American Express Chairman & CEO Stephen Squeri Receives Vesting of 74,850 Performance Stock Options

Executive Summary

On November 3, 2026, American Express Co. ($AXP) filed a Form 4 disclosing an equity derivative transaction by Chairman and CEO Stephen J. Squeri. On October 31, 2026, Squeri acquired 74,850 Employee Stock Options with an exercise price of $148.45 through the vesting of an equity compensation grant.

Transaction Details

• Nature of Transaction: Vesting of the remaining 25% of performance stock options granted in October 2022.
• Transaction Code: 'A' (Grant, award, or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)).
• Security: Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy Common Stock).
• Number of Contracts / Shares: 74,850.
• Exercise Price: $148.45 per share.
• Expiration Date: October 31, 2029.
• Post-Transaction Holdings: Squeri directly holds 299,401 options in this derivative class following the transaction.

Market and Trading Significance

The trading significance of this filing is Low. This represents a non-open-market award resulting from the satisfaction of performance criteria and service requirements for grants made in 2022. No open-market purchases or sales took place.