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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 12, 2014

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 

New York
  
1-7657
  
13-4922250
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 

200 Vesey Street
New York, New York
  
10285
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 

 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 640-2000

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):
 
 
o
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o
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o
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o
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
 
(a)    The annual meeting of the shareholders of American Express Company (the “Company”) was held on May 12, 2014. 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 2-7, the percentages for and against each matter reflect all of the votes cast.
 
 
(b)
 
1. Election of Directors.
 
 
 
   
VOTES FOR
    
VOTES AGAINST
    
ABSTENTIONS
    
BROKER NON-VOTES
Charlene Barshefsky     775,741,224       56,381,252       1,514,912       84,412,552
Ursula M. Burns
     819,104,563       13,058,166       1,474,659       84,412,552
Kenneth I. Chenault
     814,408,064       15,888,763       3,340,561       84,412,552
Peter Chernin
     825,945,622       6,207,177       1,484,589       84,412,552
Anne Lauvergeon
     825,938,319       5,451,836       2,247,233       84,412,552
Theodore J. Leonsis
     827,369,095       4,769,014       1,499,279       84,412,552
Richard C. Levin
     830,601,312       1,507,352       1,528,724       84,412,552
Richard A. McGinn
     825,814,536       6,312,276       1,510,576       84,412,552
Samuel J. Palmisano
     829,041,802       3,047,641       1,547,945       84,412,552
Steven S Reinemund
     825,211,207       6,916,681       1,509,500       84,412,552
Daniel L. Vasella
     822,936,531       9,165,949       1,534,908       84,412,552
Robert D. Walter
     817,735,724       14,385,096       1,516,568       84,412,552
Ronald A. Williams
     826,085,145       6,054,241       1,498,002       84,412,552
 
 
All 13 of the Company’s nominees for director received over a majority of votes cast.


 
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2. Votes regarding ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2014 were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
  
% FOR
  
VOTES AGAINST
  
% AGAINST
  
ABSTENTIONS
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
912,437,617
  
99.55%
  
4,118,148
  
0.45%
  
1,494,175
  
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3. Votes regarding an advisory (non-binding) vote approving executive compensation were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
  
% FOR
  
VOTES AGAINST
  
% AGAINST
  
ABSTENTIONS
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
804,110,968
  
97.66%
  
19,277,478
  
2.34%
  
10,248,942
  
84,412,552
 
 
4. Votes on a shareholder proposal relating to annual disclosure of EEO-1 data were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
  
% FOR
  
VOTES AGAINST
  
% AGAINST
  
ABSTENTIONS
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
194,952,631
  
25.11%
  
581,420,640
  
74.89%
  
57,264,117
  
84,412,552
 
 
5. Votes on a shareholder proposal relating to report on privacy, data security and government requests were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
  
% FOR
  
VOTES AGAINST
  
% AGAINST
  
ABSTENTIONS
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
165,710,627
  
21.28%
  
612,863,251
  
78.72%
  
55,063,510
  
84,412,552
 
 
6. Votes on a shareholder proposal relating to action by written consent were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
  
% FOR
  
VOTES AGAINST
  
% AGAINST
  
ABSTENTIONS
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
295,158,426
  
35.56%
  
534,825,675
  
64.44%
  
3,653,287
  
84,412,552
 

7. Votes on a shareholder proposal for executives to retain significant stock were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
  
% FOR
  
VOTES AGAINST
  
% AGAINST
  
ABSTENTIONS
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
170,307,793
  
20.52%
  
659,472,659
  
79.48%
  
3,856,936
  
84,412,552
 
 
 

Item 8.01
Other Events
 
   
    On May 13, 2014, American Express Company issued a press release announcing an increase in the quarterly dividend on its common stock from $0.23 per share to $0.26 per share. Such press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
 


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(d) Exhibits

 
99.1
Press release of American Express Company, dated May 13, 2014, announcing an increase in the quarterly dividend on its common stock.

 
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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/ Carol V. Schwartz
   
Name: Carol V. Schwartz
   
Title: Secretary


Date: May 13, 2014
 
 



 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
Description
 
99.1
Press release of American Express Company, dated May 13, 2014, announcing an increase in the quarterly dividend on its common stock.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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