TriMas Corporation appointed Jeffrey A. Fielkow as a Class I director of the Company, effective March 8, 2023. The Board has determined that Mr. Fielkow is an independent director under the NASDAQ listing standards and the Company's independence guidelines, as set forth in its Corporate Governance Guidelines. Mr. Fielkow will join the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board effective March 8, 2023.

Mr. Fielkow has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of ID Images, LLC, a leading manufacturer of converted label products, serving the food and beverage, consumer durables, health and beauty, and retail industries, among others, since December 2021. Prior to this role, Mr. Fielkow held multiple executive positions within Tetra Pak Inc., one of the world's largest food-processing and packaging companies, including his most recent role as Chief Executive Officer of USA and Canada. Prior to that, he served in the roles of Chief Executive Officer of Vietnam and Vice President of Sustainability in South East Asia and Oceania.

In addition to his global roles at Tetra Pak, Mr. Fielkow spent nearly 15 years in a variety of leadership and operational roles within the sustainability and recycling space, including with ReCommunity Inc., Container Recycling, LLC, and Waste Management Recycle America, as well as serving as the Vice President of Sustainability and Recycling at Tetra Pak North America. In addition, he founded, cofounded or led successful packaging recovery organizations in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, Thailand and India, and advised several government entities on recycling strategies. As a Class I director, the initial term for Mr. Fielkow will expire at the Company's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders.

As a non-employee director, Mr. Fielkow will receive compensation in the same manner as the Company's other non-employee directors, which compensation the Company previously disclosed in its Proxy Statement for the Company's 2022 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022.