X0202 5 2007-12-31 0 0 0000004962 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO AXP 0001209456 PARENT LOUISE M 3 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER 200 VESEY ST, AMERICAN EXPRESS TOWER NEW YORK NY 10285 1 EVP, General Counsel Phantom Stock Units 0 2007-01-23 5 J 0 38 0 A Common Stock 38 685 D The phantom stock converts into common stock on a one-for-one basis. The reported phantom stock units were acquired under the Company's Supplemental Retirement Plan on 1/23/2007, 4/25/2007, and 7/25/2007, at prices of $57.54, $62.32, and $61.73 per share, respectively. The units are to be settled following the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service. Includes phantom stock units acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Company's Supplemental Retirement Plan. /s/ Stephen P. Norman, attorney-in-fact 2008-02-14