AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 27, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2010-01-25

Reporting Person: KELLY ALFRED F JR (President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-01-25	Common Stock	F	13511	$37.79	Disposed	365650	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4923	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Restricted Stock.

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.