Douglas E. Buckminster - 29 Jan 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)

Role: Vice Chairman
Signature: /s/ Kristina V. Fink, attorney-in-fact
Issuer symbol: AXP
Transactions as of: 29 Jan 2024
Net transactions value: +$4,386,340
Form type: 4
Filing time: 31 Jan 2024, 17:09:02 UTC
Previous filing: 17 Nov 2023
Next filing: 06 May 2024
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	$9,485,943	+47,093	+53%	$201.43	135,469	29 Jan 2024	Direct	F1
transaction	AXP	Common Stock	Tax liability	$5,099,603	-25,317	-19%	$201.43	110,152	29 Jan 2024	Direct	F2
holding	AXP	Common Stock						29,500	29 Jan 2024	By GRAT
holding	AXP	Common Stock						0	29 Jan 2024	401(k) Trust

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	+36,932		$0.000000	36,932	29 Jan 2024	Common Stock	36,932	$116.26	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 Performance Restricted Stock Units (RSU) that were granted to the reporting person in January 2021 and have vested based upon the satisfaction of performance criteria specified for the award at time of grant.
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 in January 2021. These options became exercisable based on the satisfaction of performance criteria specified for the award at the time of grant.