AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2018

May 2, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2018-04-29

Reporting Person: Pickett Denise (CRO and President, GRBC Group)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-04-29	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$65.43	A	30000	Acquired	2026-04-29	Common Stock (30000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The reported acquisition represents the vesting of Stock Options that were granted to the reported person in April 2016. These options became exercisable on April 29, 2018 based on the Company's positive cumulative net income over the two year performance period.