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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000947871-20-000599
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200702
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200702

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-A12B/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14303
		FILM NUMBER:		201009795

	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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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 1
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-A/A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amendment No. 1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF
SECURITIES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>AMERICAN AXLE &amp; MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS,
INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><B>38-3161171</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Dauch Drive</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Detroit, Michigan</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><B>48211-1198</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of
the Act:</P>

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    of each class <BR>
    to be so registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 52%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Name
    of each exchange on which<BR>
    each class is to be registered</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>Series A Junior Participating<BR>
&nbsp;Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective
pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;A.(c) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;A.(d) or (e), check the
following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering
statement file number to which this form relates: <B><U><BR>
Not Applicable</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of
the Act: <B><U>None</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>INTRODUCTORY COMMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Amendment No.
1 amends and supplements the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (the
&#8220;<U>Company</U>&#8221;) on September 19, 2003, as amended and superseded by the Company by the Form 8-A filed by the Company
on October 21, 2003.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1. &#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities
to be Registered. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Item 1 is amended and supplemented by adding
the following:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On September 15, 2003,
the Company entered into the Rights Agreement (the &#8220;<U>Initial Rights Agreement</U>&#8221;) with EquiServe Trust Company,
N.A. The Initial Rights Agreement was subsequently amended and restated on October 3, 2009 in the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement
with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the &#8220;<U>Amended and Restated Rights Agreement</U>&#8221;). The Amended and Restated
Rights Agreement was itself amended and restated on February 8, 2011 in the Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement (the &#8220;<U>Second
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement</U>&#8221;) with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The Second Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement established the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement) of the Rights
on September 15, 2013. As a result, the Rights expired and the Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement was effectively terminated
as of September 15, 2013.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On July 2, 2020, pursuant
to Section 151(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company caused a Certificate of Elimination of the Series A Preferred
Stock (the &#8220;<U>Certificate of Elimination</U>&#8221;) to be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware to eliminate the Series A Preferred Stock from the Company&#8217;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and, thereafter,
all one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated resume the status of authorized and unissued shares
of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination is filed as Exhibit 4.4
to this Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">2</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Item&nbsp;2.&#9;Exhibits</B></P>

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No.</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; line-height: 12.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000095012403003053/k79687exv4w1.htm">4.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000095012403003053/k79687exv4w1.htm">Rights Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2003, between the American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-A filed September 19, 2003 (File No. 000-50396))</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000095012309055824/k48477exv4w1.htm">4.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000095012309055824/k48477exv4w1.htm">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2009, between American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K filed November 2, 2009 (File No. 001-14303))</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223111000015/axlq42010ex41.htm">4.3</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223111000015/axlq42010ex41.htm">Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2011, between American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K filed February 8, 2011 (File No. 001-14303))</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ss177126_ex0404.htm">4.4</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ss177126_ex0404.htm">Certificate of Elimination of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 23, 2003</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; line-height: 12.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> &nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">AMERICAN AXLE &amp; MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 53%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ David E. Barnes</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">David E. Barnes</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Exhibit 4.4</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED
STOCK</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">AMERICAN AXLE &amp; MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS,
INC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;151 of the<BR>
General Corporation Law of<BR>
the State of Delaware</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#8220;<U>Company</U>&#8221;),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>FIRST</B>: That,
pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of the Company (the &#8220;<U>Board</U>&#8221;) by its Certificate of Incorporation
(as amended, the &#8220;<U>Certificate of Incorporation</U>&#8221;), and, pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#8220;<U>DGCL</U>&#8221;), the Board previously designated 100,000 shares
of authorized shares of preferred stock of the Company as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Company (&#8220;<U>Series A Preferred Stock</U>&#8221;) and established the voting powers, designation, preferences and
relative, participating, optional and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, and on
September 23, 2003, filed a certificate of designations in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect
to the Series A Preferred Stock (the &#8220;<U>Series A Certificate of Designations</U>&#8221;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>SECOND</B>: That
no shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding and no shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued by the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>THIRD</B>: That
the following resolutions were adopted on June 25, 2020 by the Board pursuant to the authority granted by Section 151(g) of the
DGCL, approving the filing of a Certificate of Elimination of the Series A Preferred Stock (this &#8220;<U>Certificate of Elimination</U>&#8221;):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8220;WHEREAS,
by resolution of the Board of Directors (the &#8220;<U>Board</U>&#8221;) of American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (the &#8220;<U>Company</U>&#8221;) duly adopted, and by a certificate of designations filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware (the &#8220;<U>Series A Certificate of Designations</U>&#8221;), 100,000 shares of authorized shares of preferred
stock of the Company were designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
(the &#8220;<U>Series A Preferred Stock</U>&#8221;), which Series A Certificate of Designations established the voting powers,
designation, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and
restrictions of the Series A Preferred Stock;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">WHEREAS,
the rights agreement to which the Company was a party that necessitated the designation of the Series A Preferred Stock has expired;
and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">WHEREAS,
in light of the foregoing, the Board deems it desirable that, pursuant to Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#8220;<U>DGCL</U>&#8221;), a certificate of elimination
of the Series A Preferred Stock (the &#8220;<U>Series A Certificate of Elimination</U>&#8221;) be executed and filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware and that all 100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock heretofore designated resume the status
of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and that all matters set forth
in the Series A Certificate of Designations be eliminated from the Company&#8217;s Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the
&#8220;<U>Certificate of Incorporation</U>&#8221;).</P>

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BE IT:</P>

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that as of the date hereof, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding and no shares of Series A Preferred Stock will
be issued by the Company;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">RESOLVED,
that the proper officers of the Company be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the
Company, to prepare, execute and deliver the Series A Certificate of Elimination and any and all other certificates, agreements
and other documents which they may deem necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the elimination of the Series A Preferred
Stock, as provided by Section 151(g) of the DGCL in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">RESOLVED,
that when such Series A Certificate of Elimination becomes effective, all references to the Series A Preferred Stock in the Certificate
of Incorporation shall be eliminated and the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall resume the status of authorized and unissued
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, without designation as to series.&#8221;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>FOURTH</B>: That
in accordance with the provisions of Section 151(g) of the DGCL, upon the filing of this Certificate of Elimination, the Certificate
of Incorporation is hereby amended to eliminate all matters set forth in the Series A Certificate of Designations from the Certificate
of Incorporation, and all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall resume the status of authorized and unissued shares of preferred
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, without designation as to series.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of
Elimination is executed on behalf of American Axle &amp; Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. on this 2<SUP>nd</SUP> day of July, 2020.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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