AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 28, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2010-04-26

Reporting Person: SCHICK THOMAS A (EVP-Corp. Affairs)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-26	Common Stock	M	188496	$38.922	Acquired	268348.95	Direct
2010-04-26	Common Stock	S	179583	$46.90	Disposed	88765.95	Direct
2010-04-26	Common Stock	S	8913	$46.90	Disposed	79852.95	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-26	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$38.922	M	188496	Disposed	2011-02-26	Common Stock (188496)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1079	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.

F2: These options vested in three equal annual installments beginning on the date shown as "Date Exercisable."