AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Aug 2, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2011-07-31

Reporting Person: GILLIGAN EDWARD P (Vice Chairman)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-07-31	Common Stock	F	7897	$50.04	Disposed	249911	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1604	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.