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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) January 11, 2013
 
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)
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
 
TriMas Corporation (the “Company”) is filing herewith as Exhibit 23.1 the “Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”  Although the Company received a properly signed consent prior to filing such consent as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2012, the filed copy of this consent inadvertently excluded the conformed signature as a result of clerical error.
 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)           Exhibit.  The following exhibit is filed herewith:
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.


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

Date:  January 11, 2013
 
 
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ex23_1.htm
Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors
TriMas Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-145815) and on Forms S-3 (No. 333-172525 and No. 333-165219) of TriMas Corporation of our reports dated February 27, 2012, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of TriMas Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, which reports appear in the December 31, 2011 annual report on Form 10-K of TriMas Corporation.


/s/ KPMG LLP
Detroit, Michigan
February 27, 2012