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	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, 2010

 

TRIMAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (248) 631-5400

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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

 

(a)  TriMas Corporation (the “Corporation”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 10, 2010 (“Annual Meeting”).

 

(b)  There were a total of 33,911,604 shares of the Corporation’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and there were 33,073,927 shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business at the 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
David M. Wathen		29,234,113		683,312		3,156,502
Marshall A. Cohen		29,078,473		838,952		3,156,502

 

Proposal 2.  To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010.

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
32,961,088		89,003		23,836

 

Proposal 3.  The increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2006 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan by 1,000,000 shares.

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES
27,969,365		1,913,739		34,321		3,156,502

 

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the nominees were elected as directors, the proposal to ratify KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010, and the increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2006 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan by 1,000,000 shares were adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation at the Annual Meeting.

 

(c)  Not applicable.

 

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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:	May 11, 2010			By:	/s/ Joshua A. Sherbin
				Name:		Joshua A. Sherbin
				Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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