AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2008

Mar 14, 2008

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for the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held on April 28, 2008. — This communication presents only an overview of the more complete
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PAGE A (OF DUPLEX A/B)

Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: April 28, 2008
Meeting Time: 10:00 AM EDT
For holders as of: February 29, 2008
Matters to be Voted on: See Voting Items in this Notice
Meeting Location:
200 VESEY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10285
Meeting Directions:
Our world headquarters, the site of the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is located at 200 Vesey Street on the west side of Lower Manhattan
in the World Financial Center.
Directions to attend the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and vote in person can be found on the last page of the American Express Company Proxy Statement.

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PAGE B (OF DUPLEX A/B)

	Voting items
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Items 1, 2, 3, 4a
through 4d, and AGAINST Item 5. If no voting instructions are given the proxy will be voted as the Board of Directors recommends.
Item 1 -	To Elect Directors
Nominees:
	(01) D.F. Akerson	(07)	R.C. Levin
	(02) C. Barshefsky	(08)	R.A. McGinn
	(03) U.M. Burns	(09)	E.D. Miller
	(04) K.I. Chenault	(10)	S.S Reinemund
	(05) P. Chernin	(11)	R.D. Walter
	(06) J. Leschly	(12)	R.A. Williams
Item 2 -	A proposal
to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2008.
Item 3 -	A proposal
to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to require a majority vote for the election of Directors in non-contested elections.

Items 4a through 4d - Proposals to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate statutory supermajority voting for the following actions:
4a.	Merger or consolidation.
4b.	Sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets outside the ordinary course of business.
4c.	Plan for the exchange of shares.
4d.	Authorization of dissolution.
Item 5	- A shareholder proposal relating to cumulative voting for Directors.

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