# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001786108
**File Stem:** 0001213900-25-054831
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 6003
**Document Hash:** a481b35caa2e04e4d09a678eb68d1917
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-25-054831.hdr.sgml**: 20250616

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-25-054831

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250612

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250616

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250616

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Trinity Capital Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001786108

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39958
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251051052

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 N. 1ST ST.
- **STREET 2:** 3RD FLOOR
- **CITY:** PHOENIX
- **STATE:** AZ
- **ZIP:** 85004
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 480.374.5350

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 N. 1ST ST.
- **STREET 2:** 3RD FLOOR
- **CITY:** PHOENIX
- **STATE:** AZ
- **ZIP:** 85004

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2025**

**TRINITY CAPITAL INC.**

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| **Maryland** | **001-39958** | **35-2670395** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction <br> of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br> Identification No.)** |

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|:---|:---|
| **1 N. 1st Street**<br> **Suite 302**<br>**Phoenix, Arizona** | **85004** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (480) 374-5350**

**Not Applicable**

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | TRIN | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
| 7.875% Notes Due 2029 | TRINZ | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
| 7.875% Notes Due 2029 | TRINI | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

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. ☐

**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On June 12, 2025, Trinity Capital Inc. (the "Company") held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the Company submitted two matters to the vote of its stockholders, each of which is described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2025. As of the close of business on April 15, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 64,654,247 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the matters voted upon by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting is set forth below.

***Proposal 1: Election of Directors***

The Company's stockholders re-elected two directors to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal:

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| **Name** | **For** | **For** | **Against** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Abstain** | **Broker<br> Non-Votes** | **Broker<br> Non-Votes** |
| Irma Lockridge |  | 18880146 |  | 4287274 |  | 1022369 |  | 23474927 |
| Steven L. Brown |  | 22674479 |  | 499662 |  | 1015648 |  | 23474927 |

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***Proposal 2: Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP***

The Company's stockholders approved the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The following vote was taken in connection with this proposal:

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** |
| 45803934 | 804366 | 1056416 |

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**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits:

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|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit Number** | **Description** |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | Trinity Capital Inc. | Trinity Capital Inc. |
| Date: June 16, 2025 | By: | /s/ Kyle Brown |
|  |  | Kyle Brown<br> Chief Executive Officer |

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