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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Schedule 14A Information
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
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Filed by a Party other than the Registrant[ ]
Check the appropriate box:
[ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement
[ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by
Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
[ ] Definitive Proxy Statement
[X] Definitive Additional Materials
[ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section 240.14a-12
American Express Company
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than Registrant)
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[X] No fee required
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3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which
the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
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Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
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DESK DROP DELIVERY TO ALL
AMERICAN EXPRESS EMPLOYEES
IN THE UNITED STATES
DATE: March 31, 1997
TO: Incentive Savings Plan (ISP) Participants
FROM: American Express Trust Company
RE: Proxy card correction
Recently you received or will be receiving, at your home, the 1996 Annual Report
for American Express Company, the Notice of Annual Meeting to Shareholders, and
a proxy card with a return envelope.
Due to a processing error, the number of the Incentive Savings Plan (ISP) shares
shown on the proxy card is incorrect. The correct number of shares may be
determined by moving the decimal point one place to the right. For example, if
your proxy card states that you have 24.257 shares in the ISP, you actually have
242.57 shares eligible to be voted. You will not receive a new proxy card
showing the correct shares and you will not receive an additional proxy card.
Be assured that the shares for the ISP plan will be voted based on the ACTUAL
number of shares held on your behalf within the ISP. The transfer agent
tabulating your shares is aware of this discrepancy and we have communicated to
the agent the correct number of shares for each participant in the plan.
Regular full- and part-time employees who have completed one year of service are
eligible to participate in the ISP. All ISP participants own shares of American
Express Company common stock through Company Stock Contributions, which are
automatically invested in the AMEX Stock Fund option in the ISP. American
Express urges you, as a shareholder/owner of the company, to exercise your right
to vote your shares.
We apologize for any inconvenience this discrepancy may have caused.
