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Enhanced Life Insurance Program

 Exhibit 10.8 
 BARNES GROUP INC. 
 Enhanced Life Insurance Program 
 As Amended and Restated Effective December 31, 2008 
 Preamble 
 The Barnes Group Inc. Enhanced Life Insurance Program (the “Program”) was originally adopted effective
October 1, 1992 and was previously amended effective May 16, 1997, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007. 
 In
accordance with the Company’s unrestricted right to amend, modify, withdraw or add to any of the benefits, terms or conditions of the Program at any time, the Company hereby amends and restates the Program effective December 31, 2008.

 To the extent the Program is subject to the requirements imposed by Code section 409A on nonqualified deferred compensation plans (and the
applicable guidance issued thereunder), the Program is intended to comply with such requirements and the terms of the Plan shall be interpreted consistently therewith. 
 The Program as amended and restated effective December 31, 2008 shall not apply to any amounts (including without limitation taxable benefits) to be paid or provided pursuant to the provisions of the Program as
in effect prior to December 30, 2007 that are “grandfathered” from Code section 409A (i.e., that constitute compensation to which Code section 409A does not apply pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-6 or any other
applicable Treasury Department guidance) (“Grandfathered Amounts”). Grandfathered Amounts shall be determined in accordance with, and be governed exclusively by, the provisions of the Program as in effect before December 30, 

 
2007. Effective December 31, 2008, any amounts, other than Grandfathered Amounts, to be paid or provided under the Program shall be determined in
accordance with, and be governed exclusively by, the Program as amended and restated effective December 31, 2008, which is set forth herein. 
 Section 1. Purpose 
 The Enhanced Life Insurance Program (ELIP) is designed to replace the group term life insurance
plan for salaried employees in grades 20 and above (excluding officers) of Barnes Group Inc. with insurance that provides increasing cash value and little or no post-retirement income tax liabilities. 
 Section 2. Definitions 
  

	2.1	“Affiliate” means a corporation or trade or business that, together with the Company, is a member of: (a) a controlled group of corporations, within the meaning of
Code section 414(b), or (b) a group of trades or businesses under common control, within the meaning of Code section 414(c). 

  

	2.2	“Base Salary” means annual compensation excluding any bonuses or other special compensation. 

  

	2.3	“Benefits Committee” means the Benefits Committee appointed by the Board of Directors, which Committee has the sole authority and discretion to administer the Plan in
accordance with its terms and purposes. 

  

	2.4	“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

  

	2.5	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 

  

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	2.6	“Company” means Barnes Group Inc. 

  

	2.7	“Death Benefit” means the amount of life insurance provided under the Plan pursuant to Section 5.1. 

  

	2.8	“Eligible Employee” means any salaried employee of the Company in salary grades 20 and above, excluding officers; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Benefits Committee may exclude any employee of the Company from participation in the Program at any time before an Insurance Policy is issued to such employee under the Program. 

  

	2.9	“Insurance Policy” means the Group Flexible Premium Adjustable Life Insurance Policy issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to provide the benefits under
this Plan, as in force on December 31, 2008, and any successor life insurance policy obtained to provide such benefits. The specific terms of the Insurance Policy that apply to each Participant in the Plan are reflected in an individual
certificate issued by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to, or on behalf of, each such Participant as the insured. 

  

	2.10	“Life Insurance Company” means Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, or any other insurance carrier that the Company might use for this program.

  

	2.11	“Participant” means an Eligible Employee who has met insurance underwriting requirements and is issued an Insurance Policy under the terms of this Plan.

  

	2.12	“Plan” means the Barnes Group Inc. Enhanced Life Insurance Program (ELIP), as amended and in effect from time to time. 

  

	2.13	“Plan Year” means July 1st through June 30th. 

  

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	2.14	“Reimburse” (including without limitation “Reimburse a Participant”) or “Reimbursement” means a payment by the Company to a Participant, or directly to
the Life Insurance Company on behalf of the Participant, as applicable, to pay any Required Insurance Premiums. 

  

	2.15	“Required Insurance Premium” means the insurance premiums, if any, determined on an objective, nondiscretionary basis by the Life Insurance Company in accordance with
Section 7. 

  

	2.16	“Separation from Service” (or “Separates from Service”) means a Participant’s death, retirement or other termination of employment with the Company and all
Affiliates. Whether a Separation from Service has occurred shall be determined by the Benefits Committee based on all of the facts and circumstances and in accordance with Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(h) and any other relevant guidance
issued under Code section 409A. 

 Section 3. Administration 
 The Plan shall be administered by the Benefits Committee. 
 Section 4. Participation in the Plan 
  

	4.1	All Eligible Employees may participate in the Plan on the first day of the Plan Year coinciding with or next following their date of eligibility for the Company’s group term
life insurance plan. 

  

	4.2	 Eligible Employees may apply to become participants in the Plan by completing an application to the Life Insurance Company and submitting any required 

  

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documentation. Acceptance in the Plan is subject to the Life Insurance Company’s underwriting requirements. An Eligible Employee shall become a
Participant in the Plan when an Insurance Policy covering him or her is issued by the Life Insurance Company. 

 Section 5. Life
Insurance Benefits 
  

	5.1	Prior to retirement, the life insurance benefit, as of the beginning of each Plan Year, equals three (3) times the Eligible Employee’s Base Salary, rounded up to the next
$1,000 for salaried employees in grade 20, and 4 times the Eligible Employee’s Base Salary, rounded up to the next $1,000 for salaried employees in grades 21 and above. In the case of an Eligible Employee for whom Reimbursements may be made for
any Plan Year quarter after the quarter in which Separation from Service occurs (i.e., an Eligible Employee who before Separation from Service has attained age 55 and at least ten (10) years of service with the Company and/or an Affiliate), the
Eligible Employee’s Base Salary used to calculate his life insurance benefit under the Plan shall not be adjusted after the date the Eligible Employee experiences a Separation from Service. However, the Death Benefit will be reduced in
accordance with Section 5.4 below. 

  

	5.2	 When a Participant receives an increase in Base Salary or a promotion from Grade 20 other than in the beginning of the Plan Year, the amount of additional life
insurance (equal to 3 or 4 times the increase in Base Salary rounded up to the next $1,000 as defined in 5.1) will be provided through the Company’s group term life insurance plan. The additional life insurance benefit that is provided through

  

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the Company’s group term life insurance plan pursuant to the preceding sentence will be provided under the Plan as of the first day of the immediately
following Plan Year, subject to the Life Insurance Company’s underwriting requirements and provided that the Eligible Employee does not have a Separation from Service on or before such date. 
  

	5.3	The owner of the Insurance Policy is the Participant unless otherwise designated by the Participant. The cash value of the Insurance Policy belongs to the owner. Beneficiary
designations are made by the owner of the Insurance Policy and may be changed at any time. Upon termination of employment, the Insurance Policy may be continued by the policy owner. 

  

	5.4	At retirement, the Death Benefit will continue at a reduced level equal to 30% of the pre-retirement Death Benefit. Participants are eligible to continue at their own expense all or
a part of the 70% portion of the Death Benefit that does not continue into retirement, subject to Life Insurance Company provisions. 

 Section 6. Company’s Reimbursement of Premiums 
  

	6.1	 Subject to Sections 6.2 and 6.3, the Company shall Reimburse a Participant for all Required Insurance Premiums. Any Required Insurance Premiums shall be Reimbursed
in the quarter of the Plan Year in which Section 7.1 or, if applicable, Section 7.3 below contemplates that they will be paid to the Life Insurance Company. Within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv), the amount
of Required Insurance Premiums eligible for reimbursement during a Participant’s taxable year may not affect the amount of Required Insurance 

  

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Premiums eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the in-kind benefits provided pursuant to the Plan during a Participant’s taxable
year may not affect the in-kind benefits to be provided pursuant to the Plan in any other taxable year. In addition to any other limitations and restrictions that apply pursuant to the Plan, and notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, payment of each Reimbursement is subject to the condition that (a) the Participant must be actively employed in the calendar year in which the Reimbursement in question is paid or , if a Reimbursement is paid on or after
January 1 and on or before March 15 of a calendar year, must be actively employed in such January 1 to March 15 period or in the immediately preceding calendar year, and must not have had a Separation from Service before the
calendar year in which the Reimbursement in question is paid, unless the Reimbursement in question is paid on or after January 1 and on or before March 15 of a calendar year, in which case must not have had a Separation from Service before
the immediately preceding calendar year, or (b) the Participant must have attained age 55 and at least ten (10) years of service with the Company and/or an Affiliate on or before the date on which such Reimbursement is paid and before a
Separation from Service. 
  

	6.2	Except as provided in Section 6.3, the Company shall cease Reimbursing the Required Insurance Premiums as of the end of the Plan Year quarter in which any of the following
occurs: 

  

	 	(a)	a Participant Separates from Service, or 

  

	 	(b)	a Participant obtains a loan or withdraws any portion of the cash surrender value under the Insurance Policy, or 

  

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	 	(c)	six months after the commencement of an unpaid leave of absence, or 

  

	 	(d)	two years after the Participant is first absent from work because of a disability. 

  

	6.3	If a Participant who has at least ten (10) years of service with the Company and/or an Affiliate attains age fifty-five (55) before a Separation from Service occurs, the
Company shall continue to Reimburse any Required Insurance Premiums in accordance with Section 6.1 during the lifetime of the Participant unless and until the Board of Directors amends the Plan to provide otherwise pursuant to Section 9.1
or the Participant obtains a loan or withdraws any portion of the cash surrender value under the Insurance Policy. 

  

	6.4	If the Company ceases to Reimburse Required Insurance Premiums for any reason including those in Section 6.2, the policy owner may continue paying the premium on his own, may
borrow against the policy to pay premiums, or may cash in the policy. 

 Section 7. Required Insurance Premiums 
  

	7.1	 Prior to a Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the later of (a) the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age sixty-five
(65), or (b) the end of the Plan Year in which the minimum period necessary to avoid having the Insurance Policy classified as a modified endowment contract under Code section 7702A ends, the Required Insurance Premiums for any Plan Year shall
be the quarterly insurance premiums that as of the beginning of such Plan Year are required to be paid to the Life Insurance Company on the first day of each quarter 

  

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during such Plan Year (i.e., July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1) to provide the Participant with the Death Benefit under
the Insurance Policy through age one hundred (100), assuming that the Insurance Policy is to be funded only with quarterly premiums in the same amount and on the same quarterly payment dates through the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant
attains age sixty-five (65), or, if later, the end of the Plan Year in which ends the minimum period necessary to avoid having the Insurance Policy classified as a modified endowment contract under Code section 7702A (hereinafter the “MEC
Period”). For purposes of determining the Required Insurance Premiums for any Plan Year commencing prior to a Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the attainment of age sixty-five (65), the Life Insurance Company shall
assume that the amount of the Death Benefit described in Section 5.1 shall continue to be provided through the Plan Year in which the Participant will attain age sixty-five (65) and that thereafter the reduced Death Benefit described in
Section 5.4 shall continue through age one hundred (100). The Required Insurance Premiums for any Plan Year shall be determined by the Life Insurance Company in advance of the beginning of such Plan Year, and its determination shall be final,
conclusive and binding. This annual determination by the Life Insurance Company shall be based on the Life Insurance Company’s interest crediting rate, mortality charge rate and administrative charge rate applied to all policyholders of the
Life Insurance Company with the same type of Insurance Policy provided under this Plan as of the beginning of the Plan Year in question. 
  

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	7.2	If a Participant who has at least ten (10) years of service with the Company and/or an Affiliate Separates from Service after attaining age fifty-five (55), but before
attaining age sixty-five (65), or, if later, the end of the MEC Period, the Life Insurance Company shall annually make the same determination as described in Section 7.1 through the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age
sixty-five (65), or, if later, the end of the Plan Year in which the MEC Period ends, for purposes of determining the Participant’s Required Insurance Premiums. 

  

	7.3	 After the end of the Plan Year in which a Participant attains age sixty-five (65), or, if later, in which the MEC Period ends, the Required Insurance Premiums (if
any) for any Plan Year shall be the quarterly insurance premiums determined by the Life Insurance Company in advance of such Plan Year, that if paid to the Life Insurance Company in substantially equal payments on the first day of each quarter
during such Plan Year (i.e., July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1) and the immediately following Plan Year (i.e., over a two-Plan Year period) or, if longer, paid to the Life Insurance Company in substantially equal
quarterly payments in such Plan Year and each subsequent Plan Year commencing during the MEC Period, would be required to maintain the Death Benefit through age one-hundred (100), using the same assumptions prescribed in the last sentence of
Section 7.1 as of the beginning of such Plan Year; provided, however, that there shall be no such Required Insurance Premiums pursuant to this Section 7.3 for any Plan Year on or before July 1 of which the Participant Separated from
Service with less than ten (10) years of service with the Company and/or an Affiliate or before attaining age fifty-five (55). The Required Insurance Premiums 

  

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determined under this Section 7.3 for any Plan Year (if any) shall be determined as of the beginning of each such Plan Year and any Required Insurance
Premiums for any subsequent Plan Year shall be based solely on the separate determination for each such subsequent Plan Year (i.e., a separate determination will be made for each Plan Year regardless of whether the determination with respect to a
prior Plan Year was based on premiums being paid over more than one Plan Year). If a Participant continues working beyond age sixty-five (65) (i.e., has not experienced a Separation from Service), for purposes of determining the Required
Insurance Premiums for any Plan Year commencing thereafter and prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Life Insurance Company shall assume that the amount of the Death Benefit described in Section 5.1 shall continue to be
provided through the end of such Plan Year and that thereafter the reduced Death Benefit described in Section 5.4 shall continue through age one hundred (100). 
  

	7.4	Subject to the last sentence of Section 6.1 above, if a Participant Separates from Service before attaining age fifty-five (55) or ten (10) years of service with the
Company and/or an Affiliate, there shall be no Required Insurance Premiums after the quarter of the Plan Year in which such Separation from Service occurs. 

  

	7.5	Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 7 (other than Section 7.4), if a Participant obtains a loan or withdraws any portion of the cash surrender value
under the Insurance Policy before his or her death, the Participant will no longer be eligible to participate in the Plan and there shall be no Required Insurance Premiums after the quarter of the Plan Year in which such loan or withdrawal occurs.

  

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 Section 8. Sole Life Insurance Benefit 
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any benefit materials or summary plan descriptions, a Participant in the Plan shall have no rights to any
benefits under any other group life insurance program funded in whole or in part by the Company or any of its Affiliates. 
 Section 9. Miscellaneous

  

	9.1	Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company reserves the right to amend, interpret, modify, withdraw or add to any of the benefits, terms or conditions
of the Plan at any time. 

  

	9.2	The Benefits Committee shall, in its sole discretion, interpret and construe the Plan’s terms and provisions and determine an individual’s eligibility for benefits. Any
interpretations, constructions or determinations made by the Benefits Committee in good faith shall be final and binding on all parties. 

  

	9.3	Circumstances not specifically covered in this Plan document will be reviewed by the Benefits Committee and the Benefits Committee in its discretion will apply such rules as it
deems appropriate. 

 Section 10. Section 409A Provisions 
  

	10.1	 A Participant’s right to the Reimbursements provided by Section 6.1 and Section 6.3 shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments for
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Code section 409A, including without limitation for purposes of the short-term deferral rule set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4).

  

	10.2	Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, if any payments or benefits under the Plan to or on behalf of a specified employee within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation section 1.409A-1(i)(“Specified Employee”) are deferred compensation subject to section 409A of the Code and are deemed to be made due to a Separation from Service, then any such payments or benefits that would otherwise be paid
or provided during the six-month period following such Separation from Service shall not be paid or provided during such six month period but instead shall be accumulated (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(2)(ii)) and
paid or provided on the first day of the seventh month following the date of such Separation from Service (or, if earlier, within 14 days after the death of the specified employee). For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall apply to
any amount or benefit (and only to any amount or benefit) to be paid or provided pursuant to this Plan to which Code section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (relating to Specified Employees) applies, and shall not apply to any payment or benefit 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), Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (relating to separation pay plans), or otherwise. 

  

	10.3	 If at any time during the 12-month period ending on any “specified employee identification date”, which shall be December 31, a person who
participates in or has any legally binding right, contingent or otherwise, under this Plan (a “Plan 

  

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Participant”), is 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)), then the Plan Participant shall be treated as a Specified Employee for purposes of Section 10.2 above 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 of Directors or its Compensation and Management Development Committee (the “CMDC”) at
any time 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”) in accordance with Treasury Regulation section
1.409A-1(i) or the transition rules and official guidance under Code section 409A (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) or the transition rules and official guidance under Code section 409A (a “Different Election”), in which case whether the Plan Participant 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 of Directors or the CMDC. By participating or continuing to
participate in this Plan or accepting any legally binding right or benefit under this Plan, each Plan Participant irrevocably (a) consents to any such Different Identification Method that the Board of Directors or CMDC may prescribe at any

  

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 time and any such Different Election that the Board of Directors or CMDC may make at any time for
purposes of identifying the service providers who will be subject to the Six Month Delay with respect to payments under this Plan, and (b) agrees that the Plan Participant’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 (c) waives any right he or she may have to consent to the Different Identification Method or Different Election in
question if for any reason the Plan Participant’s consent to such Different Identification Method or Different Election is not legally effective. 
  

	10.4	 Any payments that may be made and benefits that may be provided pursuant to this Plan are intended to qualify for an exclusion from section 409A of the Code
(including without limitation the exclusion for short-term deferrals under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4)) and/or are intended to meet the requirements of section 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code, so that none of the
payments that may be made and benefits that may be provided pursuant to this Plan will be includible in any Plan Participant’s federal gross income pursuant to section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code. This Plan shall be administered, interpreted and
construed to carry out such intentions, and any provision of this Plan 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 payments
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pursuant to section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code, nor does the Company make any other representation, warranty or guaranty to any Plan Participant as to the tax
consequences of this Plan or of participation in this Plan. 
 Effective October 1, 1992 
 Amended December 30, 2007 
 Amended December 31, 2007 
 Amended December 31, 2008 
  

 16Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

 Exhibit 10.9 
 BARNES GROUP INC. 
 SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN 
 as amended and restated to February 3, 2009, effective January 1, 2009 
 PREAMBLE 
 This Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Supplemental
Plan”) was amended by the Board of Directors of the Company on May 16, 1997 and December 31, 2007. It was further amended effective as of May 30, 2008 and effective as of January 1, 2009. 
 The amendments to the Supplemental Plan that were adopted on December 31, 2007 were not intended to enhance (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section
1.409A-6(a)(4)) any benefit or right existing under the Supplemental Plan on or before that date, and the Supplemental Plan as amended on December 31, 2007 was to be administered, interpreted and construed accordingly. To the extent that prior
to May 30, 2008 any benefits under the Supplemental Plan as modified or supplemented (if at all) by any written individual agreement with a participant were “grandfathered” from Section 409A of the Code (i.e., were 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), such benefits shall be determined in accordance with, and be governed exclusively by, the
provisions of the Supplemental Plan as in effect before May 30, 2008 and such individual agreement, if applicable. To the extent that any benefits under the Supplemental Plan were not “grandfathered” from Section 409A of the Code
prior to May 30, 2008, and to the extent that any benefits are accrued under the Supplemental Plan on and after that date, then effective January 1, 2009, such benefits shall be determined in accordance with, and be governed by, the
provisions of the Supplemental Plan as amended effective January 1, 2009, which are set forth below. 
 Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the
provisions of this Plan document (i.e., as amended effective January 1, 2009) applicable to the computation of benefits, to the commencement date of such benefits, and to the time and form of payment, as well as any other provisions of this
Plan document that are impossible or impracticable to apply to benefits already in pay status, shall not apply to benefits in pay status prior to January 1, 2009, to the extent such provisions are not required to apply pursuant to guidance
prescribed by the Treasury Department under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (including, but not limited to, section XII.F of the preamble to the final regulations under such Section 409A and section 3.02 of IRS Notice 2007-86);
rather, the applicable terms of the Plan in effect prior to January 1, 2009, as modified or supplemented (if at all) by any written individual agreement with a participant in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and
Treasury Department guidance thereunder, construed and supplemented as necessary in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department guidance thereunder, shall apply 

 
to such benefits. To the extent permissible under applicable provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department guidance
thereunder, this paragraph also shall apply to benefits not yet in pay status prior to January 1, 2009 but with respect to which all events necessary to receive the payment have occurred before January 1, 2009. For the avoidance of doubt,
this paragraph shall not apply to any benefits to which the fourth sentence of this Preamble (relating to “grandfathered” benefits) applies. 
  

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 SECTION 1 
 DEFINITIONS 
 1.1 “Benefits Committee” shall mean the Benefits Committee
appointed by the Board or its successor. 
 1.2 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Barnes Group Inc., or
its successor. 
 1.3 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as or it may be amended from
time to time. 
 1.4 “Committee” shall mean the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board or its
successor. 
 1.5 “Company” shall mean Barnes Group Inc. and each subsidiary and affiliated corporation that has
adopted the Plan for the benefit of one or more employees. 
 1.6 “Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3. 
 1.7 “Plan” shall mean the Barnes Group Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and
set forth herein or in any amendment hereto. 
 1.8 “Qualified Plan” shall mean the Barnes Group Inc. Salaried
Retirement Income Plan as amended and in effect from time to time, a pension plan which is intended to satisfy the requirements for qualification under Section 401(a) of the Code. 
 1.9 “RBEP” shall mean the Barnes Group Inc. Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan, as amended and in effect from time to time.

 1.10 “Separation from Service” shall mean a “separation from service” from the Company and all
corporations and other trades or businesses aggregated with the Company, as determined under rules set forth in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(h), as in effect from time to time, or a successor thereto. If there is a question as to whether a
Participant’s employment has been terminated or his or her employment relationship remains intact on account of the types of absences described in (a), (b), and (c) below, the following rules (to be interpreted consistent with Treasury
Regulation section 1.409A-1(h)) shall apply: 
 (a) The employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the Participant is
on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Company under an applicable statute or by
contract. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participant does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or 

  

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by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such six-month period. 
 (b) For purposes of this Section 1.10, a leave of absence constitutes a “bona fide” leave of absence only if there is a reasonable
expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the Company. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, where (i) a leave
of absence is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, and (ii) such 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 described in paragraph (a) hereof, regardless of whether the Participant
retains a contractual right to reemployment, unless the employment relationship is otherwise terminated by the Company or the Participant. 
 1.11 “Specified Employee” shall mean a “Specified Employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i) as in effect from time to time, as determined in accordance with Section 5
below. 
 1.12 “Spouse” shall mean the individual to whom the Participant is legally married by civil or religious
ceremony under the laws of the state in which the Participant is legally domiciled on the date the determination of whether there is a Spouse is being made. 
 1.13 “SSORP” shall mean the Barnes Group Inc. Supplemental Senior Officer Retirement Plan, as amended and in effect from time to time. 
  

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 SECTION 2 
 PURPOSE OF PLAN 
 2.1 Purpose. The Plan is intended to provide supplemental retirement
benefits to selected executives of the Company. Such benefits shall be payable out of the general assets of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the discretion of the Committee, the Company may enter into one or more grantor trusts
(sometimes known as “rabbi trusts”) for the purpose of financing part or all of its obligations under the Plan. 
  

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 SECTION 3 
 ENTITLEMENT TO A BENEFIT 
 3.1 Participant’s Entitlement to a Benefit. Subject to
Section 6.8, an individual shall be entitled to a benefit under Section 4 of this Plan if he or she meets one of the following criteria: 
 (a) The individual is an Executive Officer of Barnes Group Inc. (as determined by the Committee) on or after November 16, 1979, who has a Separation from Service (whether as an Officer or as a non-Officer) at or after age 55 with a
vested benefit under the Qualified Plan and with 10 or more years of service; or 
 (b) The individual is an employee of the Company who has
been designated to participate in this Plan by the Committee. 
 The Committee shall determine how “years of service” are determined for purposes
of this Plan and, consistent with any applicable written employment or similar agreement between the Company and a Participant, may provide credit for both periods of employment with the Company and affiliates of the Company and other credit.

 In no event shall a benefit be provided under this Supplemental Plan except on account of a Participant’s Separation from Service. (Thus, for
example, no benefit shall be paid on account of death, disability, or other reasons.) An individual entitled to a benefit hereunder is a “Participant.” 
  

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 SECTION 4 
 BENEFITS 
 4.1 Benefit Components. The Plan provides a Qualified Plan component, a
SSORP component, and a RBEP component, determined in the manner set forth below. A Participant who does not have a Spouse on the date the payment of benefits hereunder actually commences (with regard to Section 5.1) shall receive the Qualified
Plan component only. A Participant who has a Spouse on such date shall receive (a) the Qualified Plan component and the SSORP component, if he or she participates in the SSORP, or (b) the Qualified Plan component and the RBEP component, if
he or she participates in the RBEP, with “participation” determined by the Committee in the event of any ambiguity. 
 4.2
Qualified Plan Component. This component shall be the product, determined as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date hereunder, of (a) the Participant’s Qualified Plan Benefit, times (b) one (1.0) minus the
50% contingent annuitant factor applicable under the Qualified Plan for the ages of the Participant and the Participant’s Spouse (or, if the Participant has no Spouse, for an assumed Spouse with the same age as the Participant). 
 4.3 SSORP Component. This component shall be the product, determined as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date hereunder, of
(a) the Participant’s SSORP Benefit, if any, times (b) one (1.0) minus the 50% contingent annuitant factor applicable under the Qualified Plan for the ages of the Participant and the Spouse. 
 4.4 RBEP Component. This component shall be the product, determined as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date hereunder, of
(a) the Participant’s RBEP benefit, if any, times (b) one (1.0) minus the 50% contingent annuitant factor applicable under the Qualified Plan for the ages of the Participant and the Spouse. 
 4.5 Definition of Terms. For purposes of determining the benefits payable pursuant to this Section 4, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: 
 (a) “Qualified Plan Benefit” shall mean the amount of pension benefit that is or would be
payable to the Participant under the Qualified Plan, expressed in the form of a single life annuity, as of the Benefit Commencement Date under this Supplemental Plan (but not including any amount accrued under the Qualified Plan after a Separation
from Service, within the meaning of this Plan, on or after May 30, 2008), whether or not the Participant actually receives his or her Qualified Plan benefits in that form and at that time. 
 (b) “SSORP Benefit” shall mean the amount of retirement benefit that is or would be payable to the Participant under the SSORP,
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Supplemental Plan (but not including any amount accrued under the SSORP after a Separation from Service, within the meaning of this Plan, on or after
May 30, 2008), whether or not the Participant actually receives his or her SSORP benefits in that form. 
 (c) “RBEP
Benefit” shall mean the amount of retirement benefit that is or would be payable to the Participant under the RBEP, expressed in the form of a single life annuity, as of the Benefit Commencement Date under this Supplemental Plan (but
not including any amount accrued under the RBEP after a Separation from Service, within the meaning of this Plan, on or after May 30, 2008), whether or not the Participant actually receives his or her RBEP benefits in that form. 
 4.6 Form of Benefit. Except as provided in Sections 4.8 and 4.9, the benefit payable to a Participant under this Supplemental Plan shall be
payable solely in the form of a single life annuity providing monthly payments, with the first payment to be due on the Benefit Commencement Date specified below but actually commencing within the 90-day period beginning on the Benefit Commencement
Date (subject to Section 5.1) and ending with the last payment made to the Participant prior to his or her death. Consistent with Section 5.1, any payment due for a month prior to the month in which benefits actually commence shall be paid
when benefits actually commence, with no adjustment for interest. 
 4.7 Benefit Commencement Date. The Benefit Commencement
Date under this Supplemental Plan shall be as follows: 
 (a) If the Participant is entitled to a SSORP Component, the Benefit Commencement
Date for both the Participant’s Qualified Plan Component and SSORP Component shall be the Participant’s “Benefit Commencement Date” under the SSORP; 
 (b) If the Participant is entitled to a RBEP Component, the Benefit Commencement Date for both the Participant’s Qualified Plan Component and RBEP Component shall be the Participant’s “Benefit
Commencement Date” under the RBEP; and 
 (c) If the Participant is not entitled
to either a SSORP or a RBEP Component but is entitled to a Qualified Plan Component, the Benefit Commencement Date for such Component shall be the first day of the month following the day on which the Participant has a Separation from Service,
within the meaning of this Plan; provided, however, that if a Participant becomes entitled to a benefit hereunder prior to his or her 55th birthday,
the Benefit Commencement Date shall be the first day of the month following the Participant’s 55th birthday. 
 4.8 Form of Benefit for SSORP, Group II Participants. If a Participant under this Plan is entitled to a SSORP Component and is a Group II
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to a lump sum and then paid in five installments, with the first installment paid within the 90-day period beginning on the Participant’s Benefit
Commencement Date specified in Section 4.7 (but subject to Section 5.1) and the last four installments paid on anniversaries of the Benefit Commencement Date. The Participant’s Qualified Plan Component shall be paid in the form of a
life annuity, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 4. Determination of the amounts payable hereunder in installments shall be made by the Committee, in consultation with the Company’s actuary, and in accordance with a
methodology that is substantially similar to that used for computing installments under the SSORP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any installments payable hereunder shall be discontinued, with no installment or other form of payment provided to a
beneficiary or any other person, in the event of a Participant’s death before the receipt of five installments. 
 4.9 Lump Sum
Cashout. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of the Plan, in the discretion of the Committee, a lump sum may be paid to a Participant within 90 days of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date (subject to
Section 5.1) in satisfaction of his or her interest under this Supplemental Plan if the value thereof as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date does not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the
Code and the payment results in the termination and liquidation of the entirety of the Participant’s interest under the Plan, including all agreements, methods, program, or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are
treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(c)(2). The Committee shall document its decision to make a lump sum payment hereunder on or before the date of the
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 SECTION 5 
 SECTION 409A PROVISIONS 
 5.1 Six-Month Delay Rule. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Plan to the contrary, (a) no “distributions” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(c)(3)(v)) of deferred compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code may be made pursuant to this Plan to a
Specified Employee due to a Separation from Service before the date that is six months after the date of such Specified Employee’s Separation from Service; and (b) any distribution that, but for the preceding clause (a), would be made
before the date that is six months after the date of the Specified Employee’s Separation from Service shall be paid on the first day of the seventh month following the date of his or her Separation from Service. For the avoidance of doubt, the
preceding sentence shall apply to any amount (and only to any amount) to be paid pursuant to this Plan to which Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (relating to Specified Employees) applies, and shall not apply to any amount or benefit to be paid or
provided pursuant to this Plan if and to the extent that such amount or benefit is not subject to Section 409A of the Code for any reason, including, without limitation, Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(a)(5) (relating to welfare benefit
plans), Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (relating to short-term deferrals), Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (relating to separation pay plans), or the “grandfather” rules incorporated in Treasury Regulation section
1.409A-6(a). 
 5.2 Specified Employees. If at any time during the 12-month period ending on any “specified employee
identification date”, which shall be December 31, a person who participates in or has any legally binding right, contingent or otherwise, under this Plan (a “Plan Participant”) is 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)), then the Plan Participant shall be treated as a Specified Employee for purposes of
Section 5.1 above 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 the
Committee at any time 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”) in accordance with
Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(i) or the transition rules and official guidance under Code Section 409A (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) or the transition rules and official guidance under Code Section 409A (a “Different Election”), in
which case whether the Participant 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. By
participating or continuing to participate in this Plan or accepting any legally binding right under this Plan, each Participant irrevocably (a) consents to any such Different Identification Method that the Board or Committee may prescribe at
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such Different Election that the Board or Committee may make at any time for purposes of identifying the service providers who will be subject to the Six
Month Delay with respect to payments under this Plan, and (b) agrees that the Participant’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 (c) waives any right he or she may have to consent to the Different Identification Method or Different Election in question if for any reason the Participant’s consent to such Different
Identification Method or Different Election is not legally effective. 
 5.3 Installments Rule. If any Participant or
beneficiary has any right under this Plan to “a series of installment payments that is not a life annuity” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), then such right 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). 
 5.4 General 409A Provisions. Any
compensation that may be paid or provided pursuant to this Plan is intended to qualify for an exclusion from Section 409A of the Code or to comply with Section 409A of the Code, so that none of such compensation will be includible in any
Plan Participant’s federal gross income pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code. This Plan shall be administered, interpreted and construed to carry out such intention, and any provision of this Plan that cannot be so administered,
interpreted and construed shall to that extent be disregarded. However, the Company and any other person or entity with any responsibility for the Plan (including, but not limited to, the Board) do not represent, warrant or guarantee that any
compensation that may be paid or provided pursuant to this Plan will not be includible in a Plan Participant’s federal gross income pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code, nor do the Company and other persons and entities with any
responsibility for the Plan make any other representation, warranty or guaranty to any Plan Participant as to the tax consequences of this Plan or of participation in this Plan. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts are includible in a Plan
Participant’s federal gross income pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code, the payment of benefits will be accelerated to the extent determined by the Committee and permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(vii).

  

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 SECTION 6 
 ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 6.1 Administration. The Committee shall have
full power and authority to interpret and construe the terms of this Plan, and to administer it, and the Committee’s interpretations and construction thereof, and actions thereunder, including, but not limited to determining the amount or
recipient of any benefits to be made therefrom, shall be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes. The Board, the Committee, the Benefits Committee, their individual members, and such persons’ agents and representatives of the
Board shall not be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of this Plan unless attributable to willful misconduct or lack of good faith. 
 6.2 Expenses of Administration. All expenses incurred in connection with the execution of this Plan and in carrying out the provisions
hereof shall be paid by the Company. 
 6.3 Information from Participant. Each Participant shall furnish to the Company such
information as the Company may reasonably request for purposes of the proper administration of the provisions of this Plan. 
 6.4 No
Employment Rights. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed as a contract of employment between the Company and a Participant, or as a right of any Participant to be continued in the employment of the Company, or as a limitation of
the right of the Company to discharge any of its Participants, with or without cause. Any benefit payable under this Plan shall not be deemed salary, earnings, or other compensation to the Participant for the purpose of computing benefits to which
he may be entitled under any qualified retirement plan or other arrangement of the Company for the benefit of its employees. 
 6.5
Restrictions on Alienation and Assignment. Neither a Participant nor any other person having or claiming to have an interest under this Plan shall have the right to assign, transfer, hypothecate, encumber, commute or anticipate any interest
in any payments hereunder, and such payments shall not in any way be subject to any legal process to levy upon or attach the sum for payment of any such claim against the Participant or other person. 
 6.6 Facility of Payment. If the Committee shall find, upon receipt of medical evidence or legal representations satisfactory to the
Committee, that any Participant or other person to whom a benefit is payable is unable to care for such person’s affairs because of illness or accident, any payment due hereunder (unless a prior and valid claim therefor shall have been made by
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to any person or persons determined by the Committee to have incurred expense for such Participant. Any payment shall be a complete discharge of all
liability hereunder. 
 6.7 Failure to Claim Amounts Payable. In the event that any amount shall become payable hereunder to a
person and, after written notice from the Company mailed to such person’s last known address as shown in the Company’s records and after diligent effort, the Company is unable to locate such person, the Company shall apply to a court of
competent jurisdiction for direction as to the distribution of such amount. 
 6.8 Amendment and Termination. The
Board reserves the right to amend and/or terminate the Plan 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. 
 6.9 Gender and Number. All the words and terms used herein, regardless of the number and gender in which they shall be used, shall be
deemed to include any other number, singular and plural, and any other gender, masculine and feminine, as the context may require. 
 6.10 Law Applicable. This Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut to the extent not superseded by federal law. 
 6.11 Delegation of Authority. The Board, the Committee, and the Benefits Committee may delegate the responsibilities allocated to them under the terms of this Plan to others, including, but not limited
to, a Board delegation to the Committee or the Benefits Committee, a Committee or Benefits Committee delegation to one or more members, and a delegation by the Board or one of the committees to Company employees. As long as the delegation is lawful,
neither an employee nor any other person shall have the right to raise any questions relating to such delegation of authority and responsibility for interpreting, construing, and administering the Plan. 
 6.12 Releases. Any provision of this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, each payment to a person hereunder shall be contingent on the
person having executed and delivered to the Company, at such time and times in advance of the payment date as the Committee or its delegate may specify, any covenant agreement and release of claims that the Committee or its delegate may require, and
on any such covenant and release of claims having become irrevocable by their terms in advance of the payment date. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee or its delegate may require a covenant and release to be executed and
delivered to the Company within a specified period of time following the Participant’s Separation from Service, and another release to be executed and delivered to the Company within a specified period of time following another event or date as
the Committee or its delegate may specify. Amounts not paid hereunder due to a failure to execute any covenant or release required by the Committee shall be treated as forfeited. 
  

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