Document:

EX-10.9

 Exhibit 10.9 
 January 9, 2012 
 Mr. Steve Bigelow 

Dear Steve: 

Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. (the “Company”) has determined that, given the nature of your position, the interests of the Company
will be best served by providing you the assurance of separation benefits, as described below, in the event that your employment is terminated by the Company other than for cause. Therefore, the purpose of this letter is to confirm the agreement
between you and the Company concerning termination of your employment and certain ancillary matters, as follows and is hereafter referred to as “Agreement”: 
  

	 	1.	Term of this Agreement: Subject to earlier termination as hereafter provided, this Agreement is for a period of two (2) years beginning January 1, 2012
and ending December 31, 2014. However, after the initial two year period, this Agreement shall continue from year to year, herein referred to as “Evergreen” continuation. 

 

	 	a.	Title and reporting: Your title of President, Bell Sports may only be adjusted or changed with your consent, and you may decline such title change unless such
change is a clear promotion in title and responsibility. 

  

	 	2.	Compensation during the Term of the Agreement: Your base salary, bonus percentage, housing subsidy and automobile allowance may be increased but not decreased
during the initial Term of the Agreement. Housing subsidy is only payable while you are assigned and required to work in a California location of the Company. Currently such amounts are as follows: 

 

	 	a.	Base Annual Salary-$360,000 

  

	 	b.	Bonus Opportunity Percentage-75% 

  

	 	c.	Housing Subsidy- $100,000 (Which includes value of gross-up) 

  

	 	d.	Participation in the Easton-Bell Sports, LLC Equity Incentive Plan (“the Plan”): is subject to the terms and conditions of that plan and nothing
contained herein will change the terms and conditions of the Plan. 

  

	 	3.	Separation Benefits. If your employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, as defined below, the Company will provide you the following
separation payments and other benefits in exchange for periodic consulting to the Company (in the aggregate, the “Separation Benefits”), provided that you satisfy the conditions set forth in this Agreement 

 

	 	(a)	The Company will provide you Separation pay, at the same rate as that of your base salary on the date your employment terminates (the “Termination Date”), for
the period of Eighteen months (18 months) following the Termination Date (the “Separation Pay Period). Such rate to include base pay, housing and automobile allowances. Separation pay will be provided you in the form of salary continuation in
accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices, but not less than eight days following receipt of your signed release of claims and subject to the Timing requirements of this Agreement. The Housing Subsidy payment shall not, however,
continue after the date of move to a different location as it is only payable while residing in the State of CA. 

  

	 	(b)	Timing of Payments: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of Separation, you are a “specified employee” as defined within
the meaning of Treasury regulations such payments will be made in a manner and time consistent to comply with sections 409A and 404 (c). The Company reserves the right to change this language than at the time it changes all employment Agreements and
contracts for compliance with Section 409A and 404(c) or at other dates from time to time as necessary to comply with securities, tax and treasury regulations. 

(c) Provided that you and your eligible dependents, if any, exercise your rights to continue participation in the Company’s group
health and dental plans in a timely manner under the federal law known as “COBRA,” the Company will pay the premium cost of your participation and that of your eligible dependents in those plans from the Termination Date until the earliest
to occur of (i) the last day of the Separation Pay Period, (ii) the date you become eligible to enroll in the health and/or dental plan of another employer or (iii) the date you or any of your dependents otherwise ceases to be
eligible to continue participation in these Company plans under COBRA. You agree to notify the Company promptly if you become eligible to enroll in the health or dental plan of another employer or if you or any of your dependents otherwise ceases to
be eligible for continued coverage under COBRA. After the Company’s contributions end, you may continue coverage for the remainder of the COBRA period, if any, by paying the full premium cost plus a small administrative fee. All requirements
under federal COBRA laws and tax laws will be followed by the Company in the administration of your health benefits. 
 (d) The
Company’s responsibility and your obligations for payment of Bonus in 2012 is stated in Exhibit B to this Agreement. In succeeding years, the Company will pay you a pro-rated annual bonus for the final year in which the Termination Date
occurs. The bonus will be determined by multiplying the annual bonus you would have received had you continued employment through the last day of that fiscal year by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days you were employed during
the fiscal year, through the Termination Date, and the denominator of which is 365. The pro-rated bonus will be payable at the time annual bonuses are paid to Company executives generally under its bonus plan. Such payout would be subject to all
other terms and metrics of the plan. 
 (e) In addition to the pro-rated annual bonus to be provided under Section 1(c)
immediately above, in the event that the Termination Date occurs prior to the date on which payment is made of annual bonuses for the immediately preceding fiscal year, you will be paid that annual bonus on the later of the date annual bonuses for
that preceding fiscal year are paid to Company executives generally and the payday on which the first payment is made under Section 1(a) of this Agreement. 
 (f) At your option, the Company will relocate your household goods and up to two automobiles from The Scotts Valley-Santa Cruz, CA region to the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Metroplex. This option is available
for up to twelve months past your effective Separation Date. 

 Note that your Housing Subsidy will terminate upon the relocation of your household goods to TX, as such
subsidy is only payable while residing in the state of CA. 
 (g) In addition to the Separation benefits described above
you will receive any payment due for base salary for the final payroll period of your employment through the Termination Date, and pay, at your final base salary rate, for any vacation you have earned but not used as of the Termination Date and
reimbursement of any business expenses incurred on or before the Termination Date which are eligible for reimbursement under Company policies then in effect and are submitted by you with required documentation and substantiation no later than sixty
(60) days following the Termination Date. 
 (h) Except for any right you and your eligible dependents, if any, have to
continue participation in the Company’s group health and dental plans under COBRA following termination of your employment, your participation in Company benefit plans will terminate on the Termination Date in accordance with the terms thereof
and will not continue while you are a paid consultant to the Company. 
 (i) (intentionally not included for purposes of
clarity) 
 (j) As previously outlined above any equity in Easton-Bell Sports, LLC that you hold on the Termination Date shall
be governed by the terms of the Unit Certificate, the Plan and the LLC Agreement, as applicable. 
 4. Conditions to
Separation Benefit Eligibility. In order to be eligible to receive the Separation Benefits, you must meet all of the following conditions: 
 (a) In May, 2012, you and the Company will meet to determine how the operation of the brands ( Bell and Giro) in their separate manner is succeeding. At that time you may voluntarily elect to leave and
receive separation benefits as defined herein. 
 (b) Between May 31 and December 31, 2012, you may resign and receive
Separation Benefits, provided you transition your role as directed by the President & CEO and provide no less than 90 days notice. (c) After December 31, 2012, in order to receive the Separation Benefits defined herein your
employment must be terminated by the Company for a reason other than for Cause. A termination of employment by the Company for Cause or such a termination resulting from death or from disability (meaning termination as a result of your being unable
to perform the essential functions of your job with or without accommodation after exhaustion of any leave to which you are entitled or which is otherwise granted you by the Company voluntarily) or any resignation by you of your employment shall not
qualify you for Separation Benefits, except as specifically provided for in (a) above for 2012, where your resignation will still result in payment of Separation Benefits. 

(c) Following the Termination Date, in order to receive any Separation Benefits, you must sign and return in a timely and effective
release of claims in the form that is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (the “Release”). The Release creates legally binding obligations and the Company advises you to seek the advice of an attorney before signing it.

 (d) You must comply meet in full your obligations under this Agreement during your
employment and thereafter, in accordance with its terms. 
 (e) The Executive may terminate his employment hereunder for Good
Reason upon notice to the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without the Executive’s consent, the occurrence of any one or more of the
following events: 
 (i) the material breach of this Agreement by the Company which is not cured, if curable,
within twenty (20) days after written notice to the Company specifying in reasonable detail the nature of such breach; 
 (ii) a material diminution of any of the Executive’s significant duties or the assignment to the Executive of material duties inconsistent with his position 

(iii) any reduction in or failure to pay the Base Salary or any failure to pay any Annual Bonus to which the Executive is
entitled hereunder or any failure to provide benefits in accordance with this Agreement or any material failure to provide Executive Perquisites in accordance with this Agreement, in each case only after the Company has been given an opportunity,
and has failed, to cure any such event within twenty (20) days following the Executive’s written notice to the Company specifying in reasonable detail the nature of the reduction or failure; 

(iv) any relocation of the Executive’s primary worksite to a site that is more than thirty-five (35) miles from
the Executive’s current office location (Scotts Valley, CA) without agreement by the Executive 
 (v)
subjection of the Executive to a working environment sufficiently hostile or otherwise adverse as to satisfy the general legal standard for a constructive discharge, provided that the Executive provides the Company written notice specifying in
reasonable detail the circumstances rendering the working environment hostile or otherwise adverse and the Company fails within twenty (20) days of that notice to take remedial action to mitigate those circumstances. Note: The Executive may in
writing waive a breach of one portion of the Agreement on a voluntary basis for a specified period of time without invalidating the Separation Benefits for other breaches. For example, an Executive may agree to a voluntary reduction in pay for a
temporary period without invalidating any other provision of the Agreement. 
 5. Employee’s Ancillary Covenants. It
is acknowledged and agreed that the following covenants, which shall apply throughout your employment and following its termination (regardless of how it occurs) are ancillary to this Agreement between you and the Company with respect to your
Separation benefits: 
 (a) Confidential Information. You agree that the Company and its Affiliates (as defined below)
continually develop Confidential Information (as defined below); that you have developed and may hereafter develop Confidential Information for the Company and its Affiliates; and that you have learned and may learn hereafter of Confidential
Information during the course of employment. You agree to comply with the policies and procedures of the 

 
Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and agree not to disclose to any Person or use any Confidential Information that you have obtained or obtain hereafter incident
to your employment or any other associations with the Company or any of its Affiliates, other than as required for the proper performance of your regular duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Immediate Affiliates or as required by
applicable law or legal process after notice to the Company and a reasonable opportunity for the Company to see protection of the Confidential Information prior to its disclosure. You agree that these restrictions shall continue to apply after your
employment terminates, regardless of the reason for termination. The confidentiality obligation under this Section 4(a) does not apply, however, to information that is generally known or readily available to the public at the time of disclosure
or becomes generally known through no wrongful act on your part or that of any other Person having an obligation of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Affiliates. 
 (b) Protection of Documents. All documents, records and files, in any media of whatever kind and description, relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or any of its
Affiliates, and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “Documents”), whether or not prepared by you, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. You agree to safeguard all Documents and to surrender to the Company, at
the time your employment terminates (without regard to the reason for termination) or at such earlier time or times as the Company may specify, all Documents and other property of the Company and its Affiliates then in your possession or control.

 (c) Restricted Activities. You acknowledge the importance to the Company and its Immediate Affiliates of protecting
their trade secrets, other Confidential Information and goodwill that they have developed or acquired and which they shall continue to develop and acquire while your employment continues. Further, in addition to assurances of Separation Benefits in
accordance with this Agreement, the Company agrees, in consideration of your acceptance of the restrictions set forth below, to grant you access to trade secrets and other Confidential Information of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates as well
as to their valuable relationships with employees and others. You in turn acknowledge and agree that the restrictions on your activities during and after your employment set forth below are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information
and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates: 
 (i) You agree that, during your
employment with the Company and, you will not, directly or indirectly, alone or in association with others, anywhere in the United States where the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates is doing or actively planning to do business, own, manage,
operate, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or be connected as an officer, employee, investor, principal, joint venturer, shareholder, partner, director, consultant, agent or otherwise with, or have any
financial interest (through equity ownership or otherwise) in, any business, venture or activity that directly or indirectly competes, or is in planning, or has undertaken any preparation, to compete, with the business of the Company or any of its
Immediate Affiliates (a “Competitor”), except that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent your wholly passive ownership of five percent (5%) or less of the equity securities of any Competitor that is a publicly-traded
company. 

 (ii) You agree that for the period of Eighteen (18) months immediately
following the Termination Date, however it occurs, you will be considered a paid consultant to our Company and will therefore not do substantially the same or similar work as you did prior to Termination, as either an employee or consultant with a
company that directly competes in our cycling and snow businesses including but not limited to : Doral Industries, Specialized, Trek, Smith or Burton. Topeak, Mavic, Avenir. 

(iii) You agree that, during your employment with the Company and for the period of Eighteen (18) months
immediately following the Termination Date, however it occurs, you will be considered a consultant to our Company and will therefore not, directly or indirectly, hire or otherwise engage to provide services or attempt to hire or so engage, any
employee or independent contractor providing services to the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates; assist in such hiring or engagement by any other person or entity; or encourage any employee or independent contractor providing services to the
Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates to terminate or diminish his or her relationship with the Company or such Immediate Affiliate. For purposes of this Agreement, an “employee” means any person who was employed by, or had an offer
of employment from, the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates on the Termination Date or at any time during the preceding six months and an “independent contractor” means any person otherwise providing services to the Company or any
of its Immediate Affiliates on the Termination Date or at any time during the preceding six months. 
 (iii)
You agree that, during your employment with the Company and for the period of Eighteen (18) months immediately following the Termination Date, however it occurs, you will not, directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage any customer or other
Person doing business with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates to terminate or diminish its relationship with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates; provided, however, that, after termination of your employment with the Company,
these restrictions shall apply only with respect to those customers and other Persons doing business with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates on the Termination Date or at any time during the preceding six (6) months whom you know or
reasonably should know is a customer or otherwise doing business with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates. 
 (d)
Enforcement of Covenants. You acknowledge that you have carefully read and considered all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the restraints imposed on you under this Section. You agree without reservation that each of the
restraints contained here is necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the goodwill, Confidential Information and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates; that each and every one of those restraints is
reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area; and that these restraints, individually or in the aggregate, will not prevent you from obtaining other suitable employment during the period in which you are bound by these
restraints. You also acknowledge that if you were to breach any of the covenants contained in this Section, the damage to the Company and its Immediate Affiliates would be irreparable. You therefore agree that the Company, in addition to any other
remedies available to it, shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach by you of any of these covenants. You and the Company also agree that, in the event any provision of this Section
shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a time, too large a geographic area or too great a range of activities, that provision shall be deemed to be modified to
permit its enforcement to the maximum extent permitted by law. 
  

 6. Withholding. All payments made by the Company under this Agreement shall be
reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law. 
 7. Definitions. For
purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions apply: 
 (a) “Affiliates” means all persons and entities
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, where control may be by management authority, contract or equity interest. 
 (b) Termination by the Company for “Cause” shall mean only (i) your refusal or willful failure to perform, or serious negligence in the performance of, your duties and responsibilities for
the Company which remains uncured, continues or recurs after ten (10) business days’ notice from the Company describing in reasonable detail the nature of the refusal, failure or neglect; (ii) your material breach of breach of this
Agreement or of any fiduciary duty or duty of loyalty owed to the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates; (iii) fraud or other material dishonesty with respect to the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates (meaning its direct and
indirect parents and subsidiaries and its parents other direct and indirect subsidiaries); or (iv) other conduct that is, or could reasonably be expected to be, materially harmful to the business interests or reputation of the Company or any of
its Immediate Affiliates. 
 (c) “Confidential Information” means any and all information of the Company and its
Immediate Affiliates that is not generally known by those with whom the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates competes or does business, or with whom the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates plans to compete or do business, including
without limitation 
 (i) information related to the Products, technical data, methods, processes, know-how and inventions of
the Company and its Immediate Affiliates, 
 (ii) the development, research, testing, marketing and financial activities and
strategic plans of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates, 
 (iii) their costs and sources of supply, 

(iv) the identity and special needs of the customers and prospective customers of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates and

 (v) the employees and other Persons with whom the Company and its Immediate Affiliates have business relationships and the
nature and substance of those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates may receive or has received from customers, employees or others with any understanding, express or implied,
that the information would not be disclosed. 
  

 (d) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a partnership, an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization, other than the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates. 
 (e) “Products” means all products planned, researched, developed, tested, manufactured, sold, licensed, leased or otherwise distributed or put into use by the Company or any of its Immediate
Affiliates, together with all services provided or planned by the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates, during your employment. 
 8.
Miscellaneous. This is the entire agreement between you and the Company, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications, agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may
not be modified or amended, and no breach shall be treated as being waived, unless in writing and signed by you and an expressly authorized representative of the Company. Provisions of this Agreement shall survive any termination if so provided here
or if necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of other surviving provisions, including without limitation the obligations of the Company in the event of a termination of your employment by the Company other than for Cause and your
obligations stated herein. The headings of this Agreement are only for convenience and are not part of this Agreement. This Agreement is a contract for the provision of Separation benefits in accordance with its terms and is not intended, and shall
not be interpreted, to restrict your right or that of the Company to terminate your employment relationship with the Company. Nor does this Agreement in any way restrict the Company’s alteration of any of the terms or conditions of your
employment, other than as expressly provided herein. 
 9. Severability: If any portion of this Agreement shall be to any extent declared
illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the the remained of this Agreement, or the application of such portion of provision in circumstances other than those as to which is so declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not
be affected thereby and each portion and provision of the Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent of the law possible. This is a Texas contract and shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas. 
 10. Disputes: In the event of disputes under this Agreement, both you and the Company agree to submit such disputes to binding
arbitration. The Arbitrator to be jointly selected from a list of Arbitrators who are members of the American Arbitration Association and who perform such services within a 50 mile range of Dallas, TX The prevailing party’s costs will be
assumed by the non-prevailing party. 

 If the terms of this Agreement are acceptable to you, please so indicate by signing and
returning the original of this letter to me within ten (10) business days of its date. The second copy is for your records. 
  

 

							
		 		 	Sincerely,
		 		 	EASTON-BELL SPORTS, INC.
			
		 		 	/s/ Jackelyn E. Werblo
			
		 		 	Jackelyn E. Werblo
		 		 	Senior Vice President- Human Resources

  

	
	/s/ Steve Bigelow
	Steve Bigelow
	
	 1/9/12

	Date

 Exhibit A 
 RELEASE OF CLAIMS 
  

	4.	 FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the benefits to be provided me in connection with the termination of my employment, as set forth in the agreement between
me and Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. (the “Company”) dated on or about January 9, 2012 (the “Agreement”), which are conditioned on my signing this Release of Claims and to which I am not otherwise entitled, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, Steve Bigelow, on my own behalf and on behalf of my heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, representatives and assigns, and all others connected with
me, hereby release and forever discharge the Company and its Affiliates (as defined in the Agreement) and all of their respective past, present and future officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, general and limited partners, members,
managers, joint venturers, representatives, successors and assigns, and all others connected with any of them, both individually and in their official capacities, from any and all causes of action, rights and claims of any type or description, known
or unknown, which I have had in the past, from the beginning of time, now have, or might now have, through the date of my signing of this Release of Claims, including without limitation any causes of action, rights or claims in any way resulting
from, arising out of or connected with my employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates or the termination of that employment or pursuant to any federal, state or local law, regulation or other requirement to the Company (jointly, “Company
Releasees”) from the all claims debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, promises, acts, agreements, contracts, losses, suits, indemnities, duties, costs and expense (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, damages, actions and
causes of action of whatsoever kind or nature), and all rights or claims regarding Employee’s employment with the Company. This shall include but not be limited to a release of any rights or claims arising under any state or federal statute or
common law regulating or affecting employment including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act [which prohibits discrimination and harassment in employment based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical
disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual harassment, age, sexual orientation, or retaliation]; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 [which prohibits discrimination
in employment based on race, color, national origin, religion or sex or sexual harassment]; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA); Executive Order 11246 [which prohibits age discrimination]; Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 [which prohibits disability discrimination]; Labor Code Sections 1050 through 1054 [which prohibit attempts to prevent reemployment]; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) [which prohibits wrongful denial of employee
benefits]; California Labor Code Section 132a [which prohibits discrimination based on filing of workers’ compensation claim]; the Equal Pay Act [which prohibits paying men and women unequal pay for equal work]; The Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) [which prohibits discrimination based on disability]; or any and all state or local statutes, ordinances, or regulations, as well as all claims arising under federal, state or local laws

 
involving any tort, employment contract (express or implied), public policy, wrongful discharge, or any other claim, and prohibiting employment discrimination or restricting statutes, ordinances,
or regulations, as well as all claims arising under Company’s right to hire, promote, discipline or terminate employees. Employee irrevocably unconditionally waives, releases and forever discharges Company Releasees from all State Labor Code
claims and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims (including, without limitation, claims for unpaid wages, bonuses, unpaid overtime compensation, meal period and rest breaks, interest, liquidated damages, penalties of any kind, as well as any claims
for attorneys’ fees, Private Attorney General Act penalties, and costs related thereto) that Employee has or may have against Company Releasees whether known or unknown, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from any events occurring from
inception of his employment until the execution of this Agreement. 
 Compliance with California Civil Code:
Employee understands and agrees that this release extends to all claims of every nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past or present, and that any and all rights granted to Employee under Section 1542 of the California Civil
Code or any similar federal law or regulation are hereby expressly waived. Section 1542 provides: 
 “A general
release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”

 Employee certifies that he has read and understood this general release and Section 1542 and that he expressly waives
any right or benefit available to him in any capacity under the provisions of Section 1542. 
 Excluded from the scope of this Release of
Claims is (i) any claim arising under the terms of the Agreement after the effective date of this Release of Claim and (ii) any right of indemnification or contribution that I have pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of
the Company or any of the governing documents of its Immediate Affiliates (as defined in the Agreement). 
 In signing this Release of Claims, I
acknowledge my understanding that I may not sign it prior to the termination of my employment, but that I may consider the terms of this Release of Claims for up to twenty-one (21) days (or such longer period as the Company may specify) from
the date my employment with the Company terminates. I also acknowledge that I have been advised by the Company in the Agreement to seek the advice of an attorney prior to signing this Release of Claims; that I have had sufficient time to consider
this Release of Claims and to consult with an attorney, if I wished to do so, or to consult with any other person of my choosing before signing; and that I am signing this Release of Claims voluntarily and with a full understanding of its terms.

  

 I further acknowledge that, in signing this Release of Claims, I have not relied on any promises or
representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly in the Agreement. I understand that I may revoke this Release of Claims at any time within seven (7) days of the date of my signing by written notice to the Company c/o
Jackelyn Werblo, 6225 N. State Highway 161, Irving, TX 75038, or to such other address as the Company party may specify and that this Release of Claims will take effect only upon the expiration of such seven-day revocation period and only if I have
not timely revoked it. 
 Intending to be legally bound, I have signed this Release of Claims as of the date written below. 

 

									
	 	 		 	Date:	 	 	 	
	Steve Bigelow	 		 		 		 	

 (Balance of Page Intentionally Left Blank) 

 Exhibit B 
 2012 Bonus Addendum 
 The Company will guarantee 50% of your Bonus in
2012, payable regardless of whether you are employed or separated during 2012. 
 This will operate as follows: 

 

	 	1.	In the event The Company initiates your separation during 2012, you will receive 100% of your Bonus for 2012, payable at the time all bonuses are paid, without regard
to achievement of metrics. 

  

	 	2.	If you initiate the Separation for any reason in 2012, before December 31, 2012, you will receive 50% of your bonus, regardless of achievement of metrics. Bonus
payout will not increase above 50% if you initiate the Separation for any reason before December 31, 2012. 

  

	 	3.	If you remain employed by EBS in 2012, The Company will guarantee 50% of your Bonus in 2012, and the balance is based upon achievement of bonus metrics—so you may
earn full bonus if metrics are achieved. 

  

	 	4.	For purposes of clarity, if you initiate a Separation on December 31, 2012, and the Company does not require a transition period you would not earn any pro-rata
bonus in 2013. 

  

							
	Signed: /s/ Jackelyn E.
Werblo                                 on behalf of Easton-Bell Sports,
Inc.	 	Date: 1/9/12
				
	Signed: /s/ Steve
Bigelow                        	 		 		 	Date: 1/9/12
	              Steve BigelowEX-10.10

 Exhibit 10.10 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. (the “Company”) and Thomas T. Merrigan (the “Executive”), dated as of the 1st day of December, 2011. 

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Executive agree as
follows: 
 1. Employment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby offers,
and the Executive hereby accepts, continued employment which began on or about June 1, 2010. 
 2. Term. Subject to
earlier termination as hereafter provided, the initial term of Executive’s employment hereunder shall have been deemed to have commenced on June 1, 2010 and end on January 31, 2013 and, following the initial term, shall automatically
renew thereafter for successive terms of one year each. The term of this Agreement, as from time to time renewed, is hereafter referred to as “the term of this Agreement” or “the term hereof.” 

3. Capacity and Performance. 
 (a) During his employment hereunder, the Executive shall serve the Company as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel (“EVP and GC”) reporting to the President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company (the “CEO”). 
 (b) During the term hereof, the Executive shall be employed by the
Company on a full-time basis. He shall have the duties and responsibilities of EVP and GC with respect to the legal matters of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates, and as may be assigned by the CEO or the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) or a committee thereof from time to time. 
 (c) Subject to business travel as necessary or desirable
for the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Executive’s primary worksite shall be in the greater Boston, MA area. Such business travel, as necessary, may be purchased as first class tickets when such
flights exceed three and one half hours of flight time. 
 (d) During the term hereof, the Executive shall devote his full
business time and best efforts, business judgment, skill and knowledge exclusively to the advancement of the business and interests of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates and to the discharge of his duties and responsibilities hereunder. During
the term of this Agreement, the Executive may engage in passive management of his personal investments and in such community and charitable activities as do not individually or in the aggregate give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise
interfere with his performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder. It is agreed that the Executive shall not accept membership on a board of directors or other governing board of any Person (as defined in Section 13 hereof)
without the prior approval of the Board or its authorized representative. It also is agreed that if the Board subsequently determines, and gives notice to the Executive, that any such membership, previously approved, is materially inconsistent with
the Executive’s obligations under Section 7, Section 8 or Section 9 of this Agreement or gives rise to a material conflict of interest, the Executive shall cease such activity promptly following notice from
the Company. 
  

 4. Compensation and Benefits. As compensation for all services performed by the
Executive under and during the term hereof and subject to performance of the Executive’s duties and of the obligations of the Executive to the Company and its Affiliates, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise: 

(a) Base Salary. 
 (i) the Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($360,500.00) per annum, payable in accordance with the payroll practices of the Company for its
executives and, subject to annual review by the compensation committee of the Board and to increase, but not decrease, in the discretion of such committee or the Board. The Executive’s base salary, as from time to time increased, is hereafter
referred to as the “Base Salary.” 
 (b) Office Stipend. For the term of the agreement and each renewal period
the Company will provide Executive with an annual non-accountable net (after taxes) office stipend of $50,000 divided and payable in equal monthly payments. The Company will also reimburse up to $50,000 of office expenses in addition to the
non-accountable stipend. 
 (c) Bonus Compensation. For each fiscal year completed during the term hereof, the Executive
shall have the opportunity to earn an annual bonus (“Annual Bonus”) under the executive incentive plan then applicable to the Company’s executives, as in effect from time to time, based on target objectives determined by the
Board or a designated committee thereof after consultation with the CEO. Executive’s target bonus under the Executive incentive plan shall be Seventy Five (75%) of the Base Salary plus the annual non-accountable net office stipend. The
Annual Bonus may exceed target if achievement exceeds the target objectives. For each year, the Executive’s bonus will be tied to achievement of EBITDA(25%) and attainment of specific company legal objectives (75%). Any Annual Bonus due to the
Executive hereunder will be payable not later than two and one-half months following the close of the fiscal year for which the bonus was earned or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended (“Section 409A”). Except as otherwise provided in Section 5 hereof, the Executive must be employed on the last day of a fiscal year in
order to be eligible to earn an Annual Bonus for that fiscal year. 
 (d) Equity Participation. Pursuant to the
Company’s offer of employment and periodic grants thereafter, Executive has received 4,114, 817 “b” units. Units granted to the Executive after the date hereof shall be at the discretion of the Board of Managers of Easton Bell Sports,
LLC (the “Parent”) and subject to the Easton Bell Sports, LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as amended from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), to the Easton Bell Sports, LLC 2006
Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), or any subsequent equity incentive plan and to any unit certificate and/or other agreements and requirements as the Parent may adopt from time to time for those
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 (e) Employee Benefit Plans. During the term hereof, the Executive shall be entitled
to participate in all “Employee Benefit Plans,” as that term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including both health and welfare plans and retirement plans, from time to time in effect for executives of the Company
generally, except to the extent any of the Employee Benefit Plans is duplicative of a benefit otherwise provided to the Executive under this Agreement. The Executive’s participation shall be subject to the terms of the applicable Employee
Benefit Plan documents and generally applicable Company policies. The Company reserves the right and Executive agrees to accept any modification or change in employee benefit plans so long as such change applies to the group of participants eligible
for the benefit plan. 
 (f) Car Allowance. The Company shall provide the Executive a non-accountable expense allowance
for an automobile and its expenses in the amount of Eight Hundred Dollars per month ($800); which amount shall be subject to federal, state and local income and employment taxes). 

(g) Vacations. During the term hereof, the Executive will be entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation per year, to be taken at
such times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive, subject to the reasonable business needs of the Company and with the approval of the Board or a committee thereof. Vacation shall otherwise be governed by the policies of the Company,
as in effect from time to time. 
 (h) Directors & Officers Insurance Coverage. During the term hereof, the
Company shall provide the Executive the same coverage under any directors and officers (“D&O”) liability insurance which the Company elects to maintain as it provides to its other executives and, after the termination of her
employment hereunder, the same rights of indemnification and contribution, and the same coverage under any D&O liability insurance it elects to maintain, as its other former executives. The Company shall be under no obligation hereunder,
however, to maintain any D&O liability insurance. 
 5. Termination of Employment and Severance Benefits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 hereof, the Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate during the term hereof under the following circumstances: 

(a) Death. In the event of the Executive’s death during the term hereof, the Executive’s employment hereunder
shall immediately and automatically terminate. In such event, promptly following the date of termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company (hereafter, the “Date of Termination”), the Company shall pay promptly to his
estate the Final Compensation (as defined in Section 13 hereof). In addition to Final Compensation: (A) Subject to the Board’s discretion as provided in Section 4(b), the Company will pay to the Executive’s
estate an Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs, determined by multiplying the Annual Bonus the Executive would have received had He continued employment through the last day of that fiscal year by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days he was employed during the fiscal year, through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 (a “Final Pro-Rated Bonus”). Such Final
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Rated Bonus will be (i) based on an assumed bonus of no less than the Annual Bonus received by the Executive (if any) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the Date of
Termination occurs and (ii) payable at the time annual bonuses are paid to Company executives generally under its executive incentive plan. (B) The Company will pay the full premium cost of health and dental plan coverage for each of the
Executive’s qualified beneficiaries for thirty-six (36) months from the Date of Termination or until the date the qualified beneficiary ceases to be eligible for coverage continuation under the federal law commonly known as
“COBRA,” whichever is less; provided, however, that in order to be eligible for the Company’s payments hereunder the qualified beneficiary must elect in a timely manner to continue coverage under the Company’s health and dental
plans under COBRA. 
 (b) Disability. 

(i) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, upon notice to the
Executive, in the event that the Executive becomes disabled during her employment through any illness, injury, accident or condition of either a physical or psychological nature and, as a result, is unable to perform substantially all of her duties
and responsibilities hereunder, notwithstanding the provision of any reasonable accommodation (exclusive of the leave of absence provided hereunder), for one hundred and eighty (180) days during any period of three hundred and sixty-five
(365) consecutive calendar days. In the event of such termination, and provided that the Executive satisfies in full all of the conditions set forth in Section 5(h) hereof, then, in addition to Final Compensation, the Company shall
provide the Executive the following: (A) The Company will pay the Executive a Final Pro-Rated Bonus for the fiscal year on which the Date of Termination occurs, payable at the time annual bonuses are paid to Company executives generally under
its executive incentive plan or, if later on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Date of Termination (subject to Section 5(h) hereof). (B) The Company will pay the full premium cost of health and dental plan coverage for Executive and her
qualified beneficiaries the full period of COBRA, following the Date of Termination or, until the date the Executive and her qualified beneficiaries cease to be eligible for coverage continuation under COBRA, whichever is less; provided,
however, that in order to be eligible for the Company’s premium payments hereunder the Executive and each qualified beneficiary must elect in a timely manner to continue coverage under the Company’s health and dental plans under
COBRA. (C) If the Executive fails to satisfy the requirements to participate in the Company’s long-term disability insurance plan, the Company will continue to pay the Executive the Base Salary from the Date of Termination until the
expiration of twelve (12) months thereafter or, if earlier, until the date the Executive recovers sufficiently from illness or injury to resume work on a substantially full-time basis (the “Recovery Date”), with payments
commencing on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Date
of Termination (subject to Section 5(h) hereof), but with the first payment retroactive to the day immediately following the Date of Termination 
 (ii) The Board may designate another employee to act in the Executive’s place during any period of the Executive’s disability. Notwithstanding any such designation, the Executive shall continue
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conditions of any plans, policies, agreements and other documents to which reference is made therein (collectively, the “Plan Documents”), while disability continues, until the
Executive becomes eligible for disability income benefits under any disability plan in which He is a participant as a result of employment with the Company or until He recovers sufficiently to resume duties and responsibilities hereunder (provided
He does so within the aforesaid one hundred and eighty (180) days or such longer period as the Board in its discretion may provide) or until the termination of her employment, whichever shall first occur. If, while employment hereunder
continues, the Executive is receiving disability income benefits under any such disability plan, the Executive shall not be eligible to receive the Base Salary, but shall continue to be eligible for payments and benefits in accordance with
Sections 4(b) through 4(e) of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan Documents, until the earlier to occur of her recovery or the termination of employment under this Agreement. Executive agrees that
determination of disability benefits is solely determined by the insurance company providing such benefits to executives and employees. 
 (iii) If any question shall arise as to whether during any period the Executive is disabled through any illness, injury, accident or condition of either a physical or psychological nature so as to be
unable to perform substantially all of her duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Executive may, and at the request of the Company shall, submit to a medical examination by a physician selected by the Company to whom the Executive or her duly
appointed guardian, if any, has no reasonable objection to determine whether the Executive is so disabled and such determination shall for the purposes of this Agreement be conclusive of the issue. If such question shall arise and the Executive
shall fail to submit to such medical examination, the Company’s determination of the issue shall be binding on the Executive. 
 (c) By the Company for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause at any time upon notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of
such Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall be limited to: (i) Executive’s indictment, charge or conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, (A) a felony or (B) any other crime involving fraud or
material financial dishonesty or (C) any other crime involving moral turpitude that might be reasonably expected to, or does, materially adversely affect the Company or any of its Affiliates, whether that effect is to economics, to reputation
or otherwise; (ii) Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with regard to the Company or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to its Immediate Affiliates, which has a material adverse impact on Company or its
Affiliates, whether economic or to reputation or otherwise; (iii) Executive’s refusal or willful failure to substantially perform duties or to follow a material lawful written directive of the CEO or the Board or its designee within the
scope of the Executive’s duties hereunder which refusal or failure, in either case, remains uncured or continues after twenty (20) days’ written notice from the Board which references the potential for a “for Cause”
termination and specifies in reasonable detail the nature of the refusal or willful failure which must be cured; (iv) Executive’s theft, fraud or any material act of financial dishonesty related to the Company or any of its Affiliates;
(v) the failure by the Executive to disclose any legal impediments to her employment by the Company or breach of any of obligations to a former employer in connection with employment by the Company (e.g., her disclosure or use of proprietary
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Company without such former employer’s consent); provided that Executive has been provided with written notification of the foregoing and has been given five (5) days to present
any mitigating, corrective or clarifying information to the Board; (vi) the Executive’s breach or violation of those provisions of this Agreement setting forth the Executive’s obligations with respect to confidentiality,
non-competition and non-solicitation; or (vii) the Executive’s breach of any other material provision of this Agreement unless corrected by the Executive within twenty (20) days of the Company’s written notification to the
Executive of such breach. In the event of such termination, the Company shall have no obligation to the Executive under this Agreement other than provision of Final Compensation. Any equity in the Parent held by the Executive on the Date of
Termination shall be governed by the terms of the LLC Agreement, the applicable equity incentive plan and any applicable unit certification, agreements and other requirements. 
 (d) By the Company other than for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder other than for Cause at any time upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such
termination, and provided that the Executive satisfies in full all of the conditions set forth in Section 5(h) hereof, then, in addition to Final Compensation, the Executive, as compensation for her satisfying those conditions, shall be
entitled to the following: 
 (i) The Company shall pay the Executive a Final Pro-Rated
Bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs, payable at the time annual bonuses are paid to Company executives generally under its executive incentive plan or, if later, on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Date of Termination (subject to
Section 5(h) hereof). 
 (ii) The Company shall pay the Executive compensation
for the period of twelve (12) months following the Date of Termination, at the rate of one-twelfth of the Base Salary per month, commencing on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Date of Termination (subject to Section 5(h) hereof), but with the first payment being
retroactive to the day immediately following the Date of Termination. 
 (iii) The Company shall pay the full
premium cost of health and dental plan coverage for Executive and his qualified beneficiaries until the earliest to occur of (A) the expiration of eighteen (18) months following the Date of Termination, (B) the date the Executive
becomes eligible for participation in health and dental plans of another employer or (C) the date the Executive ceases to be eligible for participation under the Company’s health and dental plans under COBRA; provided,
however, that, in order to be eligible for the Company’s payments hereunder, the Executive and each qualified beneficiaries must elect in a timely manner to continue coverage under the Company’s health and dental plans under COBRA.

 (e) By the Executive for Good Reason. 

(i) The Executive may terminate employment hereunder for Good Reason by providing notice to the Company of the condition
giving rise to the Good Reason no later than thirty (30) days following the occurrence of the condition, by giving the Company thirty (30) days to remedy the condition and by terminating employment for Good Reason within thirty
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 (ii) For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall
mean, without the Executive’s consent, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (A) a material breach of this Agreement by the Company; (B) the material diminution of the Executive’s title from that of Executive
Vice President and General Counsel or of any of the Executive’s significant duties, authority or responsibilities; (C) any reduction in or failure to pay the Base Salary; or (D) any mandatory relocation of the Executive’s primary
worksite to a site outside of the State of Massachusetts. 
 (iii) In the event of termination in accordance
with this Section 5(e), and provided that the Executive satisfies in full all of the conditions set forth in Section 5(h) hereof, then, in addition to Final Compensation, the Company shall provide the Executive the same
bonus, compensation, premium payments and, Office Stipend He would have received under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of Section 5(d) had her employment been terminated by the Company other than for
Cause. 
 (f) By the Executive Other than for Good Reason. The Executive may terminate employment hereunder at any time
upon sixty (60) days’ notice to the Company. In the event of termination of the Executive pursuant to this Section 5(f), the Board may elect to waive the period of notice, or any portion thereof, and, if the Board so elects,
the Company will pay the Executive Base Salary for the initial sixty (60) days of the notice period (or for any remaining portion thereof). The Company’s only other obligation to the Executive hereunder shall be for Final Compensation, if
any. Any equity in the Parent held by the Executive on the Date of Termination shall be governed by the terms of the LLC Agreement, the applicable equity incentive plan and any applicable unit certification, agreements and other requirements.

 (g) Termination Following a Change of Control. In the event that there occurs a Change of Control, as defined in
Section 13(b) below, and during the period commencing on the day immediately following the occurrence of a Change of Control and ending twenty-four (24) months thereafter the Company terminates the Executive’s employment
hereunder other than for Cause in accordance with Section 5(d) or the Executive terminates her employment hereunder for Good Reason in accordance with Section 5(e) and provided that the Executive satisfies in full all of the
conditions set forth in Section 5(h) hereof, then, in addition to Final Compensation, the Executive, in lieu of any payment for which He would have been eligible under Section 5(d) or Section 5(e) hereof, will be
eligible for (A) a single lump sum payment equal to twelve (12) months of Base Salary, without offset for other earnings; (B) a Final Pro-Rated Bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs, payable at the time
bonuses are paid generally; (C) health and dental plan premium payments (or, as applicable, reimbursements) on the same terms and conditions applicable in the event of a termination other than for Cause or for Good Reason prior to a Change of
Control; and (D) Office Stipend subject to the following conditions Conditions:. The Executive’s eligibility to receive and retain any “Post-Employment Compensation” (meaning any and all compensation, of any kind, provided
in accordance with the applicable provision of Section 5 of this Agreement in connection with or following termination of employment, exclusive of Final Compensation) is subject to full satisfaction of all of the following as well as
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Section 7 below and (B) the assignment of rights to Intellectual Property (as hereafter defined) set forth in Section 8 below, but with the express understanding and
agreement of the parties that the Executive is free to elect not to comply with clause (i) below and is free not to forbear from competition or solicitation as set forth in clauses (ii), (iii) and
(iv) immediately below, but that her right to any Post-Employment Compensation under this Agreement is expressly conditioned on compliance with said clause (i) and the forbearance required under all of said clauses
(ii), (iii) and (iv), as well as her full satisfaction of her obligations under the covenant of confidentiality and assignment of rights to Intellectual Property (which obligations are not optional and shall survive any
termination, howsoever occurring). The conditions to receipt of Post-Employment Compensation are as follows: 

(i) The Executive’s execution and return, to the person designated by the Company to receive notices on its behalf
in accordance with Section 18 hereof, of a timely and effective release of claims in the form attached hereto and marked Exhibit A (“Release of Claims”), within the time period specified therein. The Release of Claims
creates legally binding obligations and the Company therefore advises the Executive to consult an attorney before signing it. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (A) the Company shall not be required to make any payment of
Post-Employment Compensation unless and until a Release of Claims has been executed by such holder and delivered to the Company, and the Release of Claims has become irrevocable, all within sixty (60) days following the Date of Termination; and
(B) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall not be or become obligated to make any such payment unless a Release of Claims is so executed and delivered and the Release of Claims has become irrevocable before the
expiration of such 60-day period. The foregoing provisions relating to a Release of Claims and any other provisions herein relating to a Release of Claims are not in limitation of any claims provisions contained in the LLC Agreement and the
provisions of the LLC Agreement relating to releases shall apply in accordance with their terms. 
 (ii)
Forbearance by the Executive for twelve (12) months following the Date of Termination from competition with the business of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates anywhere in the world where the Company or any of those Immediate Affiliates is
doing business, whether as owner, partner, investor, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise. Specifically, but without limiting the foregoing, in order to satisfy this condition, the Executive must forbear from engaging in any
activity that is competitive, or is in preparation to engage in competition, with the business of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates and further the Executive must forbear from working or providing services, in any capacity, whether as an
employee, independent contractor or otherwise, whether with or without compensation, for or to any person or entity engaged in the business of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates. The business of the Company and its Affiliates is sporting hard
goods. For illustrative purposes only, competitors of the Company and its Immediate Affiliates on the date of this Agreement include Amer Sports Corporation and Jarden Corporation and their respective subsidiaries. The foregoing condition, however,
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 (iii) Forbearance by the Executive for twelve (12) months following
the Date of Termination from any direct or indirect solicitation or encouragement of any of the Customers of the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates to terminate or diminish their relationship with the Company or any of its Immediate
Affiliates and from any direct or indirect solicitation or encouragement of any of the Customers or Prospective Customers of the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates to conduct with herself or any other Person (as defined in
Section 13 hereof) any business or activity which such Customer or Prospective Customer conducts or could conduct with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 5(h), a Customer is a person
or entity which was such at any time during the eighteen (18) months prior to the Date of Termination and a Potential Customer is a Person contacted by the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates to become such at any time within eighteen
(18) months prior to the Date of Termination other than by general advertisement, provided, in each case that the Executive had contact with such Customer or Potential Customer through her employment or her other associations with the Company
or any of its Immediate Affiliates or had access to Confidential Information that would assist in her solicitation of such Customer or Potential Customer in competition with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates. 

(iv) Forbearance by the Executive for twelve (12)months following the Date of Termination from directly or indirectly
hiring or otherwise engaging the services of any employee, independent contractor or other agent providing services to the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates and from soliciting any such employee, independent contractor or agent to terminate
or diminish his/her/its relationship with the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 5(h), an employee, independent contractor or agent means any Person who was performing services for the Company or any
of its Immediate Affiliates in such capacity at any time during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the Date of Termination. 
 (h) Timing of Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of the Executive’s separation from service the Executive is a “specified employee,”
as hereinafter defined, no payment shall be made to the Executive before the date which is six (6) months after He separates from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), except to the extent of amounts that do not constitute a
deferral of compensation within the meaning of Treasury Regulations 1.409A-1(b) (including without limitation by reason of the safe harbor set forth in 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)), benefits which qualify as excepted welfare benefits pursuant to
Section 409A, or other amounts or benefits that are not subject to the requirements of Section 409A. For purposes of this Section, “separation from service” shall be determined in a manner consistent with subsection
(a)(2)(A)(i) of Section 409A and the term “specified employee” shall mean an individual determined by the Company to be a specified employee as defined in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of Section 409A. 

6. Effect of Termination. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply to any termination of the Executive’s
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 (a) Provision by the Company of Final Compensation, if any, to which the Executive is
entitled and Post-Employment Compensation, if any, which the Executive earns under the applicable termination provision of Section 5 shall constitute the entire obligation of the Company to the Executive hereunder following termination
of her employment by the Company. The Executive shall promptly give the Company notice of all facts necessary for the Company to determine the amount and duration of its obligations in connection with any termination pursuant to
Section 5 hereof. 
 (b) Except for health and dental plan participation continued in accordance with COBRA, the
Executive’s participation in Employee Benefit Plans shall terminate pursuant to the terms of the applicable Plan Documents based on the Date of Termination without regard to any Post-Employment Compensation earned by the Executive following the
Date of Termination. 
 (c) Provisions of this Agreement shall survive any termination if so provided herein or if necessary or
desirable to accomplish the purposes of other surviving provisions, including without limitation the conditions to receipt of Post-Employment Compensation set forth in Section 5(h) and the obligations of the Executive under Sections
7 and 8 hereof. The Executive recognizes that, except as expressly provided in Section 5(d) and 5(e) with respect to Post-Employment Compensation earned in accordance with Section 5(h), or as expressly
provided in Section 5(f) with respect to Base Salary for any notice period waived, no compensation is earned after termination of employment. 
 7. Confidential Information. 
 (a) The Executive acknowledges that the
Company and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information (as defined in Section 13 hereof); that the Executive may develop Confidential Information for the Company or its Affiliates; and that the Executive may learn of
Confidential Information during the course of employment. The Executive will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person or use, other than as
required by applicable law or for the proper performance of her duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by the Executive incident to her employment or other association with the Company or
any of its Affiliates. The Executive understands that this restriction shall continue to apply after her employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. 
 (b) All documents, records, tapes and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part,
thereof (the “Documents”), whether or not prepared by the Executive, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the
time her employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the CEO or the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents and all other property of the Company and its Affiliates then in the Executive’s possession or control.

  
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 8. Assignment of Rights to Intellectual Property. The Executive shall promptly and
fully disclose all Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 13 hereof) to the Company. The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) the Executive’s full right, title
and interest in and to all Intellectual Property. The Executive agrees to execute any and all applications for domestic and foreign patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and to do such other acts (including without limitation the execution
and delivery of instruments of further assurance or confirmation) requested by the Company to assign the Intellectual Property to the Company and to permit the Company to enforce any patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights to the
Intellectual Property. The Executive will not charge the Company for time spent in complying with these obligations. The Executive acknowledges her understanding that any provision of this Agreement requiring her to assign rights to Intellectual
Property does not apply to any invention that qualifies under California Labor Code §2870, which was reproduced in Exhibit B to the Original Agreement (“Written Notification to the Employee”), attached hereto, which the
Executive here acknowledges that He has received. All copyrightable works that the Executive creates during the course of her employment by the Company and which pertain to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates or are suggested by any
work performed by the Executive for the Company or any of its Affiliates or make use of Confidential Information shall be considered “work made for hire” and, upon creation, shall be owned exclusively by the Company or its applicable
Affiliate. Further, the Executive hereby waives, expressly and irrevocably, any and all moral rights He may have as an author, whether arising under the copyright laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction or at common law or otherwise,
with respect to any copyrighted works prepared by the Executive in the course of her employment, including without limitation the right to attribution of authorship, the right to restrain any distortion, mutilation or other modification of any such
work and the right to prohibit any use of any such work in association with a product, service, cause or institution that might be prejudicial to the Company’s reputation. 

9. Restricted Activities. The Executive agrees that certain restrictions on activities during employment are necessary to protect
the goodwill, Confidential Information and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates: 
 (a) While the
Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, investor, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, compete with the Company or any of its Affiliates anywhere in the
world or undertake any planning for competition with the Company or any of its Affiliates. Specifically, but without limiting the foregoing, the Executive agrees not to engage in any manner in any activity that is directly or indirectly competitive
or potentially competitive with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates as conducted or under consideration at any time during the Executive’s employment or to provide services in any capacity to a Person which is a competitor of
the Company or any of its Affiliates. 
 (b) The Executive agrees that, while employed by the Company, and excluding any
activities undertaken on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates in the course of her duties, He will not hire or attempt to hire any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates; assist in such hiring by any Person; encourage any such
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customer of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate or diminish its relationship with them; or solicit or encourage any customer or potential customer of the Company or any of its
Affiliates to conduct with any Person any business or activity which such customer or potential customer conducts or could conduct with the Company or any of its Affiliates. 
 (c) The Executive agrees that during employment by the Company He shall not publish any work that disparages the Company or any of its Affiliates, their management or their business or the Products.

 (d) The Company agrees that Executive’s participation and role with the Governor’s Council For Massachusetts is
permitted and is encouraged and supported as furthering the image and reputation of the Executive and the Company. 
 (e) The
Company agrees to permit Executive to retain his ownership share in the legal firm Rawson, Merrigan and Litner, LLP. Executive may refer new and existing clients to the partners and other attorneys of the firm. No Easton-Bell business will be
referred to or handled by partners or attorneys of this firm without the express written consent of the President and CEO and CFO of the Company. 
 10. Enforcement of Covenants. The Executive acknowledges that He has carefully read and considered all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the restraints imposed upon her pursuant
to Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof. The Executive agrees that those restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Company and its Affiliates and that each and every one of the restraints is reasonable in
respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area. The Executive further acknowledges that, were He to breach any of the covenants contained in Section 7, 8 or 9 hereof, the damage to the Company and its
Affiliates would be irreparable. The Executive therefore agrees that the Company, in addition to any other remedies available to it, shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach by the
Executive of any of said covenants, without having to post bond. The parties further agree that, in the event that any provision of Section 7, 8 or 9 hereof shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a time, too large a geographic area or too great a range of activities, such provision shall be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 11. Conflicting Agreements. The Executive hereby represents and warrants that the execution of this Agreement and the
performance of her obligations hereunder will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which the Executive is a party or is bound and that the Executive is not now subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants or
any court order or other legal obligation that would affect the performance of her obligations hereunder. The Executive will not disclose to or use on behalf of the Company any proprietary information of her former employer or any other Person
without such Person’s consent. 
 12. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify the Executive to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law. Executive’s right to indemnification shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any covered proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided that
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ultimately determined that the Executive is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Agreement or otherwise (whether because of Executive’s breach of this Agreement or for
Executive’s conduct constituting Cause hereunder). The Executive agrees promptly to notify the Company of any actual or threatened claim arising out of or as a result of his mployment or offices with the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 13. Definitions. Words or phrases which are initially capitalized or are within quotation marks shall have the meanings
provided in this Section and as provided elsewhere herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions apply: 

(a) “Affiliates” means all persons and entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the entity specified, where control may be by management authority or equity interest. 
 (b) “Change of
Control” shall mean the occurrence of (i) any change in the ownership of the capital equity of the Parent, if, immediately after giving effect thereto, (A) the Investors (as defined below) and their Affiliates will hold, directly
or indirectly, less than 50% of the number of Common Units held by the Investors and their Affiliates as of the date immediately prior to such Change of Control, or (B) any Person (as defined within this paragraph) other than the Investors and
their Affiliates will hold, directly or indirectly, greater than 50% of the number of outstanding Common Units of the Parent; or (ii) any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent (including, without
limitation, by way of a merger or consolidation or through the sale of all or substantially all of the stock or membership interests of its subsidiaries or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, taken as a whole) to another Person (the “Change of Control Transferee”) if, immediately after giving effect thereto, any Person (or group of Persons acting in concert) other than the Investors and their Affiliates
will have the power to elect a majority of the members of the board of managers or board of directors (or other similar governing body) of the Change of Control Transferee. For purposes of this Section 13(b):
A “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and “Investors” shall mean all Unit-holders of the Parent as of the date of this
Agreement, including without limitation Fenway Partners, Inc., American Capital Strategies Ltd., Antares Capital Corporation, Bell Sports Holdings, LLC, Bell Sports 2001, LLC, Bell Sports 2001 Coinvestors, LLC and Bell Sports 2001 Investments, LLC.

 (c) “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is
not generally known by those with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates competes or does business, or with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates plans to compete or do business, including without limitation (i) information related to
the Products, technical data, methods, processes, know-how and inventions of the Company and its Affiliates, (ii) the development, research, testing, marketing and financial activities and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates,
(iii) the manner in which they operate, (iv) their costs and sources of supply, (v) the identity and special needs of the customers and prospective customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (vi) the persons and entities
with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and the nature and substance of those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates may receive or has received
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with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed. Confidential Information does not include information that enters the public domain, other than through a
breach by the Executive or another Person of an obligation of confidentiality to the Company or one of its Affiliates. 
 (d)
“Final Compensation” means (i) Base Salary earned but not paid through the Date of Termination, (ii) pay at the final rate of the Base Salary for any vacation earned but not used through the Date of Termination,
(iii) any Annual Bonus earned but unpaid for the fiscal year preceding that in which the Date of Termination occurs and (iv) any business expenses incurred by the Executive but un-reimbursed on the Date of Termination, provided that
such expenses and required substantiation and documentation are submitted prior to, or within sixty (60) days following, the Date of Termination and that such expenses are reimbursable under Company policy. 

(e) “Immediate Affiliates” of the Company are its direct and indirect subsidiaries, its direct and indirect parents and
their other direct and indirect subsidiaries (excluding the Company itself). 
 (f) “Intellectual Property”
means any invention, formula, process, discovery, development, design, innovation or improvement (whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright statutes) made, conceived, or first actually reduced to practice by the Executive solely or
jointly with others, during her employment by the Company; provided, however, that, as used in this Agreement and as provided by Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, the term “Intellectual Property” shall not apply
to any invention that the Executive develops on his own time, without using the equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information of the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates to which the Executive has access as a result of her
employment, unless such invention relates at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention (i) to the business of the Company or such Immediate Affiliate or (ii) to the actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development of the Company or of any Immediate Affiliates to which the Executive has access as a result of his employment or (iii) results from any work performed by the Executive for the Company. 

(g) Other than for purposes of Section 13(b), above, “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a partnership, an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization, other than the Company or any of its Affiliates. 
 (h) “Products” means all products planned, researched, developed, tested, manufactured, sold, licensed, leased or otherwise distributed or put into use by the Company or any of its
Affiliates, together with all services provided or planned by the Company or any of its Affiliates, during the Executive’s employment. 
 14. Withholding. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments made by the Company under this Agreement shall be reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Company under
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 15. Assignment. Neither the Company nor the Executive may make any assignment of this
Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of
the Executive in the event the Company shall hereafter effect a corporate reorganization, consolidate with, or merge into, any Person or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any Person. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Executive, their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and permitted assigns. 
 16. Severability. If any portion or provision of this Agreement shall to any extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement,
or the application of such portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each portion and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable
to the fullest extent permitted by law. 
 17. Waiver. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless made
in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of either party to require the performance of any term or obligation of this Agreement, or the waiver by either party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not prevent any subsequent
enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach. 
 18. Notices. Any and all
notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective when delivered in person, consigned to a reputable national courier for next day or next business day delivery or deposited
in the United States mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified, and addressed to the Executive at his last known address on the books of the Company or, in the case of the Company, to it c/o Timothy P. Mayhew, Fenway Partners, LLC, 152 W. 57th
St., 59th Floor, New York, NY 10019 or to such other address as either party may specify by notice to the other actually received. 
 19. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, whether written or oral between the Company and the Executive with respect to the
Executive’s employment and all related matters. 
 20. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by
a written instrument signed by the Executive and by an expressly authorized representative of the Board. 
 21. Headings.
The headings and captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define or describe the scope or content of any provision of this Agreement. 
 22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

  
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 23. Governing Law. This is a Texas contract, where Human Resources is based for
Easton-Bell Sports and shall be construed and enforced under and be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof, and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include both the
statutory and common law of Texas except to the extent preempted by federal law. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the Company, by its duly authorized
representative, and by the Executive, as of the date first above written. 
  

							
		 		 	THE COMPANY:
			
		 		 	EASTON-BELL SPORTS, INC.
				
		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Jackelyn E. Werblo
		 		 	Name:	 	Jackelyn E. Werblo
		 		 	Title:	 	SVP – Human Resources

  

							
		 		 	THE EXECUTIVE:
			
		 		 	 /s/ Thomas T. Merrigan

		 		 	Thomas T. Merrigan

  
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 EXHIBIT A 
 RELEASE OF CLAIMS 
 FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the Post-Employment
Compensation that I am eligible to earn following the termination of my employment, as that term is defined in the amended and restated employment agreement between me and Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. (the “Company”) dated as of the
[            ] day of December, 2011(the “Agreement”), which is conditioned, inter alia, on my signing this Release of Claims and to which I am not otherwise
entitled, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, on my own behalf and on behalf of my heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, representatives and assigns, and all
others connected with or claiming through me, hereby release and forever discharge the Company and its Affiliates (as that term is defined in the Agreement) and all of their respective past, present and future officers, directors, trustees,
shareholders, employees, agents, general and limited partners, members, managers, joint venturers, representatives, successors and assigns, and all others connected with any of them (all of the foregoing, collectively, the
“Released”), both individually and in their official capacities, from any and all causes of action, rights and claims of any type or description, known or unknown, which I have had in the past, now have, or might now have, through
the date of my signing of this Release of Claims, including without limitation any causes of action, rights or claims in any way resulting from, arising out of or connected with my employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates or the
termination of that employment or pursuant to any federal, state or local law, regulation or other requirement, including without limitation Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act and the fair employment practices laws of the state or states in which I have been employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates, each as amended from time to time, (all of the foregoing, in the aggregate,
“Claims”). 
 In signing this Release of Claims, I expressly waive and relinquish all rights and benefits
afforded by Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and do so understanding and acknowledging the significance of such specific waiver of Section 1542, which Section states as follows: 

A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in her favor at the time of executing
the release, which if known by her must have materially affected her settlement with the debtor. 
 Thus, notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 1542, and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge of the Released, I expressly acknowledge that this Release of Claims is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all Claims
which I do not know or suspect to exist in my favor at the time of execution hereof, and that this Release of Claims contemplates the extinguishment of all such Claims. 
  

  
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 Excluded from the scope of this Release of Claims is (i) any claim arising under the
terms of the Agreement after the effective date of this Release of Claims (ii) any right of indemnification by or contribution from the Company that I am entitled to, including without limitation any such right pursuant to the Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or any of its Immediate Affiliates (as that term is defined in the Agreement), and (iii) any right to payment under the LLC Agreement (as that term is defined in the Agreement). 

In signing this Release of Claims, I acknowledge my understanding that I may not sign it prior to the termination of my employment, but
that I may consider the terms of this Release of Claims for up to twenty-one (21) days (or such longer period as the Company may specify) from the date my employment with the Company terminates, before signing, dating and returning this Release
of Claims to the Company c/o Timothy P. Mayhew, Fenway Partners, LLC, 152 W. 57th St., 59th Floor, New York, NY 10019, or to such other address as the Company may specify. I also acknowledge that I am advised by the Company and its Affiliates to
seek the advice of an attorney prior to signing this Release of Claims; that I have had sufficient time to consider this Release of Claims and to consult with an attorney, if I wish to do so, or to consult with any other person of my choosing before
signing; and that I am signing this Release of Claims voluntarily and with a full understanding of its terms. 
 I further
acknowledge that, in signing this Release of Claims, I have not relied on any promises or representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly in the Agreement. 

I understand that I may revoke this Release of Claims at any time within seven (7) days of the date of my signing by written notice
to the Company c/o Timothy P. Mayhew, Fenway Partners, LLC, 152 W. 57th St., 59th Floor, New York, NY 10019, or to such other address as the Company may specify and that this Release of Claims will take effect only upon the expiration of such
seven-day revocation period and only if I have not timely revoked it. 
 Intending to be legally bound, I have signed this
Release of Claims as of the date written below. 
  

							
		 		 	Signature:	 	 
		 		 		 	Thomas T. Merrigan
				
		 		 	Date Signed:	 	 

  
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