Gerald Harder - Mar 14, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Trinity Capital Inc. (TRIN)

Role: Chief Operating Officer
Signature: /s/ Sarah Stanton, on behalf of Gerald Harder
Stock symbol: TRIN
Transactions as of: Mar 14, 2025
Transactions value $: -$117,126
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/18/2025, 07:49 PM
Previous filing: Dec 26, 2024
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	TRIN	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$117K	-7.4K	-2.53%	$15.83	285K	Mar 14, 2025	Direct	F1
holding	TRIN	Common Stock						10K	Mar 14, 2025	By the Harder Family Living Trust, dated May 26, 2000
holding	TRIN	Common Stock						9.79K	Mar 14, 2025	By Millennium Trust Co. LLC Custodian FBO Gerald T. Harder IRA

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	TRIN	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+300K		$0.00	300K	Mar 14, 2025	Common Stock	300K	$15.83	Direct	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares withheld to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligations in connection with vesting of restricted shares on March 14, 2025. Transaction exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3.
F2	If at any time on or prior to March 14, 2026 the volume weighted average trading price ("VWAP") per share of Trinity Capital Inc.'s common stock (the "Stock") on any established stock exchange or national market system for ninety (90) consecutive calendar days ending on the last trading day preceding the applicable day is equal to or greater than $23.75, then, provided that Mr. Harder remains in the continuous employment of Trinity Capital Inc. through the applicable vesting date (subject to certain limited exceptions), the stock option will vest as follows: 25% on March 14, 2026 with the remaining 75% vesting pro rata over the twelve full calendar quarters immediately following March 14, 2026. For the avoidance of doubt, both the VWAP condition and the service condition must be satisfied for the stock option to vest in accordance with its terms.

Content

Shares withheld to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligations in connection with vesting of restricted shares on March 14, 2025. Transaction exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3.

If at any time on or prior to March 14, 2026 the volume weighted average trading price ("VWAP") per share of Trinity Capital Inc.'s common stock (the "Stock") on any established stock exchange or national market system for ninety (90) consecutive calendar days ending on the last trading day preceding the applicable day is equal to or greater than $23.75, then, provided that Mr. Harder remains in the continuous employment of Trinity Capital Inc. through the applicable vesting date (subject to certain limited exceptions), the stock option will vest as follows: 25% on March 14, 2026 with the remaining 75% vesting pro rata over the twelve full calendar quarters immediately following March 14, 2026. For the avoidance of doubt, both the VWAP condition and the service condition must be satisfied for the stock option to vest in accordance with its terms.

Remarks:

Sarah Stanton is signing on behalf of Mr. Harder pursuant to the power of attorney dated September 2, 2021, which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Form 4 Mr. Harder filed on September 2, 2021.