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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): December 13, 2021

TRIUMPH BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			001-36722 (Commission File Number)			20-0477066 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
12700 Park Central Drive, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas (Address of Principal Executive Offices)						75251 (Zip Code)

(214) 365-6900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

TBK

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of 7.125% Series C Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

TBKCP

NASDAQ Global Select Market

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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 13, 2021, Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to eleven members and elected Harrison Barnes as a director of the Company. Mr. Barnes will serve as a director until the Company’s 2022 Annual Stockholders meeting and is expected to stand for election to the Board by the Company’s shareholders at such meeting.

The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Barnes qualifies as an independent director under the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange and as defined under applicable law. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Barnes and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. In addition, there are no transactions in which Mr. Barnes has an interest that are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Barnes will be compensated for his service on the Board and any committees of the Board to which he is appointed in the future in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors.

In connection with Mr. Barnes’s election to the Board, the Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Barnes in substantially the same form as the indemnification agreement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198838). The indemnification agreement provides, in general, that the Company will indemnify Mr. Barnes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in connection with his service to the Company or on the Company’s behalf.

Item 8.01.Other Events

On December 13, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Barnes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements. Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, predictions, forecasts, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “likely,” “intends,” “plans,” “pro forma,” “projects,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to realize them. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements: business and economic conditions generally and in the bank and non-bank financial services industries, nationally and within our local market areas; the impact of COVID-19 on our business, including the impact of the actions taken by governmental authorities to try and contain the virus or address the impact of the virus on the United States economy (including, without limitation, the CARES Act), and the resulting effect of all of such items on our operations, liquidity and capital position, and on the financial condition of our borrowers and other customers; our ability to mitigate our risk exposures; our ability to maintain our historical earnings trends; changes in management personnel; interest rate risk; concentration of our products and services in the transportation industry; credit risk associated with our loan portfolio; lack of seasoning in our loan portfolio; deteriorating asset quality and higher loan charge-offs; time and effort necessary to resolve nonperforming assets; inaccuracy of the assumptions and estimates we make in establishing reserves for probable loan losses and other estimates; risks related to the integration of acquired businesses (including our acquisition of HubTran Inc. and developments related to our acquisition of Transport Financial Solutions and the related over-formula advances) and any future acquisitions; our ability to successfully identify and address the risks associated with our possible future acquisitions, and the risks that our prior and possible future acquisitions make it more difficult for investors to evaluate our business, financial condition and results of operations, and impairs our ability to accurately forecast our future performance; lack of liquidity; fluctuations in the fair value and liquidity of the securities we hold for sale; impairment of investment securities, goodwill, other intangible assets or deferred tax assets; our risk management strategies; environmental liability associated with our lending activities; increased competition in the bank and

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non-bank financial services industries, nationally, regionally or locally, which may adversely affect pricing and terms; the accuracy of our financial statements and related disclosures; material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting; system failures or failures to prevent breaches of our network security; the institution and outcome of litigation (including related to our pending litigation with the United States Postal Service and a counterparty relating to certain misdirected payments) and other legal proceedings against us or to which we become subject; changes in carry-forwards of net operating losses; changes in federal tax law or policy; the impact of recent and future legislative and regulatory changes, including changes in banking, securities and tax laws and regulations, such as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and their application by our regulators; governmental monetary and fiscal policies; changes in the scope and cost of FDIC, insurance and other coverages; failure to receive regulatory approval for future acquisitions; and increases in our capital requirements.

While forward-looking statements reflect our good-faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or contemplated by the particular forward-looking statement, and, therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” and the forward-looking statement disclosure contained in Triumph’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 12, 2021.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits.

Exhibit			Description
99.1			Press release, dated December 13, 2021
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit			Description
99.1			Press release, dated December 13, 2021
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURE

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.

			TRIUMPH BANCORP, INC.
By:			/s/ Adam D. Nelson
			Name: Adam D. Nelson Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Date: December 13, 2021

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