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FORM 4
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[ ] Check box if no longer                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
    subject to Section 16. Form
    4 or Form 5 obligations may            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    continue. See Instruction 1(b).

          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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol     |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
                                         |    American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. |      to Issuer (Check all applicable)
 Monich        Allan           R.        |    (NYSE-AXL)                                   |           Director        10% Owner
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(Last)        (First)       (Middle)     |3. IRS Identification  |  4. Statement for       |       X   Officer (give title below)
                                         |   Number of           |     Month/Year          |     -----
                                         |   Reporting Person,   |                         |           Other (specify below)
                                         |   if an Entity        |                         |     -----
c/o American Axle & Manufacturing        |   (Voluntary)         |     8/02                |     Vice President, Manufacturing -
Holdings, Inc.                           |                       |                         |     Forging Division
1840 Holbrook Avenue                     |                       |                         |
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               (Street)                  |                       |  5. If Amendment,       |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                         |                       |     Date of Original    |   (Check applicable line)
                                         |                       |     (Month/Year)        | X  Form Filed by One Reporting Person
Detroit            MI            48212   |                       |                         | --
-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|    Form Filed by More than One
(City)          (State)          (Zip)   |                                                 | -- Reporting Person
                                         |                                                 |
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* If the form is filled by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).
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                             TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security                  |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
   (Instr. 3)                         |   Date       |    Code       |   or Disposed of (D)     | Securities  |   ship   | of
                                      |              |    (Instr. 8) |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    | Beneficially| Form:    | Indirect
                                      |              |               |                          | Owned at End| Direct   | Bene-
                                      |              |---------------|--------------------------| of Month    | (D) or   | ficial
                                      |              |       |       |        | (A)  |          | (Instr. 3   | Indirect | Owner-
                                      |  (Month/Day/ |       |       |        |  or  |          |   and 4)    | (I)      | ship
                                      |   Year)      |  Code |  V    | Amount | (D)  |  Price   |             |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
--------------------------------------|--------------|-------|-------|--------|------|----------|-------------|--------- |---------
Common Stock                          |  8/28/02     |   M   |       | 15,000 |  A   |   $4.26  |             |          |
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Common Stock                          |  8/28/02     |   S   |       | 15,000 |  D   |   29.18  |   2,250     |    D     |
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)        TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                  (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative  | 2. Conver-  |3. Trans- |4. Trans-   |5. Number of      |6.  Date Exer-  |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
   Security             |    sion or  |   action |   action   |   Derivative     |    cisable and |   of Underlying    |   of
   (Instr. 3)           |    Exercise |   Date   |   Code     |   Securities Ac- |    Expiration  |   Securities       |   Deriv-
                        |    Price of |  (Month/ |  (Instr. 8)|   quired (A) or  |    Date        |   (Instr. 3 and 4) |   ative
                        |    Deriv-   |   Day/   |            |   Disposed of (D)|    (Month/Day/ |                    |   Secur-
                        |    ative    |   Year)  |            |   (Instr. 3, 4,  |    Year)       |                    |   ity
                        |    Security |          |            |   and 5)         |                |                    |  (Instr. 5)
                        |             |          |            |                  |-------------------------------------|
                        |             |          |            |                  |Date   |Expira- |        | Amount or |
                        |             |          |-------------------------------|Exer-  |tion    |  Title | Number of |
                        |             |          |  Code |V   | (A)    |(D)      |cisable|Date    |        | Shares    |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
Employee Stock Option   |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        | Common |           |
(right to buy)          | $ 4.26      |  8/28/02 |   M   |    |        |  15,000 | (1)   |10/29/09| Stock  |           |
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                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
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                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
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9. Number of      |    10. Ownership       |       11. Nature of
   Derivative     |        Form of         |           Indirect
   Securities     |        Derivative      |           Beneficial
   Beneficially   |        Security:       |           Ownership
   Owned at End   |        Direct (D)      |           (Instr. 4)
   of Month       |        or Indirect (I) |
   (Instr. 4)     |        (Instr. 4)      |
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    168,856       |            D           |
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Explanation of Responses:


(1) On October 29, 1997, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase
    134,856 shares of common stock. The option vests seven years from the date
    of grant or in five equal annual installments subject to the Company's
    satisfaction of certain performance criteria each year. After the
    transactions reported above, a total of 59,902 options are vested under
    this award.

/s/ Michael K. Simonte             8/29/02
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Signature of Reporting Person       Date
Attorney in fact

  **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).



  Note File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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