AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2007

Apr 5, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2007-04-04

Reporting Person: Cox L Kevin (EVP, Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-04-04	Common Stock	F	4504	$56.235	Disposed	21837	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	27	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to cover tax obligations arising from the vesting of a 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.