AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2014

Oct 2, 2014

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2014-09-29

Reporting Person: O'Neill Michael John (EVP, Corp Affairs & Comm)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	25061	Direct
Common Stock	989	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$57.77	2017-01-25	Common Stock (16600)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.13	2018-01-31	Common Stock (37500)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$16.71	2019-01-29	Common Stock (8379)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$38.10	2020-01-26	Common Stock (15749)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$44.54	2021-01-27	Common Stock (13472)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$34.84	2019-10-30	Common Stock (43054)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.23	2022-01-24	Common Stock (12188)		Direct
Phantom Stock Units	$		Common Stock (635)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.

F2: 7,450 of these options became exercisable on January 25, 2010 and 9,150 of these options became exercisable on January 25, 2011.

F3: These options became exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on date shown as "Date Exercisable."

F4: These options become exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on the date shown as "Date Exercisable."

F5: The units are to be settled following the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.

F6: The phantom stock converts into common stock on a one-for-one basis.