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AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 4

Accession 0001127602-14-025025

$AXPCIK 0000004962operating

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0001127602-14-025025

Insider Transaction Report

Form 4
Period: 2014-08-06
GILLIGAN EDWARD P
Vice Chairman
Transactions
  • Exercise/Conversion

    Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

    2014-08-06150,0000 total
    Exercise: $57.77From: 2008-01-25Exp: 2017-01-24Common Stock (150,000 underlying)
  • Exercise/Conversion

    Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

    2014-08-06225,000225,000 total
    Exercise: $58.54From: 2010-07-31Exp: 2017-07-31Common Stock (225,000 underlying)
  • Exercise/Conversion

    Common Stock

    2014-08-06$57.77/sh+150,000$8,665,500279,200 total
  • Exercise/Conversion

    Common Stock

    2014-08-06$58.54/sh+225,000$13,171,500504,200 total
  • Sale

    Common Stock

    2014-08-06$86.24/sh11,820$1,019,379147,058 total
  • Sale

    Common Stock

    2014-08-06$86.24/sh345,322$29,781,225158,878 total
Holdings
  • Common Stock

    (indirect: By Trust)
    1,651
Footnotes (6)
  • [F1]The reported disposition represents the sale of shares to cover the cost of exercise and withholding tax obligations arising from the stock option exercises reported above and the sale of 50% of the net shares acquired from these exercises; Mr. Gilligan will retain the balance of the net shares in accordance with the Company's retention guidelines for executive officers.
  • [F2]The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $86.00 to $86.61. 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.
  • [F3]The reported disposition represents the sale of one-half of the net shares acquired from restricted stock vestings in January 2014; Mr. Gilligan will continue to retain the remaining net shares for one year from the date of vesting in accordance with the Company's retention requirements.
  • [F4]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.
  • [F5]These options became exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on date shown as "Date Exercisable."
  • [F6]These options became exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on the date shown as "Date Exercisable."

Issuer

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

CIK 0000004962

Entity typeoperating
IncorporatedNY

Related Parties

1
  • filerCIK 0000004962

Filing Metadata

Form type
4
Filed
Aug 7, 8:00 PM ET
Accepted
Aug 8, 3:30 PM ET
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15.5 KB