AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2011

May 2, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2011-04-28

Reporting Person: Glenn William H (Pres, Global Merchant Services)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-04-28	Common Stock	S	10000	$47.55	Disposed	28088	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	165	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.