AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2017

May 2, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2017-04-28

Reporting Person: Buckminster Douglas E. (Pres, Glb Consumer Svcs Grp)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-04-28	Common Stock	G	1240	—	Disposed	55486.057	Direct
2017-04-28	Common Stock	S	3000	$79.24	Disposed	52486.057	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	13050.55	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $79.14 to $79.34. 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: 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.