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American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Friday, 7/31/20, at 1:20pm ET · For: 6/30/20 · Accession #: 1062231-20-59 · File #: 1-14303

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/31/20  American Axle & Mfg Holdings Inc  10-Q        6/30/20   75:11M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        June 30, 2020 Form 10-Q                             HTML   1.04M 
 2: EX-22       Subsidiary Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed     HTML     26K 
                Securities                                                       
 3: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification of the CEO                HTML     24K 
 4: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification of the CFO                HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32       Section 906 Certification of the CEO and CFO        HTML     23K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     98K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     55K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     24K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    130K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    108K 
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML    107K 
                Equity                                                           
20: R9          Organization and Basis of Presentation (Notes)      HTML     36K 
21: R10         Restructuring and Acquisition-Related Costs         HTML     58K 
                (Notes)                                                          
22: R11         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Notes)              HTML     75K 
23: R12         Inventories (Notes)                                 HTML     36K 
24: R13         Long-Term Debt (Notes)                              HTML     61K 
25: R14         Derivatives (Notes)                                 HTML     83K 
26: R15         Fair Value (Notes)                                  HTML    126K 
27: R16         Employee Benefit Plans (Notes)                      HTML     83K 
28: R17         Product Warranties (Notes)                          HTML     52K 
29: R18         Income Taxes (Notes)                                HTML     31K 
30: R19         Earnings Per Share (Notes)                          HTML     81K 
31: R20         Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other          HTML    169K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Notes)                              
32: R21         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Notes)       HTML    127K 
33: R22         Segment Reporting (Notes)                           HTML    149K 
34: R23         Organization and Basis of Presentation (Policies)   HTML     36K 
35: R24         Restructuring and Acquisition-Related Costs         HTML     56K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R25         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     73K 
37: R26         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     36K 
38: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     55K 
39: R28         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     80K 
40: R29         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    124K 
41: R30         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     77K 
42: R31         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
43: R32         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     80K 
44: R33         Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other          HTML    168K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)                             
45: R34         Disaggregation of Revenue (Tables)                  HTML    123K 
46: R35         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    144K 
47: R36         Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)    HTML     25K 
48: R37         Restructuring and Acquisition-Related Costs         HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Restructuring Reserve Narrative (Details)           HTML     44K 
50: R39         Business Combinations, Separately Recognized        HTML     24K 
                Transactions Table (Details)                                     
51: R40         Goodwill Rollforward (Details)                      HTML     36K 
52: R41         Goodwill Narrative (Details)                        HTML     34K 
53: R42         Intangible Assets Table (Details)                   HTML     63K 
54: R43         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     31K 
55: R44         Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Details)                HTML     66K 
56: R45         Senior Secured Credit Facilities Narrative          HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R46         Other Debt Disclosures Narrative (Details)          HTML     58K 
58: R47         Derivatives Narrative (Details)                     HTML     38K 
59: R48         Schedule of Derivatives (Details)                   HTML     63K 
60: R49         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on a  HTML     77K 
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
61: R50         Fair Value of Debt (Details)                        HTML     62K 
62: R51         Schedule of Employee Benefit Plans Components of    HTML     47K 
                Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit) (Details)                     
63: R52         Employee Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement     HTML     33K 
                Benefit Plans Narrative (Details)                                
64: R53         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     32K 
65: R54         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     43K 
66: R55         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     60K 
67: R56         Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other          HTML    117K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
68: R57         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     57K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
69: R58         Revenue from Contracts with Customers Contract      HTML     34K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
70: R59         Sales and Segment Adjusted EBITDA (Details)         HTML     42K 
71: R60         Reconciliation of Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA to  HTML     43K 
                Income Before Income Taxes (Details)                             
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    131K 
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