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: December 1727, 2018

TRINITY CAPITAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Mexico

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-50266		85-0242376
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1200 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, New Mexico		87544
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

	(505) 662-5171
	(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 17, 2018, in order to mitigate or eliminate certain negative tax consequences under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that may be triggered by the pending merger of Trinity Capital Corporation (~~the "Company"~~e) Amendment ~~with and into Enterprise Financial Services Corp, the Company's Board of Directors authorized, subject~~ to ~~certain~~Restricted ~~conditions,~~Stock ~~the~~Unit ~~accelerated~~Award ~~vesting to December 28, 2018 of certain previously granted performance-based restricted stock units~~Agreements. The restricted stock units that were accelerated were a portion of those granted on August 27, 2017, January 18, 2018 and March 20, 2018 to John S. Gulas, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Los Alamos National Bank ("LANB"), and Thomas G. Dolan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and LANB, and aggregated 100,000 shares and 62,500 shares, respectively. The performance targets relating to these restricted stock units had previously been satisfied and vesting was to occur on March 31, 2019.

~~The~~As ~~authorization~~previously ofreported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Trinity Capital Corporation (the "Company's") on December 21, 2018, the Board of Directors isof the Company authorized, subject to certain conditions, the ~~extension~~accelerated vesting to December 28, 2018 of certain previously awarded performance-based restricted stock units to Mr. John S. Gulas', ~~noncompete~~President ~~period~~and ~~from~~Chief ~~twelve~~Executive Officer of the Company and Los Alamos National Bank ("LANB"), including those restricted stock units awarded to ~~eighteen~~him ~~months~~pursuant into that certain ~~noncompete~~Restricted ~~agreements~~Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated April 26, 2017, between the Company and Mr. Gulas (the ~~approval~~"Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement"). The accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units was approved by ~~Enterprise~~the ~~Financial~~Board ~~Services~~of ~~Corp~~Directors of ~~such~~the ~~accelerated~~Company ~~vesting~~in ~~and~~order to mitigate or eliminate certain negative tax consequences under Section 280G of the ~~extension~~Internal Revenue Code of ~~Mr.~~1986, ~~Gulas'~~as ~~noncompete~~amended, ~~period~~that may be triggered by the pending merger of the Company with and into Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

On December 27, 2018, the Company and Mr. Gulas entered into an Amendment to the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the "Amendment"). The Amendment extends Mr. Gulas' non-compete period from twelve to eighteen months and added a non-disparagement provision for the same eighteen month period. All other terms of Mr. Gulas' Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement remain in full force and effect.

All conditions to the accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units for Mr. Gulas and Thomas G. Dolan, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and LANB, have now been satisfied.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

For the purposes of Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, only that information contained in Item 5.02 relating solely to the proposed merger between the Company and Enterprise Financial Services Corp is being filed under this Item 8.01.

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.

	TRINITY CAPITAL CORPORATION
Dated: December 21, 2018	By:	/s/ John S. Gulas
Dated: January 2, 2019	By:	/s/ John S. Gulas
		John S. Gulas, President and Chief Executive Officer
		John S. Gulas President and Chief Executive Officer

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