# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001062231
**File Stem:** 0001062231-23-000021
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 5713
**Document Hash:** b5038b35603db18f999d834a25d57998
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001062231-23-000021.hdr.sgml**: 20230316

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001062231-23-000021

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230313

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230316

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230316

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001062231
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 383161171
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14303
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23737293

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE DAUCH DRIVE
- **CITY:** DETROIT
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 48211-1198
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3137583600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE DAUCH DRIVE
- **CITY:** DETROIT
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 48211-1198

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, DC 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**): March 13, 2023

**AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC.** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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| 1-14303 | 38-3161171 |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Dauch Drive, Detroit, Michigan | 48211-1198 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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| (313) | 758-2000 |
| (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) | (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
| (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |

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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 $0.01 per share | AXL | The New York Stock Exchange |

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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. ☐

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**SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers**

Effective March 25, 2023, Michael J. Lynch, the Chief Operating Officer of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), will be appointed as the Company's President & Chief Operating Officer, as approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors on March 13, 2023. For additional information regarding Mr. Lynch, including his biography, see Item 1 in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 17, 2023. Mr. Lynch's compensation and benefits remain materially consistent with the description in the 2022 Proxy Statement as updated by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 2, 2022.

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023, Michael K. Simonte, the Company's President, and Norman Willemse, the Company's President—Forging, are retiring from the Company. Mr. Willemse's retirement will be effective on March 17, 2023, and Mr. Simonte's retirement will be effective on March 24, 2023.

**SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS** 

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits**

(d) Exhibits

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |

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**SIGNATURES** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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| | | **AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC.** | **AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC.** |
| Date: | March 16, 2023 | By: | /s/ David E. Barnes |
|  |  |  | David E. Barnes |
|  |  |  | Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |

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