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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 8, 2012

TRIMAS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware  
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-10716  
(Commission
File Number)
38-2687639  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 130, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan  
(Address of principal executive offices)
48304  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (248) 631-5400
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 8, 2012, TriMas Corporation (the “Company”) issued 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”) at an offering price to the public of $20.75 per share pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated May 2, 2012 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement. The offering of the Shares was conducted pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-172525) (the “Registration Statement”). In connection with the offering of the Shares, the Company’s executive officers, directors and certain significant stockholders have entered into 30−day lock−up agreements in the form included in the Underwriting Agreement. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 600,000 shares of its common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report.
The opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, relating to the validity of the Shares offered and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this report. The Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement and the opinion as exhibits to this report for the purpose of incorporating them as exhibits to the Registration Statement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)    Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished or filed, as applicable, herewith:
Exhibit No.
 
Description
1.1
 
Underwriting Agreement
5.1
 
Opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
23.1
 
Consent of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)





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/ Joshua A. Sherbin
 
Name:
Joshua A. Sherbin
 
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: May 8, 2012