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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q



(Mark One)
x		Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2015
Or
o		Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Transition Period from to .

Commission file number 001-10716

TRIMAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		38-2687639 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 130

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(248) 631-5450

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

As of July 31, 2015, the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value, was 45,407,222 shares.

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TriMas Corporation

Index



Part I.	Financial Information

		Forward-Looking Statements	2

	Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements	3

		Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014	3

		Consolidated Statement of Income for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 and 2014	4

		Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 and 2014	5

		Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 and 2014	6

		Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015	7

		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	8

	Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	23

	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	40

	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	40

Part II.	Other Information

	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	41

	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	41

	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	41

	Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	41

	Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	41

	Item 5.	Other Information	41

	Item 6.	Exhibits	42

	Signatures		43

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Forward-Looking Statements

This report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 about our financial condition, results of operations and business. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “target,” “plan” or other comparable words, or by discussions of strategy that may involve risks and uncertainties.

These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to: the Company's leverage; liabilities imposed by the Company's debt instruments; market demand; competitive factors; supply constraints; material and energy costs; technology factors; litigation; government and regulatory actions; the Company's accounting policies; future trends; general economic and currency conditions; various conditions specific to the Company's business and industry; the Company’s ability to integrate Allfast and attain the expected synergies, including that the acquisition is accretive; future prospects of the Company; and other risks that are discussed in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and elsewhere in this report are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deemed to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations or cash flows.

The cautionary statements set forth above should be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. We caution readers not to place undo reliance on the statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. We do not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations implied by our forward-looking statements under Part I, Item 2, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and elsewhere in this report. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributed to us or persons acting on our behalf. When we indicate that an event, condition or circumstance could or would have an adverse effect on us, we mean to include effects upon our business, financial and other conditions, results of operations, prospects and ability to service our debt.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

TriMas Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheet

(Dollars in thousands)



	June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets	(unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	26,170		$	24,420
Receivables, net of reserves of approximately $2.6 million and $2.2 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	140,150			132,800
Inventories	179,670			171,260
Deferred income taxes	24,030			24,030
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	18,850			8,690
Current assets, discontinued operations	—			197,420
Total current assets	388,870			558,620
Property and equipment, net	176,970			177,470
Goodwill	457,720			460,080
Other intangibles, net	286,700			297,420
Other assets	24,750			27,960
Non-current assets, discontinued operations	—			140,200
Total assets	$	1,335,010		$	1,661,750
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Current maturities, long-term debt	$	10,460		$	23,400
Accounts payable	106,380			103,510
Accrued liabilities	59,850			63,110
Current liabilities, discontinued operations	—			119,900
Total current liabilities	176,690			309,920
Long-term debt	453,490			615,170
Deferred income taxes	46,130			46,320
Other long-term liabilities	56,560			64,450
Non-current liabilities, discontinued operations	—			35,260
Total liabilities	732,870			1,071,120
Preferred stock, $0.01 par: Authorized 100,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding: None	—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par: Authorized 400,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding: 45,260,103 shares at June 30, 2015 and 45,280,385 shares at December 31, 2014	450			450
Paid-in capital	808,450			806,810
Accumulated deficit	(205,030		)	(226,850		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,730		)	10,220
Total shareholders' equity	602,140			590,630
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,335,010		$	1,661,750

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TriMas Corporation

Consolidated Statement of Income

(Unaudited—dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)



	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net sales	$	224,900		$	224,710		$	449,030		$	441,540
Cost of sales	(163,180		)	(161,950		)	(324,390		)	(318,340		)
Gross profit	61,720			62,760			124,640			123,200
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(42,510		)	(37,390		)	(82,410		)	(73,720		)
Operating profit	19,210			25,370			42,230			49,480
Other expense, net:
Interest expense	(3,720		)	(2,120		)	(7,170		)	(4,230		)
Debt financing and extinguishment costs	(1,970		)	—			(1,970		)	—
Other expense, net	(290		)	(1,380		)	(1,610		)	(1,720		)
Other expense, net	(5,980		)	(3,500		)	(10,750		)	(5,950		)
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense	13,230			21,870			31,480			43,530
Income tax expense	(4,740		)	(7,430		)	(11,050		)	(15,400		)
Income from continuing operations	8,490			14,440			20,430			28,130
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	(6,780		)	11,760			(4,740		)	17,450
Net income	1,710			26,200			15,690			45,580
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—			810
Net income attributable to TriMas Corporation	$	1,710		$	26,200		$	15,690		$	44,770
Basic earnings per share attributable to TriMas Corporation:
Continuing operations	$	0.19		$	0.32		$	0.45		$	0.61
Discontinued operations	(0.15		)	0.26			(0.10		)	0.39
Net income per share	$	0.04		$	0.58		$	0.35		$	1.00
Weighted average common shares—basic	45,150,827			44,901,090			45,074,394			44,834,842
Diluted earnings per share attributable to TriMas Corporation:
Continuing operations	$	0.19		$	0.32		$	0.45		$	0.60
Discontinued operations	(0.15		)	0.26			(0.10		)	0.39
Net income per share	$	0.04		$	0.58		$	0.35		$	0.99
Weighted average common shares—diluted	45,418,907			45,230,862			45,409,875			45,208,488

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TriMas Corporation

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)



	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net income	$	1,710		$	26,200		$	15,690		$	45,580
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Defined benefit pension and postretirement plans (net of tax of $1.5 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $1.6 million and $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively) (Note 13)	2,480			170			2,730			350
Foreign currency translation	880			2,980			(5,660		)	4,860
Derivative instruments (net of tax of $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $0.4 million and $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively) (Note 8)	(320		)	(530		)	(710		)	(220		)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	3,040			2,620			(3,640		)	4,990
Total comprehensive income	4,750			28,820			12,050			50,570
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—			810
Total comprehensive income attributable to TriMas Corporation	$	4,750		$	28,820		$	12,050		$	49,760

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TriMas Corporation

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)



	Six months ended June 30,
	2015			2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	15,690		$	45,580
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(4,740		)	17,450
Income from continuing operations	20,430			28,130
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Loss on dispositions of property and equipment	300			180
Depreciation	10,830			10,380
Amortization of intangible assets	10,580			7,180
Amortization of debt issue costs	1,020			960
Deferred income taxes	(250		)	(3,110		)
Non-cash compensation expense	2,870			4,190
Excess tax benefits from stock based compensation	(270		)	(1,030		)
Debt financing and extinguishment costs	1,970			—
Increase in receivables	(8,930		)	(22,370		)
(Increase) decrease in inventories	(9,210		)	2,030
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets	510			1,380
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(8,550		)	10,750
Other, net	(820		)	560
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	20,480			39,230
Net cash used for operating activities of discontinued operations	(14,030		)	(16,240		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	6,450			22,990
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(12,890		)	(12,940		)
Net proceeds from disposition of property and equipment	690			40
Net cash used for investing activities of continuing operations	(12,200		)	(12,900		)
Net cash used for investing activities of discontinued operations	(2,510		)	(7,350		)
Net cash used for investing activities	(14,710		)	(20,250		)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from borrowings on term loan facilities	275,000			—
Repayments of borrowings on term loan facilities	(441,360		)	(4,440		)
Proceeds from borrowings on revolving credit and accounts receivable facilities	697,890			552,110
Repayments of borrowings on revolving credit and accounts receivable facilities	(703,390		)	(489,310		)
Payments for deferred purchase price	(5,710		)	—
Debt financing fees	(1,850		)	—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—			(580		)
Payment for noncontrolling interests	—			(51,000		)
Shares surrendered upon vesting of options and restricted stock awards to cover tax obligations	(2,620		)	(2,740		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	430			430
Excess tax benefits from stock based compensation	270			1,030
Cash transferred to the Cequent businesses	(17,050		)	—
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities of continuing operations	(198,390		)	5,500
Net cash provided by financing activities of discontinued operations	208,400			3,140
Net cash provided by financing activities	10,010			8,640
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
Net increase for the period	1,750			11,380
At beginning of period	24,420			27,000
At end of period	$	26,170		$	38,380
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	9,690		$	5,550
Cash paid for taxes	$	17,390		$	10,740

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TriMas Corporation

Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)



	Common Stock		Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Total
Balances, December 31, 2014	$	450	$	806,810		$	(226,850	)	$	10,220		$	590,630
Net income attributable to TriMas Corporation	—		—			15,690			—			15,690
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			(3,640		)	(3,640		)
Shares surrendered upon vesting of options and restricted stock awards to cover tax obligations	—		(2,620		)	—			—			(2,620		)
Stock option exercises and restricted stock vestings	—		430			—			—			430
Excess tax benefits from stock based compensation	—		270			—			—			270
Non-cash compensation expense	—		3,560			—			—			3,560
Distribution of the Cequent businesses	—		—			6,130			(8,310		)	(2,180		)
Balances, June 30, 2015	$	450	$	808,450		$	(205,030	)	$	(1,730	)	$	602,140

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TRIMAS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

TriMas Corporation ("TriMas" or the "Company"), and its consolidated subsidiaries, is a global manufacturer and distributor of products for commercial, industrial and consumer markets. The Company is principally engaged in the following reportable segments with diverse products and market channels: Packaging, Aerospace, Energy and Engineered Components. See Note 10, "Segment Information," for further information on each of the Company's reportable segments.

On June 30, 2015, the Company completed the previously announced spin-off of its Cequent businesses, creating a new independent publicly traded company, Horizon Global Corporation ("Horizon"). In addition, on June 30, 2015, immediately prior to the effective time of the spin-off, Horizon paid a cash distribution to the Company of $214.5 million using the proceeds of its new debt financing arrangement and cash on hand.

Consistent with previous estimates, the Company incurred approximately $30 million of one-time, pre-tax costs associated with the spin-off, of which, approximately $29 million were incurred during 2015. These costs primarily related to financing, legal, tax and accounting services rendered by third parties. Of the $30 million in costs, approximately $18 million was included in the income (loss) from discontinued operations, $9 million was capitalized as deferred financing fees associated with Horizon's debt issuance coincident with the spin-off and is included in the balance sheet of the discontinued operations and approximately $3 million relates to fees associated with the Company's refinancing of long-term debt, of which approximately $2 million was included in the income from continuing operations as debt financing and extinguishment costs and approximately $1 million was capitalized as deferred financing fees in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

The financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Cequent businesses are reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented through the date of the spin-off. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," for further details regarding the spin-off.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries and, in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments, including adjustments of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and results of operations. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Company's 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

2. New Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" ("ASU 2015-03"). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. ASU 2015-03 is currently effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-03 on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" ("ASU 2014-09"). ASU 2014-09 requires that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 was originally effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after December 15, 2016. In July 2015, the FASB issued a deferral of ASU 2014-09 of one year, making it effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 while also providing for early adoption, but not before the original effective date. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements.

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TRIMAS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(unaudited)

3. Discontinued Operations

Spin-off of the Cequent businesses

On June 30, 2015, the Company completed the previously announced spin-off of its Cequent businesses (comprised of the Cequent Americas and Cequent Asia Pacific Europe Africa ("Cequent APEA") reportable segments), creating a new independent publicly traded company, Horizon Global Corporation, through the distribution of 100% of the Company's interest in Horizon to holders of the Company's common shares. On June 30, 2015, each of the Company's shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date of June 25, 2015 received two shares of Horizon common stock for every five shares of TriMas common stock held. In addition, on June 30, 2015, immediately prior to the effective time of the spin-off, Horizon entered into a new debt financing arrangement and used the proceeds to make a cash distribution of $214.5 million to the Company.

The Cequent businesses are presented as discontinued operations in the Company's consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated statements of income and cash flows for all periods presented.

The carrying value of the assets and liabilities immediately preceding the spin-off of the Cequent businesses on June 30, 2015, and as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Immediately preceding the spin-off on June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	17,050	$	—
Receivables, net	92,750		63,520
Inventories	125,750		123,370
Deferred income taxes	4,840		4,840
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	6,520		5,690
Total current assets	246,910		197,420
Property and equipment, net	$	48,870	$	55,180
Goodwill	5,630		6,580
Other intangibles, net	61,400		66,510
Other assets	15,910		11,930
Total assets	$	378,720	$	337,620
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Current maturities, long-term debt	$	17,940	$	460
Accounts payable	81,830		81,500
Accrued liabilities	44,190		37,940
Total current liabilities	143,960		119,900
Long-term debt	195,460		300
Deferred income taxes	9,220		8,970
Other long-term liabilities	27,900		25,990
Total liabilities	$	376,540	$	155,160

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TRIMAS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(unaudited)

Results of discontinued operations, including the discontinued Cequent businesses and NI Industries, are summarized as follows:



	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Net sales	$	158,540		$	179,270		$	300,900		$	330,180
Cost of sales	(120,800		)	(132,270		)	(227,860		)	(247,040		)
Gross profit	37,740			47,000			73,040			83,140
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(41,540		)	(28,330		)	(72,360		)	(55,990		)
Operating profit	(3,800		)	18,670			680			27,150
Interest expense	(1,320		)	(1,320		)	(2,540		)	(2,680		)
Other expense, net	(720		)	(530		)	(1,970		)	(1,210		)
Other expense, net	(2,040		)	(1,850		)	(4,510		)	(3,890		)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, before income taxes	(5,840		)	16,820			(3,830		)	23,260
Income tax expense	(940		)	(5,060		)	(910		)	(5,810		)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(6,780	)	$	11,760		$	(4,740	)	$	17,450

NI Industries

During the third quarter of 2014, the Company ceased operations of its former NI Industries business, which manufactured cartridge cases for the defense industry and was party to a U.S. Government facility maintenance contract. Net sales for NI Industries were approximately $1.0 million and $3.3 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, and net loss was approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. There were no net sales or net income (loss) for NI Industries during the three or six months ended June 30, 2015.

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TRIMAS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(unaudited)

4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2015 are summarized as follows:



	Packaging			Aerospace		Energy			Engineered Components		Total
	(dollars in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	169,350		$	210,130	$	73,180		$	7,420	$	460,080
Foreign currency translation and other	(1,510		)	—		(850		)	—		(2,360		)
Balance, June 30, 2015	$	167,840		$	210,130	$	72,330		$	7,420	$	457,720

The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company's other intangibles as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are summarized below. The Company amortizes these assets over periods ranging from one to 30 years.



	As of June 30, 2015					As of December 31, 2014
Intangible Category by Useful Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
	(dollars in thousands)
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships, 5 – 12 years	$	75,210	$	(22,110	)	$	75,300	$	(18,180	)
Customer relationships, 15 – 25 years	132,230		(34,600		)	132,230		(31,140		)
Total customer relationships	207,440		(56,710		)	207,530		(49,320		)
Technology and other, 1 – 15 years	57,930		(20,840		)	58,040		(18,750		)
Technology and other, 17 – 30 years	43,300		(28,200		)	43,300		(27,150		)
Total technology and other	101,230		(49,040		)	101,340		(45,900		)
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Trademark/Trade names	83,780		—			83,770		—
Total other intangible assets	$	392,450	$	(105,750	)	$	392,640	$	(95,220	)

Amortization expense related to intangible assets as included in the accompanying consolidated statement of income is summarized as follows:



	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Technology and other, included in cost of sales	$	1,480	$	1,150	$	3,080	$	2,300
Customer relationships, included in selling, general and administrative expenses	3,740		2,440		7,500		4,880
Total amortization expense	$	5,220	$	3,590	$	10,580	$	7,180

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TRIMAS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(unaudited)

5. Inventories

Inventories consist of the following components:



	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Finished goods	$	107,480	$	104,760
Work in process	22,910		24,300
Raw materials	49,280		42,200
Total inventories	$	179,670	$	171,260

6. Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment consists of the following components:



	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	14,440	$	14,710
Buildings	63,850		60,570
Machinery and equipment	266,020		262,670
	344,310		337,950
Less: Accumulated depreciation	167,340		160,480
Property and equipment, net	$	176,970	$	177,470

Depreciation expense as included in the accompanying consolidated statement of income is as follows:



	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Depreciation expense, included in cost of sales	$	5,020	$	4,470	$	9,380	$	8,830
Depreciation expense, included in selling, general and administrative expense	730		770		1,450		1,550
Total depreciation expense	$	5,750	$	5,240	$	10,830	$	10,380

7. Long-term Debt

The Company's long-term debt consists of the following:



	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Credit Agreement	$	403,280	$	559,530
Receivables facility and other	60,670		79,040
	463,950		638,570
Less: Current maturities, long-term debt	10,460		23,400
Long-term debt	$	453,490	$	615,170

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Credit Agreement

During the second quarter of 2015, the Company amended its credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company was able to extend maturities and resize its credit facilities following the spin-off of the Cequent businesses. The Credit Agreement consists of a $500.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which permits borrowings denominated in specific foreign currencies ("Foreign Currency Loans"), subject to a $75.0 million sub limit, and a $275.0 million senior secured term loan A facility ("Term Loan A Facility"). The cash distribution to the Company from Horizon was used to reduce the outstanding borrowings under the previous credit agreement.

Below is a summary of key terms under the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2015, and the key terms of the previous credit agreement in place immediately prior to entering into the amended Credit Agreement on June 30, 2015, with term loans showing the face amount of borrowings at debt issuance and revolving credit facilities showing gross availability at each date:



Instrument	Amount ($ in millions)	Maturity Date	Interest Rate
Credit Agreement
Senior secured revolving credit facility	$500.0	6/30/2020	LIBOR^(a) plus 1.625%^(b)
Senior secured term loan A facility	$275.0	6/30/2020	LIBOR^(a) plus 1.625%^(b)

Previous Credit Agreement
Senior secured revolving credit facility	$575.0	10/16/2018	LIBOR^(a) plus 1.625%
Senior secured term loan A facility	$450.0	10/16/2018	LIBOR^(a) plus 1.625%

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^(a) London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR")

^(b)The initial interest rate spread for the amended Credit Agreement is stated as 1.625%

The Credit Agreement also provides incremental term loan and/or revolving credit facility commitments in an amount not to exceed the greater of $300.0 million and an amount such that, after giving effect to such incremental commitments and the incurrence of any other indebtedness substantially simultaneously with the making of such commitments, the senior secured net leverage ratio, as defined, is no greater than 2.50 to 1.00. The terms and conditions of any incremental term loan and/or revolving credit facility commitments must be no more favorable than the existing credit facility.

The Company may be required to prepay a portion of its Term Loan A Facility in an amount equal to a percentage of the Company's excess cash flow, as defined, with such percentage based on the Company's leverage ratio, as defined. As of June 30, 2015, no amounts are due under this provision.

The Company is also able to issue letters of credit, not to exceed $40.0 million in aggregate, against its revolving credit facility commitments. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had letters of credit of approximately $22.7 million and $21.9 million, respectively, issued and outstanding.

At June 30, 2015, the Company had approximately $128.3 million outstanding under its revolving credit facility and had $349.0 million potentially available after giving effect to approximately $22.7 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. At December 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $118.1 million outstanding under its revolving credit facility and had $435.0 million potentially available after giving effect to approximately $21.9 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. However, including availability under its accounts receivable facility and after consideration of leverage restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, the Company had $123.0 million and $192.0 million at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, of borrowing capacity available for general corporate purposes.

Principal payments required under the Credit Agreement for the Term Loan A Facility are approximately $3.4 million due each fiscal quarter from December 2015 through September 2018 and approximately $5.2 million due each fiscal quarter from December 2018 through March 2020, with final payment of $202.8 million due on June 30, 2020.

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The debt under the Credit Agreement is an obligation of the Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries and is secured by substantially all of the assets of such parties. Borrowings under the $75.0 million foreign currency sub limit of the $500.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility are secured by a pledge of the assets of the foreign subsidiary borrowers that are a party to the agreement. The Credit Agreement also contains various negative and affirmative covenants and other requirements affecting the Company and its subsidiaries, including restrictions on the incurrence of debt, liens, mergers, investments, loans, advances, guarantee obligations, acquisitions, assets dispositions, sale-leaseback transactions, hedging agreements, dividends and other restricted payments, transactions with affiliates, restrictive agreements and amendments to charters, bylaws, and other material documents. The terms of the Credit Agreement also require the Company and its subsidiaries to meet certain restrictive financial covenants and ratios computed quarterly, including a maximum leverage ratio (total consolidated indebtedness plus outstanding amounts under the accounts receivable securitization facility over consolidated EBITDA, as defined) and a minimum interest expense coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA, as defined, over cash interest expense, as defined). At June 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants contained in the Credit Agreement.

The Company incurred approximately $1.8 million in fees to complete the Credit Agreement, of which approximately $1.4 million was capitalized as deferred financing fees as of June 30, 2015 and $0.4 million was recorded as debt financing fees in the accompanying consolidated statement of income during the three months ended June 30, 2015. The Company also recorded non-cash debt extinguishment costs of $1.5 million related to the write-off of deferred financing fees associated with the previous term loan.

As of June 30, 2015, the Company's Term Loan A Facility and revolving credit facility approximated fair value as the Credit Agreement was refinanced on June 30, 2015. As of December 31, 2014, the Company's Term Loan A Facility traded at approximately 99.5% of par value and the Company's revolving credit facility traded at approximately 99.2% of par value. The valuations of the Credit Agreement were determined based on Level 2 inputs under the fair value hierarchy, as defined.

Receivables Facility

The Company is a party to an accounts receivable facility through TSPC, Inc. ("TSPC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary, to sell trade accounts receivable of substantially all of the Company's domestic business operations. During the second quarter of 2015, the Company amended the facility to remove the Cequent businesses and to reduce the committed funding from $105.0 million to $75.0 million, with no other significant changes to the facility.

Under this facility, TSPC, from time to time, may sell an undivided fractional ownership interest in the pool of receivables up to approximately $75.0 million to a third party multi-seller receivables funding company. The net amount financed under the facility is less than the face amount of accounts receivable by an amount that approximates the purchaser's financing costs. The cost of funds under this facility consisted of a 3-month LIBOR-based rate plus a usage fee of 1.00% and 1.15% as of June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and a fee on the unused portion of the facility of 0.35% as of June 30, 2015 and 2014.

The Company had approximately $60.3 million and $78.7 million outstanding under the facility as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and $0.1 million and $1.6 million, respectively, available but not utilized. Aggregate costs incurred under the facility were approximately $0.3 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, and $0.5 million and $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. The facility expires on October 16, 2018.

The cost of funds fees incurred are determined by calculating the estimated present value of the receivables sold compared to their carrying amount. The estimated present value factor is based on historical collection experience and a discount rate based on a 3-month LIBOR-based rate plus the usage fee discussed above and is computed in accordance with the terms of the agreement. As of June 30, 2015, the cost of funds under the facility was based on an average liquidation period of the portfolio of approximately 1.6 months and an average discount rate of 1.8%.

8. Derivative Instruments

In December 2012, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to fix the LIBOR-based variable portion of the interest rate on its Term Loan A Facility at 0.74%, beginning February 2013. The interest rate swap amortizes with the Term Loan A facility payments and as of June 30, 2015 the interest rate swap had a total notional amount of $151.3 million. The interest rate swap expires on October 11, 2017, and at inception the Company designated the swap agreement as a cash flow hedge.

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(unaudited)

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value carrying amount of the Company's derivative instrument is recorded as follows:



		Asset / (Liability) Derivatives
	Balance Sheet Caption	June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
		(dollars in thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest rate swap	Other assets	$	570		$	1,270
Interest rate swap	Accrued liabilities	(320		)	(180		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		$	250		$	1,090

The following tables summarize the income recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI"), the amounts reclassified from AOCI into earnings and the amounts recognized directly into earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:



	Amount of Income Recognized in AOCI on Derivative (Effective Portion, net of tax)					Amount of Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings
						Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	As of June 30, 2015		As of December 31, 2014		Location of Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings (Effective Portion)	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(dollars in thousands)					(dollars in thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest rate swap	$	150	$	680	Income from discontinued operations	$	(220	)	$	(250	)	$	(440	)	$	(490	)

Over the next 12 months, the Company expects to reclassify approximately $0.3 million of pre-tax deferred losses from AOCI to interest expense as the related interest payments for the designated interest rate swap are funded.

The fair value of the Company's derivatives are estimated using an income approach based on valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single, discounted amount. Estimates of the fair value of the Company's interest rate swap use observable inputs such as interest rate yield curves. Fair value measurements and the fair value hierarchy level for the Company's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are shown below.



	Description	Frequency	Asset / (Liability)		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
			(dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2015	Interest rate swap	Recurring	$	250	$	—	$	250	$	—
December 31, 2014	Interest rate swap	Recurring	$	1,090	$	—	$	1,090	$	—

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(unaudited)

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Asbestos

As of June 30, 2015, the Company was a party to 1,086 pending cases involving an aggregate of 6,967 claimants alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos containing materials formerly used in gaskets (both encapsulated and otherwise) manufactured or distributed by certain of the Company's subsidiaries for use primarily in the petrochemical refining and exploration industries. The following chart summarizes the number of claimants, number of claims filed, number of claims dismissed, number of claims settled, the average settlement amount per claim and the total defense costs, exclusive of amounts reimbursed under the Company's primary insurance, at the applicable date and for the applicable periods:



	Claims pending at beginning of period	Claims filed during period	Claims dismissed during period	Claims settled during period	Average settlement amount per claim during period		Total defense costs during period
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014	7,975	210	155	38	$	18,734	$	2,800,000
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015	7,992	173	1,187	11	$	13,505	$	1,559,705

In addition, the Company acquired various companies to distribute its products that had distributed gaskets of other manufacturers prior to acquisition. The Company believes that many of its pending cases relate to locations at which none of its gaskets were distributed or used.

The Company may be subjected to significant additional asbestos-related claims in the future, the cost of settling cases in which product identification can be made may increase, and the Company may be subjected to further claims in respect of the former activities of its acquired gasket distributors. The Company is unable to make a meaningful statement concerning the monetary claims made in the asbestos cases given that, among other things, claims may be initially made in some jurisdictions without specifying the amount sought or by simply stating the requisite or maximum permissible monetary relief, and may be amended to alter the amount sought. The large majority of claims do not specify the amount sought. Of the 6,967 claims pending at June 30, 2015, 148 set forth specific amounts of damages (other than those stating the statutory minimum or maximum). Below is a breakdown of the amount sought for those claims seeking specific amounts:

Compensatory & Punitive

Compensatory Only

Punitive Only

Range of damages sought (in millions)

$0.0 to $5.0

$5.0 to $10.0

$10.0+

$0.0 to $0.6

$0.6 to $5.0

$5.0+

$0.0 to $2.5

$2.5 to $5.0

$5.0+

Number of claims

142

In addition, relatively few of the claims have reached the discovery stage and even fewer claims have gone past the discovery stage.

Total settlement costs (exclusive of defense costs) for all asbestos-related cases, some of which were filed over 20 years ago, have been approximately $7.5 million. All relief sought in the asbestos cases is monetary in nature. To date, approximately 40% of the Company's costs related to settlement and defense of asbestos litigation have been covered by its primary insurance. Effective February 14, 2006, the Company entered into a coverage-in-place agreement with its first level excess carriers regarding the coverage to be provided to the Company for asbestos-related claims when the primary insurance is exhausted. The coverage-in-place agreement makes asbestos defense costs and indemnity coverage available to the Company that might otherwise be disputed by the carriers and provides a methodology for the administration of such expenses. Nonetheless, the Company believes it is likely there will be a period within the next one or two years, prior to the commencement of coverage under this agreement and following exhaustion of the Company's primary insurance coverage, during which the Company will be solely responsible for defense costs and indemnity payments, the duration of which would be subject to the scope of damage awards and settlements paid.

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(unaudited)

Based on the settlements made to date and the number of claims dismissed or withdrawn for lack of product identification, the Company believes that the relief sought (when specified) does not bear a reasonable relationship to its potential liability. Based upon the Company's experience to date, including the trend in annual defense and settlement costs incurred to date, and other available information (including the availability of excess insurance), the Company does not believe these cases will have a material adverse effect on its financial position and results of operations or cash flows.

Claims and Litigation

The Company is subject to other claims and litigation in the ordinary course of business which the Company does not believe are material. In addition, a claim was recently made against the Company by a competitor alleging false advertising where, although no formal demand was made, the Company believed the competitor may be seeking in excess of $10 million. During the second quarter of 2015, the Company resolved the matter for approximately $2.8 million, inclusive of attorney fees and expenses.

The Company does not believe claims and litigation will have a material adverse effect on its financial position and results of operations or cash flows.

10. Segment Information

TriMas groups its operating segments into reportable segments that provide similar products and services. Each operating segment has discrete financial information evaluated regularly by the Company's chief operating decision maker in determining resource allocation and assessing performance. Within these reportable segments, there are no individual products or product families for which reported net sales accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated net sales. See below for more information regarding the types of products and services provided within each reportable segment:

Packaging – Highly engineered closure and dispensing systems for a range of end markets, using steel and plastic industrial and consumer packaging applications.

Aerospace – Permanent blind bolts, temporary fasteners, highly engineered specialty fasteners and other precision machined parts used in the commercial, business and military aerospace industries.

Energy – Metallic and non-metallic industrial sealant products and fasteners for the petroleum refining, petrochemical and other industrial markets.

Engineered Components – High-pressure and low-pressure cylinders for the transportation, storage and dispensing of compressed gases, and natural gas engines, compressors, gas production equipment and chemical pumps engineered for use at well sites for the oil and gas industry.

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(unaudited)

Segment activity is as follows:



	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Net Sales
Packaging	$	89,580		$	86,250		$	168,540		$	167,680
Aerospace	43,220			31,820			88,960			59,010
Energy	50,150			52,320			101,310			105,100
Engineered Components	41,950			54,320			90,220			109,750
Total	$	224,900		$	224,710		$	449,030		$	441,540
Operating Profit (Loss)
Packaging	$	20,710		$	20,540		$	38,220		$	38,900
Aerospace	7,220			5,660			15,300			10,520
Energy	(7,170		)	(630		)	(6,830		)	1,970
Engineered Components	6,220			8,950			12,190			16,830
Corporate expenses	(7,770		)	(9,150		)	(16,650		)	(18,740		)
Total	$	19,210		$	25,370		$	42,230		$	49,480

On June 30, 2015, the Company completed the previously announced spin-off of its Cequent businesses. The results of operations of the former Cequent APEA and Cequent Americas segments are reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented through the date of the spin-off. The Company's revenues by continent of domicile, as disclosed on the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, are not significantly different due to the spin-off, except in Australia, where almost all of the Company's pre-spin-off revenues were generated by the Cequent APEA reportable segment. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," for further details regarding the spin-off.

11. Equity Awards

The Company maintains the following long-term equity incentive plans: the TriMas Corporation Director Retainer Share Election Program, the 2011 TriMas Corporation Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, the TriMas Corporation 2006 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan and the TriMas Corporation 2002 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the "Plans"). The 2002 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan expired in 2012, such that, while existing grants will remain outstanding until exercised, vested or cancelled, no new shares may be issued under the plan. See below for details of awards under the Plans by type.

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(unaudited)

Stock Options

The Company did not grant any stock options during the six months ended June 30, 2015. Information related to stock options at June 30, 2015 is as follows:



	Number of Stock Options		Weighted Average Option Price		Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2015	251,667		$	6.39
Exercised	(31,396	)	13.77
Cancelled	(4,871	)	7.04
Expired	(2,500	)	23.00
Outstanding at June 30, 2015	212,900		$	5.09	3.2	$	5,217,728

As of June 30, 2015, 212,900 stock options were exercisable under the Plans. The Company did not incur any stock-based compensation expense related to stock options during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.

Restricted Shares

The Company awarded the following restricted shares during the first half of 2015:


•	granted 1,300 restricted shares of common stock to certain employees that are subject only to a service condition and vest on the first anniversary date of the award so long as the employee remains with the Company.


•	granted 174,874 restricted shares of common stock to certain employees which are subject only to a service condition and vest ratably over three years so long as the employee remains with the Company;

•

granted 35,813 restricted shares of common stock to certain employees which are subject only to a service condition and vest on the first anniversary date of the award. The awards were made to participants in the Company's short-term incentive compensation plan ("STI"), where all STI participants whose target annual award exceeds $20 thousand receive 80% of the value in earned cash and 20% in the form of a restricted stock award upon finalization of the award amount in the first quarter each year following the previous plan year; and


•	granted 26,704 restricted shares of common stock to its non-employee independent directors, which vest one year from date of grant so long as the director and/or Company does not terminate their service prior to the vesting date.

In addition, the Company issued 2,759 shares related to director fee deferrals. The Company allows for its non-employee independent directors to make an annual election to defer all or a portion of their directors fees and to receive the deferred amount in cash or equity. Certain of the Company's directors have elected to defer all or a portion of their directors fees and to receive the amount in Company common stock at a future date.

During 2012, the Company awarded performance-based shares of common stock to certain Company key employees which were earned based upon the achievement of two performance metrics over a period of three calendar years, beginning January 1, 2012 and ending on December 31, 2014. Of this award, 75% of the awards were earned based upon the Company's earnings per share cumulative average growth rate over the performance period. The remaining 25% of the grants were earned based upon the Company's cash generation results. The Company attained 70.25% of the target on a weighted average basis, resulting in a reduction of 28,205 shares during the first quarter of 2015.

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(unaudited)

Information related to restricted shares at June 30, 2015 is as follows:



	Number of Unvested Restricted Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2015	725,459		$	29.59
Granted	241,450		29.98
Vested	(265,449	)	28.83
Cancelled	(173,698	)	29.75
Outstanding at June 30, 2015	527,762		$	30.10	1.1	$	15,621,755

As of June 30, 2015, there was approximately $6.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted shares that is expected to be recorded over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years.

The Company recognized approximately $0.9 million and $2.0 million of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted shares during the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively and approximately $2.9 million and $4.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The stock-based compensation expense is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.

Spin-off of the Cequent businesses

During the second quarter of 2015, due to the spin-off of the Cequent businesses, stock options and restricted shares previously granted to Cequent participants were cancelled and transferred to Horizon. On July 1, 2015, the Company adjusted the number of shares outstanding, and exercise price of stock options, as required by the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan, to maintain the intrinsic value of the outstanding equity awards immediately post spin-off.

12. Earnings per Share

Net income is divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period to calculate basic earnings per share. Diluted earnings per share are calculated to give effect to stock options and restricted share awards. The calculation of diluted earnings per share included 160,936 and 185,255 restricted shares for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 220,102 and 222,486 restricted shares for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The calculation of diluted earnings per share also included options to purchase 107,144 and 144,517 shares of common stock for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 115,379 and 151,160 shares of common stock for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

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(unaudited)

13. Defined Benefit Plans

Net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs for the Company's defined benefit pension plans and postretirement benefit plans cover certain foreign employees, union hourly employees and salaried employees. The components of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:



	Pension Plans												Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,						Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014			2015			2014			2015			2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Service costs	$	230		$	190		$	470		$	380		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Interest costs	410			440			830			880			—			10			10			20
Expected return on plan assets	(490		)	(520		)	(1,010		)	(1,040		)	—			—			—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	10			10			10			10			—			—			—			—
Settlement/curtailment loss	2,750			—			2,750			—			—			—			—			—
Amortization of net (gain)/loss	360			280			740			560			(10		)	(30		)	(20		)	(50		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,270		$	400		$	3,790		$	790		$	(10	)	$	(20	)	$	(10	)	$	(30	)

During the second quarter of 2015, the Company recognized a one-time settlement charge associated with annuitizing the defined benefit obligations for certain current and former Cequent employees. The settlement charge of approximately $2.8 million is included in the income (loss) from discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.

The Company contributed approximately $1.9 million and $2.6 million to its defined benefit pension plans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively. The Company expects to contribute approximately $3.5 million to its defined benefit pension plans for the full year 2015.

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14. Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Changes in AOCI by component for the six months ended June 30, 2015 are summarized as follows:



	Defined Benefit Plans			Derivative Instruments			Foreign Currency Translation			Total
	(dollars in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	(14,180	)	$	610		$	23,790		$	10,220
Net unrealized (losses) arising during the period ^(a)	—			(1,400		)	(5,660		)	(7,060		)
Less: Net realized (losses) reclassified to net income ^{(b), (c)}	(2,730		)	(690		)	—			(3,420		)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	2,730			(710		)	(5,660		)	(3,640		)
Distribution of the Cequent businesses	—			250			(8,560		)	(8,310		)
Net current-period comprehensive income (loss)	2,730			(460		)	(14,220		)	(11,950		)
Balance, June 30, 2015	$	(11,450	)	$	150		$	9,570		$	(1,730	)

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^(a)Derivative instruments, net of income tax of $0.6 million. See Note 8, "Derivative Instruments," for further details.

^(b)Defined benefit plans, net of income tax of $1.6 million. See Note 13, "Defined Benefit Plans," for additional details.

^(c)Derivative instruments, net of income tax of $0.2 million. See Note 8, "Derivative Instruments," for further details. Additionally, net realized (losses) reclassified to net income for derivative instruments are included in income (loss) from discontinued operations, net, in our Consolidated Statement of Income.

Changes in AOCI by component for the six months ended June 30, 2014 are summarized as follows:



	Defined Benefit Plans			Derivative Instruments			Foreign Currency Translation		Total
	(dollars in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	(10,840	)	$	1,060		$	37,610	$	27,830
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period ^(a)	—			(300		)	4,860		4,560
Less: Net realized (losses) reclassified to net income ^(b)	(350		)	(80		)	—		(430		)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	350			(220		)	4,860		4,990
Balance, June 30, 2014	$	(10,490	)	$	840		$	42,470	$	32,820

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^(a)Derivative instruments, net of income tax of $0.5 million. See Note 8, "Derivative Instruments," for further details.

^(b)Defined benefit plans, net of income tax of $0.2 million. See Note 13, "Defined Benefit Plans," for additional details. Derivative instruments, net of income tax of $0.2 million. See Note 8, "Derivative Instruments," for further details.

15. Subsequent Event

In July 2015, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to fix the LIBOR-based variable portion of the interest rate on its Term Loan A Facility at rates ranging from 1.0% to 2.7%, beginning July 2016 and extending through June 2020. The interest rate swaps will amortize with the Term Loan A facility payments and have notional amounts ranging from $115 million to $235 million.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition contains forward-looking statements regarding industry outlook and our expectations regarding the performance of our business. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Forward-Looking Statements," at the beginning of this report. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements. You should read the following discussion together with the Company's reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Introduction

We are a global manufacturer and distributor of products for commercial, industrial and consumer markets. We are principally engaged in four reportable segments: Packaging, Aerospace, Energy and Engineered Components.

On June 30, 2015, we completed the spin-off of our Cequent businesses, creating a new independent publicly-traded company, Horizon Global Corporation ("Horizon"). On June 30, 2015, our stockholders received two shares of Horizon common stock for every five shares of TriMas common stock that they held as of the close of business on June 25, 2015. The financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Horizon are reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented through the date of the spin-off.

Key Factors and Risks Affecting Our Reported Results. Our businesses and results of operations depend upon general economic conditions and we serve some customers in cyclical industries that are highly competitive and themselves significantly impacted by changes in economic conditions. There has been little or no overall economic growth, particularly in the United States, although global economic conditions appear to have been relatively stable over the past couple of years. Two external factors that have impacted our results most significantly in the first half of 2015 are lower oil prices and a stronger U.S. dollar. While we experienced some organic growth in certain of our businesses in the first half of 2015 versus 2014, the majority of our growth came via sales from companies acquired during 2014, and overall sales were essentially flat, as the aforementioned sales growth was offset by reductions in sales resulting from the impact of lower oil prices and the stronger U.S. dollar.

During 2014, we took significant actions in our Energy reportable segment to reassess, restructure and optimize our manufacturing and sales footprints, as demand levels had been lower than historical levels over the past several quarters, starting in the third quarter of 2013, both in the United States and abroad, as petrochemical plants and refinery customers deferred shutdown activity, plus we experienced decreases in engineering and construction and original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") customer activity. The demand challenges also resulted in operating margin declines from historical levels. Given the reduced demand and resulting profitability challenges, during 2014 we announced the closure of a sales branch in China, a manufacturing facility in Brazil and the move of certain longer lead-time standard products from our Houston, Texas manufacturing facility to a new facility in Mexico by late 2015. We also announced the consolidation of our Rotterdam, the Netherlands branch into our Antwerp, Belgium branch during the first half of 2015. We continue to monitor our business needs, and are considering further actions given the continued trend in sales and profitability levels below historical levels.

Over the past few years, we have executed on our growth strategies via bolt-on acquisitions, new products and geographic expansion within our existing platforms in each of our reportable segments. We have also proceeded with the aforementioned restructuring activities in our Energy reportable segment, moving toward more efficient facilities and lower cost country production. While our growth strategies have significantly contributed to increased net sales levels over this time period, our earnings margins over the period of execution have declined from historical levels, primarily due to costs incurred to move, close or consolidate existing facilities, the incurrence of acquisition diligence and integration costs, the margin impact of acquiring businesses with historically lower margins than our legacy businesses and due to increasing business in new markets to TriMas, where we make pricing decisions to penetrate new markets and do not yet have volume leverage. In addition to the energy end-market challenges, we have also incurred significant costs related to manufacturing inefficiencies associated with changes in aerospace customer demand with some distribution customer consolidation, a trend toward smaller lot order sizes and less consistent order patterns over the past few quarters. While these challenges and endeavors have significantly impacted margins, we believe that the margins in these businesses will moderate to historical levels over time (and have in Packaging, for example, where the acquisitions in the past few years have been integrated) as we integrate our acquisitions into our businesses, right-size our facilities and staffing levels to current and expected demand levels and patterns and capitalize on productivity initiatives and volume efficiencies.

Critical factors affecting our ability to succeed include: our ability to create organic growth through product development, cross selling and extending product-line offerings, and our ability to quickly and cost-effectively introduce new products; our ability to acquire and integrate companies or products that supplement existing product lines, add new distribution channels, expand our geographic coverage or enable better absorption of overhead costs; our ability to manage our cost structure more efficiently via supply base management, internal sourcing and/or purchasing of materials, selective outsourcing and/or purchasing of support functions, working capital management, and greater leverage of our administrative functions. If we are unable to do any of the foregoing successfully, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely impacted.

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Our businesses do not experience significant seasonal fluctuation. We do not consider sales order backlog to be a material factor in our business. A growing portion of our sales is derived from international sources, which exposes us to certain risks, including currency risks.

We are sensitive to price movements in our raw materials supply base. Our largest material purchases are for steel, aluminum, polyethylene and other resins and utility-related inputs. Historically, we have experienced increasing costs of steel and resin and have worked with our suppliers to manage cost pressures and disruptions in supply. We also utilize pricing programs to pass increased steel, aluminum and resin costs to customers. Although we may experience delays in our ability to implement price increases, we have been generally able to recover such increased costs. We may experience disruptions in supply in the future and may not be able to pass along higher costs associated with such disruptions to our customers in the form of price increases.

In addition to the aforementioned price movements in significant raw materials, certain of our businesses are sensitive to oil price movements. Our Arrow Engine business is most directly impacted by significant volatility in oil prices. Arrow's pumpjack and other engine sales and related parts, which comprise a significant portion of the business, are impacted by oil drilling levels, rig counts and commodity pricing. The decline of oil prices in late fourth quarter 2014 and through the first half of 2015 has significantly impacted demand levels in this business, with sales levels dropping more than 50% from the first half of 2014. Our other businesses may be impacted by volatile oil prices, but not as directly. For example, a portion of our Energy reportable segment serves upstream customers at oil well sites that have been impacted by changes in oil prices, while the majority of the segment provides parts for refineries and chemical plants, which may or may not choose to defer capital expenditures or changeover production stock, both of which would require retooling with our gaskets and bolts, in times of fluctuations in oil prices. Our Packaging reportable segment may be impacted by oil prices, as it is a significant driver of resin pricing, although we generally are able to maintain profit levels when oil prices change due to escalator/de-escalator clauses in contracts with many of our customers.

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Segment Information and Supplemental Analysis

The following table summarizes financial information for our reportable segments for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:



	Three months ended June 30,
	2015			As a Percentage of Net Sales		2014			As a Percentage of Net Sales
	(dollars in thousands)
Net Sales
Packaging	$	89,580		39.8	%	$	86,250		38.4	%
Aerospace	43,220			19.2	%	31,820			14.1	%
Energy	50,150			22.3	%	52,320			23.3	%
Engineered Components	41,950			18.7	%	54,320			24.2	%
Total	$	224,900		100.0	%	$	224,710		100.0	%
Gross Profit
Packaging	$	31,980		35.7	%	$	30,450		35.3	%
Aerospace	14,850			34.4	%	9,460			29.7	%
Energy	5,820			11.6	%	10,280			19.6	%
Engineered Components	9,070			21.6	%	12,570			23.1	%
Total	$	61,720		27.4	%	$	62,760		27.9	%
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Packaging	$	11,270		12.6	%	$	9,910		11.5	%
Aerospace	7,630			17.7	%	3,800			11.9	%
Energy	12,990			25.9	%	10,910			20.9	%
Engineered Components	2,850			6.8	%	3,620			6.7	%
Corporate expenses	7,770			N/A		9,150			N/A
Total	$	42,510		18.9	%	$	37,390		16.6	%
Operating Profit (Loss)
Packaging	$	20,710		23.1	%	$	20,540		23.8	%
Aerospace	7,220			16.7	%	5,660			17.8	%
Energy	(7,170		)	(14.3	)%	(630		)	(1.2	)%
Engineered Components	6,220			14.8	%	8,950			16.5	%
Corporate expenses	(7,770		)	N/A		(9,150		)	N/A
Total	$	19,210		8.5	%	$	25,370		11.3	%
Depreciation and Amortization
Packaging	$	5,180		5.8	%	$	4,950		5.7	%
Aerospace	3,510			8.1	%	1,400			4.4	%
Energy	1,110			2.2	%	1,230			2.4	%
Engineered Components	1,100			2.6	%	1,170			2.2	%
Corporate expenses	$	70		N/A		$	80		N/A
Total	$	10,970		4.9	%	$	8,830		3.9	%

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The following table summarizes financial information for our reportable segments for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:



	Six months ended June 30,
	2015			As a Percentage of Net Sales		2014			As a Percentage of Net Sales
	(dollars in thousands)
Net Sales
Packaging	$	168,540		37.5	%	$	167,680		38.0	%
Aerospace	88,960			19.8	%	59,010			13.4	%
Energy	101,310			22.6	%	105,100			23.7	%
Engineered Components	90,220			20.1	%	109,750			24.9	%
Total	$	449,030		100.0	%	$	441,540		100.0	%
Gross Profit
Packaging	$	59,660		35.4	%	$	58,590		34.9	%
Aerospace	30,850			34.7	%	18,190			30.8	%
Energy	15,520			15.3	%	22,450			21.4	%
Engineered Components	18,610			20.6	%	23,970			21.8	%
Total	$	124,640		27.8	%	$	123,200		27.9	%
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Packaging	$	21,440		12.7	%	$	19,690		11.7	%
Aerospace	15,550			17.5	%	7,670			13.0	%
Energy	22,350			22.1	%	20,480			19.5	%
Engineered Components	6,420			7.1	%	7,140			6.5	%
Corporate expenses	16,650			N/A		18,740			N/A
Total	$	82,410		18.4	%	$	73,720		16.7	%
Operating Profit (Loss)
Packaging	$	38,220		22.7	%	$	38,900		23.2	%
Aerospace	15,300			17.2	%	10,520			17.8	%
Energy	(6,830		)	(6.7	)%	1,970			1.9	%
Engineered Components	12,190			13.5	%	16,830			15.3	%
Corporate expenses	(16,650		)	N/A		(18,740		)	N/A
Total	$	42,230		9.4	%	$	49,480		11.2	%
Depreciation and Amortization
Packaging	$	10,390		6.2	%	$	9,940		5.9	%
Aerospace	6,520			7.3	%	2,800			4.7	%
Energy	2,140			2.1	%	2,390			2.3	%
Engineered Components	2,190			2.4	%	2,270			2.1	%
Corporate expenses	170			N/A		160			N/A
Total	$	21,410		4.8	%	$	17,560		4.0	%

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Results of Operations

The principal factors impacting us during the three months ended June 30, 2015, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2014, were:


•	the spin-off of the Cequent businesses, including costs incurred to affect and reclassifying to discontinued operations for all periods presented, and amending our credit agreement ("Credit Agreement");


•	the impact of our 2014 acquisitions (see below for impact by segment);


•	the impact of lower oil prices, primarily in our Engineered Components reportable segment; and


•	manufacturing and distribution footprint consolidation and relocation projects within our Energy reportable segment, under which we incurred approximately $2.6 million of costs during the second quarter of 2015.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2014

Overall, net sales increased slightly to $224.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared with $224.7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014. During the second quarter of 2015, net sales increased approximately $16.1 million due to our recent acquisitions. Sales levels also increased between years due to strong customer demand primarily in our Packaging reportable segment and our cylinder business in the Engineered Components reportable segment, and our expansion in international markets primarily in our Energy reportable segment. These increases were partially offset by an approximate $13.2 million decrease in sales in our engine and compression-related products within our Engineered Components reportable segment due to lower oil prices. Net sales also decreased by approximately $3.9 million due to net unfavorable currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Gross profit margin (gross profit as a percentage of sales) approximated 27.4% and 27.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Gross profit margin increased in our Aerospace reportable segment due to higher margins associated with our Allfast Fastening Systems, Inc. ("Allfast") acquisition. Gross profit margin also increased due to continued productivity, cost reductions and automation efforts primarily in our Packaging and Engineered Components reportable segments. These increases in gross profit margin were partially offset by higher costs and inefficiencies related to our restructuring and footprint optimization efforts as well as costs related to U.S. West Coast port delays in our Energy reportable segment, lower fixed cost absorption primarily in our Engineered Components reportable segment and unfavorable currency exchange of approximately $1.2 million, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Operating profit margin (operating profit as a percentage of sales) approximated 8.5% and 11.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Operating profit decreased approximately $6.2 million, or 24.3%, to $19.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015, from $25.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to cost and inefficiencies related to our restructuring and footprint optimization efforts, higher legal expenses and costs related to U.S. West Coast port delays, all within our Energy reportable segment. Additionally, operating profit margin decreased due to lower fixed cost absorption, primarily in our Engineered Components reportable segment. Partially offsetting the decreases in operating profit margin were continued productivity, cost reductions and automation efforts primarily in our Packaging and Engineered Components reportable segments and a reduction in corporate costs and expenses.

Interest expense increased approximately $1.6 million, to $3.7 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014, due to an increase in our weighted-average variable rate borrowings to approximately $766.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2015, from approximately $448.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to the amendment to our Credit Agreement to add a $275.0 million incremental senior secured term loan A facility, which was used to fund the Allfast acquisition within our Aerospace reportable segment during the fourth quarter of 2014. Additionally, the effective weighted average interest rate on our outstanding variable rate borrowings, including our Credit Agreement and accounts receivable facilities, increased to approximately 1.9% for three months ended June 30, 2015, from approximately 1.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2014.

We incurred debt financing and extinguishment costs of approximately $2.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2015 related to the amendment of our Credit Agreement in conjunction with the spin-off of the Cequent businesses during the second quarter of 2015. For more information on the amendment of our Credit Agreement see Note 7, "Long-term Debt," to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

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Other expense, net decreased approximately $1.1 million, to $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to costs attributed to a reduction of certain indemnification assets related to uncertain tax liabilities during the three months ended June 30, 2014 that did not recur.

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were 35.8% and 34.0%, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, the overall geographic mix of earnings was consistent with the three months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in the rate was due primarily to losses at certain foreign subsidiaries where no tax benefit could be recorded and certain discrete tax expenses.

Net income from continuing operations decreased by approximately $5.9 million, to $8.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015, compared to $14.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily the result of a $6.2 million decrease in operating profit, plus a $2.0 million increase in debt extinguishment costs, plus $1.6 million of higher interest expense, partially offset by a $2.7 million decrease in income tax expense and a $1.1 million decrease in other expense.

See below for a discussion of operating results by segment.

Packaging. Net sales increased approximately $3.3 million, or 3.9%, to $89.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $86.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Sales increased by approximately $2.6 million due to the acquisition of Lion Holdings Pvt. Ltd. ("Lion Holdings") in July 2014. In addition, sales of our specialty systems products increased approximately $3.4 million due to increased demand from customers in North America. These increases were partially offset by approximately $2.4 million of unfavorable currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Packaging's gross profit increased approximately $1.5 million to $32.0 million, or 35.7% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $30.5 million, or 35.3% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Gross profit increased primarily due to profit derived from the acquisition of Lion Holdings, as well as decreased material costs and continued productivity and automation initiatives. Partially offsetting these gains was approximately $1.1 million of unfavorable currency exchange as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Packaging's selling, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $1.4 million to $11.3 million, or 12.6% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $9.9 million, or 11.5% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily as a result of approximately $0.7 million of incremental selling, general and administrative costs associated with our Lion Holdings acquisition and strategic spending to support our global growth initiatives.

Packaging's operating profit increased approximately $0.2 million to $20.7 million, or 23.1% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $20.5 million, or 23.8% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014. While operating profit increased primarily due to higher sales levels, lower material costs and continued productivity and automation initiatives, margin decreased primarily due to higher selling, general and administrative costs.

Aerospace. Net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2015 increased approximately $11.4 million, or 35.8%, to $43.2 million, as compared to $31.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Sales increased approximately $13.4 million related to the acquisition of Allfast in the fourth quarter of 2014. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in our legacy aerospace business primarily due to lower distribution customer demand.

Gross profit within Aerospace increased approximately $5.4 million to $14.9 million, or 34.4% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, from $9.5 million, or 29.7% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to increased sales resulting from the acquisition of Allfast. The increase in gross profit margin was partially offset by approximately $0.9 million of inventory step-up costs and approximately $0.6 million of incremental ongoing intangible asset amortization costs related to our acquisition of Allfast. Gross profit margin also declined due to the sale of higher cost inventory in our legacy aerospace business and increased costs to standardize and improve manufacturing processes under our new management leadership.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $3.8 million to $7.6 million, or 17.7% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $3.8 million, or 11.9% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to higher ongoing selling, general and administrative costs of approximately $2.6 million related to our Allfast acquisition. Additionally, we incurred higher costs during the three months ended June 30, 2015 related to operational and leadership changes.

Operating profit within Aerospace increased approximately $1.5 million to $7.2 million, or 16.7% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $5.7 million, or 17.8% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014. While operating profit increased due to higher sales levels, operating profit margin declined primarily due to the sale of higher cost inventory in our legacy aerospace business and an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses.

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Energy. Net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2015 decreased approximately $2.1 million, or 4.1%, to $50.2 million, as compared to $52.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Sales increased by approximately $2.1 million in our international branches due to continued geographic market expansion and new products. This increase was more than offset by approximately $1.8 million of lower sales in China and Brazil due to our restructuring activities in those regions and an approximate $1.0 million decrease in sales in North America, where organic sales increases were more than offset by a reduction in upstream customer sales resulting from the lower and volatile oil prices. Sales were also impacted by approximately $1.5 million due to net unfavorable currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Gross profit within Energy decreased approximately $4.5 million to $5.8 million, or 11.6% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $10.3 million, or 19.6% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Gross profit and gross profit margin decreased approximately $2.9 million due to higher material sourcing costs related to U.S. West Coast port delays, where we moved certain production to higher cost facilities to meet current orders. In addition, this segment was also impacted by costs and inefficiencies resulting from our restructuring and footprint optimization efforts and lower sales levels.

Selling, general and administrative expenses within Energy increased approximately $2.1 million to $13.0 million, or 25.9% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $10.9 million, or 20.9% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014. During the second quarter of 2015, we incurred approximately $2.8 million in expenses to resolve a previous legal claim. These costs were partially offset by a reduction in selling, general and administrative costs resulting from the facility closures in Brazil and China.

Overall, operating profit within Energy decreased approximately $6.6 million to an approximate $7.2 million loss, or 14.3% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to a $0.6 million loss, or 1.2% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Operating profit and related margin decreased primarily as a result of higher sourcing costs, port delays and higher legal costs, which were partially offset by lower spending related to the facility closures.

Engineered Components. Net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2015 decreased approximately $12.3 million, or 22.8%, to $42.0 million, as compared to $54.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Sales of our slow speed and compressor engine and related products decreased approximately $8.7 million, and sales of our gas compression products declined approximately $4.5 million, both primarily as a result of reduced levels of oil and gas drilling and well completions in the U.S. and Canada in response to lower oil prices. The decreases in sales of engine and compression-related products were partially offset by increased sales of our industrial cylinders of approximately $0.8 million, primarily due to sales growth in our large high pressure cylinder products.

Gross profit within Engineered Components decreased approximately $3.5 million to $9.1 million, or 21.6% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, from $12.6 million, or 23.1% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily as a result of the decreased sales levels of engine and compression-related products as a result of the lower oil prices. Gross profit margin for engine and compression-related products further declined due to lower fixed cost absorption, despite cost reductions to better align our cost structure with current demand levels. These decreases were partially offset by increased gross profit and gross profit margin from sales of our industrial cylinders as a result of increased sales and continued productivity initiatives, as we continue to gain efficiencies from our previous asset acquisition, as well as increased fixed cost absorption on the higher sales levels.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased approximately $0.7 million to $2.9 million, or 6.8% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $3.6 million, or 6.7% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014, substantially all due to cost reductions in our engine and compression-related products, as we have been able to better align our cost structure with current demand levels.

Operating profit within Engineered Components decreased approximately $2.8 million to $6.2 million, or 14.8% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $9.0 million, or 16.5% of sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to the reduced sales levels, with operating profit margin decreasing as a result of lower fixed cost absorption related to our engine and compression-related products, which was partially offset by increased sales, productivity initiatives and additional operating leverage for our industrial cylinder products.

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Corporate Expenses. Corporate expenses consist of the following:



	Three months ended June 30,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Corporate operating expenses	$	2.9	$	3.4
Employee costs and related benefits	4.9		5.8
Corporate expenses	$	7.8	$	9.2

Corporate expenses decreased approximately $1.4 million to $7.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015, from $9.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease between years is primarily attributed to a reduction in costs associated with our long-term incentive program and reductions in third party professional fees due to timing and nature of projects completed in 2014 compared to 2015.

Discontinued Operations. The results of discontinued operations consist of our former Cequent businesses, which were spun-off on June 30, 2015, and our former NI Industries business, which ceased operations in September 2014. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense, was $6.8 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2014, income from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense, was $11.8 million. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

Overall, net sales increased approximately $7.5 million, or approximately 1.7%, to $449.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared with $441.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014. During the first six months of 2015, net sales increased approximately $35.4 million due to our recent acquisitions. Sales levels also increased between years due to new customer wins and increased sales to existing customers primarily in our Engineered Components reportable segment and our expansion in international markets primarily in our Energy reportable segment. These increases were partially offset by an approximate $24.2 million decrease in sales in our engine and compression-related products within our Engineered Components reportable segment primarily due to lower oil prices. Net sales also decreased by approximately $7.0 million due to net unfavorable currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Gross profit margin (gross profit as a percentage of sales) approximated 27.8% and 27.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Gross profit margin increased in our Aerospace reportable segment due to higher margins associated with our Allfast acquisition. Gross profit margin also increased due to continued productivity, cost reductions and automation efforts, primarily in our Packaging and Engineered Components reportable segments. These increases in gross profit margin were partially offset by higher costs and inefficiencies related to our restructuring and footprint optimization efforts as well as costs related to U.S. West Coast port delays in our Energy reportable segment, lower fixed cost absorption primarily in our Engineered Components reportable segment and approximately $2.3 million of unfavorable currency exchange as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Operating profit margin (operating profit as a percentage of sales) approximated 9.4% and 11.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Operating profit decreased approximately $7.3 million, or 14.7%, to $42.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, compared to $49.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to cost and inefficiencies related to our restructuring and footprint optimization efforts, higher legal expenses and costs related to U.S. West Coast port delays all within our Energy reportable segment. Additionally, we experienced lower fixed cost absorption primarily in our Engineered Components reportable segment. Partially offsetting the decreases in operating profit margin were continued productivity, cost reductions and automation efforts primarily in our Packaging and Engineered Components reportable segments, and a reduction in corporate costs and expenses.

Interest expense increased approximately $3.0 million, to $7.2 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $4.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to an increase in our weighted-average variable rate borrowings to approximately $755.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2015, from approximately $427.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to the amendment of our Credit Agreement to add a $275.0 million incremental senior secured term loan A facility, which was used to fund the Allfast acquisition. Additionally, the effective weighted average interest rate on our outstanding variable rate borrowings, including our Credit Agreement and accounts receivable facilities, increased to approximately 1.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2015, from 1.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

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We incurred debt financing and extinguishment costs of approximately $2.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015 related to the amendment of our Credit Agreement in conjunction with the spin-off of the Cequent businesses during the second quarter of 2015. For more information on the amendment of our Credit Agreement see Note 7, "Long-term Debt," to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Other expense, net decreased approximately $0.1 million, to $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, compared to $1.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to costs attributed to a reduction of certain indemnification assets related to uncertain tax liabilities during the three months ended June 30, 2014 that did not recur, which were partially offset by higher losses on transactions denominated in foreign currencies.

The effective income tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were 35.1% and 35.4%, respectively. The effective income tax rates were relatively comparable year-over-year as the overall geographic mix of earnings was consistent within each of the periods presented.

Net income from continuing operations decreased by approximately $7.7 million, to $20.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, compared to $28.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily the result of a $7.3 million decrease in operating profit, plus $2.9 million of higher interest expense, plus a $2.0 million increase in debt extinguishment costs, partially offset by a $4.4 million decrease in income tax expense.

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest was $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The income was related to our 70% acquisition of Arminak in February 2012, and represented the 30% interest not attributed to TriMas Corporation. We acquired the remaining 30% interest in Arminak on March 11, 2014.

See below for a discussion of operating results by segment.

Packaging. Net sales increased approximately $0.8 million, or 0.5%, to $168.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $167.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Sales increased by approximately $5.5 million due to the acquisition of Lion Holdings in July 2014. In addition, sales of our specialty systems products increased approximately $0.9 million, primarily due to increased demand from customers in North America during the second quarter of 2015. This increase was partially offset by lower sales of our industrial closures of approximately $1.0 million, as a result of lower demand in Europe in the first half of 2015. Sales were also impacted by approximately $4.5 million of unfavorable currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Packaging's gross profit increased approximately $1.1 million to $59.7 million, or 35.4% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $58.6 million, or 34.9% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Gross profit increased primarily due to profit derived from the acquisition of Lion Holdings, as well as decreased material costs and continued productivity and automation initiatives. Partially offsetting these gains were approximately $2.1 million of unfavorable currency exchange as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Packaging's selling, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $1.7 million to $21.4 million, or 12.7% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $19.7 million, or 11.7% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014, primarily as a result of approximately $1.4 million of incremental selling, general and administrative costs associated with our Lion Holdings acquisition and strategic spending to improve our global growth initiatives.

Packaging's operating profit decreased approximately $0.7 million to $38.2 million, or 22.7% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $38.9 million, or 23.2% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Operating profit and margin decreased primarily due to unfavorable currency exchange and higher selling, general and administrative costs, which were partially offset by lower material costs and continued productivity and automation initiatives.

Aerospace. Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2015 increased approximately $30.0 million, or 50.8%, to $89.0 million, as compared to $59.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Sales increased approximately $30.0 million related to the acquisition of Allfast, while sales in our legacy business remained consistent year-over-year.

Gross profit within Aerospace increased approximately $12.7 million to $30.9 million, or 34.7% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, from $18.2 million, or 30.8% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to higher sales levels resulting from the acquisition of Allfast. The increase in gross profit margin was partially offset by approximately $3.0 million of inventory step-up costs and approximately $1.1 million of incremental ongoing intangible asset amortization costs related to our acquisition of Allfast. Gross profit margin also declined due to the sale of higher cost inventory in our legacy aerospace business and increased costs to standardize and improve manufacturing processes.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $7.9 million to $15.6 million, or 17.5% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $7.7 million, or 13.0% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014, due to higher ongoing selling, general and administrative costs of approximately $5.5 million related to our Allfast acquisition. Additionally, we incurred higher costs related to operational and leadership changes.

Operating profit within Aerospace increased approximately $4.8 million to $15.3 million, or 17.2% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $10.5 million, or 17.8% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. While operating profit increased due to higher sales levels, operating profit margin declined primarily due to the sale of higher cost inventory in our legacy aerospace business and an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Energy. Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2015 decreased approximately $3.8 million, or 3.6%, to $101.3 million, as compared to $105.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Sales increased by approximately $3.4 million in our international branches due to continued geographic market expansion and new products. This increase was more than offset by approximately $2.9 million of lower sales in China and Brazil due to our restructuring activities in those regions and an approximate $1.7 million decrease in sales in North America, where organic sales increases were more than offset by a reduction in upstream customer sales resulting from the lower and volatile oil prices. Sales were also impacted by approximately $2.6 million due to net unfavorable currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were negatively impacted as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.

Gross profit within Energy decreased approximately $7.0 million to $15.5 million, or 15.3% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $22.5 million, or 21.4% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Gross profit and gross profit margin decreased approximately $4.0 million due to higher material sourcing costs related to U.S. West Coast port delays, where we moved certain production to higher cost facilities to meet current orders. In addition, this segment was also impacted by costs and inefficiencies resulting from our restructuring and footprint optimization efforts and lower sales levels.

Selling, general and administrative expenses within Energy increased approximately $1.9 million to $22.4 million, or 22.1% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $20.5 million, or 19.5% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. During the second quarter of 2015, we incurred approximately $2.8 million in expenses to resolve a previous legal claim. These costs were partially offset by a reduction in selling, general and administrative costs resulting from the facility closures in Brazil and China.

Overall, operating profit within Energy decreased approximately $8.8 million to a $6.8 million loss, or 6.7% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $2.0 million of profit, or 1.9% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Operating profit and related margin decreased primarily as a result of higher sourcing costs, port delays, restructuring related inefficiencies and higher legal costs, which were partially offset by lower spending related to the facility closures.

Engineered Components. Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2015 decreased approximately $19.6 million, or 17.8%, to $90.2 million, as compared to $109.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Sales of our slow speed and compressor engine and related products declined approximately $16.4 million, and sales of our gas compression products declined approximately $2.2 million, both primarily as a result of reduced levels of oil and gas drilling and well completions in the U.S. and Canada in response to lower oil prices. Sales further declined as a result of a one-time sale of our compressor packages in 2014 for approximately $5.6 million that did not recur. Sales of our industrial cylinder products increased approximately $4.7 million, substantially all due to increased sales of our large high pressure cylinder products to new and existing customers.

Gross profit within Engineered Components decreased approximately $5.4 million to $18.6 million, or 20.6% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, from $24.0 million, or 21.8% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014. Gross profit declined approximately $4.9 million as a result of the decreased sales levels in our engine and compression-related products due to lower oil prices. Gross profit margin for engine and compression-related products further declined due to lower fixed cost absorption, despite cost reductions to better align our cost structure with current demand levels. These decreases were partially offset by increased gross profit and gross profit margin from sales of our industrial cylinders as a result of increased sales and continued productivity initiatives, as we continue to gain efficiencies from our previous asset acquisition, as well as increased fixed cost absorption on the higher sales levels.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased approximately $0.7 million to $6.4 million, or 7.1% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to $7.1 million, or 6.5% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014, substantially all due to cost reductions in our engine and compression-related products, as we have been able to better align our cost structure with current demand levels.

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Operating profit within Engineered Components decreased approximately $4.6 million to $12.2 million, or 13.5% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to operating profit of $16.8 million, or 15.3% of sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to the reduced sales levels, with operating profit margin decreasing as a result of lower fixed cost absorption related to our engine and compression-related products, which was partially offset by increased sales, productivity initiatives and additional operating leverage for our industrial cylinder products.

Corporate Expenses. Corporate expenses consist of the following:



	Six months ended June 30,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Corporate operating expenses	$	6.0	$	7.0
Employee costs and related benefits	10.7		11.7
Corporate expenses	$	16.7	$	18.7

Corporate expenses decreased approximately $2.0 million to $16.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, from $18.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease between years is primarily attributed to a reduction in costs associated with our long-term incentive program and reductions in third party professional fees due to timing and nature of projects completed in 2014 compared to 2015.

Discontinued Operations. The results of discontinued operations consist of our former Cequent businesses, which were spun-off on June 30, 2015, and our former NI Industries business, which ceased operations in September 2014. Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax expenses, was $4.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to income from discontinued operations, net of income tax expenses of $17.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

Cash flows provided by operating activities of continuing operations were approximately $20.5 million and $39.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Significant changes in cash flows used for operating activities of continuing operations and the reasons for such changes are as follows:

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For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company generated $46.7 million of cash, based on the reported net income from continuing operations of $20.4 million and after considering the effects of non-cash items related to losses on dispositions of property and equipment, depreciation, amortization, changes in deferred income taxes, stock-based compensation and related changes in excess tax benefits, debt financing and extinguishment costs and other, net. For the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company generated $47.4 million in cash flows based on the reported net income from continuing operations of $28.1 million and after considering the effects of similar non-cash items.

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Increases in accounts receivable resulted in a use of cash of approximately $8.9 million and $22.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increased use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2015 is due primarily to the timing of sales and collection of cash within the period. The increased use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2014 is due primarily to the increased sales in the second quarter 2014 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2013. Days sales outstanding of receivables remained relatively flat period-over-period.

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For the six months ended June 30, 2015, we used approximately $9.2 million for investment in our inventories. Inventory levels increased primarily due to higher material sourcing costs and increased purchases related to U.S. West Coast port delays, mainly in our Energy reportable segment, to meet current orders. For the six months ended June 30, 2014 we reduced our investment in inventory, which resulted in a cash source of $2.0 million, as we did not need to make significant investments in additional inventory during the six months ended June 30, 2014 despite the increase in sales.

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Decreases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities resulted in a cash use of approximately $8.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, primarily a result of the timing of payments made to suppliers and mix of vendors and related terms. For the six months ended June 30, 2014, increases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities resulted in a cash source of approximately $10.8 million, primarily due to the timing of payments for certain tax liabilities. Our days accounts payable on hand remained relatively flat period-over-period.

Net cash used for investing activities of continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $12.2 million and $12.9 million, respectively. During the first six months of 2015, we incurred approximately $12.9 million in capital expenditures, as we have continued our investment in growth, capacity and productivity-related capital projects. Cash received from the disposition of property and equipment was approximately $0.7 million. During the first six months of 2014, we incurred approximately $12.9 million in capital expenditures and received cash from the disposition of property and equipment of approximately $0.1 million.

Net cash used for financing activities of continuing operations was approximately $198.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015, and net cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations was approximately $5.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. In conjunction with the spin-off, Horizon made a cash distribution to us of $214.5 million, we used the distribution received from Horizon to amend and pay down our term loan facilities. During the first six months of 2015, we had net additional repayments of $5.5 million on our receivables and revolving credit facilities, and net additional repayments of $166.4 million on our term loan facilities. We transferred cash of approximately $17.1 million during the period to Horizon, as a result of the spin-off of our Cequent businesses. We also made payments of deferred purchase price related to our previous acquisitions of approximately $5.7 million, we used approximately $1.9 million related to debt financing fees, and used a net cash amount of approximately $1.9 million related to our stock compensation arrangements. During the first six months of 2014, we purchased the remaining 30% noncontrolling interest of Arminak for a cash purchase price of $51.0 million. We had net additional borrowings of approximately $62.8 million on our receivables and revolving credit facilities and repayments of approximately $4.4 million on our term loan facilities. We also used a net cash amount of approximately $1.3 million related to our stock compensation arrangements.

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Our Debt and Other Commitments

During the second quarter of 2015, we amended our Credit Agreement, pursuant to which we were able to extend maturities and resize our credit facilities following the spin-off of the Cequent businesses. The Credit Agreement consists of a $500.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which permits borrowings denominated in specific foreign currencies ("Foreign Currency Loans"), subject to a $75.0 million sub limit and a $275.0 million senior secured term loan A facility ("Term Loan A Facility"). The cash distribution to us from Horizon was used to reduce the outstanding borrowings. Below is a summary of the key terms under the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2015:



Instrument	Amount ($ in millions)	Maturity Date	Interest Rate
Credit Agreement
Senior secured revolving credit facility	$500.0	6/30/2020	LIBOR^(a)plus 1.625%^(b)
Senior secured term loan A facility	$275.0	6/30/2020	LIBOR^(a) plus 1.625%^(b)

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^(a) London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR")

^(b)The initial interest rate spread for the amended Credit Agreement is stated as 1.625%

At June 30, 2015, $275.0 million was outstanding on the Term Loan A Facility and $128.3 million was outstanding on the revolving credit facility. The Credit Agreement allows issuance of letters of credit, not to exceed $40.0 million in aggregate, against revolving credit facility commitments, of which $22.7 million was outstanding at June 30, 2015.

The Credit Agreement also provides for incremental term loan facility and/or revolving credit commitments, not to exceed the greater of $300.0 million and an amount such that, after giving effect to the making of such commitments and the incurrence of any other indebtedness substantially simultaneously with the making of such commitments, the senior secured net leverage ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement, is no greater than 2.50 to 1.00. The terms and conditions of any incremental term loan and/or revolving credit facility commitments must be no more favorable than the existing credit facility.

We may be required to prepay a portion of our Term Loan A Facility in an amount equal to a percentage of our excess cash flow, as defined, which such percentage will be based on our leverage ratio, as defined. As of June 30, 2015, no amounts are due under this provision.

Amounts drawn under our revolving credit facility fluctuate daily based upon our working capital and other ordinary course needs. Availability under our revolving credit facility depends upon, among other things, compliance with our Credit Agreement's financial covenants. Our Credit Agreement contains various negative and affirmative covenants and other requirements affecting us and our subsidiaries, including restrictions on incurrence of debt, liens, mergers, investments, loans, advances, guarantee obligations, acquisitions, asset dispositions, sale-leaseback transactions, hedging agreements, dividends and other restricted payments, transactions with affiliates, restrictive agreements and amendments to charters, bylaws, and other material documents. The terms of our Credit Agreement require us and our subsidiaries to meet certain restrictive financial covenants and ratios computed quarterly, including a maximum leverage ratio (total consolidated indebtedness plus outstanding amounts under the accounts receivable securitization facility over consolidated EBITDA, as defined) and a minimum interest expense coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA, as defined, over cash interest expense, as defined). Our permitted leverage ratio under the Credit Agreement is 3.50 to 1.00 as of June 30, 2015. If we were to complete an acquisition which qualifies for a Covenant Holiday Period, as defined in our Credit Agreement, then our permitted leverage ratio cannot exceed 4.00 to 1.00 during that period. Our actual leverage ratio was 2.78 to 1.00 at June 30, 2015. Our permitted interest expense coverage ratio under the Credit Agreement is 3.00 to 1.00 as of June 30, 2015. Our actual interest expense coverage ratio was 13.99 to 1.00 at June 30, 2015. At June 30, 2015, we were in compliance with our financial covenants.

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The following is a reconciliation of net income, as reported, which is a GAAP measure of our operating results, to Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined in our Credit Agreement, for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015. We present Consolidated Bank EBITDA to show our performance under our financial covenants.



				Less:			Add:
	Year Ended December 31, 2014			Six Months Ended June 30, 2014			Six Months Ended June 30, 2015		Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2015
	(dollars in thousands)
Net income	$	69,280		$	45,580		$	15,690	$	39,390
Bank stipulated adjustments:
Interest expense	9,590			4,230			7,170		12,530
Income tax expense	23,940			15,360			11,050		19,630
Depreciation and amortization	37,460			17,580			21,400		41,280
Non-cash compensation expense⁽¹⁾	7,110			4,190			2,870		5,790
Other non-cash expenses or losses	11,450			880			4,820		15,390
Non-recurring expenses or costs relating to cost saving projects⁽²⁾	3,910			370			5,770		9,310
Acquisition integration costs⁽³⁾	9,360			2,800			1,630		8,190
Debt financing and extinguishment costs	3,360			—			1,970		5,330
Permitted dispositions	(19,350		)	(17,390		)	4,740		2,780
Permitted acquisitions	23,980			15,530			—		8,450
Negative EBITDA from discontinued operations	1,760			—			—		1,760
Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined	$	181,850		$	89,130		$	77,110	$	169,830



	June 30, 2015
	(dollars in thousands)
Total Consolidated Indebtedness, as defined⁽⁴⁾	$	471,410
Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined	169,830
Actual leverage ratio	2.78		x
Covenant requirement	3.50		x



				Less:			Add:
	Year Ended December 31, 2014			Six Months Ended June 30, 2014			Six Months Ended June 30, 2015			Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2015
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest expense	$	9,590		$	4,230		$	7,170		$	12,530
Bank stipulated adjustments:
Interest income	(350		)	(160		)	(120		)	(310		)
Non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of financing costs	(1,940		)	(960		)	(1,020		)	(2,000		)
Pro forma adjustment for acquisitions and dispositions	5,100			3,180			—			1,920
Total Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, as defined	$	12,400		$	6,290		$	6,030		$	12,140

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	June 30, 2015
	(dollars in thousands)
Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined	$	169,830
Total Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, as defined	12,140
Actual interest expense coverage ratio	13.99		x
Covenant requirement	3.00		x

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⁽¹⁾	Non-cash compensation expenses resulting from the grant of restricted shares of common stock and common stock options.


⁽²⁾	Non-recurring costs and expenses relating to cost savings projects, including restructuring and severance expenses, not to exceed $15.0 million in any fiscal year and $40.0 million in aggregate, subsequent to June 30, 2015.


⁽³⁾	Costs and expenses arising from the integration of any business acquired not to exceed $15.0 million in any fiscal year and $40.0 million in the aggregate.


⁽⁴⁾	Includes $7.5 million of acquisition deferred purchase price.

Another important source of liquidity is our accounts receivable facility, under which we have the ability to sell eligible accounts receivable to a third-party multi-seller receivables funding company. During the second quarter of 2015, we amended the facility to remove the Cequent businesses and to reduce the committed funding from $105.0 million to $75.0 million, with no other significant changes to the agreement. Our available liquidity under our accounts receivable facility ranged from $60 million to $96 million over the last 12 months, depending on the level of our receivables outstanding at a given point in time during the year. We had $60.3 million and $78.7 million outstanding under the facility as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and $0.1 million and $1.6 million, respectively, available but not utilized. At June 30, 2015, we had $128.3 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility and had $349.0 million potentially available after giving effect to approximately $22.7 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. At December 31, 2014, we had $118.1 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility and had $435.0 million potentially available after giving effect to approximately $21.9 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. The letters of credit are used for a variety of purposes, including support of certain operating lease agreements, vendor payment terms and other subsidiary operating activities, and to meet various states' requirements to self-insure workers' compensation claims, including incurred but not reported claims. Including availability under our accounts receivable facility and after consideration of leverage restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had $123.0 million and $192.0 million, respectively, of borrowing capacity available for general corporate purposes.

We rely upon our cash flow from operations and available liquidity under our revolving credit and accounts receivable facilities to fund our debt service obligations and other contractual commitments, working capital and capital expenditure requirements. At the end of each quarter, we use cash on hand from our domestic and foreign subsidiaries to pay down amounts outstanding under our revolving credit and accounts receivable facilities.

Our combined weighted average monthly amounts outstanding on our Credit Agreement and our accounts receivable facility during the first six months of 2015 approximated $755.4 million, compared to the weighted average monthly amounts outstanding during the first six months of 2014 of approximately $427.3 million. The overall increase is due primarily to the incremental term loan and additional borrowings under our existing senior secured revolving credit facility to fund the Allfast acquisition during the fourth quarter of 2014.

Cash management related to our revolving credit and accounts receivable facilities is centralized. We monitor our cash position and available liquidity on a daily basis and forecast our cash needs on a weekly basis within the current quarter and on a monthly basis outside the current quarter over the remainder of the year. Our business and related cash forecasts are updated monthly. Given aggregate available funding under our revolving credit and accounts receivable facilities of $123.0 million at June 30, 2015, after consideration of the aforementioned leverage restrictions, and based on forecasted cash sources and requirements inherent in our business plans, we believe that our liquidity and capital resources, including anticipated cash flows from operations, will be sufficient to meet our debt service, capital expenditure and other short-term and long-term obligation needs for the foreseeable future.

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Our exposure to interest rate risk results from the variable rates under our Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at various rates, as more fully described in Note 7, "Long-term Debt," to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. In December 2012, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement to fix the LIBOR-based variable portion of the interest rates on our term loan facility. The term loan A swap agreement fixes the LIBOR-based variable portion of the interest rate, on a total of $151.3 million notional amount at 0.74% and expires on October 11, 2017.

We are subject to variable interest rates on our term loan and revolving credit facility. At June 30, 2015, 1-Month LIBOR and 3-Month LIBOR approximated 0.19% and 0.28%, respectively. Based on our variable rate-based borrowings outstanding at June 30, 2015, and after consideration of the interest rate swap agreement associated with our term loan A, a 1% increase in the per annum interest rate would increase our interest expense by approximately $3.1 million annually.

Principal payments required under the Credit Agreement for the Term Loan A Facility are $3.4 million due each fiscal quarter from December 2015 through September 2018 and approximately $5.2 million due each fiscal quarter from December 2018 through March 2020, with final payment of $202.8 million due on June 30, 2020.

In addition to our long-term debt, we have other cash commitments related to leases. We account for these lease transactions as operating leases and annual rent expense for continuing operations related thereto approximated $16.4 million. We expect to continue to utilize leasing as a financing strategy in the future to meet capital expenditure needs and to reduce debt levels.

Market Risk

We conduct business in various locations throughout the world and are subject to market risk due to changes in the value of foreign currencies. The functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries are primarily the local currency in the country of domicile. We manage these operating activities at the local level and revenues and costs are generally denominated in local currencies; however, results of operations and assets and liabilities reported in U.S. dollars will fluctuate with changes in exchange rates between such local currencies and the U.S. dollar.

We use derivative financial instruments to manage currency risks associated with our procurement activities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of our subsidiaries and the impact of currency rate volatility on our earnings. As of June 30, 2015, we were not party to significant forward contracts to hedge changes in our foreign exchange currency rates.

We are also subject to interest risk as it relates to our long-term debt. We have historically and continue to use interest rate swap agreements to fix a portion of our variable rate debt to manage this risk. See Note 8, "Derivative Instruments," included in Part 1, Item 1, "Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements," within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Common Stock

TriMas is listed in the NASDAQ Global Select Market^SM. Our stock trades under the symbol "TRS".

Credit Rating

We and certain of our outstanding debt obligations are rated by Standard & Poor's and Moody's. On June 3, 2015, Moody's assigned a rating of Ba3 to our new senior secured credit facilities, as presented in Note 7, "Long-term Debt" included in Item 1, "Consolidated Financial Statements" within this Form 10-Q. Moody's downgraded our Corporate Family Rating to Ba3 from Ba2 and maintained our outlook as stable. On June 1, 2015, Standard & Poor's affirmed a BB- corporate credit rating to our amended credit facilities and maintained our outlook as stable. If our credit ratings were to decline, our ability to access certain financial markets may become limited, our cost of borrowings may increase, the perception of us in the view of our customers, suppliers and security holders may worsen and as a result, we may be adversely affected.

Outlook

Following the June 2015 spin-off of our Cequent businesses into a new publicly traded company, and with the acquisitions of Lion Holdings in July 2014 and Allfast in October 2014, we have significantly reshaped our portfolio in the past 12 months to be more heavily weighted toward the Packaging and Aerospace sectors. We believe these two businesses offer higher-growth and higher-margin potential, and are the two strategic platforms that we plan to invest more heavily in and would like to grow more quickly than our segments to increase our overall profitability and improve other financial metrics.

From a business standpoint, we believe the current macroeconomic environment will persist throughout 2015, continuing significant external headwinds for many of our businesses, most notably due to oil prices lower than in 2014, strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies and little or no general economic growth. Our sales in the first half of 2015 were essentially flat with the first half of 2014, as the organic and acquisition-related growth was essentially offset by declines in sales resulting from the oil price reductions and foreign currency volatility.

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While we attempt to mitigate the challenging external factors, we also continue to execute on internal projects and restructuring efforts across most of our businesses which we believe will drive future margin expansion, whether optimizing our footprint to move more production to our lower-cost facilities or pruning our product portfolios to deemphasize or no longer sell certain lower-margin products. The largest restructuring effort underway is within our Energy reportable segment, where in response to lower than historical margin levels, we closed a sales office in China and a manufacturing facility in Brazil in 2014, consolidated another European branch location into two existing facilities and are in process of our planned move of certain standard production from our Houston, Texas manufacturing facility to a new manufacturing facility in Mexico by late 2015. We also have a new leadership team in place in our Aerospace business, and are in the process of combining somewhat independent strategies into one Aerospace platform with one go-to market and customer-facing strategy. Additionally, in response to the significant decline in engine orders in our Engineered Components reportable segment due to the current low oil prices, we implemented significant cost reduction programs to better align the cost structure with current demand levels. We believe these initiatives will carry through 2015 and, over time, enhance our margins and business portfolio.

While the tactics we employ may differ between years, our strategic priorities remain consistent: drive profitable growth, enhance margins, optimize resource and capital allocations and be a workplace of choice for great people.

Impact of New Accounting Standards

See Note 2, "New Accounting Pronouncements," included in Part 1, Item 1, "Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements," within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Policies

Certain of our accounting policies require the application of significant judgment by management in selecting the appropriate assumptions for calculating financial estimates. By their nature, these judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. These judgments are based on our historical experience, our evaluation of business and macroeconomic trends, and information from other outside sources, as appropriate.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, there were no material changes to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies in Part II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

In the normal course of business, we are exposed to market risk associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We are also subject to interest risk as it relates to long-term debt. See Part I, Item 2, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," for details about our primary market risks, and the objectives and strategies used to manage these risks. Also see Note 7, "Long-term Debt," and Note 8, "Derivative Instruments," in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements," included within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for additional information.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

As of June 30, 2015, an evaluation was carried out by management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. The Company's disclosure controls and procedures are designed only to provide reasonable assurance that they will meet their objectives. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of June 30, 2015, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that they would meet their objectives.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There have been no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2015 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

TRIMAS CORPORATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

See Note 9, "Commitments and Contingencies," included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements," within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part 1, Item 1A., "Risk Factors," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. There have been no significant changes in our risk factors as disclosed in our 2014 Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

Exhibits Index:



2.1(a)*	Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and between Horizon Global Corporation and TriMas Corporation.
3.1(b)	Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriMas Corporation.
3.2(c)	Second Amended and Restated By-laws of TriMas Corporation.
10.1(a)	Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and between Horizon Global Corporation and TriMas Corporation.
10.2(a)	Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and between Horizon Global Corporation and TriMas Corporation.
10.3(a)	Transition Services Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and between Horizon Global Corporation and TriMas Corporation.
10.4(a)	Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and between Horizon Global Corporation and TriMas Corporation.
10.5(a)	Replacement Facility Amendment, dated as of June 30, 2015, among TriMas Company LLC, the other Loan Parties party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the Lenders party thereto.
10.6	Amendment No. 6, effective as of June 29, 2015, to the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2012, as amended, among TriMas Corporation, the subsidiaries of TriMas Corporation identified as Sellers, and TSPC, Inc., as Purchaser.
10.7	Amendment No. 6, effective as of June 29, 2015, to the Amended and Restated Receivables Transfer Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2011, as amended, among TSPC, Inc., as Transferor, TriMas Corporation, as Collection Agent, TriMas Company LLC, as Guarantor, the persons from time to time party thereto as Purchasers, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as LC Issuer and Administrative Agent.
10.8	Consultant Services Agreement dated as of May 1, 2015 by and between Cequent Performance Products, Inc. and Velocity Consulting, LLC.
31.1	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.



(a)		Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2015 (File No. 001-10716).
(b)		Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 3, 2007 (File No. 001-10716).
(c)		Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2011 (File No. 001-10716).
*		Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted and the Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any omitted exhibits and schedules upon request.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.



		TRIMAS CORPORATION (Registrant)

			/s/ ROBERT J. ZALUPSKI

Date:	August 4, 2015	By:	Robert J. Zalupski Chief Financial Officer

TRS-063015-Exh 10.6

Exhibit 10.6

AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this “Amendment”), effective as of June 29, 2015 the “Effective Date”), among TRIMAS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“TriMas Corp.”), the subsidiaries of TriMas Corp. identified as Sellers on Schedule I, as sellers (each, individually, a “Seller” and collectively, together with the New Seller identified below, the “Sellers”), and TSPC, INC., a Nevada corporation, as purchaser (in such capacity, the “Purchaser”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, TriMas Corp., the Sellers and the Purchaser are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 29, 2009, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement;” capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed thereto in the Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed by and among the parties as follows:

1. Amendments. Effective as of the Effective Date, Schedule I of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and each of Cequent Consumer Products, Inc. and Cequent Performance Products, Inc. (each of the foregoing, a “Withdrawing Seller”) shall cease to be a “Seller” under the Agreement.

2. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Purchaser to enter into this Amendment and the Administrative Agent and LC Issuer to consent to the terms hereof, each of the Sellers (other than the Withdrawing Sellers) hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and LC Issuer as of the Effective Date, as follows:

(a) Legal Existence and Power. Such Seller is a corporation or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and has all requisite corporate or limited liability company power and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents

and approvals required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is now conducted except where the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller is duly qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Entity and Governmental Authorization; Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by such Seller of this Amendment are within such Seller’s corporate or limited liability company powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Official Body or official thereof, and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law, rule or regulation or of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws (or other organizational documents) of such Seller or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, writ, decree or other instrument binding upon the Seller or result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on the assets of such Seller (except those created by the Agreement and the Receivables Transfer Agreement).

(c) Binding Effect. The Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(d) Solvency. Such Seller is not insolvent, does not have unreasonably small capital with which to carry on its business, is able to pay its debts generally as they become due and payable, and its liabilities do not exceed its assets. TriMas Corp. is, and TriMas Corp. and its Subsidiaries are, on a consolidated basis, solvent.

(e) Consents, Licenses, Approvals, Etc. No consents, including, without limitation, consents under loan agreements and indentures to which any Seller or its Affiliates are parties, licenses or approvals are required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Seller of this Amendment, or the validity and enforceability against such Seller of this Amendment except such consents, licenses and approvals as have already been obtained and that remain in full force and effect on the date hereof.

(f) No Litigation. There is no pending or, to its knowledge after due inquiry, threatened action or proceeding affecting such Seller or any of its Subsidiaries before any Official Body that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective when each of the following conditions precedent has been satisfied:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto and consented to by the Administrative Agent and the LC Issuer, and (ii) payment of its legal fees incurred in connection with the Agreement and this Amendment;

(b) Each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 2 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects, it being understood that the foregoing materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representation that itself contains a materiality threshold; and

4. Miscellaneous.

4.1. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

4.2. The parties hereto hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in The City of New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall affect the right of the Purchaser to bring any other action or proceeding against any of the Sellers or its property in the courts of other jurisdictions.

of a signed counterpart attached shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

4.4. This Amendment will inure to the benefit of and will be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors, transferees and permitted assigns. The RTA Purchasers, the LC Issuer and the Administrative Agent are each intended by the parties hereto to be third-party beneficiaries of this Amendment.

4.5. The headings herein are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof. Schedule I referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Amendment and is incorporated into this Amendment for all purposes.

4.6. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute, whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise among any of them arising out of, connected with, relating to or incidental to the relationship between them in connection with this Amendment. The provisions of this Section shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of the Agreement as amended hereby.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TriMas Corp., the Purchaser and the Sellers each have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.



		TRIMAS CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ Robert J. Zalupski
		Name: Robert J. Zalupski Title: Chief Financial Officer

		As Sellers:

		ARROW ENGINE COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, LAMONS GASKET COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, MONOGRAM AEROSPACE FASTENERS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, NORRIS CYLINDER COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, RIEKE CORPORATION, AN INDIANA CORPORATION, ARMINAK & ASSOCIATES, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, INNOVATIVE MOLDING, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, MARTINIC ENGINEERING, INC., A CALFORNIA CORPORATION, AND ALLFAST FASTENING SYSTEMS, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

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



		CEQUENT PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, CEQUENT CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., AN OHIO CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ Jay Goldbaum
		Name: Jay Goldbaum Title: Vice President and Secretary



		As the Purchaser:

		TSPC, INC.

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

Acknowledged, consented to and agreed as of the date first above written:



WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as LC Issuer and as Administrative Agent

By:	/s/ Ryan Tozier
	Name: Ryan Tozier Title: Vice President

EXHIBIT A

SCHEDULE I

TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

List of Sellers



Corporate Name	Address of Chief Executive Office	County
Allfast Fastening Systems, LLC	15200 Don Julian Road, City of Industry, CA 91745	Los Angeles
Arrow Engine Company	2301 E. Independence, Tulsa, OK 74110	Tulsa
Lamons Gasket Company	7300 Airport Boulevard, Houston, TX 77061	Fort Bend
Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Inc.	3423 S. Garfield Ave., City of Commerce, CA 90040	Los Angeles
Norris Cylinder Company	1535 FM 1845 S., P.O. Box 7486, Longview, TX 75603	Gregg
Rieke Corporation	500 W. Seventh St., Auburn, IN 46706	De Kalb
Arminak & Associates, LLC	1350 Mountain View Circle, Azusa, CA 91702	Los Angeles
Innovative Molding	1200 Valley House Drive, #100, Rohnert Park, CA 94928	Sonoma
Martinic Engineering, Inc.	10932 Chestnut Ave, Stanton, CA 90680	Orange

CHDS01 959420v2

TRS-063015-Exh 10.7

Exhibit 10.7

AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

RECEIVABLES TRANSFER AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES TRANSFER AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this “Amendment”), effective as of June 29, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among TSPC, INC., a Nevada corporation, as transferor (in such capacity, the “Transferor”), TRIMAS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as collection agent (in such capacity, the “Collection Agent”), TRIMAS COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as guarantor (in such capacity, the “Guarantor”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association, individually (in such capacity, the sole “Purchaser”), as letter of credit issuer (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “LC Issuer”) and as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed thereto in the Agreement (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Transfer Agreement dated as of September 15, 2011, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Receivables Transfer Agreement dated as of June 29, 2012, Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Receivables Transfer Agreement dated as of December 17, 2012, Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Receivables Transfer Agreement dated as of April 17, 2014, Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Receivables Transfer Agreement dated as of November 26, 2014, and Amendment No. 5 dated as of February 28, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed by and among the parties as follows:

1. Amendments. Effective as of the Effective Date:


1.1	Schedule B to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Annex I to this Amendment.


1.2	Exhibit B to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Annex II to this Amendment.


1.3	Exhibit H to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Annex III to this Amendment.

2. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the sole Purchaser to enter into this Amendment, each of the Transferor, the Guarantor and the Collection Agent (each, a “Transferor Party”) hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the sole Purchaser as follows:

(a) Entity and Governmental Authorization; Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by such Transferor Party of this Amendment are within its corporate or limited liability company powers, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Official Body or official thereof, and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law, rule or regulation or of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws (or other organizational documents) of such Transferor Party, or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, writ, decree or other instrument binding upon such Transferor Party, or result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on the assets of such Transferor Party (except those created by the Agreement).

(b) Binding Effect. The Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Transferor Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(c) Consents, Licenses, Approvals, Etc. No consents, including, without limitation, consents under loan agreements and indentures to which such Transferor Party is a party), licenses or approvals are required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Transferor Party of this Amendment, or the validity and enforceability against such Transferor Party of this Amendment, except such consents, licenses and approvals as have already been obtained and that remain in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Conditions Precedent; Partial Release.


3.1.	This Amendment shall become effective when each of the following conditions precedent has been satisfied:


(a)	The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto;


(b)	The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, duly executed by each of the parties thereto, together with all closing documents required thereunder;


(c)	The Aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed $75,000,000;


(d)	The Administrative Agent’s counsel shall have received payment in full of its reasonable fees and disbursements in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and closing of this Amendment and the other documents required to be delivered to it hereunder; and


(e)	Each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 2 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects, it being understood that the foregoing materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representation that itself contains a materiality threshold.

3.2.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 above, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, individually as the sole Purchaser and as Administrative Agent, hereby releases all of its right, title and interest in, to and under solely those Receivables arising from the sale of goods or provision of services by Cequent Performance Products, Inc. or Cequent Consumer Products, Inc. (collectively, the “Cequent Receivables”), together with the Related Security and Collections with respect to the Cequent Receivables and all Proceeds of the foregoing, the Lock-Box Accounts deleted from Exhibit B to the Receivables Transfer Agreement pursuant to this Amendment, and all of the Transferor’s rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement with respect to the Cequent Receivables and with respect to any obligations thereunder of the Seller with respect to the Cequent Receivables.


4.	Miscellaneous.

4.1. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

4.2. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in The City of New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to

this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall affect the right of any party hereto to bring any action or proceeding against any party hereto or its respective properties in the courts of other jurisdictions.

4.3. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts thereof (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or by electronic mail with a .PDF or other image of a signed counterpart attached shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

4.4. This Amendment will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors, transferees and permitted assigns.

4.5. The headings herein are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.

4.7. By its signature below, the Guarantor hereby confirms that its Limited Guaranty set forth in Article IX of the Agreement remains in full force and effect as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Amendment and to Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement of even date herewith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.



		TSPC, INC., as Transferor

	By:	/s/ Robert J. Zalupski
		Name: Robert J. Zalupski Title: Vice President



		TRIMAS CORPORATION, individually, as Collection Agent

	By:	/s/ Robert J. Zalupski
		Name: Robert J. Zalupski Title: Chief Financial Officer



		TRIMAS COMPANY, LLC, individually, as Guarantor

	By:	/s/ Robert J. Zalupski
		Name: Robert J. Zalupski Title: Vice President



		WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Purchaser, as LC Issuer and as Administrative Agent

	By:	/s/ Ryan Tozier
		Name: Ryan Tozier Title: Vice President

ANNEX I

SCHEDULE B

PURCHASERS, THEIR NOTICE ADDRESSES AND THEIR COMMITMENTS

[as of June 30, 2015]



Purchaser(s)	Commitment(s)
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 1100 Abernathy Road, N.E., Suite 1500 Atlanta, GA 30328-5657 Attention: Ryan Tozier Telephone: (770) 508-2171 Telecopy: (855) 818-1936 E-mail: ryan.tozier@wellsfargo.com	$75,000,000

ANNEX II

EXHIBIT B

LOCK-BOX ACCOUNTS



Bank Name	Account Number	Lockbox Number	Account Name
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4019957786	843834	Allfast Fastening Systems, LLC
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521154	203065	Arrow Engine Company
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521196	774609	Hi-Vol Products LLC
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521204	774657	Keo Cutters, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521212	203061	Lamons Gasket Company
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4000130013	N/A	Martinic Engineering, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521220	3272	Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521279	203069	Norris Cylinder Company
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521287	774633	Richards Micro-Tool, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104	4124521295	774640	Rieke Corporation

ANNEX III

EXHIBIT H

TRADE NAMES



Corporate Name	Trade and Other Names Since 05/04
Allfast Fastening Systems, LLC	Allfast Fastening Systems, Inc.
Arrow Engine Company	None
Hi-Vol Products LLC	Fittings Products LLC
KEO Cutters, Inc.	None
Lamons Gasket Company	None
Martinic Engineering, Inc.	None
Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Inc.	None
Norris Cylinder Company	None
Richards Micro-Tool, Inc.	None
Rieke Corporation	None

TRS-063015-Exh 10.8

Exhibit 10.8

CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Consultant Services Agreement dated as of May 1, 2015 (the “Agreement”) is by and between Cequent Performance Products (the “Company”), and Velocity Consulting, LLC (the “Consultant”).

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain Consultant, solely for the purpose of providing consulting services mutually agreed upon in the statement of work (“SOW”) (the “Services”) identified in Exhibit A; and

WHEREAS, the Company and Consultant mutually agree that Consultant shall provide such Services to the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter specified.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and Consultant hereby agree as follows:

1. ENGAGEMENT; CONSULTING PERIOD

The Company hereby desires to retain the Consultant and enter into an engagement with the Consultant for the Services. Consultant shall render the Services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The period of this Agreement shall begin on the date hereof and shall be in force until termination of this Agreement in accordance with Paragraph 10 below (the “Term”).

2. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY CONSULTANT; QUALITY OF SERVICES

During the Term, upon the request of the Company and agreement by Consultant, Consultant shall provide the Services to the Company and shall devote sufficient time and energy towards the performance of such Services. The parties shall cooperate in arranging for such Services to be provided in a manner that will not unduly disrupt the Company’s business. Consultant acknowledges and understands that during the Term of this Agreement, the Company may from time to time contract with others to perform similar services. All of the Services provided by the Consultant under this Agreement shall be performed according to standards and procedures established or approved by the Company or otherwise consistent with the highest professional standards, and Consultant shall be responsible to insure that all individuals under its control comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Consultant agrees not to provide services to any direct competitor of the Company during the Term and for two years thereafter.

3.COMPENSATION

In consideration of the Services to be performed by Consultant under this Agreement, the Company agrees to compensate Consultant by an initial, one-time payment of $100,000, payable

upon execution of this Consultant Agreement, and in addition, payment in the amount of $15,000 per month (the “Consulting Fees”), paid in arrears. Consultant will be paid upon the receipt of a detailed invoice outlining the services provided. Upon receipt of an accurate invoice, Consultant will be paid within 45 days. In addition to the Consulting Fees, the Company shall pay Consultant for all reasonable actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Consultant in the performance of the Services hereunder, including any required travel. Such expenses shall be incurred by Consultant only with the Company’s prior written approval. At the Company’s request, Consultant will provide copies of such supporting documentation as may be reasonably appropriate for the Company to confirm the nature and amount of such expenses.

4. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION

Upon completion of the Initial Term (as defined below), the Company will pay the Consultant a completion bonus of $150,000.00 on or before January 15, 2016 (“Bonus”). The Bonus shall only be payable if the Consultant completes the Initial Term without providing notice to the Company of early termination pursuant to Section 10 below.

5. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES

It is understood and agreed that Consultant is an independent contractor and not an employee or agent of the Company, that Consultant will perform the Services under the Company’s general direction as to the result of such activity but that Consultant will determine, in its sole discretion, the manner and means by which the Services are accomplished, subject to the express condition that Consultant will at all times comply with applicable law and the Company’s written policies and procedures. The Company will not cover Consultant with unemployment insurance, state disability insurance, public liability insurance or related benefits. The Company will not remit any tax withholding on behalf of Consultant and Consultant is responsible for all tax liability associated with his receipt of the compensation for his services. Consultant shall not be entitled to participate in any of the Company’s employee benefit plans, by reason of the Services performed under this Agreement.

6. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Consultant acknowledges that it may acquire from the Company information of a competitively sensitive, confidential or proprietary nature, which may or may not be marked as confidential, in connection with the Services (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to such information as technical drawings, engineering structures, testing requirements and other technical information, marketing plans, business plans, product plans, product capabilities, product specifications, customer information, supplier information, and pricing information. Consultant agrees to hold such Confidential Information in strict confidence and that it will not use and/or disclose such Confidential Information other than for the purpose of performing the Services. Consultant further agrees that it will not allow any unauthorized person access to Confidential Information, either before or after the termination of this Agreement, and that it will take all action reasonably necessary and satisfactory to the Company to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, including, without

limitation, implementing and enforcing operating procedures to minimize the possibility of unauthorized use or copying of Confidential Information and limiting access to only those employees of Consultant who have a need to know for purposes of performing the Services, have been advised of the confidential nature, and are under an express written obligation to maintain such confidentiality. Consultant shall be responsible for any breach of this provision by anyone under its control, even after Consultant’s relationship with such person has terminated. These restrictions shall not apply to (a) information generally available to the public, unless due to Consultant’s actions; or (b) rightfully received by Consultant from a third party not under any obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information. In the event that Consultant is requested or required (by oral question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, Consultant shall notify the Company promptly of the request or requirement so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this paragraph 6. If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, Consultant is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, Consultant may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal; provided that Consultant shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain, at the request of the Company, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment shall be afforded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed as the Company shall designate.

7. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS

All right title and interest of every kind and nature whatsoever in and to any intellectual property, including without limitation, any inventions, patents, trademarks, copyrights, ideas, creations, know-how, methods and properties furnished to the Company or developed, conceived, or created as during the Term of the Agreement, or used in connection with any of the Company’s activities, or written or created by the Consultant, or with which the Consultant is connected in the performance of Consultant’s Services under this Agreement, will as between the parties hereto be, become, and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company for any all purposes and uses whatsoever, regardless of whether the same were invented, created, written, developed, furnished, produced, or disclosed by the Consultant or any other party, and the Consultant will have no right, title or interest of any kind or nature therein or thereto, or in and to any results and proceeds therefrom. The Consultant agrees, during and after the Term hereof, to execute any and all documents and agreements that the Company may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Section 6, including but not limited to those necessary to vest all right, title and interest in and to the intellectual property to the Company. The provisions of this Section 6 will survive the expiration or termination, for any reason, of this Agreement.

8. WARRANTIES

(a) Consultant represents and warrants to the Company that: (i) neither Consultant nor any of its employees or agents is under any pre-existing obligation inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (ii) the Services to be performed under this Agreement and the applicable SOWs and the results thereof will be the original work of Consultant and shall be and are hereby assigned by Consultant to the Company, free and clear of any claims or encumbrances

of any kind; (iii) Consultant will not misappropriate a trade secret of any person or entity in connection with the Services, and Consultant’s performance of the Services will not infringe any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any third party; (iv) Consultant’s performance of the Services will not violate or conflict with or result in a breach of any terms, conditions, duties or obligations Consultant has to any third party or any other rights of any third party; and (v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Consultant and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Consultant, enforceable against Consultant in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity. Consultant understands that the Company respects proprietary rights and does not desire to acquire from Consultant any intellectual property or confidential information of third parties.

(b) The Company represents and warrants to Consultant that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity.

(c) The Parties agree and acknowledge that performance under this Consulting Agreement does not violate the terms of the Agreement and Release entered into between Thomas Benson (principal of Consultant) and Company.

The representations and warranties of this paragraph 8 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

9. INDEMNIFICATION

(a) Consultant shall indemnify and hold the Company harmless from and against any expense, claim, loss or liability to any third party caused by or arising out of the acts or omissions of Consultant in the course of performing the Services under this Agreement, or the acts or omissions of Consultant's employees, agents, subcontractors, suppliers or other third parties utilized in connection with Consultant's performance of the Services.

(b) Company’s sole financial obligation under this Agreement shall be the payment of the Consulting Fees, the Bonus and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Consultant in the performance of the Services as stated herein. The Company shall not be liable under any circumstances for any loss of profits or incidental, special or consequential damages, however caused, whether by Company’s sole or concurrent negligence or otherwise.

10. TERMINATION

The period of this Agreement shall begin on the date hereof and shall be in force through December 31, 2015 (the “Initial Term”), unless extended by the mutual agreement of the parties. Either party may terminate this Agreement upon at least 90 days’ prior written notice without obligation except for payment to Consultant for actual Services performed prior to such termination and, in the event of termination by the Company prior to the Initial Term, payment of the Bonus.

Upon termination of this Agreement, Consultant will promptly deliver to the Company (or, upon the Company’s request, destroy) all work-in-process and all Confidential Information including tangible embodiments of the same.

Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the provisions of paragraphs 5 through 17, inclusive, shall survive, as well as any specific provisions that survive by its terms.

11. ASSIGNMENT

The rights and liabilities of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns; provided that, as the Company has specifically contracted for Consultant’s services, Consultant may not assign or delegate its obligations under this Agreement, either in whole or in part, without the Company’s prior written consent, provided that Consultant may assign this Agreement to an entity wholly-owned by Consultant.

12. GOVERNING LAW; VENUE

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Michigan, excluding that body of law applicable to choice of law. Any legal proceeding arising out of, relating to, or connected with this Agreement must be commenced in a court sitting in Oakland County, Michigan. The Parties agree that jurisdiction and venue in such courts is proper and waive any defense of lack of personal jurisdiction or inappropriate or inconvenient venue.

13. LEGAL AND EQUITABLE REMEDIES

Consultant acknowledges that the Services are personal and unique and that Consultant will have access to Confidential Information. Consultant agrees that the Company shall have the right to enforce this Agreement and any of its provisions by injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief without prejudice to any other rights and remedies that the Company may have for a breach of this Agreement, without the necessity of posting a bond.

14. PUBLICITY

Except to the extent Company grants prior written approval, Consultant shall not disclose to any third party the existence or terms of, or the Services performed under, this Agreement.

15. COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING; MODIFICATION

This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter and may not be changed unless mutually agreed upon in writing by both parties.

16. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Agreement is for any reason found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

17. COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEROF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.



By:	/s/ Thomas Benson	By:	/s/ A. Mark Zeffiro
	Name: Thomas Benson Title: Principal, Velocity Consulting, LLC		Name: A. Mark Zeffiro Title: Group President, Cequent

EXHIBIT A

STATEMENT OF WORK

Consultant shall be responsible for assisting with business development, customer relationships, event support and general consulting for the business. Consultant shall report to Mark Zeffiro, Cequent Group President. Consultant is required to receive approval prior to engaging in any other activity on behalf of the Company. Consultant has no authority, express or implied, to commit or obligate the Company in any manner whatsoever, except as specifically authorized from time to time in writing by an authorized representative of the Company.

TRS-063015-Exh 31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certification

Pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Chapter 63, Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1350(A) and (B))

I, David M. Wathen, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of TriMas Corporation;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 4, 2015



	/s/ DAVID M. WATHEN
	David M. Wathen Chief Executive Officer

TRS-063015-Exh 31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certification

Pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Chapter 63, Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1350(A) and (B))

I, Robert J. Zalupski, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of TriMas Corporation;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 4, 2015



	/s/ ROBERT J. ZALUPSKI
	Robert J. Zalupski Chief Financial Officer

TRS-063015-Exh 32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of TriMas Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David M. Wathen, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:


1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 4, 2015



	/s/ DAVID M. WATHEN
	David M. Wathen Chief Executive Officer

TRS-063015-Exh 32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of TriMas Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert J. Zalupski, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:


1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 4, 2015



	/s/ ROBERT J. ZALUPSKI
	Robert J. Zalupski Chief Financial Officer