SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Swart Paul

(Last) (First) (Middle)
39400 WOODWARD AVENUE
STE. 130

(Street)
BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/17/2012
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TRIMAS CORP [ TRS ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below)
Chief Accounting Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 1,065(1) D
Common Stock 1,509(2) D
Common Stock 3,721 D
Common Stock 3,500 D(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy) 02/01/2011 02/01/2014 Common Stock 2,000(4) 20 D
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy) (5) 04/01/2017 Common Stock 2,000(5) 23 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Restricted shares of common stock of the Company granted March 1, 2012 under the TriMas Corporation 2002 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, restrictions lapse on March 1, 2013.
2. Restricted shares of common stock of the Company granted March 1, 2012 under the TriMas Corporation 2002 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, restrictions lapse in three equal installments on March 1, 2013, March 1, 2014 and March 1, 2015.
3. By Paul Swart and Rachelle Swart, JTWROS.
4. Option to purchase shares of common stock of the Company granted February 1, 2004 under the TriMas Corporation 2002 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, 80% of the shares subject to this Option vested in three equal annual installments on each of February 1, 2005, February 1, 2006 and February 1,2007; the remaining 20% of the shares subject to this Option vested February 1, 2011.
5. Option to purchase shares of common stock of the Company granted April 1, 2007 under the TriMas Corporation 2002 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, 80% of the shares subject to this Option vested in three equal annual installments on each of April 1, 2008, April 1, 2009 and April 1,2010; the remaining 20% of the shares subject to this Option will vest April 1, 2014.
Remarks:
/s/ Paula Reno attorney-in-fact 09/25/2012
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Joshua A. Sherbin and Paula
Reno, each individually, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(a) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of TriMas
Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;
(b) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(c) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each of such attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 24th day of September, 2012.

/s/  Paul Swart
Name: Paul Swart