AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC. 14,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • December 14th, 2009 • American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc • Motor vehicle parts & accessories • New York
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 14,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein collectively referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock”. The Stock, including the Shares, will have attached thereto rights (the “Rights”) to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s preferred stock. The Rights are to be issued pursuant to a Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) dat
