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Results of Operations and Financial Condition On May 8, 2026, Dauch Corporation, (“Dauch”) issued a press release regarding Dauch's financial results for the first quarter 2026. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. SECTION 7 - REGULATION FD

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On February 4, 2026, the board of directors of Dauch Corporation (“Dauch”) approved the Amended and Restated Dauch Corporation 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of stockholders. On April 30, 2026, at Dauch's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, our stockholders approved the Plan. For a description of the Plan, please…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On February 4, 2026, the board of directors of Dauch Corporation (“Dauch”) approved the Amended and Restated Dauch Corporation 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of stockholders. On April 30, 2026, at Dauch's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, our stockholders approved the Plan. For a description of the Plan, please…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On April 13, 2026, the Board of Directors of Dauch Corporation (the “Company”) approved the termination of the employment of Tolga Oal, President – Axle Systems, and authorized management to notify Mr. Oal that his employment would terminate effective April 16, 2026. Mr. Oal will receive severance benefits pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Rest…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On February 13, 2026, Dauch Corporation, (the “Company” or “Dauch”) issued a press release regarding Dauch's financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025. Dauch also provided its full year 2026 financial outlook. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. SECTION 7 - REGULATION FD

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On February 5, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dauch Corporation (“Dauch”) appointed Fiona MacAulay and Simon Mackenzie Smith as independent directors of the Board. Ms. MacAulay will serve as a Class I director and will serve until Dauch’s 2027 annual general meeting of shareholders when Ms. MacAulay is expected to stand for re-electi…

Other Events On February 4, 2026, Dauch Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), released, via the Regulatory News Service in London, an announcement (the “ RNS Announcement ”) regarding the admission of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to the equity shares (international commercial companies secondary listing) category of the Official List of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (the “ FCA ”) and to trading on the main market for listed securitie…

Other Events. On February 3, 2026, the Company issued a press release (the “ Press Release ”) announcing the completion of the Business Combination. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On January 28, 2026, the Compensation Committee (the “ Committee ”) of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company approved performance equity incentive awards (the “ Breakout Awards ”) for several of its executives, including certain named executive officers, and on January 29, 2026, the Board approved the Breakout Award for David C. Dau…

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. As described in

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. As described above in the Introductory Note, on February 3, 2026, the Company completed the Business Combination. The Business Combination was effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement between Dowlais and shareholders of Dowlais under Part 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006, as amended. As previously disclosed, on January 29, 2025, the Company released an announcement pursuant to Rule 2.7 of the United Kingdom City Code on T…

Other Events On January 30, 2026, the Company published a prospectus (the “ U.K. Prospectus ”) prepared in accordance with the Prospectus Rules: Admissions to Trading on a Regulated Market (PRM) sourcebook of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (the “ FCA ”) made under Section 73A of the U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended. The U.K. Prospectus relates to the admission of Shares to the equity shares (international commercial companies secondary listing) category of the Of…

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. The information in

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement As previously disclosed, in connection with the Combination, on February 24, 2025, the Company and the Issuer entered into (i) an Amended and Restated First Lien Bridge Credit Agreement with the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “First Lien Bridge Lenders”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, pursuant to which the First Lien Bridge Lenders agreed to provide the Issuer with a $843 million interim loan facility (the “Ame…

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. On October 3, 2025, American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (the “Issuer”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AXL) (the “Company”) issued $850 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.375% senior secured notes due 2032 (the “Secured Notes”) and $1.25 billion in aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior unsecured notes due 2033 (the “Unsecured Notes,” and together with the Secure…