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EXHIBIT 10.1

TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES, INC.

BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN




Amendment No. 5




     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 to the Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc. Benefit Restoration Plan (the
“Plan”) is dated December 31, 2008, to amend the Plan in the following respects:



     WHEREAS, the Plan was established by Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), effective as of July 1, 1993, and was subsequently amended from time to time;



     WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 8.4 and 8.6 of the Plan, the Plan shall be administered
by the Committee (as designated by the Company’s Board of Directors), and the Company’s Board of
Directors (the “Board”) shall have the discretion to amend the Plan; and



     WHEREAS, the Board has determined to amend the Plan by making such changes as necessary to
comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).



     NOW THEREFORE, effective December 31, 2008, the Plan is hereby amended in the following
respects:



     1. Definition of Disability. Section 1.7 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the following:



          “1.7 “Disability” means that a Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
twelve months; (ii) is, by reason of any medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less
than twelve months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three
months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company; or (iii) is deemed by
the Social Security Administration to be totally disabled. The determination of the existence of a
Disability shall be made by the Committee in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.




     2. Eligibility. Article II of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:



          “Participation in the Plan shall be made available to a select group of individuals providing
services to the Company in key positions of management and responsibility who are eligible to make
contributions to the Employees Investment Plan, the amount of which is reduced by reason of the
application of the limitations set forth in Sections 401(a)(17) or 402(g)(1) of the Code. Such
individuals may elect to participate hereunder by executing a participation agreement in such form
and at such time as the Committee shall require, provided that each



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participation agreement shall be executed no later than the last day of December immediately
preceding the Plan Year for which an individual elects to make contributions to the Plan in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the first
year in which an individual becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, he may elect to
participate in the Plan by executing a participation agreement, in such form as the Committee shall
require, within thirty (30) days of the date on which he is notified by the Chief Executive Officer
of his eligibility to participate in the Plan. In such event, his election to participate in the
Plan shall become effective as of the first full payroll period beginning in the calendar quarter
immediately following the Committee’s receipt of his participation agreement. The determination as
to the eligibility of any individual to participate in the Plan shall be in the sole and absolute
discretion of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, whose decision in that regard shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes hereunder.”




     3. Contributions. The second flush paragraph of Section 3.1 of the Plan shall be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:



          “At the time a Participant makes a deferral election pursuant to this Section 3.1, the
Participant shall elect the manner and date upon which his benefit under the Plan (an “Initial
Election”) shall be distributed (the “Original Distribution Date”). A Participant shall have the
option to change his or her Initial Election to postpone or modify the manner of payment of his
benefit from that initially elected to be effective as of the Original Distribution Date; provided
that such election (the “Subsequent Election”) is received by the Committee at least twelve months
before the Original Distribution Date in effect prior to the Subsequent Election, and the modified
Original Distribution Date shall occur no earlier than five years from the Original Distribution
Date prior to such Subsequent Election. Under no circumstances shall a modification of the
Original Distribution Date result in an acceleration of payments in violation of Section 409A of
the Code. The distribution elections described in this paragraph must be made on a form supplied
by the Committee for that purpose.”




     4. Payment of Benefits. Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 of the Plan shall be deleted
in their entirety and replace with the following:



          “7.1 The payment of a Participant’s benefit shall be made in a lump sum in cash and shall be
paid, except as otherwise provided in Sections 7.1 and 7.2, upon the earlier of the time specified
by the Participant in his participation agreement or his death, but in no event later than sixty
days following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age sixty-five. Notwithstanding
the foregoing:




               (a) If any portion of a Participant’s Account is required to be included in income by the
Participant prior to receipt of Account proceeds due to a failure of this Plan or any aggregated
plan to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may determine that
such Participant shall receive a distribution from the Plan in an amount equal to the lesser of:
(i) the portion of his Account required to be included in income as a result of the failure of the
Plan or any aggregated plan to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, or (ii)
the balance of the Participant’s Account.



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               (b) If the Company is required to withhold amounts to pay the Participant’s portion of the
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed under Sections 3101, 3121(a) or 3121(v)(2)
of the Code with respect to amounts that are or will be paid to the Participant under the Plan
before they otherwise would be paid, the Committee may determine that such Participant shall
receive a distribution from the Plan in an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) the amount in the
Participant’s Account or (ii) the aggregate of the FICA taxes imposed and the income tax
withholding related to such amount.



               (c) In the case of administrative necessity, the payment of benefits may be delayed up to the
later of the last day of the calendar year in which payment would otherwise be made or the
15th day of the third calendar month following the date on which payment would otherwise
be made.



          7.2 Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, with respect to a Participant who is
a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), no payments under the Plan
may begin prior to the date that is six months following such Participant’s separation from service
(as defined under Section 409A of the Code), or if earlier, such Participant’s date of death. Any
payments that would have been made to a Participant but for the six-month delay under this Section
7.2 of the Plan shall be accumulated by the Company and paid (without interest) on the first day of
the seventh month following the separation from service.”




     5. Effect on Plan. Except as otherwise set forth in this Amendment No. 5, the Plan
shall remain in full force and effect.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized officer, has executed this Amendment
No. 5 to the Plan effective as of the date first indicated above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES, INC.

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Craig Mackey
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Craig Mackey 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 




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