AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 21, 2013

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2012-12-31

Reporting Person: PARENT LOUISE M (EVP, General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-02	Common Stock	G	4110	—	Disposed	174776.6717	Direct
2012-05-02	Common Stock	G	248	—	Disposed	174776.6717	Direct
2012-05-02	Common Stock	G	412	—	Disposed	174776.6717	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	84	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents a bona fide charitable gift made by the reporting person.

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.