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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) November 30, 2011
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)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
TriMas Corporation (the “Corporation”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated as of November 30, 2011 by and among the Corporation, Heartland Industrial Associates, L.L.C. (“Heartland”) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (as “Underwriter”), related to the sale by Heartland of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of the Corporation's common stock (the “Offering”). The Offering is being made pursuant to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-172525), which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Corporation will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of the Corporation's common stock by Heartland.
The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On November 30, 2011, the Corporation announced that Heartland agreed to sell 2,000,000 shares of the Corporation's common stock to Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Corporation will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of the Corporation's common stock by Heartland and the total number of the outstanding shares of the Corporation's common stock will not change as a result of this offering.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 8.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
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 | ||
| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 30, 2011 | ||
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 | |||||
| Date: | December 6, 2011 | By: | /s/ Joshua A. Sherbin | ||
| Name: | Joshua A. Sherbin | ||||
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||