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EX-3.1 - AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY - AMERICAN EXPRESS COd914131dex31.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - AMERICAN EXPRESS COd914131dex312.htm
EX-10.1 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS - AMERICAN EXPRESS COd914131dex101.htm
EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - AMERICAN EXPRESS COd914131dex322.htm
EX-10.2 - AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED - AMERICAN EXPRESS COd914131dex102.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - AMERICAN EXPRESS COd914131dex311.htm

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of American Express Company (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Kenneth I. Chenault, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Kenneth I. Chenault

Name: Kenneth I. Chenault

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: April 29, 2015

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and is not being “filed” as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except to the extent that this Exhibit 32.1 is expressly and specifically incorporated by reference in any such filing.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.