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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842633-21-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRS"
cik: "0000842633"
company_name: "TRIMAS CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:07:02.372457+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TriMas Q3 net sales up 11.5% to $222.4M, adj diluted EPS $0.57 (+9.6%); initiates $0.04 dividend

## Summary
- Net sales $222.4M (+11.5% YoY); adj diluted EPS $0.57 vs $0.52; reported EPS $0.45.
- Packaging segment sales up 2.1%; Aerospace up 18.9% (stocking orders); Specialty Products up 50.3%.
- Initiated quarterly dividend of $0.04/share payable Nov 10, 2021 to holders of record Nov 3.
- Repurchased 129,866 shares for $4.0M during Q3; $143.5M remaining under authorization.
- Raised FY2021 free cash flow outlook to >110% of net income; adj EPS guidance narrowed to $2.18-$2.27.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842633-21-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRS
- cik: 0000842633
- company_name: TRIMAS CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263321000083/0000842633-21-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263321000083/trs-20211028.htm

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