AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2019

Jan 30, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2019-01-26

Reporting Person: GORDON MARC D (Chief Information Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2019-01-26	Common Stock	A	17628	$100.77	Acquired	37441.647	Direct
2019-01-26	Common Stock	F	7229	$100.77	Disposed	30212.647	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-01-26	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$55.09	A	17628	Acquired	2026-01-26	Common Stock (17628)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares acquired pursuant to vesting of Restricted Stock Units that were granted to the reporting person in January 2016 and have vested based on the Company's 2016-18 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: The reported acquisition represents the vesting of Stock Options that were granted to the reporting person in January 2016. These options became exercisable on January 26, 2019 based on the Company's positive cumulative net income over the three year performance period.