AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 29, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2010-01-26

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-01-26	Common Stock	A	65616	—	Acquired	93749	Direct
2010-01-26	Common Stock	A	7217	—	Acquired	100966	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-01-26	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$38.10	A	86614	Acquired	2020-01-26	Common Stock (86614)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	48	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported acquisition represents the grant of a Restricted Stock Award under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. Vesting is subject to award requirements including the Company's achievement of certain financial performance requirements.

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.

F3: These options become exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on date shown as "Date Exercisable."