Stephen J. Squeri - 01 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)

Role: Chairman and CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ James J. Killerlane III, attorney-in-fact
Issuer symbol: AXP
Transactions as of: 01 Feb 2026
Net transactions value: -$21,998,651
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Feb 2026, 16:46:11 UTC
Previous filing: 04 Nov 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Squeri Stephen J	Chairman and CEO, Director	200 VESEY STREET, AMERICAN EXPRESS TOWER, NEW YORK	/s/ James J. Killerlane III, attorney-in-fact	03 Feb 2026	0001326109

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Award		+123,033			123,033	01 Feb 2026	Direct	F1, F2
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Tax liability	$21,998,651	-62,466	-51%	$352.17	60,567	01 Feb 2026	Direct	F3
holding	AXP	Common Stock						130	01 Feb 2026	401(k) Trust	F4
holding	AXP	Common Stock						163,292	01 Feb 2026	By Stephen J Squeri 2025 Master GRAT	F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	AXP	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Award	$0	+74,129		$0.000000	74,129	01 Feb 2026	Common Stock	74,129	$173.61	Direct	F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents shares acquired pursuant to the vesting of Performance Restricted Stock Units that were granted to the reporting person in February 2023, based upon the satisfaction of performance criteria specified for the award at the time of grant and the reporting person's continued employment.
F2	Balance reflects the prior transfer of 163,292.479 shares from the reporting person's direct holdings to the Stephen J. Squeri 2025 Master GRAT, which is exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-13.
F3	The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Performance Restricted Stock Units.
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	Represents the vesting of Performance Stock Options that were granted to the reporting person in February 2023, based upon the satisfaction of performance criteria specified for the award at the time of grant and the reporting person's continued employment.