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<a name="sd9e5207a38064d248d30bc14968c0e66"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit 10.9(ii)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">BARNES GROUP INC. RETIREMENT BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(as amended and restated as of January 1, 2013)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS FIRST AMENDMENT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;is made by BARNES GROUP INC. (the "Company"), effective as of the date set forth below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Company maintains the Barnes Group Inc. Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan (the "Plan"); and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Company wishes to amend the Plan to modify the definition of "Spouse"; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Plan provides that the Plan may be amended from time to time.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW THEREFORE</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Effective as of June 26, 2013, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 1.11</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Plan is amended to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">"1.11 </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Spouse</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall mean the individual to whom the Participant is legally married under the laws of the State in which the marriage was entered into.&#160; After a Participant's death, his "Spouse" shall be the individual, if any, who met these criteria as of the date of the Participant's death."</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Except as specifically set forth above, the terms of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Company has caused this First Amendment to be executed this 12th day of December, 2014. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:24px;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">BARNES GROUP INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">By: </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-deco