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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2026 (May 5, 2026)
 
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
New York 1-7657 13-4922250
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
200 Vesey Street,
New York, New York 10285
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(212) 640-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares (par value $0.20 per Share)AXPNew York Stock Exchange
3.433% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes due May 20, 2032AXP32New York Stock Exchange
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐




Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a)    The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American Express Company (the “Company”) was held on May 5, 2026. A quorum was present at the meeting as required by the Company’s By-laws. The matters that were voted upon at the meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.
Abstentions and broker non-votes were counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum was present but were not counted as votes cast on any matter. For matters 2-5, the percentages for and against each matter reflect all of the votes cast.

(b)
1.    Election of Directors.
VOTES FORVOTES AGAINSTABSTENTIONSBROKER NON-VOTES
Michael J. Angelakis544,746,2417,126,1393,912,39853,657,439
Thomas J. Baltimore448,760,573103,113,2433,910,96253,657,439
John J. Brennan547,318,5454,548,1833,918,05053,657,439
Theodore J. Leonsis532,432,78618,479,0404,872,95253,657,439
Deborah P. Majoras546,866,9224,777,6724,140,18453,657,439
Karen L. Parkhill551,277,078628,6373,879,06353,657,439
Charles E. Phillips543,910,7547,962,4253,911,59953,657,439
Lynn A. Pike542,259,9779,653,6763,871,12553,657,439
Randal K. Quarles550,398,3941,460,3053,926,07953,657,439
Stephen J. Squeri529,962,60020,078,6265,743,55253,657,439
Noel Wallace543,030,0178,843,9203,910,84153,657,439
Lisa W. Wardell551,202,935683,0743,898,76953,657,439
Christopher D. Young534,005,22117,722,5974,056,96053,657,439

All 13 of the Company's nominees for director received over a majority of votes cast.
2.    Votes regarding ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 were as follows:
VOTES FOR
% FOR

VOTES
AGAINST		% AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER
NON-VOTES
575,150,55394.96%30,468,1875.03%3,823,477—
3.    Votes regarding an advisory resolution approving executive compensation were as follows:
VOTES FOR
% FOR

VOTES
AGAINST		% AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER
NON-VOTES
514,533,90093.32%36,826,1606.67%4,424,71853,657,439
4.    Votes on a shareholder proposal requesting a report on coverage of transgender healthcare treatments for minors were as follows:
VOTES FOR
% FOR

VOTES
AGAINST		% AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER
NON-VOTES
2,337,2500.42%545,381,23299.57%8,066,29653,657,439
5.    Votes on a shareholder proposal regarding political bias risk oversight were as follows:
VOTES FOR
% FOR

VOTES
AGAINST		% AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER
NON-VOTES
4,726,4420.86%543,455,68699.13%7,602,65053,657,439
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SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
 (REGISTRANT)
   
 By:/s/ James J. Killerlane III
  Name:  James J. Killerlane III
  Title:    Corporate Secretary
 
Date: May 7, 2026
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