AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
200 VESEY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10285

NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

DATE:	Monday, April 23, 2001 at 10:00 A.M.
PLACE:	American Express Company 200 Vesey Street, 26th Floor New York, New York 10285
ITEMS OF BUSINESS:	To elect Directors. To ratify our selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditors for 2001. To vote on a shareholder proposal relating to rotating the location of our annual shareholders meeting, which our Board of Directors opposes. To transact such other business that may properly come before the meeting.
RECORD DATE:	You can vote if you are a shareholder of record on March 6, 2001.
	STEPHEN P. NORMAN Secretary

March 14, 2001

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