AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 8, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2012-11-07

Reporting Person: HAYES JOHN D (EVP, Advertising)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-11-07	Common Stock	M	170218	$43.977	Acquired	272121	Direct
2012-11-07	Common Stock	M	88626	$16.71	Acquired	360747	Direct
2012-11-07	Common Stock	S	272402	$55.6743	Disposed	88345	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-11-07	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$43.977	M	170218	Disposed	2014-01-26	Common Stock (170218)	Direct
2012-11-07	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$16.71	M	88626	Disposed	2019-01-28	Common Stock (88626)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3830	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $55.59 to $55.80. The reporting person undertakes to provide to American Express Company, any security holder of American Express Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within this range.

F2: Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

F3: 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.

F4: These options became exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on the date shown as "Date Exercisable."

F5: Of the 88,626 option shares exercised, 40,751 became exercisable on 1/29/2011, and the balance became exercisable on 1/29/2012.