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发布于 2017 四月 6

AAM 完成 MPG 的收购

底特律，2017 年 4 月 6 日 -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM)（纽约证券交易所代码：AXL）今天宣布完成对 Metaldyne Performance Group Inc. (MPG) 的收购。该交易获得了两家公司董事会的一致批准，最近又获得了 AAM 和 MPG 股东的批准。

AAM 董事长兼首席执行官 David C. Dauch 表示：“今天是历史性的一天，我们结合了 AAM 和 MPG 的优势，成为顶尖的全球一级汽车供应商，拥有跨越多条产品线的更广泛能力。”“借助此次转型收购，我们将通过创建一家体量和规模更大并且多元化经营程度更高的公司，为我们的客户提供高效、强大和创新的解决方案，使利益相关者获得最大价值。”

治理与领导

正如之前宣布的那样，David C. Dauch 将继续担任董事长兼首席执行官。AAM 的董事会将扩大至包括 American Securities LLC 的三名指定人员 – George Thanopoulos（收购前的 MPG 首席执行官）以及前 MPG 董事会成员 Kevin Penn 和 Loren Easton。

以下是向 Dauch 先生汇报的高管：

  • 总裁 Michael K. Simonte
  • 战略与业务发展高级副总裁 Timothy E. Bowes
  • 副总裁兼首席财务官 Christopher J. May
  • 人力资源副总裁 Terri M. Kemp
  • 副总裁兼总法律顾问 David E. Barnes

各业务部门主管

AAM 将运营四个业务部门，以下高管向 Simonte 先生汇报：

  • 动力传动系统业务部门总裁 Alberto L. Satine。
  • 金属成型业务部门总裁 Norman Willemse。
  • Greg Deveson 将于 2017 年 4 月 17 日加入 AAM，担任动力驱动系统业务部门总裁。
  • 铸造业务部门总裁 Todd Heavin。

MPG 股票将退市

收购完成后，MPG 成为 AAM 的全资子公司。因此，今天开盘前，MPG 股票将在纽约证券交易所停止交易并将退市。

公司简介

在汽车、商业和工业市场的动力传动系统、金属成型、动力驱动系统和铸造技术的设计、工程、验证和制造方面，AAM 是首屈一指的全球领先企业。

AAM 总部设在底特律，拥有超过 25,000 名员工，在 17 个国家/地区经营 90 多家工厂，可在全球和区域平台上为客户提供支持，并且致力于确保质量、卓越运营和技术领先地位。要了解更多信息，请访问 www.aam.com。

预期表现报告
本新闻稿可能包含 1995 年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》定义的预期表现报告，包括但不限于与 MPG 收购的预期后果和利益相关的报告，以及与非历史事实有关的其他信息。这些预期表现报告涉及某些风险和不确定性，可能导致实际结果与这些报告明示或暗示的结果产生重大差异。这些风险和不确定性包括成功运营和整合 MPG 业务并实现预期协同效应的能力，以及 AAM 向美国证券交易委员会提交的表格 S-4 登记声明（登记号 333-215161）中详述的与收购有关的其他因素，还有我们不时向 SEC 提交的报告中的其他因素，包括表格 10-K 年度报告和表格 10-Q 季度报告的“风险因素”下所述的风险和不确定性。这些预期表现报告所述内容仅截至本通讯发布之日。我们明确声明无任何义务或作出承诺发布本新闻稿中任何预期表现报告的任何更新或修订，以反映我们关于这方面的期望的任何变化，或任何此类报告所依据的事件、条件或情况的任何变化。

 

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