EXHIBIT 10.07 AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT, dated as of December 20, 2000, to the Employment Agreement (the "AGREEMENT"), dated as of November 6, 1997, by and between AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation...

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.07


                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


         AMENDMENT, dated as of December 20, 2000, to the Employment Agreement
(the "AGREEMENT"), dated as of November 6, 1997, by and between AMERICAN AXLE &
MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (the "EXECUTIVE"):

         1.   The first sentence of Section 6 of the Agreement is hereby amended
to read in its entirety as follows:

              "The term of this Agreement shall commence October 29, 1997 and
              end on December 31, 2006."

         2.   As amended hereby, the Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have here unto set in their
hands and seal as of the day and year first above written.




                                  AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING
                                  HOLDINGS, INC.



                                  By:     /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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                                          Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
                                  Title:  Vice President & Secretary


                                          /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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                                          Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx