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: ~~November~~December 917, 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)

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:

[ X] 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))

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).

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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 25.02 ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~November~~ 9December 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 ~~issued~~(the a"Company") ~~press~~with ~~release~~and ~~announcing~~into ~~its~~Enterprise ~~financial~~Financial ~~results~~Services ~~for~~Corp, the ~~three~~ ~~and nine~~Company's ~~months ended September~~Board 30of Directors authorized, subject to certain conditions, the accelerated vesting to December 28, 2018 of certain previously granted performance-based restricted stock units. AThe ~~copy~~restricted stock units that were accelerated were a portion of ~~the~~those ~~press~~granted ~~release~~on isAugust ~~attached~~ 27, 2017, January 18, 2018 and March 20, 2018 to ~~this Current~~John ~~Report~~S. onGulas, ~~Form~~President ~~8-K as~~and ~~Exhibit~~Chief 99Executive Officer of the Company and Los Alamos National Bank ("LANB"), and Thomas G.1 Dolan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and isLANB, ~~incorporated~~and ~~herein~~aggregated by100,000 ~~reference~~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.

InThe ~~accordance~~authorization ~~with General Instruction B.2~~ of ~~Form 8-K,~~ the ~~information~~Company's inBoard ~~this~~of ~~Current~~Directors ~~Report on Form 8-K and in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto~~ is ~~being~~subject ~~furnished~~ to the ~~Securities~~extension ~~and~~of ~~Exchange~~Mr. ~~Commission~~Gulas' ~~pursuant~~noncompete toperiod ~~Item~~from ~~2.02~~twelve -to ~~Results~~eighteen ofmonths ~~Operations~~in ~~and~~certain ~~Financial~~noncompete ~~Condition~~agreements and ~~shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of~~ the ~~Securities Exchange~~approval ~~Act~~by ofEnterprise ~~1934,~~Financial asServices ~~amended,~~Corp ~~or otherwise subject to the liabilities~~ of ~~that~~such ~~section,~~accelerated ~~nor~~vesting ~~shall~~and ~~it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing or other document pursuant to~~ the ~~Securities~~extension ~~Act~~ of ~~1933,~~Mr. asGulas' ~~amended, except~~noncompete ~~as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document~~period.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by Trinity Capital Corporation on November 9, 2018

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: November 9, 2018	By:	/s/ John S. Gulas
Dated: December 21, 2018	By:	/s/ John S. Gulas
		John S. Gulas President & Chief Executive Officer
		John S. Gulas, President and Chief Executive Officer

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