AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2008

Jun 6, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2008-06-04

Reporting Person: Gupta Ashwini (Pres-Risk/Info Mgmt/Banking Gp)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-06-04	Common Stock	S	500	$46.23	Disposed	117229	Direct
2008-06-04	Common Stock	S	1300	$46.22	Disposed	115929	Direct
2008-06-04	Common Stock	S	1500	$46.24	Disposed	114429	Direct
2008-06-04	Common Stock	S	12356	$46.20	Disposed	102073	Direct
2008-06-04	Common Stock	S	15800	$46.21	Disposed	86273	Direct
2008-06-05	Common Stock	S	15000	$47.33	Disposed	71273	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	16991	Indirect
Common Stock	760	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.