AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2021

May 4, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2021-04-30

Reporting Person: Rutledge Elizabeth (Chief Marketing Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-04-30	Common Stock	A	2225	$154.63	Acquired	59895.848	Direct
2021-04-30	Common Stock	F	1090	$154.63	Disposed	58805.848	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-04-30	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$98.75	A	2225	Acquired	2028-04-30	Common Stock (2225)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2067.86	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares acquired pursuant to vesting of Restricted Stock Units that were granted to the reporting person in April 2018 and have vested based on the Company's 2018-20 average return on 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: 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.

F5: The reported acquisition represents the vesting of Stock Options that were granted to the reporting person in April 2018. These options became exercisable on April 30, 2021.