SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2017-02-21

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<DESCRIPTION>PERFORMANCE-LINKED BONUS PLAN FOR SELECTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DATED MAY 6, 2016
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<div><a name="s78A5DC061475F3CFBB975C7A845BF55E"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;padding-left:1px;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;">BARNES GROUP INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-top:1px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;">PERFORMANCE-LINKED BONUS PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:1px;text-align:center;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;">For Selected Executive Officers</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">(as amended on February 9, 2016, effective with respect to awards for 2017 and subsequent years)</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:8px;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION 1. PURPOSE</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;padding-left:8px;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">The Performance-Linked Bonus Plan For Selected Executive Officers (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) is designed to provide cash incentive compensation opportunities to key executives that contribute to the success of Barnes Group Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and its subsidiaries. All employees (a) who are executive officers of the Company, (b) whose incentive compensation for any taxable year(s) of the Company commencing on or after January 1, 2001 that the Committee (as hereafter defined) anticipates may not be deductible by the Company in whole or in part but for compliance with Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;), and (c) who are selected to participate in the Plan, including members of the Board of Directors of the Company who are such employees, are eligible to participate in the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:8px;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;fo