On October 28, 2020, the Board of Directors of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. ("AAM") elected Samuel Valenti III as an independent director of the Board. Mr. Valenti will serve as a Class I director for a term expiring on the date of AAM's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, at which time it is expected he will stand for re-election. The Board appointed Mr. Valenti to serve on the Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees of the Board. Mr. Valenti re-joins AAM's Board on October 29, 2020, having previously served from 2013 until his retirement from the Board upon the expiration of his term of office on May 7, 2020. As a result of Mr. Valenti's appointment, the Board expanded the size of the Board from 9 to 10 directors.