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FORM 4
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[ ] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, DC 20549
subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
continue. See Instruction 1(b).
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
| American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Dauch Richard E. | (NYSE-AXL) | X Director X 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | X Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | -----
| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
| if an Entity | | -----
c/o American Axle & Manufacturing | (Voluntary) | 8/29/02 | Co-Founder, Chairman of the
Holdings, Inc. | | | Board and Chief Executive Officer
1840 Holbrook Avenue | | |
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
| | (Month/Year) | X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
Detroit MI 48212 | | | --
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(City) (State) (Zip) | | -- Reporting Person
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* If the form is filled by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).
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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of
| | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially| Form: | Indirect
| | | | Owned at End| Direct | Bene-
| |---------------|--------------------------| of Month | (D) or | ficial
| | | | | (A) | | (Instr. 3 | Indirect | Owner-
| (Month/Day/ | | | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
| Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
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Common Stock | 8/29/02 | M | | 800,000| A | $4.26 | 801,400 | D |
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| | | | | | | 5,804,949 | I | (1)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of
(Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv-
| Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
| | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of |
| | | Code |V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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Employee Stock Option | | | | | | | | | Common | |
(right to buy) | $4.26 | 8/29/02 | M | | | 800,000 | (2) |10/29/09| Stock | 800,000 |
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9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of
Derivative | Form of | Indirect
Securities | Derivative | Beneficial
Beneficially | Security: | Ownership
Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4)
of Month | or Indirect (I) |
(Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) |
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1,869,275 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Dauch Annuity Trust 2004 and Dauch Annuity Trust 2007 hold 3,619,834 shares
of common stock. An additional 2,185,115 shares of common stock are held by
the Sandra J. Dauch Gift Trust. The reporting person is trustee of Dauch
Annuity Trust 2004 and Dauch Annuity Trust 2007. The reporting person's
spouse is trustee of the Sandra J. Dauch Gift Trust.
(2) On October 29, 1997, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase
1,854,275 shares of common stock. The option vests seven years from the
date of grant or in five equal annual installments beginning December 31,
1998, subject to the Company's satisfaction of certain performance criteria
each year. After the transactions reported above, a total of 436,184
options are vested under this award.
/s/ Patrick S. Lancaster 9/3/02
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Signature of Reporting Person Date
Attorney in fact
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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