AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Jan 29, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2004-01-27

Reporting Person: FAIRBAIRN URSULA F (EVP, Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-01-27	Common Shares	F	423.000	$50.69	Disposed	184696.009	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	1213.000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of a restricted s
tock award.

F2: Shares held in reporting person's account under the Company's Incentive Savings Plan as of December 31, 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.