AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Feb 2, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2016-01-29

Reporting Person: Sobbott Susan (Pres., Glbl Commercial Pymnts)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-01-29	Common Stock	A	9122	$53.50	Acquired	39895.16	Direct
2016-01-29	Common Stock	F	3456	$53.50	Disposed	36439.16	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	934.32	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares acquired pursuant to vesting of Restricted Stock Units ("performance units") that were granted to the reporting person in January 2013 and have vested based on the Company's 2013-15 return on average equity performance.

F2: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

F3: Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

F4: 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.