---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842633-23-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRS"
cik: "0000842633"
company_name: "TRIMAS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T08:01:57.452491+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TriMas appoints Jeffrey A. Fielkow as Class I director effective March 8, 2023

## Summary
- Appointed Jeffrey A. Fielkow as Class I director, effective March 8, 2023.
- Fielkow is President and CEO of ID Images, LLC; former Tetra Pak executive.
- Board determined he is independent under NASDAQ standards; joins Governance and Nominating Committee.
- Term expires at 2025 annual meeting; compensation as non-employee director per prior proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842633-23-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRS
- cik: 0000842633
- company_name: TRIMAS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263323000013/0000842633-23-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263323000013/trs-20230308.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842633-23-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842633-23-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842633-23-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey A. Fielkow was appointed as Class I director at TRIMAS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On March 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of TriMas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), appointed Jeffrey A. Fielkow as a Class I director of the Company, effective March 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263323000013/0000842633-23-000013-index.htm

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