AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2021

Mar 11, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2021-03-09

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-03-09	Common Stock	M	19493	$49.23	Acquired	111247.247	Direct
2021-03-09	Common Stock	S	16519	$145.77	Disposed	94728.247	Direct
2021-03-09	Common Stock	S	16314	$146.40	Disposed	78414.247	Direct
2021-03-09	Common Stock	G	340	—	Disposed	78074.247	Direct
2021-03-09	Common Stock	I	13962.65	$145.10	Disposed	0	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-03-09	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.23	M	19493	Disposed	2022-01-23	Common Stock (19493)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $145.40 to $146.0125, inclusive. The reporting
person undertakes to provide to the Company, any security holder of the 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 the ranges set forth in footnotes (1) and (2) to this Form 4.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $146.015 to $146.84, inclusive.

F3: The reported disposition represents a bona fide charitable gift made by the reporting person.

F4: Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

F5: Intra-plan transfer by the reporting person of common shares held in 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.

F6: These shares became exercisable in four cumulative annual installments of 25% each beginning on date shown as "Date Exercisable."