Exhibit
10.2
TRUST
AGREEMENT
Between
BARNES GROUP
INC.
And
FIDELITY
MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY
BARNES GROUP
INC. 2009 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN TRUST
Dated as of
September 1, 2009
Confidential
Information
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Section
1. Definitions
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Section
2. Trust
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(a) Establishment
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(b) Grantor
Trust
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(c) Trust
Assets
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(d) Non-Assignment
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Section
3. Payments to
Sponsor
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7
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Section
4. Disbursements
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(a) Directions
from Administrator
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7
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(b) Limitations
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Section
5. Investment of
Trust
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(a) Selection
of Investment Options
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(b) Available
Investment Options
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(c) Investment
Directions
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(d) Unfunded
Status of Plan
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8
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(e) Mutual
Funds
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(i) Execution
of Purchases and Sales
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8
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(ii) Voting
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(f) Trustee
Powers
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Section
6. Recordkeeping and
Administrative Services to Be Performed
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(a) General
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10
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(b) Accounts
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10
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(c) Inspection
and Audit
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10
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(d) Notice
of Plan Amendment
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(e) Returns,
Reports and Information
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Section
7. Compensation and
Expenses
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12
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Section
8. Directions and
Indemnification
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(a) Identity
of the Sponsor and the Administrator
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12
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(b) Directions
from the Sponsor and the Administrator
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12
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(c) Directions
from Participants
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(d) Indemnification
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(e) Survival
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Section
9. Resignation or Removal of
Trustee
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(a) Resignation
and Removal
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(b) Termination
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13
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(c) Notice
Period
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13
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(d) Transition
Assistance
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(e) Failure
to Appoint Successor
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Section
10. Successor Trustee
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(a) Appointment
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(b) Acceptance
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(c) Corporate
Action
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14
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Section
11. Resignation, Removal, and Termination
Notices
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Section
12. Duration
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Section
13. Insolvency of Sponsor
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Section
14. Amendment or Modification
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Confidential
Information
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Section
15. Electronic Services
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Section
16. Assignment
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Section
17. Force Majeure
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Section
18. Confidentiality; Safeguarding of
Data
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Section
19. General
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(a) Performance
by Trustee, its Agents or Affiliates
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(b) Entire
Agreement
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(c) Waiver
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(d) Successors
and Assigns
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(e) Partial
Invalidity
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(f) Section
Headings
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Section
20. Situs of Trust Assets
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Section
21. Governing Law
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(a) Massachusetts
Law Controls
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(b) Trust
Agreement Controls
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
“A”
Recordkeeping and
Administrative Services
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Schedule
“B” Fee
Schedule
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Schedule
“C”
Investment
Options
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Schedule
“D”
Operational
Guidelines for Non-Fidelity Mutual Funds
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TRUST
AGREEMENT , dated as of
the first day of September 2009 (“Effective Date”),
between BARNES GROUP INC. , a Delaware corporation, having
an office at 123 Main Street, Bristol, Connecticut 06011 (the
“Sponsor”), and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST
COMPANY , a Massachusetts trust company, having an office at 82
Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (the
“Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS
,
the Sponsor is the sponsor of the Barnes Group Inc. 2009 Deferred
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS
,
the Sponsor wishes to establish an irrevocable trust (the
“Trust”) ” with regard to the Plan
and to contribute to the Trust assets that shall be held therein,
subject to the claims of Sponsor’s creditors in the event of
Sponsor’s Insolvency, as herein defined, until paid to
Participants and their beneficiaries in such manner and at such
times as specified in the Plan; and
WHEREAS
,
it is the intention of the parties that this Trust shall constitute
an unfunded arrangement and shall not affect the status of the Plan
as an unfunded plan maintained for the purpose of providing
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees for purposes of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”);
and
WHEREAS
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it is the intention of the Sponsor to make contributions to the
Trust to provide itself with a source of funds to assist it in the
meeting of its liabilities under the Plan; and
WHEREAS
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the Trustee is willing to hold and invest the aforesaid plan assets
in trust among several investment options selected by the Sponsor;
and
WHEREAS
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the Sponsor also wishes to have the Trustee perform certain
ministerial recordkeeping and administrative functions under the
Plan; and
WHEREAS
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the Trustee is willing to perform recordkeeping and administrative
services for the Plan if the services are ministerial in nature and
are provided within a framework of plan provisions, guidelines and
interpretations conveyed in writing to the Trustee by the Sponsor
or by the Administrator (as defined herein).
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants
and agreements set forth below, the Sponsor and the Trustee agree
as follows:
Section 1.
Definitions.
The
following terms as used in this Trust Agreement have the meaning
indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a)
“Administrator”
“Administrator”
shall mean the Compensation and Management Development Committee of
the Sponsor’s Board of Directors or such other person or
persons (including any entity) identified in the Plan document as
the “administrator” of the Plan and, as the context
requires, any person authorized to act on behalf of the
Administrator.
(b)
“Agreement”
“Agreement”
shall mean this Trust Agreement, and the Schedules and/or Exhibits
attached
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hereto, as the
same may be amended and in effect from time to time.
(c)
“Business Day”
“Business
Day” shall mean each day the NYSE is open. The closing of a
Business Day generally shall mean the NYSE’s normal closing
time of 4:00 p.m.(ET); however, in the event the NYSE closes before
such time or alters its closing time, all references to the NYSE
closing time shall mean the actual or altered closing time of the
NYSE.
(d)
“Code”
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it has been or may
be amended from time to time.
(e)
“EDT”
“EDT”
shall mean electronic data transfer.
(f)
“Electronic Services”
“Electronic
Services” shall mean communication and services made
available via electronic media.
(g)
“ERISA”
“ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
it has been or may be amended from time to time.
(h)
“Fidelity Mutual Fund”
“Fidelity
Mutual Fund” shall mean any investment company advised by
Fidelity Management & Research Company or any of its
affiliates.
(i)
“FIIOC”
“FIIOC”
shall mean Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company,
Inc.
(j) “In
Good Order”
“In Good
Order” shall mean in a state or condition acceptable to the
Trustee in its sole discretion, which the Trustee determines is
reasonably necessary for accurate execution of the intended
transaction.
(k)
“Insolvency” or “Insolvent”
“Insolvency”
or “Insolvent” shall mean that (i) the Sponsor is
unable to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) the
Sponsor is subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the
United States Bankruptcy Code.
(l)
“Losses”
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“Losses”
shall mean any and all loss, damage, penalty, liability, cost and
expense, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s
fees and disbursements.
(m)
“Mutual Fund”
“Mutual
Fund” shall refer both to Fidelity Mutual Funds and
Non-Fidelity Mutual Funds.
(n)
“NAV”
“NAV”
shall mean Net Asset Value.
(o)
“NFSLLC”
“NFSLLC”
shall mean National Financial Services LLC.
(p)
“Non-Fidelity Mutual Fund”
“Non-Fidelity
Mutual Fund” shall mean certain investment companies not
advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company or any
of its affiliates.
(q)
“NYSE”
“NYSE”
shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
(r)
“Participant”
“Participant”
shall mean, with respect to the Plan, any employee (or former
employee) with an account under the Plan which has not yet been
fully distributed and/or forfeited and shall include the designated
beneficiary(ies) with respect to the account of any deceased
employee (or deceased former employee) until such account has been
fully distributed and/or forfeited.
(s)
“Participant Recordkeeping Reconciliation
Period”
“Participant
Recordkeeping Reconciliation Period” shall mean the period
beginning on the date of the initial transfer of assets to the
Trust and ending on the date of the completion of the
reconciliation of Participant records.
(t)
“Person”
“Person”
shall mean any corporation, joint stock company, limited liability
company, association, partnership, joint venture, organization,
individual, business or other trust or any other entity or
organization of any kind or character, including a court or other
governmental authority.
(u)
“PIN”
“PIN”
shall mean personal identification number.
(v)
“Plan”
“Plan”
shall mean the Barnes Group Inc. 2009 Deferred Compensation
Plan.
(w)
“Plan Administration Design & Discovery
Document”
“Plan
Administration Design & Discovery Document” shall
mean the document which sets forth the administrative and
recordkeeping duties and procedures to be followed by the Trustee
in administering the Plan, as such document may be amended and in
effect from time to time during
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the initial
implementation of the Plan onto the Fidelity Participant
Recordkeeping System (“FPRS”). This document is an
interim document and shall be superseded by the approved Plan
Administration Manual.
(x)
“Plan Administration Manual”
“Plan
Administration Manual” shall mean the document which sets
forth the administrative and recordkeeping duties and procedures to
be followed by the Trustee in administering the Plan, as such
document may be amended and in effect from time to time. This
definition shall include the Plan Administration Design &
Discovery Document from the implementation process until the full
Plan Administration Manual can be generated and
approved.
(y)
“Plan Sponsor Webstation”
“Plan
Sponsor Webstation” shall mean the graphical Windows-based
application that provides current Plan and Participant information
including indicative data, account balances, activity and
history.
(z)
“Reporting Date”
“Reporting
Date” shall mean the last day of each fiscal quarter of the
Plan and, if not on the last day of the fiscal quarter, the date as
of which the Trustee resigns or is removed pursuant to this
Agreement or the date as of which this Agreement terminates
pursuant to Section 9 hereof.
(aa)
“SEC”
“SEC”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(bb)
“Sponsor”
“Sponsor”
shall mean Barnes Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any
successor thereto which, by agreement, operation of law or
otherwise, assumes the responsibility of the Sponsor under this
Agreement.
(cc)
“Trust”
“Trust”
shall mean the Barnes Group Inc. 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan
Trust, being the trust established by the Sponsor and the Trustee
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
(dd)
“Trustee”
“Trustee”
shall mean Fidelity Management Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust
company and any successor to all or substantially all of its trust
business as described in Section 10. The term Trustee shall
also include any successor trustee appointed pursuant to
Section 10 to the extent such successor agrees to serve as
Trustee under this Agreement.
(ee)
“VRS”
“VRS”
shall mean Voice Response System.
Section 2.
Trust.
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(a)
Establishment.
The
Sponsor hereby establishes the Trust with the Trustee. The Trust
shall consist of an initial contribution of money or other property
acceptable to the Trustee, in its sole discretion, made by the
Sponsor, such additional sums of money or property as shall from
time to time be delivered to the Trustee as directed by the
Sponsor, all investments made therewith and proceeds thereof, and
all earnings and profits thereon, less the payments that are made
by the Trustee as provided herein, without distinction between
principal and income. The Trustee hereby accepts the Trust on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. In accepting this
Trust, the Trustee shall be accountable for the assets received by
it, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
The
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may at any time, or from time to
time, make such deposits of cash or other property acceptable to
the Trustee, including policies of life insurance, in trust with
Trustee to augment the principal to be held, administered and
disposed of by Trustee as provided in this Trust Agreement. Neither
Trustee nor any Plan Participant or other person shall have any
right to compel such additional deposits. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon any of the events set forth in
Section 9.7(a)(b), (c) or (d) of the Plan (a
“Plan Section 9.7 event”), the Sponsor shall, as
soon as possible, but in no event longer than fifteen
(15) days following the Plan Section 9.7 event, make a
contribution to the Trust in an amount that is sufficient to pay
the Plan Participants the benefits to which the Plan Participants
would be entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan(s) as of the
date on which the Plan Section 9.7 event occurred; provided
that the Sponsor has no obligation to transfer money or property to
the Trust in connection with a change in the Company’s
financial health that would involve income inclusion and tax
liability under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”)
Section 409A(b) and any regulations and guidance issued
thereunder.
Sponsor will
notify Trustee if there is a Plan Section 9.7
event.
(b) Grantor
Trust.
The
Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, of which the Sponsor is
the grantor, within the meaning of subpart E, part I, subchapter J,
chapter 1, subtitle A of the Code, as amended, and shall be
construed accordingly.
(c) Trust
Assets.
The
principal of the Trust, and any earnings thereon, shall be held
separate and apart from other funds of the Sponsor and shall be
used exclusively for the uses and purposes of Participants and
general creditors as herein set forth. Participants and their
beneficiaries shall have no preferred claim on, or any beneficial
ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust. Any rights created
under the Plan and this Agreement shall be mere unsecured
contractual rights of Participants and their beneficiaries against
the Sponsor. Any assets held by the Trust will be subject to the
claims of the Sponsor’s general creditors under federal and
state law in the event of Sponsor’s Insolvency.
(d)
Non-Assignment.
Benefit
payments to Participants and their beneficiaries funded under this
Trust may not be anticipated, assigned (either at law or in
equity), alienated, pledged, encumbered, or subjected to
attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or
equitable process. Nothwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, the Sponsor can direct the Trustee to disperse monies
pursuant to a domestic relations order as defined in Code section
414(p)(1)(B) to the extent consistent with the Plan, the Code, and
any other applicable law.
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Section 3.
Payments to Sponsor.
Except as
provided under this Agreement, the Sponsor shall have no right to
retain or divert to others any of the Trust assets before all
payment of benefits have been made to Participants pursuant to the
terms of the Plan.
Section 4.
Disbursements.
(a)
Directions from Administrator.
The
Trustee shall disburse monies to Participants for benefit payments
in the amounts that the Administrator directs from time to time in
writing. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain
whether the Administrator’s direction complies with the terms
of the Plan or of any applicable law. The Trustee shall be
responsible for Federal or State income tax reporting or
withholding with respect to such Plan benefits. The Trustee shall
not be responsible for FICA (Social Security and Medicare), or any
Federal or State unemployment or local tax with respect to Plan
distributions, unless required by law or by agreement with the
Sponsor.
(b)
Limitations.
The
Trustee shall not be required to make any disbursement in excess of
the net realizable value of the assets of the Trust at the time of
the disbursement. The Trustee shall not be required to make any
disbursement in cash or shares unless the Administrator has
provided a written direction as to the assets to be converted to
cash or shares for the purpose of making the
disbursement.
Section 5.
Investment of Trust.
(a)
Selection of Investment Options.
The
Trustee shall have no responsibility for the selection of
investment options under the Trust and shall not render investment
advice to any person in connection with the selection of such
options.
(b)
Available Investment Options.
The
Sponsor shall direct the Trustee as to what investment options the
Trust shall be invested in (i) during the Participant
Recordkeeping Reconciliation Period, and (ii) following the
Participant Recordkeeping Reconciliation Period, subject to the
following limitations. The Sponsor may determine to offer as
investment options only (i) Mutual Funds; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall not be considered a fiduciary with
investment discretion. The Sponsor may add or remove investment
options with the consent of the Trustee to reflect administrative
concerns and upon mutual amendment of this Agreement and the
Schedules thereto, to reflect such additions.
(c)
Investment Directions.
The
Sponsor shall direct the Trustee as to how to invest the assets
held in the Trust. In order to provide for an accumulation of
assets comparable to the contractual liabilities accruing under
the
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