BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORP
EX-10.1
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.1</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>Bonuses Paid to Named Executive Officers for Fiscal 2004</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On February&nbsp;14, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Big 5 Sporting
Goods Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) authorized the payment of an annual cash bonus to each of the
Company&#146;s Named Executive Officers (which officers were determined by reference to the Company&#146;s
proxy statement dated April&nbsp;27, 2004) in respect of the year ended January&nbsp;2, 2005 (fiscal 2004).
The following table sets forth the annual cash bonuses paid to the Named Executive Officers in
respect of fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003:
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Fiscal Year</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Bonus</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Steven G. Miller</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">615,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Chairman of
the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2003</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">615,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Thomas J. Schlauch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">217,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President, Buying</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2003</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">200,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Charles P. Kirk</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">170,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President (and Chief Financial
Officer through August&nbsp;5, 2005)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2003</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">170,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Richard A. Johnson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">197,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice President, Store Operations</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2003</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">180,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Gary S. Meade</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">98,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">2003</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">85,000</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has provided additional information regarding the compensation awarded to the
Named Executive Officers in respect of and during the year ended January&nbsp;2, 2005, in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;2, 2005.
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