X0101 4 2003-07-18 0 0000004962 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO AXP 0001180524 CHENAULT KENNETH I 1 1 0 0 Chief Executive Officer Common Shares 2003-06-05 2003-06-05 4 G 0 2000.000 0 D 1191090.000 D Common Shares 2003-07-18 2003-07-18 4 M 0 45639.000 37.99 A 1236729.000 D Common Shares 2003-07-18 2003-07-18 4 F 0 41638.000 45.27 D 1195091.000 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 37.990 2003-07-18 2003-07-18 4 M 0 45639.000 0 D 1999-01-30 2003-07-25 Common Shares 45639.000 0.000 D Mr. Chenault also owns the following shares indirectly: 19,231 shares in a GRAT; 28,000 shares in a second GRAT; 17,071 shares in a 401(k) trust; 40,764 by trust for his children; 27,600 by his spouse; and 42,536 shares by his spouse as trustee/custodian for their children. Kenneth I. Chenault 2003-07-21 Kenneth I. Chenault 2003-07-21