AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 1, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2012-10-30

Reporting Person: Williams Anre D (Pres. Global Merchant Services)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-10-30	Common Stock	F	9918	$55.75	Disposed	59439	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	9.08	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.