, nor (b) shall the Award or any interest therein be subject to
anticipation, attachment, garnishment, levy, encumbrance or charge of any
nature, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise. Any attempt,
whether voluntary or involuntary, to sell, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge,
hypothecate, mortgage, dispose, anticipate, attach, garnish, levy upon, encumber
or charge the Award or any interest therein shall be null and void and the other
party to the transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in the
Award. The foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall not prevent the Award or
any Restricted Stock Unit from being forfeited pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and shall not prevent the Holder from designating
a Beneficiary to receive the Award in the event of his or her death in
accordance with Section 2(d) of the Plan. Any such Beneficiary shall receive the
Award subject to all of the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this
Agreement, including but not limited to the forfeiture provisions set forth in
Section 5.

 

4. VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.

 

  (a) Normal Vesting. Subject to Sections 4(b), (c), (d) and (e) and Section 5,
one-half of the Restricted Stock Units, rounded up to the nearest whole
Restricted Stock Unit, (i.e.,              Restricted Stock Units) will become
non-forfeitable on the first anniversary of the Grant Date, and the balance of
the Restricted Stock Units (i.e.,              Restricted Stock Units) will
become non-forfeitable on the second anniversary of the Grant Date, provided in
the case of each of such two installments that the Holder’s service as a
director of the Company continues until the anniversary in question.

 

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  (b) Acceleration of Vesting in Event of Death or Disability. Notwithstanding
Section 4(a) but subject to Section 5, if the Holder’s service as a director of
the Company continues until his death or Disability occurs (and irrespective of
whether a Separation from Service as defined in Section 4(c) below occurs at the
time of such Disability), then any Restricted Stock Units that did not become
non-forfeitable in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 4 before
the date on which his death or Disability occurs shall become non-forfeitable on
that date. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall have the meaning
set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(4)(i).

 

  (c) Acceleration of Vesting in Event of Retirement. Notwithstanding
Section 4(a) but subject to Section 5 (including in particular but not limited
to Section 5(b)), if the Holder has a “Separation from Service” (as hereafter
defined) — (i) before the second anniversary of the Grant Date, and (ii) on or
after the date of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company that
coincides with or next follows the Holder’s attainment of age 72, and
(iii) under circumstances that do not constitute “cause” as hereafter defined,
and (iv) within 30 days after which Separation from Service the Holder executes
a covenant not to compete and a release of claims effective as of the date of
such Separation from Service, each in a form acceptable to the Committee (other
than the Holder, if s/he is a member thereof)(any Separation from Service
meeting all of the conditions set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of
this Section 4(c) being hereafter referred to as a “Separation from Service by
Retirement”), then any Restricted Stock Units that did not become
non-forfeitable in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 4 before
the date of Separation from Service by Retirement shall become non-forfeitable
for purposes of Section 5(a) and Section 6 on that date, even though some of the
Restricted Stock Units (and some of the shares issued in payment of the
Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 6 below) may be forfeited after that
date if the Holder does not comply with the terms of the covenant and release,
as contemplated by Section 5(b) below. For purposes of this Agreement, (A) a
“Separation from Service” shall mean a “separation from service with the service
recipient” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(2)(i),
where the “service recipient” means the Company and all corporations and trades
or businesses with which the Company would be considered a single employer under
Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (as determined in accordance with the first sentence of Treasury
Regulation section 1.409A-1(h)(3)), and where a “separation from service” is
determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(5) (if
applicable); and (B) “cause” shall mean (I) the willful and continued failure by
the Holder to substantially perform the Holder’s duties with the Company (other
than any such failure resulting from the Holder’s incapacity due to physical or
mental illness) or (II) the willful engaging by the Holder in conduct which is
demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its Subsidiaries,
monetarily or otherwise.

 

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  (d) Acceleration of Vesting in Event of Change in Control. Notwithstanding
Section 4(a) but subject to Section 5, if the Holder’s service as a director of
the Company continues until the date, if any, on which a “change in control
event” with respect to the Holder (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i) & (ii)) occurs on or after the date on which a Change
in Control (as defined in the Plan) occurs, any of the Restricted Stock Units
that are not non-forfeitable when such “change in control event” occurs shall
immediately become non-forfeitable. Any such “change in control event” that
occurs on or after the date on which a Change in Control (as defined in the
Plan) occurs is hereafter referred to as a “409A Change in Control Event”.

 

  (e) Additional Vesting Provisions. Any provision above of this Section 4 to
the contrary notwithstanding, a Restricted Stock Unit shall not become
non-forfeitable pursuant to this Section 4 if, prior to the date (if any) on
which such Restricted Stock Unit would become non-forfeitable pursuant to this
Section 4, such Restricted Stock Unit was forfeited pursuant to Section 5(c) of
the RSU Agreement as in effect from time to time on or after the Grant Date. Any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall
the number of Restricted Stock Units that become non-forfeitable pursuant to
this Agreement or any provision thereof exceed in the aggregate 100% of the
Restricted Stock Units unless the excess is attributable solely to an adjustment
referred to in Section 7 of this Agreement or Section 10 of the Plan.

 

5. FORFEITURE OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.

 

  (a) Any Restricted Stock Units that have not become non-forfeitable pursuant
to Section 4 above on or before the date on which the Holder’s service as a
director of the Company terminates shall be forfeited as of that date, and all
of the Holder’s rights and interest in and to such forfeited Restricted Stock
Units shall thereupon terminate without payment of consideration by the Company.

 

  (b) If the Holder has a Separation from Service by Retirement as defined in
Section 4(c) and the Holder executes but fails to comply with the covenant and
release referred to in Section 4(c), then any Restricted Stock Units that did
not become non-forfeitable pursuant to Section 4(d) before the date of such
failure to comply and would not have become non-forfeitable pursuant to
Section 4(a) above before that date if the Holder’s service as a director of the
Company had continued until and terminated on that date shall be forfeited, and
the Holder shall promptly make restitution to the Company of any shares of
Common Stock that were credited to the Holder in payment of such forfeited
Restricted Stock Units in accordance with Section 6 below.

 

  (c)

If the Holder, at any time before all of the Restricted Stock Units become
non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4: (i) directly or indirectly,
whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee, investor
or in any other capacity, accepts employment by, renders services for or
otherwise assists any other business which competes with the business conducted
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Subsidiaries during the Holder’s last two years with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (ii) directly or indirectly, hires or solicits or arranges for the
hiring or solicitation of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
on behalf of any business or enterprise other than the Company or a Subsidiary,
or encourages any such employee to leave such employment; (iii) uses, discloses,
misappropriates or transfers confidential or proprietary information concerning
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except as required by the Holder’s work
responsibilities with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); or (iv) is
convicted of a crime against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(v) engages in any activity in violation of the policies of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation the Company’s Code of Business
Ethics and Conduct, or, at any time, engages in conduct adverse to the best
interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; then should any of the
foregoing events occur, any Restricted Stock Units that have not theretofore
become non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4 shall be forfeited unless
the Committee (other than the Holder, if s/he is a member thereof), in its sole
discretion, elects otherwise. The provisions of this Section 5(c) are in
addition to any other agreements related to non-competition, non-solicitation
and preservation of Company confidential and proprietary information entered
into between the Holder and the Company, and nothing herein is intended to
waive, modify, alter or amend the terms of any such other agreement.

 

  (d) By executing the RSU Agreement, the Holder irrevocably consents to any
forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units required or authorized by this Agreement.

 

6. ISSUANCE OF SHARES. If a Restricted Stock Unit becomes non-forfeitable within
the meaning of Section 4, a share of Common Stock shall be credited to a book
entry account with the Company’s transfer agent in the name of the Holder (or,
in the event of the death of the Holder, in the name of the Holder’s
Beneficiary) in payment of such Restricted Stock Unit on the date on which the
Restricted Stock Unit becomes non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4 or
within sixty (60) days thereafter (which date during that 61 day period shall be
determined by the Company). For the avoidance of doubt, a Restricted Stock Unit
becomes non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4 on the earliest of (a) a
specified date, as provided in Section 4(a) above, (b) the date on which the
Holder’s death occurs, as provided in Section 4(b) above, (c) the date on which
the Holder’s Disability occurs, as provided in Section 4(b) above, (d) a
Separation from Service by Retirement, as provided in Section 4(c) above, or
(e) the date on which a 409A Change in Control Event occurs, as provided in
Section 4(d) above; provided, in the case of each of the foregoing, that the
Holder’s service as a director of the Company continues until the date in
question. In lieu of crediting any such share to a book entry account with the
Company’s transfer agent, at the election of the Holder (or, in the event of the
death of the Holder, of the Holder’s Beneficiary), a stock certificate
representing such share shall be delivered to the Holder (or, in the event of
the death of the Holder, to the Holder’s Beneficiary) as soon as practicable
after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s (or Beneficiary’s) election;
provided that the share is issued to the Holder (or, in the event of the death
of the Holder, to the Beneficiary of the Holder), either by means of a book
entry or stock certificate, on the date on which the Restricted Stock Unit
becomes non-forfeitable within the meaning of Section 4 or within sixty
(60) days thereafter. All shares of Common Stock issued under this Agreement
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 6 or any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Holder is a specified
employee (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i)) on the
date of a Separation from Service, any payment to be made pursuant to this
Agreement that constitutes deferred compensation that is subject to Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and that is to be
paid due to a Separation from Service during the six month period following a
Separation from Service (a “Delayed Payment”) shall not be paid during that six
month period but shall instead be accumulated and paid on the first day of the
seventh month following the date of the Separation from Service (or, if earlier,
within 14 days after the death of the Holder)(the “Delayed Payment Date”). For
the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall apply to any payment (and
only to any payment) pursuant to this Agreement to which Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (relating to specified employees) applies, and shall
not apply to any payment that is not subject to Code Section 409A as a result of
Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (relating to short-term deferrals) or
otherwise. Also for the avoidance of doubt, any Delayed Payment shall accrue
Dividend Equivalents pursuant to the first or second sentence of Section 2(b)
until it is paid pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 6, which
Dividend Equivalents shall be accumulated and deemed reinvested in additional
Restricted Stock Units at Fair Market Value on the Dividend Payment Date of such
Dividend Equivalents (which additional Restricted Stock Units may also accrue
Dividend Equivalents pursuant to the first or second sentence of Section 2(b))
and which shall be paid (in money) on the Delayed Payment Date based on the Fair
Market Value of such additional Restricted Stock Units on the Delayed Payment
Date. The Holder’s right to any series of payments of Restricted Stock Units or
Dividend Equivalents pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a
series of separate payments within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section
1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii), including without limitation for purposes of the short-term
deferral rule set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4).

 

7.

CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS. In addition to any other adjustments that may be made
pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, (a) if the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Company is changed as a result of a stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split or the like without additional consideration to the
Company, the number of Restricted Stock Units shall be adjusted to correspond to
the change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (b) in the case of any
reorganization or recapitalization of the Company (by reclassification of its
outstanding Common Stock or otherwise), or its consolidation or merger with or
into another corporation, or the sale, conveyance, lease or other transfer by
the Company of all or substantially all of its property, pursuant to any of
which events the then outstanding shares of Common Stock are combined, or are
changed into or become exchangeable for other shares of stock or property, the
Holder shall be entitled to earn and receive pursuant to the Award, in lieu of
the shares that s/he would otherwise be entitled to earn and receive pursuant to
the Award (the “Affected Shares”) and without any payment, the shares of stock
or property which the Holder would have received upon such reorganization,
recapitalization, consolidation, merger, sale or other transfer, if immediately
prior thereto s/he had owned the Affected Shares and had exchanged the

 

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Affected Shares in accordance with the terms of such reorganization,
recapitalization, consolidation, merger, sale or other transfer, and (c) in case
of any distribution by the Company of rights or property to stockholders
(including without limitation a spin-off), the issuance of stock options to
persons other than employees or directors of the Company, the issuance by the
Company of securities convertible into Common Stock or into shares of any stock
or security into which Common Stock shall have been changed or for which it
shall have been exchanged, or any other change in the capital structure of the
Company (other than as specified above in this Section 7) which, in the judgment
of the Committee, would effect a dilution or diminution of the Holder’s rights
hereunder, the Committee shall make equitable adjustments in the number or kind
of shares in respect of this Award, and such adjustments shall be effective and
binding for all purposes of this Award. Any provision of this Section 7 to the
contrary notwithstanding, no adjustments may be made pursuant to this Section 7
or Section 10 of the Plan that would prevent the amounts payable hereunder from
being “objectively determinable” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
section 1.409A-3(i)(1).

 

8. TAXES AND WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the right, in its discretion,
to deduct from any Dividend Equivalents payable pursuant to this Agreement, and
from any shares to be issued pursuant to Section 6, cash and/or shares, valued
at Fair Market Value on the date of payment, in an amount necessary to satisfy
all Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect
to such Dividend Equivalents and/or shares, and the Holder may be required to
pay to the Company prior to delivery of certificates representing such shares
and prior to such shares being credited to a book entry account in the Holder’s
name, the amount of any such taxes.

 

9. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. The Company will make reasonable efforts to comply with
all applicable federal and state securities laws. However, the Company will not
issue any shares or other securities pursuant to this Agreement if their
issuance would result in a violation of any such law. If at any time the
Committee (other than the Holder, if s/he is a member thereof) shall determine,
in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of any shares
subject to this Award upon any securities exchange or under any state or Federal
law, or the consent or approval of any government regulatory body, is necessary
or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of this
Award or the issue of shares hereunder, no rights under the Award may be
exercised and shares of Common Stock may not be issued pursuant to the Award, in
whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or
approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not
acceptable to the Committee and any delay caused thereby shall in no way affect
the dates of vesting or forfeiture of the Award.

 

10. RELATION TO OTHER BENEFITS. The benefits received by the Holder under this
Agreement will not be taken into account in determining any other benefits to
which the Holder may be entitled under any benefit or compensation plan
maintained by the Company.

 

11.

AMENDMENTS; INTEGRATED AGREEMENT. Except as otherwise provided in Section 18
below, this Agreement may only be amended in a writing signed by the Holder and
an officer of the Company duly authorized to do so. This Agreement contains the

 

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entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement
and supersedes and replaces all prior agreements and understandings with respect
to such subject matter, and the parties have made no agreements, representations
or warranties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement which are not set
forth herein.

 

12. RELATION TO PLAN; INTERPRETATION. The Award is granted under the Plan, and
the Award and this Agreement are each subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan, which are hereby incorporated in this Agreement by reference. In the event
of any inconsistent provisions between this Agreement and the Plan, the
provisions of the Plan control. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without
definition have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. References to
Sections are to Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise noted. The titles to
Sections of this Agreement are intended solely for convenience and no provision
of this Agreement is to be construed by reference to the title of any Section.

 

13. NO IMPLIED PROMISES. By accepting the Award and executing the RSU Agreement,
the Holder recognizes and agrees that the Company, its stockholders and its
Subsidiaries, and each of their officers, directors, agents and employees,
including but not limited to the Board of Directors of the Company and the
Committee, in their oversight or conduct of the business and affairs of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, or, in the exercise by the Company’s stockholders
of their voting rights, may in good faith act or omit to act, or cause the
Company and/or a Subsidiary to act or omit to act, in a manner that will,
directly or indirectly, prevent all or part of the Restricted Stock Units from
becoming non-forfeitable. No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted or
construed to impose any liability upon the Company, any stockholder of the
Company, any Subsidiary, or any officer, director, agent or employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or the Board or the Committee, for any forfeiture of
Restricted Stock Units that may result, directly or indirectly, from any such
action or omission, or shall be interpreted or construed to impose any
obligation on the part of any such entity or person to refrain from any such
action or omission.

 

14. NOTICES. Any notice hereunder by the Holder shall be given to the Committee
in writing and such notice by the Holder hereunder shall be deemed duly given or
made only upon receipt by the Corporate Secretary at Barnes Group Inc., P. O.
Box 489, 123 Main Street, Bristol, Connecticut 06011-0489, U.S.A., or at such
other address as the Company may designate by notice to the Holder. Any notice
to the Holder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given if delivered to
the Holder in person or mailed or otherwise delivered to the Holder at such
address as the Holder may have on file with the Company from time to time.

 

15.

INTERPRETATION AND DISPUTES. The Committee (other than the Holder, if s/he is a
member thereof) shall interpret and construe this Agreement and make all
determinations thereunder, and any such interpretation, construction or
determination by the Committee shall be binding and conclusive on the Company
and the Holder and on any person or entity claiming under or through either of
them. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any determination of
whether the Holder has a “Separation from Service by Retirement” or the Holder’s
service terminates for “cause” within the meaning of Section 4(c) above shall

 

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be made by and in the sole discretion of the Committee (other than the Holder,
if s/he is a member thereof), whose decision shall be final and binding on the
Company, the Holder and any person or entity claiming under or through any of
them.

Any claim, demand or controversy arising from such interpretation, construction
or determination by the Committee shall be submitted first to a mediator in
accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) by
submitting a mediation request to the Corporate Secretary of the Company within
thirty (30) days of the date of the Committee’s interpretation or construction.
The mediation process shall conclude upon the earlier of: (a) the resolution of
the dispute; (b) a determination by either the mediator or one or more of the
parties that all settlement possibilities have been exhausted and there is no
possibility of resolution; or (c) thirty (30) days have passed since the filing
of a request to mediate with the AAA. A party who has previously submitted a
dispute to mediation, and which dispute has not been resolved, may submit such
dispute to binding arbitration pursuant to the rules of the AAA. Any arbitration
proceeding for such dispute must be initiated within fourteen (14) days from the
date that the mediation process has concluded. The prevailing party shall
recover its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in such arbitration
proceeding. The Holder and the Company specifically understand and agree that
the failure of a party to timely initiate a proceeding hereunder shall bar the
party from any relief or other proceeding and any such dispute shall be deemed
to have been finally and completely resolved. All mediation and arbitration
proceedings shall be conducted in Bristol, Connecticut or such other location as
the Company may determine and the Holder agrees that no objection shall be made
to such jurisdiction or venue, as a forum non conveniens or otherwise. The
arbitrator’s authority shall be limited to resolution of the legal disputes
between the parties and the arbitrator shall not have authority to modify or
amend this Agreement or the Committee’s interpretation or construction thereof,
or abridge or enlarge rights available under applicable law. Any court with
jurisdiction over the parties may enforce any award made hereunder.

 

16. GENERAL.

 

  (a) Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Holder any right to
continue in the service of the Company or any Subsidiary, or shall limit in any
manner the right of the Company, its stockholders or any Subsidiary to terminate
the service of the Holder or adjust the compensation of the Holder.

 

  (b) The Holder shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any
shares that may be issued pursuant to this Agreement until the date of issuance
to the Holder of a stock certificate for the shares or the date of entry of a
credit for the shares in a book entry account in the name of the Holder.

 

  (c) This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the
Company and upon the Beneficiary, estate, legal representatives, legatees and
heirs of the Holder.

 

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  (d) Any waiver by a party of another party’s performance of, or compliance
with, a term or condition of this Agreement shall not operate, or be construed,
as a waiver of any subsequent failure by such other party to perform or comply.

 

  (e) Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable
in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or
enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in
any other jurisdiction.

 

  (f) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of
laws thereof.

 

17. CODE SECTION 409A. Any Dividend Equivalents and shares that may be earned
pursuant to this Agreement are intended to qualify as short-term deferrals under
Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4), or are intended to meet the
requirements of Section 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code, so that none of the
Dividend Equivalents and shares that may be earned pursuant to this Agreement
will be includible in the Holder’s federal gross income pursuant to
Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code. The Award and this Agreement shall be
administered, interpreted and construed to carry out such intention, and any
provision of this Agreement that cannot be so administered, interpreted and
construed shall to that extent be disregarded. However, the Company does not
represent, warrant or guarantee that any Dividend Equivalents or shares that may
be earned pursuant to this Agreement will not be includible in the Holder’s
federal gross income pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code, nor does the
Company make any other representation, warranty or guaranty to the Holder as to
the tax consequences of the Award or this Agreement.

 

18. CONSENT TO CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AND PROVISIONS.

 

  (a)

By executing the RSU Agreement, the Holder hereby irrevocably (i) authorizes the
Committee or the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), on or before
December 31, 2008 or such later date(s), if any, to which the December 31, 2008
documentary compliance date set forth in paragraph .01 of section 3 of IRS
Notice 2006-79 as modified by section 3.01(B)(1) of IRS Notice 2007-86 is
hereafter extended (the “409A Documentary Compliance Date”), to amend the RSU
Agreement and any “Prior Non-Grandfathered Compensation Arrangement” as defined
in Section 18(b) below, in any respect that the Committee or the Board
determines to be necessary, advisable or expedient to plan for, respond to,
comply with or reflect Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) consents in advance to
any and all such amendments of the RSU Agreement and any Prior Non-Grandfathered
Compensation Arrangement, and (iii) consents in advance to any amendment of the
Plan that the Board hereafter adopts on or before the 409A Documentary
Compliance Date to plan for, respond to, comply with or reflect Section 409A of
the Code, and (iv) agrees that the Holder’s consent to any such amendments of
the RSU Agreement, any Prior Non-Grandfathered Compensation Arrangement and the
Plan shall be as effective as if such amendments were fully set forth herein,
and (v) waives any right he may have to consent to the amendment in question if
for any reason the Holder’s consent to any of the aforementioned amendments is
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effective, and (vi) recognizes and agrees that the Company does not represent,
warrant or guarantee that any amendment of the RSU Agreement or any Prior
Non-Grandfathered Compensation Arrangement or the Plan that is made pursuant to
this Section 18(a), or any Different Identification Method that the Board or
Committee may prescribe or Different Election that the Board or Committee may
make in accordance with Section 18(c) below, will have its intended tax effect
or will enable compensation to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the
Code, and that the Company does not make any other representation, warranty or
guaranty to the Holder as to the tax consequences of any such amendment,
Different Identification Method or Different Election. For the avoidance of
doubt, nothing in this Section 18(a) is intended to authorize or constitute the
Holder’s consent to any amendment that would constitute a modification or
extension of a stock option within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section
1.409A-1(b)(5)(v). If and to the extent that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
anything herein would be interpreted or construed to authorize or constitute the
Holder’s consent to any such amendment, then to that extent the authorization or
consent is hereby rescinded.

 

  (b) For purposes of Section 18(a) above, a “Prior Non-Grandfathered
Compensation Arrangement” means any compensation arrangement between the Company
and the Holder that was entered into before the Grant Date (whether or not paid
in full before the Grant Date) except to the extent that the compensation
payable (or paid) under such arrangement is “grandfathered” from Section 409A of
the Code (i.e., is compensation to which Section 409A of the Code does not
apply, according to Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-6 or any other applicable
Treasury Department guidance). In no event shall an arrangement that is
grandfathered from Section 409A in the absence of this Section 18 be deemed to
be a Prior Non-Grandfathered Compensation Arrangement within the meaning of
Section 18(a). The Holder recognizes and agrees that Prior Non-Grandfathered
Compensation Arrangements include, but may not be limited to, (i) any stock
option or restricted stock unit award that the Company granted to the Holder
after December 31, 2004 under the Plan, and (ii) any restricted stock unit award
that the Company granted to the Holder before December 31, 2004 (whether under
the Plan or otherwise) that was outstanding and unvested on that date, and
(iii) any non-qualified deferred compensation plan, such as the Company’s
Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan and Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock
Plan, if and to the extent that the Holder accrued benefits or vested in
benefits under such plan after that date.

 

  (c)

The Holder agrees that, if at any time during the 12-month period ending on any
“specified employee identification date”, which shall be December 31, the Holder
is an employee in Salary Grade 20 or above or meets the requirements of Code
section 416(i)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the Treasury
Regulations thereunder and disregarding Code section 416(i)(5)), the Holder
shall be treated as a “Specified Employee” within the meaning of Code
Section 409A and Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i) (or other similar or
successor provisions)(“Specified Employee”) for purposes of this Agreement and
any Prior Non-Grandfathered Compensation Arrangement and any compensation
arrangement that may hereafter be adopted by the Company in which the Holder may
participate (“Future

 

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Compensation Arrangement”) for the entire 12-month period beginning on the
“specified employee effective date”, which shall be the January 1 that
immediately follows such specified employee identification date, unless the
Board or Committee hereafter prescribes a different method of identifying
service providers who will be subject to the six month delay required by
Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (the “Six Month Delay”)(a “Different
Identification Method”) or elects a different specified employee identification
date or specified employee effective date or makes any other election that may
be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i) and the
transition rules and official guidance under Code Section 409A (a “Different
Election”), in which case whether the Holder shall be treated as a Specified
Employee shall be determined in accordance with any such Different
Identification Method so prescribed and any such Different Election so made by
the Board or Committee. The Holder hereby irrevocably (i) consents to any such
Different Identification Method that the Committee or Board may hereafter
prescribe and any such Different Election that the Committee or Board may
hereafter make in accordance with that Treasury Regulation or otherwise in
accordance with Code Section 409A and the transition rules and official guidance
thereunder, for purposes of identifying the service providers who will be
subject to the Six Month Delay with respect to payments under this Agreement,
any Prior Non-Grandfathered Compensation Arrangement and any Future Compensation
Arrangement, and (ii) agrees that the Holder’s consent to any such Different
Identification Method or Different Election shall be as effective as if such
Different Identification Method or Different Election were fully set forth
herein, and (iii) waives any right s/he may have to consent to the Different
Identification Method or Different Election in question if for any reason the
Holder’s consent to such Different Identification Method or Different Election
is not legally effective.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, with the consent of the Holder, has amended and
restated the RSU Agreement on the date in 2008 indicated in the first paragraph
hereof, effective January 1, 2009.

 

BARNES GROUP INC. BY:  

 

  Senior Vice President-Human Resources

 

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