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

March 14, 2001

PROXY STATEMENT

GENERAL INFORMATION

We are providing these proxy materials to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of American Express Company for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and for any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. In this Proxy Statement, we refer to American Express Company as "the Company," "we" or "us."

We are holding the Annual Meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 23, 2001 and invite you to attend in person. If you need special assistance at the meeting because of a disability, please call Stephen P. Norman, our Corporate Secretary, at (212) 640-5583.

The Company has arranged for live audio of the 2001 Annual Meeting to be accessible to the general public on the American Express website at http://ir.americanexpress.com. A replay of the meeting's audio webcast will also be available at the same website address.

We intend to mail this Proxy Statement and proxy card to shareholders starting on or about March 16, 2001.

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