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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062231-23-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCH"
cik: "0001062231"
company_name: "Dauch Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T19:42:46.008716+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAM annual meeting results: all four proposals approved, including election of three directors

## Summary
- James A. McCaslin, William P. Miller II, and Sandra E. Pierce elected to three-year terms ending in 2026.
- Say-on-pay advisory proposal approved with ~78.4M For (76.7% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Advisory vote on frequency set at 1 year with ~95.5M votes (89.0% of votes cast).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2023 approved with ~106.0M For (97.4% of votes).
- Procedural annual meeting; no material financial or operational news disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062231-23-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCH
- cik: 0001062231
- company_name: Dauch Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000039/0001062231-23-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000039/axl-20230504.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Dauch Corp shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: AAM’s stockholders voted for, on a non-binding advisory basis, the alternative of one-year for future advisory votes on executive compensation. Number of Votes 1 Year 95,454,443 2 Years 120,932 3 Years 6,597,414 Abstain 51,544 Broker Non Votes 6,673,032
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000039/0001062231-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Dauch Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: The following directors were nominated to serve for three-year terms expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026. Results of the election are shown below. Number of Votes Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non Votes James A. McCaslin 83,533,296 18,509,248 181,789 6,673,032 William P. Miller II 97,592,605 4,522,463 109,265 6,673,032 Sandra E. Pierce 97,765,802 4,325,051 133,480 6,673,032
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000039/0001062231-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Dauch Corp shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as AAM's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was approved with the votes shown below. Number of Votes For 106,031,972 Against 2,818,645 Abstain 46,748
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000039/0001062231-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Dauch Corp shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: AAM’s stockholders voted for, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of AAM’s named executive officers, by the vote shown below. Number of Votes For 78,399,832 Against 23,716,397 Abstain 108,104 Broker Non Vote 6,673,032
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000039/0001062231-23-000039-index.htm

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