AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 7, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2013-02-04

Reporting Person: Cox L Kevin (Chief Human Resources Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-02-04	Common Stock	S	16325	$59.3657	Disposed	56919	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	49.99	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the sale of 50% of the net shares from the vesting of restricted stock awards; 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 $59.36 to $59.39. 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: 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.