AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Jan 27, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2009-01-23

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-01-23	Common Stock	F	656	$15.515	Disposed	70617	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	760	Indirect
Common Stock	17338	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of a restricted stock award.

F2: 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.