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 14, 2007          

AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-14303		36-3161171
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Dauch Drive, Detroit, Michigan		48211-1198
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(313) 758-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

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Item 5.02(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On March 14, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the current base salary and 2006 annual bonus for the Company’s Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Richard E. Dauch, pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company dated November 6, 1997, as amended. Mr. Dauch’s annual base salary, effective March 1, 2007, is $1,496,000. His annual bonus is $3,900,000 for 2006. The Compensation Committee also approved the annual equity award under Mr. Dauch’s employment agreement in the form of a mix of stock options and performance-accelerated restricted stock and restricted stock units, with the stock option component and the restricted stock and restricted stock unit component each having approximately equal value on the date of grant. The awards were made under the Restated 1999 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Compensation Plan and subject to the terms of the Company’s standard forms of nonqualified stock option, restricted stock and restricted stock unit agreement for awards to executive officers under the Plan.

SIGNATURES

     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.