U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[x] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Peterson Peter G.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Blackstone Management Asscoiates II L.L.C.
345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
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(Street)
New York New York 10154
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. Ticker: AXL
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [x] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
[x] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at end Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share 8/15/01 S4 4,500,000 D $19.475 22,010,992 I See
attachment
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
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SEC 2270 (3-99)
FORM 5 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Peter G. Peterson February 14, 2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Violations.
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ATTACHMENT TO FORM 5
Reporting Person: Peter G. Peterson
Address: c/o Blackstone Management Associates II L.L.C.
345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10154
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
Symbol: AXL
Statement for Month/Year: 2001
As one of the founding members of Blackstone Management Associates II L.L.C.
("BMA II"), which is the sole general partner of Blackstone Capital Partners
II Merchant Banking Fund L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership II
L.P. and the sole investment general partner of Blackstone Offshore Capital
Partners II L.P. (collectively, the "Partnerships"), the Reporting Person may
be deemed, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Act") to be the beneficial owner of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by BMA II by virtue of its status as the sole general
partner of the Partnerships and therefore may be deemed to be a "ten percent
beneficial owner" for purposes of Sectio 16 of the Act.