DEPOSIT AGREEMENT Dated November 10, 2014 AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, AS ISSUER -and- COMPUTERSHARE INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS DEPOSITARY -and- COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS REGISTRAR, CALCULATION AGENT AND TRANSFER AGENT...Deposit Agreement • November 12th, 2014 • American Express Co • Finance services • New York
750,000 Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of (par value $1.66 2/3 per share) AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • November 12th, 2014 • American Express Co • Finance services • New York
American Express Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New York (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, 750,000 depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 5.200% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Noncumulative Preferred Shares, Series B (the “Preferred Shares”), of the Company. The Preferred Shares shall have the rights, powers and preferences set forth in the certificate of amendment to be dated November 7, 2014 relating thereto (the “Certificate of Amendment”). The Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares are to be deposited by the Company against delivery of depositary receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Receipts”) that are to be issued by Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Depositary (together, th
