Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 27, 2023
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
1-7657
13-4922250
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
200 Vesey Street,
New York, New York10285
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(212) 640-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares (par value $0.20 per Share)
AXP
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(b) On June 27, 2023, American Express Company (“American Express” or the “Company”) announced that Jeffrey C. Campbell will be retiring after a distinguished career with American Express and as a public company CFO. Mr. Campbell will remain in his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company until August 14, 2023 and as Vice Chairman until his retirement from the Company in March 2024.
(c) On June 27, 2023, the Company also announced the appointment of Christophe Le Caillec as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 14, 2023. Mr. Le Caillec, age 57, has been the Company’s Deputy CFO since December 2021 and has served as the Head of Corporate Planning since February 2019. Prior thereto, Mr. Le Caillec was the Business CFO for the Global Consumer Services Group from May 2016 to February 2019.
A copy of the press release announcing the retirement of Mr. Campbell and the appointment of Mr. Le Caillec is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as inline XBRL.
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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.
