SEC Form 4 · accession 0001127602-16-039005

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO · AXP

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Pres, Global Consumer Services

Period of report

Jan 29, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Feb 2, 2016 · 3:28 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000004962

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jan 29, 2016	A	16,893	$53.50	A	54,742	D
Common Stock	Jan 29, 2016	F	9,443	$53.50	D	45,299	D
Common Stock^F3	holding	—	—		—	12,683	I	401(k) Trust

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)^F4	$59.45	Jan 29, 2016	A	16,354	A	Jan 29, 2016	Jan 29, 2023	Common Stock	16,354	16,354	D

F1Represents shares acquired pursuant to vesting of Restricted Stock Units ("performance units") that were granted to the reporting person in January 2013 and have vested based on the Company's 2013-15 return on average equity performance.
F2The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units.
F3Shares 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.
F4The reported acquisition represents the vesting of Stock Options that were granted to the reporting person in January 2013. These options became exercisable on January 29, 2016 based on the Company's positive cumulative net income over the three year performance period.