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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
4962	American Express Co	AXP	Finance Services (6199)	134922250

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1209446	D John Hayes	3 World Financial Center 200 Vesey St, American Express Tower New York NY 10285	Evp, Advertising	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-04-28	70,218	$29.24	171,044	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2011-04-28	63,009	$47.59	108,035	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2011-04-28	7,209	$47.73	100,826	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-04-28	70,218	$0.00	70,218	$29.24

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2006-01-27	2013-01-26	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	3,768	Indirect	By Isp Trust

Footnotes

Of the 70,218 shares acquired pursuant to the employee stock option exercise reported above, approximately 55,800 shares were sold to cover the cost of exercise and withholding taxes. Mr. Hayes retained 50% of the net shares acquired from this option exercise.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $47.25 to $47.85. The reporting person undertakes to provide to American Express Company, any security holder of American Express Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within this range.
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.
27,663 of the options exercised became exercisable on 1/27/2006; the balance became exercisable on 1/27/2007.