Anna Marrs - Oct 31, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)

Role: Group Pres., GCS and CFR
Signature: /s/ Kristina V. Fink, attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol: AXP
Transactions as of: Oct 31, 2021
Transactions value $: $1,824,169
Form type: 4
Date filed: 11/2/2021, 06:30 PM
Next filing: Nov 29, 2021

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Award	$3.75M	+21.6K		$173.78	21.6K	Oct 31, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$2.26M	-13K	-60.3%	$173.78	8.57K	Oct 31, 2021	Direct	F2
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Award	$846K	+4.87K	+56.82%	$173.78	13.4K	Oct 31, 2021	Direct	F3
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$510K	-2.94K	-21.85%	$173.78	10.5K	Oct 31, 2021	Direct	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	+21.6K		$0.00	21.6K	Oct 31, 2021	Common Stock	21.6K	$102.73	Direct	F4

* 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 vesting of Restricted Stock Units that were granted to the reporting person in October 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	Represents shares acquired pursuant to vesting of Restricted Stock Units that were granted to the reporting person on October 2018 and have vested based upon the satisfaction of performance criteria specified for the award at time of grant.
F4	The reported acquisition represents the vesting of Stock Options that were granted to the reporting person in October 2018. These options became exercisable on October 31, 2021.