AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Aug 2, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2013-07-31

Reporting Person: Squeri Stephen J (Group Pres., Global Services)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-07-31	Common Stock	M	18278	$45.575	Acquired	129394.17	Direct
2013-07-31	Common Stock	M	107000	$51.865	Acquired	236394.17	Direct
2013-07-31	Common Stock	M	130000	$57.77	Acquired	366394.17	Direct
2013-07-31	Common Stock	M	65000	$49.13	Acquired	431394.17	Direct
2013-07-31	Common Stock	S	297451	$75.1315	Disposed	133943.17	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-07-31	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$45.575	M	18278	Disposed	2015-05-15	Common Stock (18278)	Direct
2013-07-31	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$51.865	M	107000	Disposed	2016-01-23	Common Stock (107000)	Direct
2013-07-31	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$57.77	M	130000	Disposed	2017-01-24	Common Stock (130000)	Direct
2013-07-31	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.13	M	65000	Disposed	2018-01-30	Common Stock (65000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	111.17	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the sale of shares to cover the cost of exercise and withholding tax obligations arising from the stock option exercises reported above and the sale of 50% of the net shares acquired from these exercises; the reporting person will retain the balance of the net shares in accordance with the Company's retention guidelines for executive officers.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $74.79 to $75.55. 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.

F3: Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

F4: Shares held in reporting person's account under the Company's Incentive 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.

F5: One half of these options became exercisable on 5/16/2008 and the other on 5/16/2009.

F6: These options became exercisable as follows: 9,500 shares on 1/23/2007, and 32,500 shares on 1/23/2008, 1/23/2009, and 1/23/2010, respectively.

F7: These options became exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on date shown as "Date Exercisable."

F8: One half of these options became exercisable on 1/31/2009 and the other on 1/31/2010.