AXL American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc

CUSIP NO. 024061103 13G

 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 Eagle Asset Management, Inc. 59-2385219

 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (A) ______
 (B) ______

 3 SEC USE ONLY

 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 State of Florida

 NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
 SHARES 3,127,041
 BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED - - -
 AS OF
 DECEMBER 31, 2005 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 BY EACH 3,127,041
 REPORTING 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 PERSON WITH - - -

 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 3,127,041

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
 [_____]

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 4.36%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

 IA
_____________________________________________________________
 *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
_____________________________________________________________

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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:

 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.


Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executing Offices:

 One Dauch Drive
 Detroit, Michigan 48211-1198


Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:

 Eagle Asset Management, Inc.


Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:

 880 Carillon Parkway
 St. Petersburg, Florida 33716


Item 2(c) Citizenship:

 Florida


Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:

 Common Stock par value $.01 per share


Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:

 024061103


Item 3 Type of Reporting Person:

(e) Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940



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Item 4 Ownership as of December 31, 2009

 (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:

 3,127,041 shares of common stock beneficially owned including:

 No. of Shares
 Eagle Asset Management, Inc. 3,127,041

 (b) Percent of Class: 4.36%


 (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:

 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
 Deemed Deemed
 Deemed Deemed to have to have
 to have to have Sole Power Shared Power
 Sole Power Shared Power to Dispose to Dispose
 to Vote or to Vote or or to or to
 to Direct to Direct Direct the Direct the
 to Vote to Vote Disposition Disposition

Eagle Asset 3,127,041 ---- 3,127,041 ----
Management, Inc.


Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

 If this statement is being filed to report the fact that
as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial
owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the
following.
 (X)

Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

 N/A

Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
 the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:

 N/A

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Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: N/A


Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A


Item 10 Certification:

 By signing below I certify that to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired
in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for purpose of
and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of
the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with
or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.

 Signature


 After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.

Date: March 15, 2010 EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.



 _________________________________
 Damian Sousa
 Vice President
 Chief Compliance Officer





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