AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2007

Feb 16, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2007-02-15

Reporting Person: PARENT LOUISE M (EVP, General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-02-15	Common Stock	M	131433	$47.973	Acquired	397791	Direct
2007-02-15	Common Stock	F	118780	$58.82	Disposed	279011	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-02-15	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$47.973	M	131433	Disposed	2007-02-23	Common Stock (131433)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	63	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 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.