AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2006

Dec 27, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2006-12-22

Reporting Person: AMBLE JOAN LORDI (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-12-22	Common Stock	F	9007	$60.825	Disposed	94296	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	40	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares surrendered to satisfy tax liability upon vesting of Restricted Stock Award.

F2: Shares held in reporting person's account under the Company's Incentive Savings Plan. 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.