AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2019

Jan 29, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2018-10-29

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-10-29	Common Stock	G	500	—	Disposed	33982.903	Direct
2019-01-26	Common Stock	A	23505	$100.77	Acquired	57501.744	Direct
2019-01-26	Common Stock	F	11046	$100.77	Disposed	46455.744	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	23505	Acquired	2026-01-26	Common Stock (23505)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	32398	Indirect
Common Stock	13450.63	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Includes the prior transfer of 18,734 shares from the reporting person's GRAT to direct holdings.

F3: 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.

F4: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

F5: Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

F6: This balance reflects the prior transfer of 18,734 shares from the reporting person's GRAT to direct holdings.

F7: 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.

F8: 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.