MARC D. GORDON - 29 Jan 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)

Role: Chief Information Officer
Signature: /s/ Kristina V. Fink, attorney-in-fact
Issuer symbol: AXP
Transactions as of: 29 Jan 2022
Net transactions value: +$2,173,234
Form type: 4
Filing time: 01 Feb 2022, 20:21:14 UTC
Previous filing: 14 Sep 2021
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Award	$4,138,778	+23,375	+133%	$177.06	40,975	29 Jan 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Disposed to Issuer	$1,965,543	-11,101	-27%	$177.06	29,874	29 Jan 2022	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	+25,246		$0.000000	25,246	29 Jan 2022	Common Stock	25,246	$100.96	Direct	F3

* 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 January 2019 and have vested based on the Company's 2019-21 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	The reported acquisition represents the vesting of Stock Options that were granted to the reported person on 1/29/2019. These options became exercisable on 1/29/2022 based on the Company's positive cumulative net income over the three year performance period.