AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Jan 31, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2013-01-28

Reporting Person: CHENAULT KENNETH I (Director, Chief Executive Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-05	Common Stock	G	3962	—	Disposed	807456	Direct
2012-03-05	Common Stock	G	3774	—	Disposed	803682	Direct
2012-03-05	Common Stock	G	7547	—	Disposed	796135	Direct
2012-03-05	Common Stock	G	4717	—	Disposed	791418	Direct
2012-05-02	Common Stock	G	7385	—	Disposed	784033	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	A	13451	$59.07	Acquired	797484	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	F	6937	$59.07	Disposed	790547	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	A	67286	$59.07	Acquired	857833	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	D	67286	$59.07	Disposed	790547	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	A	67286	$59.07	Acquired	857833	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	F	34700	$59.07	Disposed	823133	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	A	124923	$59.07	Acquired	948056	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	F	64423	$59.07	Disposed	883633	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	85220	Indirect
Common Stock	11058	Indirect
Common Stock	23316.99	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents bona fide gifts made by the reporting person.

F2: Shares acquired pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (i.e., "performance units") granted to the reporting person on January 26, 2010.

F3: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

F4: The transactions reported represent a simultaneous deemed acquisition of shares from the issuer and disposition of such shares to the issuer in respect of Restricted Stock Units (i.e., performance units) granted to the reporting person on January 24, 2012 which were settled in cash upon vesting on January 28, 2013.

F5: Shares acquired pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (i.e., "performance units") granted to the reporting person on January 24, 2012.

F6: 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.