0001127602-14-002695.txt : 20140123 0001127602-14-002695.hdr.sgml : 20140123 20140123161850 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-14-002695 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140121 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140123 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140123 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000004962 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FINANCE SERVICES [6199] IRS NUMBER: 134922250 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 VESEY STREET STREET 2: 50TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10285 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126402000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 VESEY STREET STREET 2: 50TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10285 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Williams Anre D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001303170 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07657 FILM NUMBER: 14543193 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. STREET 2: 3600 WEST LAKE AVENUE CITY: GLENVIEW STATE: IL ZIP: 60026 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2014-01-21 0000004962 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO AXP 0001303170 Williams Anre D AMERICAN EXPRESS TOWER, 200 VESEY ST. 3 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER NEW YORK NY 10285 1 Pres. Global Merchant Services Common Stock 2014-01-21 4 M 0 86108 34.84 A 126086 D Common Stock 2014-01-21 4 S 0 58935 90.1636 D 67151 D Common Stock 9 I by 401(k) Trust Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 34.84 2014-01-21 4 M 0 86108 0 D 2013-10-30 2019-10-30 Common Stock 86108 0 D The reported disposition represents the sale of shares to cover the cost of exercise and withholding tax obligations arising from the exercise of employee stock options; the reporting person will retain all of the net shares. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $90.04 to $90.49. 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. /s/ Michael G. Kuchs, attorney-in-fact 2014-01-23