President & Chief Operating Officer · Dauch Corp (AXL)

Michael Lynch

A named executive officer of Dauch in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,567,242

FY2024: $3,203,996

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 19, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Michael Lynch compensation by year

Dauch Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Dauch reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$675,000$675,000$693,750
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,211,750$1,205,976$1,198,307
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,109,899$1,095,000$1,439,000
Pension and deferred compensation$20,645$37,996$22,671
All other$320,861$190,024$213,514
Total$3,338,155$3,203,996$3,567,242

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Dauch Corp DEF 14A filed March 19, 2026, accession 0001062231-26-000082, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.3M
$3.2M
$3.6M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU491,679$960,090—
RSU640,058$683,171—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Dauch Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Dauch’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David DauchChairman & Chief Executive Officer$11,520,501
Michael Lynch · this pagePresident & Chief Operating Officer$3,567,242
Christopher MayExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$3,489,719
Tolga OalPresident Driveline$2,703,874
Terri KempSenior Vice President Chief of Staff$2,552,799

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