AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2021

Jan 28, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2021-01-26

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-01-26	Common Stock	A	18237	$121.15	Acquired	100148.349	Direct
2021-01-26	Common Stock	F	8486	$121.15	Disposed	91662.349	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-01-26	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$97.98	A	18237	Acquired	2028-01-26	Common Stock (18237)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	13924.95	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares acquired pursuant to vesting of Restricted Stock Units that were granted to the reporting person in January 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 January 2018. These options became exercisable on January 26, 2021.