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4 February 2026

DAUCH CORPORATION

COMPLETION OF LISTING

Further to Dauch Corporation's ("Dauch") announcement on 30 January 2026 in connection with the FCA's approval of and the publication of a prospectus in relation to Admission (the "Prospectus"), Dauch is pleased to announce that all of the issued Company Shares (including the New Company Shares), consisting of 235,668,048 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 each, have been admitted to the equity shares (international commercial companies secondary listing) category of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker "DCH", effective from 8:00 a.m. (UK time) today.

Further, it is expected that the New Company Shares, consisting of 116,971,627 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 each, will also be admitted to the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "AXL" with effect from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) today. The New York Stock Exchange ticker will change to "DCH" on 5 February, 2026.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings given to them in the Prospectus.

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Forward Looking Statements

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