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<div><a name="s9061B464F8316F8E8A88CA56381530AC"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Registration No. 333-</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES <br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT <br>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13%;"></td><td style="width:11%;"></td><td style="width:59%;"></td><td style="width:11%;"></td><td style="width:6%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">TRIMAS CORPORATION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">38-2687639</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(I.R.S. Employer <br>Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 130</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">&#160;(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">TRIMAS CORPORATION  <br>2017 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Joshua A. Sherbin </font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary  <br>TriMas Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 130</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Telephone: (248) 631-5450</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;padding-top:2px;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.     &#168;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:32%;"></td><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:20%;"></td><td style="width:19%;"></td><td style="width:15%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-right:2px;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:3px double #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Securities to be Registered</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:3px double #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to be <br>Registered (1)(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:3px double #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum <br>Offering Price <br>Per Share(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:3px double #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Price(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid 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style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:8pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">(</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">1)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Represents the maximum number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Common Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">&#8221;), of TriMas Corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Registrant</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">&#8221;) issuable pursuant to the TriMas Corporation 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">&#8221;) being registered hereon. </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:8pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Securities Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">&#8221;), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:8pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June 16, 2017, within five business days prior to filing.</font></div></td></tr></table><div><a name="s000CCDC9C0BDFB2A12D0CA56382AA95A"></a></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Commission</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:13px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font 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style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-17285), filed with the Commission on August 21, 2009, together with all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Exchange Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) (excluding information deemed to be furnished and not filed with the Commission) subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. 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The indemnity may include expenses (including attorney&#8217;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#8217;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that the person&#8217;s conduct was unlawful. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRIMAS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
38-2687639
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 130
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
TRIMAS CORPORATION
2017 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Joshua A. Sherbin
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
TriMas Corporation
39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 130
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
Telephone: (248) 631-5450
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.     ¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(3)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price(3)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,000,000
$21.375
$42,750,000
$4,954.73
(
1)
Represents the maximum number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "
Common Stock
"), of TriMas Corporation (the "
Registrant
") issuable pursuant to the TriMas Corporation 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the "
Plan
") being registered hereon.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "
Securities Act
"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June 16, 2017, within five business days prior to filing.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
"), are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 3, 2017 and May 15, 2017; and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-17285), filed with the Commission on August 21, 2009, together with all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "
Exchange Act
") (excluding information deemed to be furnished and not filed with the Commission) subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "
DGCL
") as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, inter alia, provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.
Where a present or former director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify the person against the expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145.
Article 8 of the Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that each person who was or is made a party to (or is threatened to be made a party to) or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was one of the Registrant's directors or officers shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL against all expenses, liability and loss (including without limitation attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. The rights conferred by Article 8 are contractual rights and include the right to be paid by the Registrant the expenses incurred in defending such action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof.
Article 7 of the Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that, to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors except (a) for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL, which makes directors liable for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions or (d) for transactions from which a director derives improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's directors and officers are covered by insurance policies indemnifying them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws (other than liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act), which might be incurred by them in such capacities. The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers for the indemnification and advancement of expenses to these persons. The Registrant believes that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers. The Registrant also intends to enter into these agreements with its future directors and certain of its executive officers. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1(a)
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriMas Corporation
4.2(b)
Third Amended and Restated By-laws of TriMas Corporation
4.3(c)
TriMas Corporation 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)
(a)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-10716), filed on August 3, 2007.
(b)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-10716), filed on December 18, 2015.
(c)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A filed with the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement (File No. 001-10716), filed on April 5, 2017.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that:
(A)    Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on June 21, 2017.
TRIMAS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Thomas A Amato
Thomas A. Amato
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas A. Amato
President and Chief Officer and Director
June 21, 2017
Thomas A. Amato
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robert J. Zalupski
Chief Financial Officer
June 21, 2017
Robert J. Zalupski
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Paul A. Swart
Vice President Business Planning, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
June 21, 2017
Paul A. Swart
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Samuel Valenti III
Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 21, 2017
Samuel Valenti III
/s/ Richard M. Gabrys
Director
June 21, 2017
Richard M. Gabrys
/s/ Nancy S. Gougarty
Director
June 21, 2017
Nancy S. Gougarty
/s/ Eugene A. Miller
Director
June 21, 2017
Eugene A. Miller
/s/ Herbert K. Parker
Director
June 21, 2017
Herbert K. Parker
/s/ Nick L. Stanage
Director
June 21, 2017
Nick L. Stanage
/s/ Daniel P. Tredwell
Director
June 21, 2017
Daniel P. Tredwell
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1(a)
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriMas Corporation
4.2(b)
Third Amended and Restated By-laws of TriMas Corporation
4.3(c)
TriMas Corporation 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)
(a)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-10716), filed on August 3, 2007.
(b)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-10716), filed on December 18, 2015.
(c)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A filed with the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement (File No. 001-10716), filed on April 5, 2017.