AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2019

May 21, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2019-05-20

Reporting Person: Squeri Stephen J (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2019-05-20	Common Stock	M	33652	$59.45	Acquired	258947.813	Direct
2019-05-20	Common Stock	M	68312	$55.09	Acquired	327259.813	Direct
2019-05-20	Common Stock	S	101964	$119.95	Disposed	225295.813	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-05-20	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$59.45	M	33652	Disposed	2023-01-29	Common Stock (33652)	Direct
2019-05-20	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$55.09	M	68312	Disposed	2026-01-26	Common Stock (68312)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	120.22	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $119.59 to $120.21. 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.

F2: 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.