Stephen J. Squeri - 29 Jan 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)

Role: Chairman and CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ Kristina V. Fink, attorney-in-fact
Issuer symbol: AXP
Transactions as of: 29 Jan 2022
Transactions value $: $8,527,210
Form type: 4
Filing time: 01 Feb 2022, 20:54:13 UTC
Next filing: 07 Feb 2022
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	$17.1M	+96.7K	+239.42%	$177.06	137K	29 Jan 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Disposed to Issuer	-$8.59M	-48.5K	-35.4%	$177.06	88.5K	29 Jan 2022	Direct	F2
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Gift		-9.09K	-3.07%		287K	31 Jan 2022	Direct	F3
holding	AXP	Common Stock						38.8K	29 Jan 2022	by 2020 GRAT	F4
holding	AXP	Common Stock						128K	29 Jan 2022	by GRAT	F5
holding	AXP	Common Stock						123	29 Jan 2022	401(k) Trust	F6

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	+104K		$0.00	104K	29 Jan 2022	Common Stock	104K	$100.96	Direct	F7

* 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 disposition represents a bona fide charitable gift made by the reporting person.
F4	Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.
F5	Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.
F6	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.
F7	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.