TRIMAS CORP — Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements 2021

May 12, 2021

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 11, 2021

TRIMAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-10716	38-2687639
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

38505 Woodward Avenue,	48304
Michigan
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code ( 248 ) 631-5450

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value	TRS	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

TriMas Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 11, 2021 (“Annual Meeting”).

There were a total of 43,217,466 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and there were 41,516,425 shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business at the Annual Meeting.

The items voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of the vote on each proposal were as follows:

Proposal 1 . Election of directors for a three year term:

	FOR	WITHHELD	BROKER NON-VOTES
Nick L. Stanage	37,428,532	3,121,691	966,202
Daniel P. Tredwell	37,549,643	3,000,580	966,202
Samuel Valenti III	38,159,861	2,390,362	966,202

Proposal 2 . Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021.

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
40,320,876	1,195,199	350

Proposal 3 . Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”).

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
37,679,934	2,870,159	130	966,202

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the proposals were approved by the shareholders of the Company.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TRIMAS CORPORATION — By:	/s/ Jodi Robin
Name:	Jodi Robin
Title:	General Counsel and Secretary