American Express (AXP) Form 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS / L Kevin Cox ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cox L Kevin

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 VESEY STREET, AMERICAN EXPRESS TOWER

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10285-5001

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO [ AXP ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Human Resources Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/19/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/19/2018		M		11,541	A	$44.54	19,249	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		M		6,589	A	$44.54	25,838	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		M		4,952	A	$49.23	30,790	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		M		11,542	A	$49.23	42,332	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(1)		9,942	D	$99.5	32,390	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(1)		5,657	D	$100	26,733	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(1)		4,311	D	$100	22,422	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(1)		10,013	D	$102.5	12,409	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(2)		3,854	D	$99.5	8,555	D
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(2)		6,829	D	$100	35,659	I	by GRAT III
Common Stock	04/19/2018		S(2)		6,831	D	$102.5	28,828	I	by GRAT III
Common Stock	04/26/2018		S(2)		2,975	D	$99.5	25,853	I	by GRAT III
Common Stock								5,872	I	By GRAT II
Common Stock								53.48	I(3)	by 401(k) Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$44.54	04/19/2018		M			11,541	01/27/2012(4)	01/27/2021	Common Stock	11,541	$0	6,589	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$44.54	04/19/2018		M			6,589	01/27/2012(4)	01/27/2021	Common Stock	6,589	$0	0	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.23	04/19/2018		M			4,952	01/24/2013(4)	01/23/2022	Common Stock	4,952	$0	11,542	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.23	04/19/2018		M			11,542	01/24/2013(4)	01/23/2022	Common Stock	11,542	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported disposition represents the sale of shares to cover the cost of exercise and withholding tax obligations arising from the stock option exercise reported above and the sale of 50% of the net shares acquired from this exercise; the reporting person will retain the balance of the net shares in accordance with the Company's retention guidelines for executive officers.

2. The reported disposition represents the sale of shares acquired from restricted stock vestings and/or stock option exercises in prior years.

3. 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.

4. These options became exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on date shown as "Date Exercisable."

Remarks:

The transactions reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 13, 2018.

	/s/ Tangela S. Richter, attorney-in-fact	04/23/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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