TriMas Corporation Announces Early Tender Results Of Its Tender Offer For Any And All Of Its Outstanding 9.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2017

TriMas Corporation

(the "Company") announced today that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 2, 2012 (the "Consent Date"), $176,501,000 aggregate principal amount, representing 88.3% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding, of its 9.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the "Notes") had been tendered along with the related consents in connection with its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation. The tender offer and consent solicitation are being conducted pursuant to the Company's Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement (the "Statement"), dated September 19, 2012. The Company has executed a supplemental indenture with respect to the indenture governing the Notes (the "Supplemental Indenture"), which will release all of the collateral securing the Notes and will eliminate or modify certain restrictive covenants and other provisions contained in the indenture governing the Notes (the "Proposed Amendments"). The Proposed Amendments will not become operative until all of the Notes that have been validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Consent Date have been purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the tender offer and consent solicitation.