AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2003

Sep 18, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2003-09-17

Reporting Person: GILLIGAN EDWARD P (Member, Global Leadership Team)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-09-17	Common Shares	S	10000.000	$45.49	Disposed	176309.000	Direct
2003-09-17	Common Shares	S	4963.000	$45.50	Disposed	171346.000	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	1278.820	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held in reporting person's account under the Company's Incentive Savings Plan as of September 4, 2003. This plan uses unit accounting, and the number of shares that a participant is deemed to hold varies with the unit price of the Company pooled stock fund.