AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Mar 8, 2005

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2004-12-16

Reporting Person: SCHICK THOMAS A (EVP-Corp. Affairs)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-16	Common Shares	M	96845	$51.844	Acquired	263211	Direct
2004-12-16	Common Shares	S	96845	$56.00	Disposed	166366	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-12-16	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$51.844	M	96845	Disposed	2005-02-27	Common Shares (96845)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The original Form 4 understated the number of shares sold by 2,177 shares. The number of shares owned following the reported transaction has also been adjusted to reflect dividend reinvestment in the reporting person's brokerage account.