AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2007

Nov 13, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2007-11-09

Reporting Person: Henry Daniel T (EVP, Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	103	$55.83	Acquired	35323	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	1986	$55.84	Acquired	37309	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	2824	$55.85	Acquired	40133	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	4201	$55.86	Acquired	44334	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	1780	$55.87	Acquired	46114	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	1000	$55.88	Acquired	47114	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	2700	$55.89	Acquired	49814	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	1100	$55.91	Acquired	50914	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	700	$55.92	Acquired	51614	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	100	$55.94	Acquired	51714	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	2400	$55.95	Acquired	54114	Direct
2007-11-09	Common Stock	P	700	$55.97	Acquired	54814	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	18.21	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held in reporting person's account under the Company's Retirement 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.