AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2021

Feb 4, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2021-02-02

Reporting Person: Pickett Denise (President, Glbl Services Group)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-02-02	Common Stock	M	30000	$65.43	Acquired	44918.007	Direct
2021-02-02	Common Stock	S	26945	$119.09	Disposed	17973.007	Direct
2021-02-02	Common Stock	S	2347	$119.09	Disposed	15626.007	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-02-02	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$65.43	M	30000	Disposed	2026-04-29	Common Stock (30000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1385.1964	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reported disposition represents the sale of shares to cover the cost of exercise and withholding tax obligations arising from the stock option exercise reported above and the sale of 50% of the net shares acquired from this exercise.

F2: Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

F3: Shares held in the reporting person's account under the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

F4: Of these 30,000 options, 10,000 became exercisable on April 29, 2018; 10,000 became exercisable on April 29, 2019; 10,000 became exercisable on April 29, 2020 based on the Company's positive cumulative net income over the 2-3-4-year performance period.