AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2018

Apr 23, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2018-04-19

Reporting Person: Cox L Kevin (Chief Human Resources Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-04-19	Common Stock	M	11541	$44.54	Acquired	19249	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	M	6589	$44.54	Acquired	25838	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	M	4952	$49.23	Acquired	30790	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	M	11542	$49.23	Acquired	42332	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	9942	$99.50	Disposed	32390	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	5657	$100.00	Disposed	26733	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	4311	$100.00	Disposed	22422	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	10013	$102.50	Disposed	12409	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	3854	$99.50	Disposed	8555	Direct
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	6829	$100.00	Disposed	35659	Indirect
2018-04-19	Common Stock	S	6831	$102.50	Disposed	28828	Indirect
2018-04-26	Common Stock	S	2975	$99.50	Disposed	25853	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-04-19	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$44.54	M	11541	Disposed	2021-01-27	Common Stock (11541)	Direct
2018-04-19	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$44.54	M	6589	Disposed	2021-01-27	Common Stock (6589)	Direct
2018-04-19	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.23	M	4952	Disposed	2022-01-23	Common Stock (4952)	Direct
2018-04-19	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.23	M	11542	Disposed	2022-01-23	Common Stock (11542)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5872	Indirect
Common Stock	53.48	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the sale of shares to cover the cost of exercise and withholding tax obligations arising from the stock option exercise reported above and the sale of 50% of the net shares acquired from this exercise; the reporting person will retain the balance of the net shares in accordance with the Company's retention guidelines for executive officers.

F2: The reported disposition represents the sale of shares acquired from restricted stock vestings and/or stock option exercises in prior years.

F3: 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.

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