Aerospace sale lifts TriMas (NASDAQ: TRS) to $800.8M quarterly profit
Filing Impact
Filing Sentiment
Form Type
10-Q
TriMas Corporation transformed its balance sheet in early 2026 by completing the sale of its Aerospace segment for approximately $1,456.9 million in cash, generating net proceeds of $1,241.8 million and a pre-tax gain of $1,040.0 million. This drove Q1 2026 net income to $800.8 million, while income from continuing operations showed a loss of $51.8 million as a $54.3 million tax charge, including $53.9 million tied to the divestiture’s deferred tax reclassification, outweighed modest operating profit.
Net sales from continuing operations rose 10.4% year over year to $168.3 million, with Packaging at $139.2 million and Specialty Products at $29.1 million. Specialty Products swung from an operating loss to profit on stronger steel cylinder demand. Packaging grew but saw margin pressure from mix and $4.1 million of realignment costs.
TriMas ended March 31, 2026 with $1,309.6 million of cash and cash equivalents invested mainly in highly liquid instruments earning about 3.5%, against $400.0 million of 4.125% Senior Notes and no revolver borrowings. The company repurchased 1.49 million shares for $54.5 million, paid a $0.04 per-share dividend, and retained $95.5 million of remaining buyback authorization. Asbestos-related liabilities stood at $35.1 million, largely offset by a $34.3 million insurance recovery asset.
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Insights
Large aerospace divestiture leaves TriMas cash-rich, with modest operating growth but elevated tax and legacy risks.
TriMas used the Aerospace sale to reshape its profile, recognizing a $1,040.0 million pre-tax gain and ending Q1 2026 with $1,309.6 million in cash versus $400.0 million of 4.125% Senior Notes. This creates substantial financial flexibility for acquisitions, organic investment, or further buybacks.
From a business standpoint, continuing operations showed healthier top-line trends: net sales increased 10.4% to $168.3 million, with Packaging up 9.1% and Specialty Products up 17.0%. Specialty Products improved from a loss to a $2.9 million operating profit, helped by stronger steel cylinder demand and prior portfolio pruning.
However, reported continuing income was a loss due to a $54.3 million tax charge tied to the divestiture, and Packaging margins were diluted by $4.1 million of realignment costs and less favorable mix. Legacy asbestos exposure remains, with a $35.1 million liability substantially matched by a $34.3 million insurance recovery asset. Subsequent filings may clarify how and when the sizeable cash balance is deployed across growth initiatives, debt management, and capital returns.
Key Figures
Net sales (continuing ops): $168.3M
Net income: $800.8M
Aerospace sale price: $1,456.9M
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8 metrics
Net sales (continuing ops)
$168.3M
Three months ended March 31, 2026; up 10.4% year over year
Net income
$800.8M
Three months ended March 31, 2026; includes Aerospace sale gain
Aerospace sale price
$1,456.9M
Cash consideration for divestiture completed March 16, 2026
Net proceeds from Aerospace sale
$1,241.8M
After estimated taxes of $194.5M and $20.2M transaction costs
Cash and cash equivalents
$1,309.6M
Balance at March 31, 2026 following Aerospace divestiture
Long-term debt
$396.6M
Net of issuance costs; 4.125% Senior Notes due April 2029
Share repurchases
$54.5M
1,487,057 common shares bought back in Q1 2026
Asbestos liability and insurance asset
$35.1M liability, $34.3M asset
Balances at March 31, 2026 for asbestos-related matters
Key Terms
discontinued operations, cross-currency swaps, coverage-in-place (CIP) agreement, realignment costs, +2 more
6 terms
discontinued operations financial
"The historical results for Aerospace are reported in the accompanying consolidated statement of income as a discontinued operation"
Discontinued operations are parts of a company that it has decided to sell or shut down, and no longer plans to run in the future. This matters to investors because it helps them understand which parts of the business are ongoing and which are being phased out, providing a clearer picture of the company’s current performance and future prospects. Think of it like a store closing a department—it no longer contributes to sales or profits.
cross-currency swaps financial
"The Company uses cross-currency swap contracts to hedge its net investment in Euro-denominated assets"
A cross-currency swap is a contract where two parties agree to exchange loan payments and principal in different currencies over a set period, effectively swapping the currency and often the interest rate of their obligations. For investors, it matters because it lets companies and funds lock in predictable cash flows and shield returns or debt costs from exchange-rate swings—like trading the payments on a foreign mortgage so currency moves don’t suddenly change what you owe or receive.
coverage-in-place (CIP) agreement financial
"The Company is party to a coverage-in-place (CIP) agreement (entered into in 2006) with its first level excess carriers"
realignment costs financial
"the Company recorded $4.1 million of realignment costs related to the comprehensive reorganization of its Packaging segment and corporate office"
return on invested capital (ROIC) financial
"These awards are initially earned 50% based upon the Company's achievement of an earnings per share ("EPS") metric and 50% based upon the Company's return on invested capital ("ROIC") metric"
Return on invested capital (ROIC) measures how much profit a company generates from the money put into its business, including debt and equity. Think of it like the harvest you get from seeds you planted: higher ROIC means the company uses its resources more efficiently to grow earnings. Investors care because ROIC shows whether a business is creating value above its cost of financing and helps compare operational effectiveness across companies.
net investment hedge financial
"At inception, the cross-currency swap was designated as a net investment hedge"
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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| Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |||||||||||
| For the Quarterly Period Ended | |||||||||||
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| Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |||||||||||
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Commission file number 001-10716
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(248 ) 631-5450
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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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 ☒ No ☐.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of April 23, 2026, the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value, was 35,827,685 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 March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Item 2. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 28 | |||||||||||||||
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 41 | |||||||||||||||
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 41 | |||||||||||||||
Part II. | Other Information | ||||||||||||||||
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Item 5. | Other Information | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Item 6. | Exhibits | 43 | |||||||||||||||
Signatures | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
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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: general economic and currency conditions; competitive factors; market demand; our ability to realize our business strategies; government and regulatory actions, including, without limitation, the impact of current and future tariffs and reciprocal tariffs, quotas and surcharges, as well as climate change legislation and other environmental regulations; our ability to identify attractive acquisition candidates, successfully integrate acquired operations or realize the intended benefits of such acquisitions; our ability to recognize the benefits of and effectively deploy the net proceeds from the sale of our Aerospace segment; pressures on our supply chain, including the price and availability of raw materials, the impacts of geopolitical conflicts, and inflationary pressures on raw material and energy costs, and customers; the performance of our subcontractors and suppliers; risks and uncertainties associated with intangible assets, including goodwill or other intangible asset impairment charges; risks associated with a concentrated customer base; information technology and other cyber-related risks; risks related to our international operations; changes to fiscal and tax policies; intellectual property factors; uncertainties associated with our ability to meet customers’ and suppliers’ sustainability and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") goals and achieve our sustainability and ESG goals in alignment with our own announced targets; litigation; contingent liabilities relating to acquisition and disposition activities; interest rate volatility; our leverage; liabilities imposed by our debt instruments; labor disputes and shortages; the disruption of operations from catastrophic or extraordinary events, including, but not limited to, natural disasters, geopolitical conflicts and public health crises; the amount and timing of future dividends and/or share repurchases, which remain subject to Board approval and depend on market and other conditions; our future prospects; 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, 2025, and elsewhere in this report. 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 undue 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, except as required by law.
We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations implied by our forward-looking statements under Part II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 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)
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| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | ||||||||||||||
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| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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| Total liabilities | ||||||||||||||
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| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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TriMas Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Income
(Unaudited—dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)
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| Net sales | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Selling, general and administrative expenses | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other income (expense), net | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic earnings (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net income per share | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Continuing operations | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net income per share | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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TriMas Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)
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| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defined benefit plans (Note 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative instruments (Note 11) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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TriMas Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)
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| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||
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| Net income | ||||||||||||||
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| Net gain on dispositions of assets | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
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| Provision for losses on accounts receivable | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Increase in receivables | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Increase in inventories | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets | ||||||||||||||
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| Other operating activities | ( | |||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities, net of acquisition impact | ( | |||||||||||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired | ( | |||||||||||||
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| Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities | ( | |||||||||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||||||||
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| Repayments of borrowings on revolving credit facilities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Debt financing fees | ( | |||||||||||||
| Payments to purchase common stock | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Shares surrendered upon exercise and vesting of equity awards to cover taxes | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Dividends paid | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Other financing activities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities | ( | |||||||||||||
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| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cash paid for taxes | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Non-cash property additions | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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TriMas Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)
| Common Stock | Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase of common stock | ( | ( | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares surrendered upon exercise and vesting of equity awards to cover taxes | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-cash compensation expense | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends declared | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase of common stock | ( | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares surrendered upon exercise and vesting of equity awards to cover taxes | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-cash compensation expense | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends declared | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated 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, designs, engineers and manufactures innovative products under leading brand names for customers primarily in the consumer products and industrial markets.
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. The preparation of financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from such estimates and assumptions due to risks and uncertainties, including uncertainty and volatility in the current economic environment due to input cost inflation, supply chain disruptions, and shortages in global markets for commodities, logistics and labor. To the extent there are differences between these estimates and actual results, the Company's consolidated financial statements may be materially affected.
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 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
On March 16, 2026, the Company completed the previously announced sale of its Aerospace segment ("Aerospace"), a transaction entered into with an affiliate of Tinicum L.P., and funds managed by Blackstone, Inc. on November 4, 2025. Aerospace was sold for approximately $1,456.9 million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The financial results of Aerospace were previously reported within the Company's Aerospace reportable segment, and are presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the financial statements attached hereto.
2. New Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2025-06, "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other— Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software" ("ASU 2025-06"), which modernizes the accounting for software costs by removing references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages. Under ASU 2025-06 an entity is required to start capitalizing software costs when management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. ASU 2025-06 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2025-06 in the first quarter of 2026 with no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, "Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets" ("ASU 2025-05"), which provides a practical expedient that assumes current conditions as of the balance sheet date remain unchanged when developing forecasts for estimating expected credit losses. Under ASU 2025-05, an entity is required to disclose that it has elected to use the practical expedient and the election should be applied prospectively. ASU 2025-05 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2025-05 in the first quarter of 2026 with no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, "Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses" ("ASU 2024-03"), which requires disclosures, in the notes to the financial statements, about the types of expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the income statement. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of adoption on its consolidated financial statements.
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TRIMAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
3. Discontinued Operations
On March 16, 2026, the Company completed the previously announced sale of Aerospace to an affiliate of Tinicum L.P., and funds managed by Blackstone, Inc., pursuant to an Equity Purchase Agreement dated as of November 4, 2025 (the "Purchase Agreement"), for a purchase price of approximately $1,456.9 million, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Purchase Agreement which the Company expects to be finalized during 2026.
The Company recognized net proceeds of $1,241.8 million, which represents the purchase price, less estimated tax payments of approximately $194.5 million, and transaction costs of $20.2 million. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain on the sale of $1,040.0 million. The Company's liability for estimated tax payments is included in accounts payable in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
As of March 31, 2026, the Company’s net cash proceeds were invested in highly liquid instruments, including U.S. Treasury‑backed money market funds and cash deposits with high‑credit‑quality financial institutions designated as Globally Systemically Important Banks. These investments are available on a same‑day basis, earn interest at a rate of approximately 3.5 %, and qualify as permitted investments under the Company’s credit agreement. The Company intends to maintain these investments until they are deployed for organic growth initiatives, strategically aligned acquisition opportunities, share repurchases, or a combination thereof.
The historical results for Aerospace are reported in the accompanying consolidated statement of income as a discontinued operation and the assets and liabilities have been retrospectively reclassified to assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
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TRIMAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The carrying value of the assets and liabilities held in discontinued operations were as follows (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Receivables, net | $ | |||||||
| Inventories | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | ||||||||
| Goodwill | ||||||||
| Other intangibles, net | ||||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | |||||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | |||||||
| Accrued liabilities | ||||||||
| Lease liabilities, current portion | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Lease liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | ||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | |||||||
Results of discontinued operations are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gain on dispositions of assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other expense, net | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, before income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The depreciation, amortization, capital expenditures, and significant cash flow items of the discontinued operations were as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Cash flows from discontinued operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | ||||||||||||||
| Net gain on dispositions of assets | ( | |||||||||||||
| Non-cash compensation expense | ( | |||||||||||||
| Cash flows from discontinued investing activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||
| Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired | ( | |||||||||||||
4. Revenue
The following table presents the Company’s disaggregated net sales by primary market served (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customer Markets | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Products | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Industrial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total net sales | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Company’s Packaging segment earns revenues from the consumer products (comprised of the beauty and personal care, food and beverage, home care, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and medical submarkets) and industrial markets. The Specialty Products segment earns revenues from a variety of submarkets within the industrial market.
Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
The Company has contract assets and contract liabilities primarily related to in-process tooling projects for long-term supply arrangements with a contractual guarantee for reimbursement by the customer. Contract assets primarily consist of capitalized costs related to customer-owned tooling contracts, wherein the Company has not yet met performance obligations. Contract liabilities include deferred tooling revenue, where the performance obligation was not met. The performance obligation is satisfied and cost of goods sold is recognized and released from the balance sheet when control of the tooling is transferred to the customer.
The opening and closing balances of the Company’s contract assets and contract liabilities are as follows (dollars in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Contract asset | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Contract liabilities | ||||||||||||||
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, $5.1 million of revenue was recognized that was recorded as a contract liability as of December 31, 2025. The remainder of the change in the contract liability balance was driven by additional deferrals, primarily from new billings, partially offset by a decrease in the balance resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and revenue recognized on current year deferrals.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
5. Realignment Actions
2026 Realignment Actions
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded $4.1 million of realignment costs related to the comprehensive reorganization of its Packaging segment and corporate office, primarily for severance, including $0.5 million of non-cash compensation expense. These charges were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.
2025 Realignment Actions
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded $3.8 million of realignment costs related to actions to reorganize its corporate office, primarily for severance and consulting costs, including $1.5 million of non-cash compensation expense. These charges were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.
6. Acquisitions and Sale of Business
2025 Acquisitions
On February 17, 2025, the Company acquired the aerospace business ("GMT Aerospace") of GMT Gummi-Metall-Technik GmbH for a purchase price of $37.7 million. The fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed included $15.5 million of goodwill, $4.6 million of intangible assets, $0.2 million of property and equipment, and $17.4 million of net working capital. GMT Aerospace was part of the Aerospace segment, which has been presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Sale of Business
7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Packaging | Specialty Products | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation and other | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Other Intangible Assets
The Company amortizes its other intangible assets over periods ranging from one to 30 years. The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company's other intangibles are summarized below (dollars in thousands):
| As of March 31, 2026 | As of December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intangible Category by Useful Life | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finite-lived intangible assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Customer relationships, | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
Customer relationships, | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total customer relationships | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology and other, | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology and other, | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total technology and other | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indefinite-lived intangible assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trademark/Trade names | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization expense related to intangible assets as included in the accompanying consolidated statement of income is summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology and other, included in cost of sales | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customer relationships, included in selling, general and administrative expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total amortization expense | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8. Inventories
Inventories consist of the following components (dollars in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Finished goods | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Work in process | ||||||||||||||
| Raw materials | ||||||||||||||
| Total inventories | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
9. Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment consists of the following components (dollars in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Land and land improvements | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Buildings | ||||||||||||||
| Machinery and equipment | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | ||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Depreciation expense as included in the accompanying consolidated statement of income is as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation expense, included in cost of sales | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation expense, included in selling, general and administrative expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total depreciation expense | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Long-term Debt
The Company's long-term debt consists of the following (dollars in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| 4.125% Senior Notes due April 2029 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Credit Agreement | ||||||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Long-term debt, net | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Senior Notes
In March 2021, the Company issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125 % senior notes due April 15, 2029 , ("Senior Notes") at par value in a private placement under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). The Senior Notes accrue interest at a rate of 4.125 % per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15. The payment of principal and interest is jointly and severally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by certain subsidiaries of the Company. The Senior Notes are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness and effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.
Beginning April 15, 2026, the Company may redeem all or part of the Senior Notes at par (100 % of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
Credit Agreement
In March 2025, the Company amended its existing credit agreement ("Credit Agreement") to extend the maturity date. The Company incurred fees and expenses of $1.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 related to the amendment, all of which was capitalized as debt issuance costs. The Company also recorded $0.1 million of non-cash expense related to the write-off of previously capitalized deferred financing fees in the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Credit Agreement consists of a $250.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which permits borrowings denominated in specific foreign currencies, subject to a $125.0 million sub limit, maturing on March 31, 2030 .
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The Credit Agreement is subject to benchmark interest rates determined based on the currency denomination of borrowings, with British pound sterling borrowings subject to the Sterling Overnight Index Average, Euro borrowings to the Euro InterBank Offered Rate and U.S. dollar borrowings subject to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, each plus a spread that ranges from 1.375 % to 2.00 % based upon the leverage ratio, as defined, as of the most recent determination date. The Company's revolving credit facility allows for the issuance of letters of credit, not to exceed $40.0 million in aggregate.
The Credit Agreement also provides incremental revolving credit facility commitments in an amount not to exceed the greater of $200.0 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 3.00 to 1.00. The terms and conditions of any incremental revolving credit facility commitments must be no more favorable than the existing credit facility.
At March 31, 2026, the Company had no amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and had $243.8 million available after giving effect to $6.2 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. At December 31, 2025, the Company had $72.8 million outstanding under its revolving credit facility and had $171.2 million available after giving effect to $6.0 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. After consideration of leverage restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, as of March 31, 2026, the Company had $190.1 million of borrowing capacity available for general corporate purposes. The Company's borrowing capacity was not reduced by leverage restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2025.
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 $125.0 million (equivalent) foreign currency sub limit of the $250.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility are secured by a cross-guarantee amongst, and 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 the ability, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, to incur 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 the Credit Agreement also require the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to meet certain restrictive financial covenants and ratios computed quarterly, including a maximum total net leverage ratio (total consolidated indebtedness plus outstanding amounts under any accounts receivable securitization facility, less the aggregate amount of certain unrestricted cash and unrestricted permitted investments, as defined, over consolidated EBITDA, as defined) and a minimum interest expense coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA, as defined, over the sum of consolidated cash interest expense, as defined, and preferred dividends, as defined). In December 2025 and March 2026, the Company amended the Credit Agreement to update certain definitions used in ratio and indebtedness calculations due to the sale of the Aerospace segment. At March 31, 2026, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants contained in the Credit Agreement.
Other Revolving Loan Facility
In May 2021, the Company, through one of its non-U.S. subsidiaries, entered into a revolving loan facility with a borrowing capacity of $4 million. The facility is guaranteed by TriMas Corporation. There were no
Fair Value of Debt
The valuations of the Senior Notes and revolving credit facility were determined based on Level 2 inputs under the fair value hierarchy, as defined. The carrying amounts and fair values were as follows (dollars in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carrying Amount | Fair Value | Carrying Amount | Fair Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.125% Senior Notes due April 2029 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revolving credit facility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
11. Derivative Instruments
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
The Company uses cross-currency swap contracts to hedge its net investment in Euro-denominated assets against future volatility in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Euro. By doing so, the Company synthetically converts a portion of its U.S. dollar-based long-term debt into Euro-denominated long-term debt.
In June 2024, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap agreement effective as of June 27, 2024, with a notional amount of $75.0 million and a contract period end date of October 15, 2027. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is to receive net interest payments at a fixed rate of approximately 1.43 % of the notional amount. At inception, the cross-currency swap was designated as a net investment hedge.
In February 2024, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap agreement effective as of April 15, 2024, with a notional amount of $75.0 million and a contract period end date of April 15, 2029. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is to receive net interest payments at a fixed rate of approximately 1.06 % of the notional amount. At inception, the cross-currency swap was designated as a net investment hedge. At designation, the cross currency swap had an inception date non-zero fair value equal to a $4.9 million liability, which offset the inception date non-zero fair value of a $75.0 million foreign currency exchange forward contract entered into on the same date.
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the fair value carrying amount of the Company's derivatives designated as hedging instruments are recorded as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Asset / (Liability) Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Balance Sheet Caption | March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Investment Hedges | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cross-currency swaps | Other long-term liabilities | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
The following table summarizes the income recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI") on derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and the amounts reclassified from AOCI into earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (dollars in thousands):
| Amount of Income Recognized in AOCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion, net of tax) | Amount of Income (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of March 31, 2026 | As of December 31, 2025 | Location of Income (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings (Effective Portion) | Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Investment Hedges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cross-currency swaps | $ | $ | Other income (expense), net | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Over the next 12 months, the Company does no t expect to reclassify any pre-tax deferred amounts from AOCI into earnings.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
As of March 31, 2026, the Company was party to foreign currency exchange forward contracts to economically hedge changes in foreign currency rates with notional amounts of $108.3 million. The Company uses foreign exchange contracts to mitigate the risk associated with fluctuations in currency rates impacting cash flows related to certain of its receivables, payables and intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies. The foreign exchange contracts primarily mitigate currency exposures between the Euro and British pound, U.S. dollar and Mexican peso, U.S. dollar and Chinese yuan, as well as between the Brazilian Real and the British pound, and have various settlement dates through June 2026. These contracts are not designated as hedge instruments; therefore, gains and losses on these contracts are recognized each period directly into the consolidated statement of income.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The following table summarizes the effects of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments on the Company's consolidated statement of income (dollars in thousands):
| Location of Income (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Derivatives | Amount of Income (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Derivatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Other income (expense), net | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair Value of Derivatives
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 cross-currency swaps and foreign exchange contracts use observable inputs such as interest rate yield curves and forward currency exchange rates. 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 March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are shown below (dollars in thousands):
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cross-currency swaps | Recurring | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Recurring | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cross-currency swaps | Recurring | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Recurring | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Leases
The majority of the Company's lease obligations are non-cancelable operating leases for certain equipment and facilities. The Company's finance leases are for certain equipment for its operations in The Netherlands. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; expense related to these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company's leases are shown below (dollars in thousands):
| Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Finance leases | Property and equipment, net (a) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total lease assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | Lease liabilities, current portion | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Finance leases | Lease liabilities, current portion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | Lease liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finance leases | Lease liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
__________________________
The components of lease expense are as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Statement of Income Location | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating lease cost | Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finance lease cost: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation of lease assets | Cost of sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest on lease liabilities | Interest expense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term, variable and other lease costs | Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total lease cost | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Year ended December 31, | Operating Leases(a) | Finance Leases(a) | ||||||||||||
| 2026 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2026) | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| 2027 | ||||||||||||||
| 2028 | ||||||||||||||
| 2029 | ||||||||||||||
| 2030 | ||||||||||||||
| Thereafter | ||||||||||||||
| Total lease payments | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Imputed interest | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Present value of lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
__________________________
(a) The maturity table excludes cash flows associated with exited lease facilities. Liabilities for exited lease facilities are included in accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
Other information related to the Company's leases are as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating cash flows from finance leases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financing cash flows from finance leases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lease assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The weighted-average remaining lease term of the Company's operating leases and finance leases as of March 31, 2026 is 5.9 years and 1.4 years, respectively. The weighted-average discount rate for the operating leases and finance leases as of March 31, 2026 is 4.7 % and 2.6 %, respectively.
13. Other Long-term Liabilities
Other long-term liabilities consist of the following components (dollars in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Non-current asbestos-related liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Total other long-term liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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(unaudited)
14. Commitments and Contingencies
Asbestos
As of March 31, 2026, the Company was a party to 627 pending cases involving an aggregate of 5,143 claimants primarily alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos containing materials formerly used in gaskets (both encapsulated and otherwise) manufactured or distributed by its former Lamons division and certain other related subsidiaries for use primarily in the petrochemical, refining and exploration industries. The following chart summarizes the number of claims, number of claims filed, number of claims dismissed, number of claims settled, the average settlement amount per claim and the total defense costs, 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 | Claims pending at end of period | Average settlement amount per claim during period | Total defense costs during period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, and will aggressively defend or reasonably resolve, as appropriate. 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 cost of claims varies as 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 5,143 claims pending at March 31, 2026, 38 set forth specific amounts of damages (other than those stating the statutory minimum or maximum). At March 31, 2026, of the 38 claims that set forth specific amounts, there were no claims seeking more than $5 million for punitive damages. Below is a breakdown of the compensatory damages sought for those claims seeking specific amounts:
| Compensatory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Range of damages sought (dollars in millions) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of claims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatively few 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 such cases, some of which were filed over 30 years ago, have been $14.4 million. All relief sought in the asbestos cases is monetary in nature. 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.
The Company records a liability for asbestos-related claims, which includes both known and unknown claims, based on a study from the Company’s third-party actuary, the Company's review of the study, as well as the Company’s own review of asbestos claims and claim resolution activity.
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(unaudited)
In 2025, the Company commissioned its actuary to update the asbestos study based on data as of July 31, 2025, which yielded a range of possible future liability of $36.6 million to $48.9 million, before consideration of any potential insurance recoveries. The Company did not believe any amount within the range of potential outcomes represented a better estimate than another given the many factors and assumptions inherent in the projections, and therefore recorded a pre-tax charge of $8.0 million to increase the liability estimate to $36.6 million, at the low end of the range. As of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the Company’s total asbestos-related liability was $35.1 million and $35.5 million, respectively, and is included in accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. It is reasonably possible that a change in the estimate could occur in the near term.
The Company’s primary insurance, which covered approximately 40 % of historical costs related to settlement and defense of asbestos litigation, expired in November 2018, upon which the Company became solely responsible for defense costs and indemnity payments. The Company is party to a coverage-in-place (CIP) agreement (entered into in 2006) with its first level excess carriers regarding the coverage to be provided to the Company for asbestos-related claims. The CIP agreement makes asbestos defense costs and indemnity insurance coverage available to the Company that might otherwise be disputed by the carriers and provides a methodology for the administration of such expenses. Prior to the commencement of coverage under this agreement, the Company was solely responsible for defense costs and indemnity payments. During 2025, the Company reached the threshold of qualified future settlements required to commence excess carrier insurance coverage under the CIP agreement and began transitioning the administration and settlement of asbestos defense costs and indemnity payments to the insurance carriers. During the three months ended December 31, 2025, the Company reassessed the facts and circumstances surrounding the CIP agreement with the consortium of insurance companies and deemed the realization of the claim for loss recovery probable and reasonably estimable and recognized an insurance recovery asset of $35.8 million, which was commensurate with the assumptions used to calculate the asbestos liability. As of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the Company's total insurance recovery asset was $34.3 million and $34.7 million. The Company will continue to reassess its estimate of insurance recoveries and corresponding accounting for any such recoveries as the facts and circumstances change.
Changes in the carrying amount of the asbestos liability and insurance recovery asset for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Asbestos Liability | Insurance Recovery Asset | Net | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Asbestos remeasurement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2026 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Current portion | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-current portion | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Asbestos Liability | Insurance Recovery Asset | Net | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Asbestos remeasurement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2025 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Current portion | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-current portion | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
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, results of operations, or cash flows.
Claims and Litigation
The Company is subject to other claims and litigation in the ordinary course of business, but does not believe that any such claim or litigation will have a material adverse effect on its financial position and results of operations or cash flows.
Environmental
The Company is responsible for environmental remediation at currently or previously owned facilities and waste sites, including sites defined under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly referred to as “Superfund” for which the Company has been named a potential responsible party. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, and March 31, 2025, the Company recorded no charges related to environmental remediation costs. As of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the Company’s total environmental remediation obligation was $9.3 million and $9.4 million, respectively, which is primarily recorded within other long-term liabilities within the accompanying balance sheet. The accrual is primarily based on environmental cost estimates provided by third parties and represents the best estimate of the Company’s proportionate share of costs to be incurred for site remediation efforts. Actual costs incurred resulting from the ultimate resolution of these uncertainties could exceed the amount accrued.
15. Segment Information
The Company defines its segments consistent with how internally reported financial information is regularly reviewed by TriMas' President and Chief Executive Officer (chief operating decision maker) to analyze financial performance, make decisions, and allocate resources. TriMas reports its operations in two segments: Packaging and Specialty Products. Each of these segments has discrete financial information that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision maker uses segment operating profit when assessing segment performance, determining resource and capital allocation and developing overall strategic direction of the Company. The chief operating decision maker analyzes segment operating profit on a monthly basis by comparing actual results to forecasted and budgeted expectations to assess performance.
See below for more information regarding the types of products and services provided within each reportable segment:
Packaging – TriMas' Packaging business develops and manufactures a broad array of dispensing products (such as foaming pumps, lotion, hand soap and sanitizer pumps, beverage dispensers, perfume sprayers, nasal sprayers and trigger sprayers), polymeric and steel caps and closures (such as food lids, flip-top closures, child resistant caps, beverage closures, fragrance and cosmetic caps, drum and pail closures, and flexible spouts), polymeric jar products, fully integrated dispensers for fill-ready bag-in-box applications, and consumable vascular delivery and diagnostic test components. These products serve a variety of consumer products submarkets including, but not limited to, beauty and personal care, food and beverage, home care, and life sciences (such as pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and medical), as well as industrial markets (including agricultural).
Specialty Products – TriMas' Specialty Products segment, which includes the Norris Cylinder business, designs, manufactures and distributes highly-engineered steel cylinders for use within industrial and aerospace markets. On January 31, 2025, the Company completed the divestiture of its Arrow Engine business within its Specialty Products segment. The Arrow Engine business manufactured and distributed natural gas-fired engines for remote power generation applications and compression systems for use within the North American industrial oil and gas markets.
Corporate consists of the corporate office and related corporate activities. Corporate expenses primarily include compensation, benefits, professional services, information technology and other administrative costs. Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, unallocated deferred tax assets and prepaid assets. Corporate expenses and assets reconcile reportable segment information to the consolidated totals.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Segment activity is as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Packaging | Specialty Products | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other segment items (a) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Segment operating profit | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate (b) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income tax expense | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other segment items (a) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Segment operating profit (loss) | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate (c) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income tax expense | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Other segment items for each reportable segment includes net gain (loss) on dispositions of assets.
(b) Includes $1.4 million of realignment and severance costs and $1.2 million of system implementation costs .
(c) Includes $5.3 million gain on the sale of Arrow Engine, $4.7 million of realignment, severance and consulting costs, $0.9 million of system implementation costs and $0.3 million of mergers, acquisition, diligence and transaction costs .
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Corporate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Total Assets | ||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | ||||||||||||||
Corporate(a) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
(a) Corporate total assets as of March 31, 2026, includes $1,282.3 million of cash, primarily due to proceeds received on the sale of the Company's Aerospace segment and a $34.3 million asbestos-related insurance recovery asset. Corporate total assets as of December 31, 2025, includes a $53.9 million deferred tax asset as a result of the planned divestiture of Aerospace and a $34.7 million asbestos-related insurance recovery asset.
16. Equity Awards
Stock Options
Information related to stock options at March 31, 2026 is as follows:
| Number of Stock Options | Weighted Average Option Price | Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at January 1, 2026 | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 31, 2026, there was $4.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options that is expected to be recorded over a weighted average period of 1.4 years.
The Company recognized approximately $0.7 million of stock-based compensation expense related to stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2026, and no
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Restricted Stock Units
The Company awarded the following restricted stock units ("RSUs") during the three months ended March 31, 2026:
•Granted 82,145 RSUs to certain employees, which are subject only to a service condition and vest ratably over two or three years so long as the employee remains with the Company;
•Granted 22,824 RSUs to its non-employee independent directors, which fully vest one year from date of grant so long as the director and/or Company does not terminate the director's service prior to the vesting date; and
•Issued 10 RSUs to certain employees related to dividend equivalent rights on existing equity awards.
During 2026, the Company also awarded 39,379 performance-based RSUs to certain Company key employees which vest three years from the grant date as long as the employee remains with the Company. These awards are initially earned 50 % based upon the Company's achievement of an earnings per share ("EPS") metric and 50 % based upon the Company's return on invested capital ("ROIC") metric over a period beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2028. The total EPS and ROIC performance-based RSUs initially earned shall be subject to modification based on the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to the TSR of the common stock of a pre-defined industry peer-group, measured over the performance period. TSR is calculated as the Company's average closing stock price for the 20 trading days at the end of the performance period plus Company dividends, divided by the Company's average closing stock price for the 20 trading days prior to the start of the performance period. The Company estimates the grant-date fair value subject to a market condition using a Monte Carlo simulation model, using the following weighted average assumptions: risk-free rate of 3.74 % and annualized volatility of 29.5 %. Depending on the performance achieved for these two metrics, the amount of shares earned, if any, can vary for each metric from 0 % of the target award to a maximum of 220 % of the target.
The following disclosures related to restricted stock units include both continuing and discontinued operations.
Information related to RSUs at March 31, 2026 is as follows:
| Number of Unvested RSUs | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at January 1, 2026 | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Granted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vested | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cancelled | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 31, 2026, there was $8.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs that is expected to be recorded over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
17. Earnings per Share
Net income (loss) is divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period to calculate basic earnings (loss) per share. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is calculated to give effect to RSUs and stock options. The following table summarizes the dilutive effect of RSUs and stock options on common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and 2025:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares—basic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dilutive effect of restricted stock units | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares—diluted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In February 2026, the Company announced its Board of Directors had authorized the Company to increase the purchase of its common stock up to $150 million in the aggregate, adding to the $48.9 million remaining under the previous authorization. In the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company purchased 1,487,057 shares of its outstanding common stock for $54.5 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company purchased 20,491 shares of its outstanding common stock for $0.5 million. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $95.5 million remaining under the repurchase authorization.
Holders of common stock are entitled to dividends at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors. In 2021, the Company's Board of Directors declared the first dividend since the Company's initial public offering in 2007. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company's quarterly cash dividends declared were $0.04 1.5 million. In the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company's quarterly cash dividends declared were $0.04 1.6 million.
18. Defined Benefit Plans
Net periodic pension benefit costs for the Company's defined benefit pension plans cover certain foreign employees, union hourly employees and salaried employees. The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service costs | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected return on plan assets | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settlement and curtailment losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of net loss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net periodic benefit cost | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is recorded in cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses, while non-service cost components are recorded in other income (expense), net in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. The service cost related to discontinued operations included in the table above was $0.1
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized a non-cash, pre-tax settlement charge of $1.7 million which was recorded within the results of discontinued operations.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The Company contributed $0.3 million to its defined benefit pension plans during the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company expects to contribute $0.5 million to its defined benefit pension plans for the full year 2026.
19. Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Changes in AOCI by component for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are summarized as follows, net of tax (dollars in thousands):
| Defined Benefit Plans | Derivative Instruments | Foreign Currency Translation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period (a) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Net realized losses reclassified to net income (b) | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2026 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
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(a) Defined benefit plans, net of income tax of $0.1 million. See Note 18, "Defined Benefit Plans," for additional details. Derivative instruments, net of income tax of $0.9 million. See Note 11, "Derivative Instruments ," for further details .
Changes in AOCI by component for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are summarized as follows, net of tax (dollars in thousands):
| Defined Benefit Plans | Derivative Instruments | Foreign Currency Translation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period (a) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: Net realized losses reclassified to net income | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2025 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
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(a) Derivative instruments, net of income tax of $1.0 million. See Note 11, "Derivative Instruments," for further details.
20. Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 was 2,137.8 % and 25.1 %, respectively. The Company recorded income tax expense of $54.3 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, respectively. The significantly higher effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2026 was primarily driven by incremental income tax expense of $53.9 million from continuing operations, resulting from the reclassification of deferred tax benefits previously recognized at December 31, 2025 in connection with the Aerospace divestiture.
21. Subsequent Events
On April 23, 2026 , the Company announced that its Board of Directors had declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share of TriMas Corporation common stock, which will be payable on May 14, 2026 , to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 7, 2026 .
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The statements in the discussion and analysis regarding industry outlook, our expectations regarding the performance of our business and the other non-historical statements in the discussion and analysis are forward-looking statements. 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, 2025.
Introduction
TriMas designs, develops and manufactures a diverse set of products primarily for the consumer products and industrial markets through its TriMas Packaging and Specialty Products groups. Our wide range of innovative products are designed and engineered to solve application-specific challenges that our customers face. We believe our businesses share important and distinguishing characteristics, including: innovative product technologies and features; a high-degree of customer approved processes and qualifications; established distribution networks; modest capital investment requirements; strong cash flow conversion and long-term growth opportunities. While the majority of our revenue is in the United States, we manufacture and supply products globally to a wide range of companies. We report our business activity in two segments: Packaging and Specialty Products.
On March 16, 2026, we completed the previously announced sale of Aerospace to an affiliate of Tinicum L.P., and funds managed by Blackstone, Inc., pursuant to an Equity Purchase Agreement dated as of November 4, 2025 (the "Purchase Agreement"), for a purchase price of approximately $1,456.9 million, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Purchase Agreement which we expect to be finalized during 2026. The historical results for Aerospace are reported in our consolidated statement of income and consolidated balance sheet as a discontinued operation for all periods presented in the financial statements.
Key Factors Affecting Our Reported Results
Demand for the products our businesses produce and results of operations depend upon general economic conditions. We serve customers in industries that are highly competitive, and that may be significantly impacted by changes in economic or geopolitical conditions.
Our results of operations have been materially impacted by macroeconomic conditions over the past few years, including cost inflation (raw materials, wage rates and freight) and a lack of material, and in certain regions, skilled labor availability. In 2025, the U.S. government implemented tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), which created uncertainty regarding material costs, future tariffs, including any retaliatory tariffs imposed by other countries, or other potential governmental actions. These tariffs have increased the costs of certain products sourced from non-U.S. countries.
As a result of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in February 2026, we may be entitled to a refund of tariffs previously paid on certain imported product under IEEPA. Although a reimbursement process became available on April 20, 2026, the timing and amount of any potential refunds for previously collected tariffs remain uncertain and may be subject to further legal and regulatory developments. To date, the changes in the tariffs, on an overall basis, have not had a significant impact on our results of operations. We will continue to monitor the situation and evaluate the impact of any replacement tariffs or policy changes on our business, including the potential for cost recovery and future tariff exposure.
Sales of certain of our products for industrial applications, for example steel cylinders for packaged gas applications, have experienced volatility in demand related to customers securing high order rates in prior periods, only to enter a period of destocking in more recent periods. This significant level of volatility in demand levels, input and transportation costs, and material and labor availability, has pressured our ability to operate efficiently in recent periods. While some areas of demand volatility and softness remain, such as in our Specialty Products segment, and more specifically our Norris Cylinder business, we have experienced more steady and consistent demand in our Packaging segment.
Overall, our first quarter 2026 net sales increased $15.8 million, or 10.4%, compared to first quarter 2025. We experienced organic growth of 4.4% within our Packaging segment, compared to first quarter 2025. Net sales increased 17.0% in our Specialty Products segment as compared to the prior year quarter, as higher sales of steel cylinders more than offset the lost sales due to the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business in January 2025. Our overall sales increase included $6.0 million of currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were favorably impacted as a result of a weakening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.
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The most significant drivers affecting our financial results in first quarter 2026 compared with first quarter 2025, other than as directly impacted by sales changes, were realignment costs related to the comprehensive reorganization of our Packaging segment and corporate office, interest income earned on the invested cash proceeds from the sale of our Aerospace business, the impact of the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business in first quarter 2025, and an increase in our effective tax rate.
During first quarter 2026, we recorded $4.1 million of realignment costs related to the comprehensive reorganization of our Packaging segment and corporate office, primarily for severance, including $0.5 million of non-cash compensation expense.
During first quarter 2026, we invested the cash proceeds from the sale of our Aerospace business in highly liquid instruments, including U.S. Treasury‑backed money market funds and cash deposits that earn interest at a rate of approximately 3.5%. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we earned interest income of $2.0 million.
On January 31, 2025, we completed the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business within our Specialty Products segment for net cash proceeds of $21.0 million. We recognized a pre-tax gain of $5.3 million on the sale of Arrow Engine. Arrow Engine contributed $1.4 million of sales in first quarter 2025.
The effective income tax rate for first quarter 2026 was 2,137.8% as compared to 25.1% for first quarter 2025. The increase in the effective tax rate for first quarter 2026 was primarily driven by incremental income tax expense of $53.9 million resulting from the reclassification of deferred tax benefits previously recognized at December 31, 2025 in connection with the Aerospace divestiture.
Additional Key Risks that May Affect Our Reported Results
We have executed meaningful realignment actions over the past few years to address variable and structural costs where demand has fallen. We will continue to assess and take further actions if required. As a result of the current period of macroeconomic inflation and uncertainty, including uncertainty regarding the scope and duration of current and future tariffs and trade actions, and the potential impact of such factors to our future results of operations, as well as if there is an impact to TriMas' overall performance and market capitalization, we may record additional cash and non-cash charges related to further realignment actions, asset impairments, including impairments to our goodwill, intangible assets, fixed assets, inventory or customer receivable account balances.
We believe our capital structure is in a strong position. We have sufficient cash and available liquidity under our revolving credit facility to meet our debt service obligations, capital expenditure requirements and other short-term and long-term obligations for the foreseeable future.
Critical factors affecting our ability to succeed include: our ability to generate organic growth through product development, cross-selling and extending product-line offerings, and our ability to quickly and cost-effectively introduce and successfully launch new products; our ability to recognize the benefits of and effectively deploy the net proceeds from the sale of Aerospace, our ability to acquire and integrate companies or products that supplement existing product lines, add adjacent distribution channels and new customers, or expand our geographic coverage; our ability to manage our cost structure more efficiently via supply chain 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; and our ability to absorb, or recover via commercial actions, inflationary or other cost increases, including tariffs and duties.
Our overall business does not experience significant seasonal fluctuation, other than our fourth quarter, which has tended to be the lowest net sales quarter of the year due to holiday shutdowns at certain customers or other customers deferring capital spending to the following year. A growing amount of our sales is derived from international sources, which exposes us to certain risks, including currency risks.
We are sensitive to price movements and availability of our raw materials supply. Our largest raw material purchases are for polypropylene, polyethylene, steel, aluminum, and other oil and metal-based purchased components, the costs for each of which are subject to volatility. There has also been volatility in certain of our input costs as a direct and indirect result of foreign trade policy as well as from geopolitical conditions. We will continue to take actions to mitigate such increases, including implementing commercial pricing adjustments, holding extra inventories, resourcing to alternate suppliers and insourcing of previously sourced products. If suppliers or subcontractors fail to meet contractual requirements, we may be unable to secure acceptable alternatives on reasonable terms or in time to meet customer commitments, which could result in increased costs and penalties, the assertion of force majeure clauses in contracts with customers and disruptions to our operations. Although we believe we are generally able to mitigate the impact of higher commodity costs and supply disruptions over time, we may experience additional material costs and disruptions in supply in the future and may not be able to pass along higher costs to our customers in the form of price increases or otherwise mitigate the impacts to our operating results.
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Although we have escalator/de-escalator clauses in commercial contracts with certain of our customers to address fluctuations in input costs, or can modify prices based on market conditions to recover higher costs, our price increases generally lag the underlying input cost increase, and we cannot be assured of full cost recovery in the open market. If input costs increase at rapid rates, our ability to recover cost increases on a timely basis is made more difficult by the lag nature of these contracts.
Oil-based commodity costs are a significant driver of raw materials and purchased components used within our Packaging segment. As such, an increase in crude oil prices often is a precursor to rising polymeric raw material costs, for which we may experience a contractual commercial recovery lag.
Each year our businesses target continuous improvement initiatives in an effort to reduce, or otherwise offset, the impact of increased input and conversion costs through increased throughput and yield rates, with a goal of at least covering inflationary and market cost increases. In addition, we continuously review our operating cost structures to ensure alignment with current market demand.
We continue to evaluate alternatives to redeploy the cash generated by our businesses, one of which includes returning capital to our shareholders. In February 2026, our Board of Directors authorized us to increase the purchase of our common stock up to $150 million in the aggregate, adding to the $48.9 million remaining under the previous authorization. During first quarter 2026, 1,487,057 shares were purchased. As of March 31, 2026, we had $95.5 million remaining under the repurchase authorization.
In addition, in first quarter 2026, we declared dividends of $0.04 per share of common stock and paid dividends of $1.5 million. We will continue to evaluate opportunities to return capital to shareholders through the purchase of our common stock, as well as dividends, depending on market conditions and other factors.
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The following table summarizes financial information for our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | As a Percentage of Net Sales | 2025 | As a Percentage of Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | 139,170 | 82.7 | % | $ | 127,570 | 83.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | 29,110 | 17.3 | % | 24,890 | 16.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 168,280 | 100.0 | % | $ | 152,460 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross Profit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | 32,660 | 23.5 | % | $ | 31,460 | 24.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | 4,210 | 14.5 | % | 1,370 | 5.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 36,870 | 21.9 | % | $ | 32,830 | 21.5 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | 18,100 | 13.0 | % | $ | 14,210 | 11.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | 1,370 | 4.7 | % | 2,520 | 10.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | 10,520 | N/A | 14,240 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 29,990 | 17.8 | % | $ | 30,970 | 20.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating Profit (Loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | 14,550 | 10.5 | % | $ | 17,240 | 13.5 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | 2,860 | 9.8 | % | (1,150) | (4.6) | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | (10,520) | N/A | (8,940) | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 6,890 | 4.1 | % | $ | 7,150 | 4.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Depreciation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | 7,350 | 5.3 | % | $ | 6,740 | 5.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | 730 | 2.5 | % | 820 | 3.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | 110 | N/A | 80 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 8,190 | 4.9 | % | $ | 7,640 | 5.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Amortization | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | $ | 1,440 | 1.0 | % | $ | 1,590 | 1.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | — | — | % | — | — | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | — | N/A | — | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,440 | 0.9 | % | $ | 1,590 | 1.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
The following table summarizes detail on the year-over-year sales growth percentages for our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025:
| Year to Date First Quarter 2026 vs. Year to Date First Quarter 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organic | Acquisitions | Divestitures | Foreign Exchange | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated TriMas Corporation | 7.3 | % | — | % | (0.9) | % | 4.0 | % | 10.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Packaging | 4.4 | % | — | % | — | % | 4.7 | % | 9.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialty Products | 22.6 | % | — | % | (5.6) | % | — | % | 17.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of Operations
The principal factors impacting us during the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2025, were:
•Increases in demand for products within our Packaging and Specialty Products segments;
•Realignment costs related to the comprehensive reorganization of our Packaging segment and corporate office;
•Interest income earned on the invested cash proceeds from the sale of our Aerospace business;
•The impact of the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business in first quarter 2025; and
•An increase in our effective tax rate in first quarter 2026 compared with first quarter 2025.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Overall, net sales increased $15.8 million, or 10.4%, to $168.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared with $152.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025. Organic sales, excluding the impact of currency exchange and divestitures, increased $11.2 million, or 7.3%, as organic sales increased 22.6% and 4.4% within our Specialty Products and Packaging segments, respectively, due to end market demand improvements and growth initiatives. These increases were partially offset by the impact of the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business in our Specialty Products segment. In addition, net sales increased by $6.0 million due to currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were favorably impacted as a result of a weakening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies.
Gross profit margin (gross profit as a percentage of sales) approximated 21.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 21.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Gross profit margin increased primarily due to higher sales levels and related improved fixed cost absorption within our Specialty Products segment, as well as due to the favorable impact of prior year operational improvement actions within the Packaging segment. These improvements were partially offset by a less favorable product sales mix within our Packaging segment.
Operating profit margin (operating profit as a percentage of sales) approximated 4.1% and 4.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, respectively. Operating profit decreased $0.3 million, to $6.9 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to the year-over-year impact of a $5.3 million gain on the sale of Arrow Engine in first quarter 2025 that did not recur, a less favorable product sales mix within our Packaging segment, and higher stock compensation expense. These decreases were partially offset by higher sales levels and related improved fixed cost absorption within our Specialty Products segment.
Interest expense increased $0.7 million, to $5.2 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, due to an increase in our weighted average borrowings and a higher effective interest rate on our revolving credit facility within the first quarter of 2026.
Other income (expense) increased $0.9 million to $0.9 million of income, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from a nominal amount of expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as the $2.0 million of interest income earned on invested cash proceeds from the sale of our Aerospace business was partially offset by increased losses on foreign currency transactions.
The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 was 2,137.8% and 25.1%, respectively. We recorded tax expense of $54.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was higher than in the prior year primarily due to incremental income tax expense of $53.9 million resulting from the reclassification of deferred tax benefits previously recognized at December 31, 2025 in connection with the Aerospace divestiture.
Income (loss) from continuing operations decreased by $53.7 million, to a loss of $51.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to income of $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily the result of a decrease in operating profit of $0.3 million, an increase in interest expense of $0.7 million, and an increase in income tax expense of $53.7 million, partially offset by an increase in other income by $0.9 million.
See below for a discussion of operating results by segment.
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Packaging. Net sales increased $11.6 million, or 9.1% (of which 4.4% was organic and 4.7% was foreign currency exchange), to $139.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $127.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was driven primarily by higher sales of products used in life sciences markets of $5.0 million and dispensing products used primarily for beauty, personal care and home care applications of $2.4 million, partially offset by lower sales of products used for industrial applications of $1.2 million. Net sales increased by $6.0 million due to currency exchange, as our reported results in U.S. dollars were favorably impacted as a result of the weakening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies, as compared to 2025.
Gross profit increased $1.2 million to $32.7 million, or 23.5% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $31.5 million, or 24.7% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, due to higher sales levels as well as the favorable impact of prior year operational improvement actions. Although gross profit increased, gross profit margin decreased primarily due to a less favorable product sales mix.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $3.9 million to $18.1 million, or 13.0% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $14.2 million, or 11.1% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to $2.7 million of higher realignment costs related to the comprehensive reorganization of our Packaging segment.
Operating profit decreased $2.7 million to $14.6 million, or 10.5% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $17.2 million, or 13.5% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to $2.7 million of higher realignment costs, a less favorable product sales mix, partially offset by increased sales and the favorable impact of operational improvement actions.
Specialty Products. Net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2026 increased $4.2 million, or 17.0% (of which 22.6% was organic and (5.6)% was due to the divestiture of Arrow Engine), to $29.1 million, as compared to $24.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025. Sales of steel cylinders increased $5.6 million, or 24.0%, to $29.1 million, as compared to $23.5 million, due predominantly to improved demand for industrial applications. Arrow Engine contributed $1.4 million of sales in three months ended March 31, 2025. See Note 6, "Acquisitions and Sale of Business," included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements," within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for more information.
Gross profit increased $2.8 million to $4.2 million, or 14.5% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $1.4 million, or 5.5% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to an increase in sales of our steel cylinders and improved fixed cost absorption, partially offset by the year-over-year impact from the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business.
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $1.2 million to $1.4 million, or 4.7% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $2.5 million, or 10.1% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to $1.2 million of incurred expenses related to our Arrow Engine business, which we divested in January 2025.
Operating profit increased $4.0 million to $2.9 million, or 9.8% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to a loss of $1.2 million, or 4.6% of sales, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to higher steel cylinder sales, and lower selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by the year-over-year impact from the divestiture of our Arrow Engine business.
Corporate. Corporate expenses, net consist of the following (dollars in millions):
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Corporate operating expenses | $ | 7.2 | $ | 11.6 | ||||||||||
| Non-cash stock compensation | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||
| Legacy expenses | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Gain on disposition of assets | — | (5.3) | ||||||||||||
| Corporate expenses | $ | 10.5 | $ | 8.9 | ||||||||||
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Corporate expenses increased $1.6 million to $10.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $8.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, due to:
•Corporate operating expenses decreased $4.4 million to $7.2 million in three months ended March 31, 2026 from $11.6 million in three months ended March 31, 2025, due to $1.5 million lower realignment costs associated with actions to reorganize the corporate office (exclusive of non-cash stock compensation) and an overall decrease in other general corporate expenses.
•Non-cash stock compensation increased $0.7 million to $3.2 million in three months ended March 31, 2026 from $2.5 million in three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to timing and estimated attainment of existing awards.
•We recognized a $5.3 million pre-tax gain in the three months ended March 31, 2025, on the sale of our former Arrow Engine business.
Discontinued Operations. The results of discontinued operations consists of our Aerospace segment, for which we entered into a definitive agreement to sell on November 4, 2025. On March 16, 2026, we completed the sale for a purchase price of approximately $1,456.9 million, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, which adjustments we expect to be finalized during 2026. Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense, was $852.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $10.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements," within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for more information.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows
Cash flows used for operating activities were $19.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to cash provided by operating activities of $9.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Significant changes in cash flows provided by operating activities and the reasons for such changes were as follows:
•For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we reported a use of $167.2 million in cash flows, based on reported net income of $800.8 million, which includes a $51.8 million loss from continuing operations and $852.6 million income from discontinued operations, and after considering the effects of non-cash items related to depreciation, amortization, and gain on dispositions of assets, amortization of debt issuance costs, changes in deferred income taxes, stock-based compensation, provision for losses on accounts receivable, and other operating activities. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we generated $23.5 million in cash flows based on reported net income of $12.4 million, which includes $1.9 million income from continuing operations and $10.5 million income from discontinued operations, and after considering the effects of similar non-cash items.
•Increases in accounts receivable resulted in a use of cash of $23.0 million and $14.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, respectively. The increased use of cash for each of the three month periods is due primarily to the timing of sales and collection of cash related thereto within the periods. Days sales outstanding of receivables increased seven days through the three months ended March 31, 2026, and increased three days through the three months ended March 31, 2025.
•We increased our investment in inventory by $16.6 million and $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and the three months ended March 31, 2025, respectively. Our days sales in inventory increased five days through the three months ended March 31, 2026 and through the three months ended March 31, 2025, as we continued to manage inventory levels, considering our supply needs, and balanced with sales growth across our segments.
•A decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets resulted in a source of cash of $4.6 million and $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and 2025, respectively. These changes were primarily a result of the timing of payments made for income taxes and certain operating expenses.
•An increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities resulted in a source of cash of $182.8 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and 2025, respectively. The increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2026, includes a liability for estimated tax payments of $194.5 million related to the gain on the sale of Aerospace. Days accounts payable on hand (excluding the impact of the estimated tax payment for the three months ended March 31, 2026) decreased by two days through each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Our days accounts payable on hand fluctuate primarily as a result of the timing of payments made to suppliers and the mix of vendors and related terms.
Net cash provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $1,431.3 million, while net cash used for investing activities was $29.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we invested $5.2 million in capital expenditures, as we continued our investment in growth, capacity and productivity-related capital projects. We also received combined net proceeds of $1,436.5 million from the sale of our Aerospace business and disposition of property and equipment. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we invested $12.9 million in capital expenditures, paid $37.2 million, net of cash acquired, to acquire GMT Aerospace, and received net proceeds of $20.5 million from the sale of our Arrow Engine business and disposition of property and equipment.
Net cash used for financing activities was $132.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, while net cash provided by financing activities was $30.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we made net repayments of $72.7 million on our revolving credit facilities, purchased $54.5 million of our outstanding common stock, used a net cash amount of $3.5 million related to our stock compensation arrangements, paid dividends of $1.5 million, and paid $0.1 million related to other financing liabilities. Our reported net proceeds from borrowings on our revolving credit facilities considers the impact of foreign currency translation. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we received net proceeds of $35.3 million from borrowings on our revolving credit facilities, paid $1.3 million for debt financing fees, purchased $0.5 million of outstanding common stock, used a net cash amount of $1.8 million related to our stock compensation arrangements, paid dividends of $1.6 million, and paid $0.1 million related to other financing liabilities.
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Our Debt and Other Commitments
In March 2021, we issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due April 15, 2029 ("Senior Notes") at par value in a private placement under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). The Senior Notes accrue interest at a rate of 4.125% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15. The payment of principal and interest is jointly and severally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by certain subsidiaries of the Company. The Senior Notes are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness and effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.
Beginning April 15, 2026, we may redeem all or part of the Senior Notes at par (100% of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, our consolidated subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Senior Notes represented 32% of the total of guarantor and non-guarantor net sales, treating each as a consolidated group and excluding intercompany transactions between guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries. In addition, our non-guarantor subsidiaries represented 18% and 11% of the total guarantor and non-guarantor assets and liabilities, respectively, as of March 31, 2026, treating the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries each as a consolidated group.
In March 2025, we amended our existing credit agreement ("Credit Agreement") to extend the maturity date. We incurred fees and expenses of $1.3 million related to the amendment, all of which was capitalized as debt issuance costs. We also recorded $0.1 million of non-cash expense related to the write-off of previously capitalized deferred financing fees. The Credit Agreement consists of a $250.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which permits borrowings denominated in specific foreign currencies, subject to a $125.0 million sub limit, maturing on March 31, 2030.
The Credit Agreement is subject to benchmark interest rates determined based on the currency denomination of borrowings, with British pound sterling borrowings subject to the Sterling Overnight Index Average, Euro borrowings to the Euro InterBank Offered Rate and U.S. dollar borrowings subject to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, each plus a spread that ranges from 1.375% to 2.00% based upon the leverage ratio, as defined, as of the most recent determination date. Our revolving credit facility allows for the issuance of letters of credit, not to exceed $40.0 million in aggregate.
The Credit Agreement permits borrowings denominated in specific foreign currencies, subject to a $125.0 million sub limit. The Credit Agreement also provides for incremental revolving credit commitments in an amount not to exceed the greater of $200.0 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 in the Credit Agreement, is no greater than 3.00 to 1.00. The terms and conditions of any incremental revolving credit facility commitments must be no more favorable than the existing credit facility.
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 the ability to, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, incur 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 total net leverage ratio (total consolidated indebtedness plus outstanding amounts under the accounts receivable securitization facility, less the aggregate amount of certain unrestricted cash and unrestricted permitted investments, as defined, over consolidated EBITDA, as defined) and a minimum interest expense coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA, as defined, over the sum of consolidated cash interest expense, as defined, and preferred dividends, as defined). Our permitted total net leverage ratio under the Credit Agreement is 4.00 to 1.00 as of March 31, 2026. If we were to complete an acquisition which qualifies for a Covenant Holiday Period, as defined in our Credit Agreement, then our permitted total net leverage ratio cannot exceed 4.50 to 1.00 during that period. Our actual total net leverage ratio was 1.84 to 1.00 at March 31, 2026. Our permitted interest expense coverage ratio under the Credit Agreement is 3.00 to 1.00 as of March 31, 2026. Our actual interest expense coverage ratio was 5.62 to 1.00 at March 31, 2026. In December 2025 and March 2026, we amended the Credit Agreement to update certain definitions used in ratio and indebtedness calculations due to the sale of the Aerospace segment. At March 31, 2026, 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 March 31, 2026 (dollars in thousands). We present Consolidated Bank EBITDA to show our performance under our financial covenants.
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| Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 908,550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bank stipulated adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 18,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 215,100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 57,720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges and asset write-offs | 1,520 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-cash compensation expense(1) | 11,620 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other non-cash expenses or losses | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-recurring expenses or costs(2) | 16,490 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses | (1,052,660) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Effects of purchase accounting adjustments | 1,390 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permitted dispositions | 880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency gains and losses | 1,950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | (2,190) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permitted dispositions EBITDA | (91,450) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined | $ | 87,820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | ||||||||
Total Indebtedness, as defined(3) | $ | 161,190 | ||||||
| Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined | 87,820 | |||||||
| Total net leverage ratio | 1.84 | x | ||||||
| Covenant requirement | 4.00 | x | ||||||
| Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | 18,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bank stipulated adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | (2,190) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of financing costs | (950) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, as defined | $ | 15,610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Bank EBITDA, as defined | $ | 87,820 | ||||||
| Total Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, as defined | 15,610 | |||||||
| Actual interest expense coverage ratio | 5.62 | x | ||||||
| Covenant requirement | 3.00 | x | ||||||
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(1) Non-cash compensation expenses resulting from the grant of equity awards.
(2) Non-recurring costs and expenses relating to diligence and transaction costs, system implementation costs, and business restructuring and severance costs.
(3) Includes $1.2 million of finance leases. The Credit Agreement allows up to $240.0 million in cash netting.
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At March 31, 2026, we had no amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility and had $243.8 million available after giving effect to $6.2 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. At December 31, 2025, we had $72.8 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility and had $171.2 million available after giving effect to $6.0 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding. Our 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. After consideration of leverage restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, as of March 31, 2026 we had $190.1 million of borrowing capacity available for general corporate purposes. Our borrowing capacity was not reduced by leverage restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2025.
We rely upon our cash flow from operations and available liquidity under our revolving credit facility to fund our debt service obligations and other contractual commitments, working capital and capital expenditure requirements. At the end of each quarter, we have historically used cash on hand from our domestic and foreign subsidiaries to pay down amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility, as applicable.
Our weighted average borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2026 approximated $477.8 million, compared to $428.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Our weighted average borrowings increased year-over-year primarily due to borrowings made on our revolving credit facility to fund share repurchases.
In May 2021, we, through one of our non-U.S. subsidiaries, entered into a revolving loan facility with a borrowing capacity of $4.0 million. The facility is guaranteed by TriMas Corporation. At March 31, 2026, we had no amounts outstanding on this loan facility.
Cash management related to our revolving credit facility 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.
The majority of our cash on hand as of March 31, 2026 is located within the U.S. Our available funding under our revolving credit facility is $190.1 million at March 31, 2026. 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 obligations for the foreseeable future, as well as dividends and share repurchases.
As of March 31, 2026, the majority of our cash was invested in highly liquid instruments, including U.S. Treasury‑backed money market funds and cash deposits with high‑credit‑quality financial institutions designated as Globally Systemically Important Banks. These investments are available on a same‑day basis, earn interest at a rate of approximately 3.5%, and qualify as permitted investments under our Credit Agreement. We intend to maintain these investments until they are deployed for organic growth initiatives, strategically aligned acquisition opportunities, share repurchases, or a combination thereof. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we earned interest income of $2.0 million.
We are subject to variable interest rates on our revolving credit facility, which is subject to a benchmark interest rate determined based on the currency denomination of borrowings. At March 31, 2026, we had no amounts outstanding on our revolving credit facility and, therefore, no variable rate-based borrowings outstanding.
In addition to our long-term debt, we have other cash commitments related to leases. The majority of our lease transactions are accounted for as operating leases, and annual rent expense related thereto approximated $12.2 million in 2025. We expect leasing will continue to be an available financing option to fund future capital expenditure requirements.
In February 2026, we announced our Board of Directors had authorized us to increase the purchase of our common stock up to $150 million in the aggregate, adding to the $48.9 million remaining under the previous authorization. In the three months ended March 31, 2026, we purchased 1,487,057 shares of our outstanding common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $54.5 million. Since the initial authorization through March 31, 2026, we have purchased 11,178,487 shares of our outstanding common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $340.2 million. We will continue to evaluate opportunities to return capital to shareholders through the purchase of our common stock and the payment of dividends, depending on market conditions, and other factors.
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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 March 31, 2026, we were party to foreign exchange forward and swap contracts to hedge changes in foreign currency exchange rates with notional amounts of $108.3 million. We also use cross-currency swap agreements to mitigate currency risks associated with the net investment in certain of our foreign subsidiaries. See Note 11, "Derivative Instruments," included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements," within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
We are also subject to interest risk as it relates to our long-term debt. We have historically used interest rate swap agreements to fix the variable portion of our debt to manage this risk, when applicable.
Common Stock
TriMas is listed in the NASDAQ Global Select Market. 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 December 18, 2025, Moody's affirmed a Ba3 rating to our Senior Notes, as presented in Note 10, "Long-term Debt" included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" within this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Moody's also placed the Ba2 Corporate Family Rating under review for possible downgrade on November 6, 2025 and updated its outlook to under review following the announcement of the Aerospace sale. On March 26, 2026, Standard & Poor's lowered their rating of our Senior Notes to B, following the successful completion of the Aerospace divestiture. Standard & Poor's also lowered the corporate credit rating to B+ and maintained its 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
We delivered first quarter results consistent with our expectations, while successfully completing the divestiture of Aerospace in March, an important milestone in the continued transformation of TriMas for the future. We entered 2026 with a clear strategic focus on strengthening our core businesses, and the decisive cost actions we implemented in January are expected to support improved operating leverage as we move through the year. With a more focused portfolio, enhanced financial flexibility and disciplined execution across the organization, we believe TriMas is well positioned to deliver improved performance and drive sustainable long‑term value for our stakeholders.
Early in 2026, we executed a comprehensive organizational realignment to streamline operations, strengthen customer responsiveness and drive sustainable cost savings. The realignment integrates select corporate and business functions to simplify the structure, eliminates duplication and improves operational efficiency. These initiatives are expected to generate more than $10 million in savings in 2026 and approximately $15 million on an annualized basis.
As part of this effort, TriMas Packaging is restructuring its commercial and operational model to eliminate silos, accelerate decision-making, and deliver more integrated customer solutions. The changes include unifying sales teams, standardizing operations across facilities and reducing management layers to improve speed, accountability and innovation. Key initiatives include brand unification, expanded operational excellence programs, technology implementations and manufacturing footprint optimization. Collectively, these actions are expected to strengthen TriMas’ operating model, enhance customer satisfaction and support sustainable long-term value creation.
We continue to monitor the impacts of ongoing geopolitical conditions, including the conflicts in the Middle East, on our supply chains and raw materials costs. Although we were not significantly impacted in first quarter 2026 by the conflict in the Middle East, we are actively mitigating cost increases and supply delays that may impact our full year 2026 financial results if they persist and/or strengthen.
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We believe our capital structure remains strong and that we have sufficient headroom under our financial covenants, and ample cash and available liquidity under our revolving credit facility, to meet our debt service, capital expenditure and other short-term and long-term obligations for the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future. We also plan to redeploy the proceeds from the sale of Aerospace in ways that we expect will enhance long-term value to our shareholders, employees and customers, including through prioritizing organic growth investments, pursuing strategically aligned acquisition opportunities or repurchasing shares.
Impact of New Accounting Standards
See Note 2, "New Accounting Pronouncements," included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to 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 used in 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 March 31, 2026, 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, 2025.
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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 10, "Long-term Debt," and Note 11, "Derivative Instruments," in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to 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 Securities and Exchange Commission'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 March 31, 2026, 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 March 31, 2026, 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 March 31, 2026 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 14, "Commitments and Contingencies," included in Part I, Item 1, "Notes to 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 I, Item 1A., "Risk Factors," in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. There have been no significant changes to our risk factors as disclosed in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table provides information about purchases made by the Company, or on behalf of the Company by an affiliated purchaser, of shares of the Company's common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2026:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1) | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program (in millions) (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1, 2026 to January 31, 2026 | — | $ | — | — | $ | 48.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| February 1, 2026 to February 28, 2026 | — | $ | — | — | $ | 150.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| March 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026 | 1,487,057 | $ | 36.67 | 1,487,057 | $ | 95.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,487,057 | $ | 36.67 | 1,487,057 | $ | 95.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) In February 2026, the Company announced its Board of Directors had authorized the Company to increase the purchase of its common stock up to $150 million in the aggregate, adding to the $48.9 million remaining under the previous authorization. The previous authorization, approved in November 2025, authorized up to $150 million of purchases in the aggregate of its common stock. Pursuant to this share repurchase program, during the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company repurchased 1,487,057 shares of its common stock at a cost of $54.5 million. The share repurchase program is effective and has no expiration date.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements
On March 5, 2026 , Herbert K. Parker , TriMas' Chairman of the Board of Directors , adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. The trading plan provides that Mr. Parker may sell up to an aggregate of 15,000 shares of the Company's common stock. First trades under Mr. Parker’s trading plan will not occur until June 8, 2026, at the earliest, and the trading plan is scheduled to terminate on December 4, 2026 , subject to early termination for certain specified events set forth therein.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibits Index:
| 3.1 | Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriMas Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 3, 2007. | ||||
| 3.2 | Third Amended and Restated By-laws of TriMas Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2015. | ||||
| 10.1 | Tenth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2026, by and among TriMas Corporation, TriMas Company LLC, certain other subsidiaries of TriMas Corporation party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the various lenders from time to time thereto.* | ||||
| 10.2 | Restricted Stock Units Agreement (CFO Initial RSU Award) (Two-Year Ratable Vest) under the 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated as of January 18, 2026, by and between TriMas Corporation and Paul Swart.** | ||||
| 10.3 | Form of Performance Stock Units Agreement (CFO) - 2026 LTI - under the 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.** | ||||
| 10.4 | Form of Performance Stock Units Agreement - 2026 LTI - under the 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.** | ||||
| 10.5 | Form of Restricted Stock Units Agreement (Three-Year Ratable Vest) - 2026 LTI - under the 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.** | ||||
| 10.6 | Form of Restricted Stock Units Agreement (CFO) (Three-Year Ratable Vest) - 2026 LTI - under the 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.** | ||||
| 10.7 | Form of Restricted Stock Units Agreement (One-Year Cliff Vest) - 2026 LTI - under the 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.** | ||||
| 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 | The following materials from TriMas Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheet, (ii) the Consolidated Statement of Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, (v) the Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity, (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and (vii) document and entity information. | ||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | ||||
* 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.
** Management contracts and compensatory plans or arrangements.
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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/ PAUL A. SWART | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | April 30, 2026 | By: | Paul A. Swart Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
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FAQ
How did the Aerospace segment sale impact TriMas (TRS) Q1 2026 results?
The Aerospace sale dominated Q1 2026 results, generating a $1,040.0 million pre-tax gain and $1,241.8 million in net proceeds. This drove net income to $800.8 million and lifted cash to $1,309.6 million, while Aerospace is now reported as discontinued operations.
What were TriMas (TRS) Q1 2026 net sales and growth by segment?
Q1 2026 net sales from continuing operations were $168.3 million, up 10.4% year over year. Packaging contributed $139.2 million (9.1% growth), and Specialty Products delivered $29.1 million (17.0% growth), supported by stronger steel cylinder demand and favorable currency movements.
Why did TriMas (TRS) report a loss from continuing operations in Q1 2026?
TriMas reported a $51.8 million loss from continuing operations mainly due to a $54.3 million tax charge. The effective tax rate jumped to 2,137.8% because deferred tax benefits linked to the Aerospace divestiture were reclassified, overwhelming otherwise modest operating profit.
What is TriMas (TRS) current debt and liquidity position after the Aerospace sale?
TriMas ended March 31, 2026 with $1,309.6 million in cash and $400.0 million of 4.125% Senior Notes. It had no borrowings under its $250.0 million revolving credit facility, leaving significant undrawn capacity and strong overall liquidity.
How is TriMas (TRS) using the cash proceeds from the Aerospace divestiture?
TriMas invested the proceeds in highly liquid instruments, including U.S. Treasury-backed money market funds and bank deposits earning about 3.5%. The company intends to deploy this cash toward organic growth, strategic acquisitions, share repurchases, or a combination of these uses.
What shareholder returns did TriMas (TRS) provide in Q1 2026?
In Q1 2026, TriMas repurchased 1,487,057 shares for $54.5 million and paid $1.5 million in dividends. The quarterly dividend was $0.04 per share, and $95.5 million remained available under the Board-authorized share repurchase program at quarter-end.
What legacy asbestos and environmental exposures does TriMas (TRS) disclose?
TriMas reported $35.1 million in asbestos-related liabilities and $9.3 million in environmental remediation obligations at March 31, 2026. An insurance recovery asset of $34.3 million substantially offsets the asbestos liability, and management does not expect these matters to materially affect overall financial condition.