Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 1-7657

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

World Financial Center

200 Vesey Street

New York, New York 10285

 

 

 


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AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

Year Ended December 31, 2008

Index

 

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Number

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2008 and 2007

   2

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008

   3

Notes to the Financial Statements

   4

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

  

Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2008

   19

Signature

   30

Exhibit Index

   31

Other supplemental schedules required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not applicable or not required.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants and Employee Benefits Administration Committee of

American Express Retirement Savings Plan:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of American Express Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2008 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 29, 2009

 

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AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2008 and 2007

 

     2008     2007  

Assets

    

Participant-directed investments, at fair value

   $ 1,574,824,470      $ 2,684,074,534   

Investment contracts held in Stable Value Fund, at fair value

     551,562,018        460,224,820   
                

Total investments, at fair value

     2,126,386,488        3,144,299,354   

Due from brokers

     1,817,927        —     

Cash (non-interest bearing)

     11,931,443        —     

Receivables:

    

Investment income

     1,952,193        94,620   

Employer contributions -

    

Profit sharing

     37,423,881        60,276,301   

Other than profit sharing

     24,541,348        25,574,329   
                

Total Assets

     2,204,053,280        3,230,244,604   
                

Liabilities

    

Due to brokers

     (987,794     —     

Accrued expenses

     (709,323     —     
                

Total Liabilities

     (1,697,117     —     
                

Net assets reflecting investments at fair value

     2,202,356,163        3,230,244,604   
                

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully-benefit responsive investment contracts

     (11,667,411     (3,830,494
                

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 2,190,688,752      $ 3,226,414,110   
                

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

 

     2008  

Contributions:

  

Employer -

  

Profit sharing

   $ 37,426,061   

Other than profit sharing

     124,877,550   

Employee

     138,479,204   

Rollovers

     5,146,470   
        

Total contributions

     305,929,285   
        

Investment income (loss):

  

Interest and dividends

     33,336,312   

Interest on participant loans

     6,209,024   

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

     (1,150,661,268
        

Total investment loss

     (1,111,115,932
        

Withdrawal payments

     (230,538,711
        

Net decrease in net assets available for benefits

     (1,035,725,358

Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year

     3,226,414,110   
        

Net assets available for benefits at end of year

   $ 2,190,688,752   
        

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan

General

The American Express Retirement Savings Plan, (the “Plan”), formerly known as the American Express Incentive Savings Plan, which became effective June 11, 1973, is a defined contribution pension plan. The Plan name change was effective July 1, 2007. Under the terms of the Plan, regular full-time and certain part-time employees of American Express Company and its participating subsidiaries (the “Company”) can make elective contributions to the Plan beginning as soon as practicable after their date of hire and are eligible to receive Company contributions, if any, upon completion of one year of service.

The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The following is not a comprehensive description of the Plan, and therefore, does not include all situations and limitations covered by the Plan. The Plan Document should be referred to for more complete information. In the event of a conflict between the following description and the Plan Document, the Plan Document shall control.

Effective July 1, 2007, certain provisions of the Plan were amended as more fully described throughout Note 1.

Administration

In April 2007, Wachovia Bank, N.A. replaced Ameriprise Trust Company (“ATC”) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (“Ameriprise”)) as the Trustee and Record keeper for the Plan. On December 31, 2008, Wachovia Corporation became part of Wells Fargo & Company. The Plan is administered by the Company’s Employee Benefits Administration Committee (“EBAC”), and the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan Investment Committee (“RSPIC”). The Plan Document requires that the American Express Company Stock Fund be offered as an investment option. RSPIC has the power to select the other investment options available under the Plan and the manner in which certain investments of the Plan are invested. Subject to Plan limits, RSPIC has the power to appoint investment managers to make investment decisions. The members of EBAC are appointed by the Chief Executive Officer as authorized by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. The members of RSPIC are set forth in the Plan Document.

Compensation

Participant compensation, used in the calculation of Plan contributions, was generally defined as an employee’s base pay through June 30, 2007 and was changed effective July 1, 2007 to generally include base pay plus overtime, shift differentials, and most commissions and incentives. Effective January 1, 2008, for purposes of calculating Company contributions, for participants above certain salary grades as defined by the Plan, compensation does not include any incentive pay which, in the aggregate, is in excess of one times their base salary.

For purposes of the Plan, compensation is limited to a participant’s regular cash remuneration up to a maximum of $230,000 and $225,000 in 2008 and 2007, respectively, before tax deductions and certain other withholdings.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Contributions

The Plan currently provides for the following contributions:

Elective Contributions

Each pay period, participants may make before-tax contributions, after-tax contributions (up to 10% of eligible compensation), or a combination of both, not to exceed 80% of their compensation to the Plan through payroll deduction. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) imposes a limitation (adjusted annually for cost of living increases) on participants’ before-tax contributions to plans, which are qualified under Code Section 401(k), and other specified tax favored plans. For both 2008 and 2007, this limit was $15,500 for participants under age 50 and $20,500 for participants over age 50. The Plan complied with nondiscrimination requirements under the Code for 2008 and 2007.

Company Matching Contributions

Except as described in the following paragraph, the Company matches 100% of participants’ before-tax contributions quarterly up to 5% of compensation after a participant’s completion of one year of service.

Effective July 1, 2007, for all eligible Global Travel Services participants, the Company matches 100% of participants’ before-tax contributions up to 4% of compensation upon a participant’s completion of one year of service. Global Travel Services employees are generally those participants employed within Global Travel Services (Global Business Travel and Global Foreign Exchange Services) who were younger than age 40 on December 31, 2005, or who had less than five years of service on December 31, 2005, regardless of age. Prior to July 1, 2007, the Company matched 100% of eligible participants’ before-tax contributions up to 3% of compensation and 50% of Global Travel Services employees’ before-tax contributions up to 3% of compensation.

A participant must be employed by the Company on the last working day of the quarter to receive Company Matching Contributions.

Profit Sharing Contributions

Upon a participant’s completion of one year of service, additional Company contributions of 0-5% of the participant’s compensation may be made annually at the Company’s discretion which can be based, in part, on the Company’s performance. Participants must be employed on the last working day of the Plan year (or be disabled under the terms of the Plan) to be eligible for any Profit Sharing Contributions made for that plan year. Profit Sharing Contributions to eligible participants are made regardless of whether the eligible participant contributes to the Plan. Profit Sharing Contributions for employees other than eligible Global

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Travel Services (Global Business Travel and Global Foreign Exchange Services) participants were 2.25% and 4.25% of compensation in 2008 and 2007, respectively. Eligible Global Travel Services (Global Business Travel and Global Foreign Exchange Services) participants received Profit Sharing Contributions equal to 1.00% and 2.50% of compensation in 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Prior to July 1, 2007, Profit Sharing Contributions were on base salary only with a range from 0-7% of base pay.

Qualified Non-elective Contributions

Effective January 1, 2008, the Company may make Qualified Non-elective Contributions (“QNEC”). A QNEC is a discretionary, fully vested contribution. The Company may designate all or part of a Company Profit Sharing Contribution as a QNEC. Alternatively, the Company may, in its sole discretion, make an additional contribution designated as QNEC. Any QNECs are fully vested when made and distributable only under circumstances that permit distributions of before-tax contributions (excluding hardship withdrawals). QNECs may be allocated as a uniform percentage of eligible compensation for designated employees and may be restricted to only such employees employed on the last day of the plan year. Alternatively, the Company may direct that QNECs be allocated among specifically designated non-highly compensated employees in varying percentages of compensation as permitted by law.

Company Stock Contributions

Prior to July 1, 2007, upon a participant’s completion of one year of service, in addition to the Company Matching Contributions and Profit Sharing Contributions above, the Company contributed to the Plan on a quarterly basis 1% of each eligible participant’s base salary, regardless of whether the eligible participant contributed to the Plan. This contribution was initially invested in the American Express Company Stock Fund, but could be immediately moved to another investment offering under the Plan. A participant needed to be employed by the Company on the last working day of the quarter to receive any Company Stock Contributions. Effective July 1, 2007, the Company discontinued Company Stock Contributions.

Conversion Contributions

For eligible employees on the Company’s United States payroll (or on unpaid leave of absence) on July 1, 2007 and who generally commenced service prior to April 1, 2007, the Company makes Conversion Contributions equal to a percentage of compensation. The amount of the participant’s Conversion Contributions is based on their projected attained age plus completed years of service with the Company as of December 31, 2008 and varies depending on the division of employment. Conversion Contributions will range from 0-8% of compensation.

Disability Contributions

Effective July 1, 2007, certain qualifying participants who become disabled (as defined in the Plan) are eligible to receive contributions similar to Company Conversion, Profit Sharing and/or Matching Contributions.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Suspension of Company Contributions into the Plan

For pay periods beginning on or after March 30, 2009, the Company suspended Company Matching Contributions and Company Conversion Contributions to the Plan. Company Conversion Contributions continue for eligible employees who are considered “retirement eligible,” generally meaning those employees who will be at least 55 years old and have at least 10 years of service as of December 31, 2009. Company Matching Contributions continue for eligible employees who were hired pursuant to the requirements of the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of March 26, 2008, among General Electric Capital Corporation, GE Capital Financial Inc., General Electric Company, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and American Express Bank, FSB. The contributions to certain disabled participants described above also continue.

Transfer of Account Balances

Participants’ account balances may be transferred among the Plan’s investment options upon receipt of instructions from the participant.

Participant Rollovers

A Rollover is a transfer to the Plan of a qualified distribution in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. Rollovers are accepted into the Plan, but are not subject to Company Matching, Profit Sharing or Conversion Contributions.

Vesting and Forfeitures

Participants are immediately vested in their elective before-tax and after-tax contributions, rollovers, if any, and Company Stock Contributions made by the Company prior to July 1, 2007, and investment earnings on the foregoing. Other contributions become vested as set forth below:

Company Matching Contributions

 

 

If a participant is eligible for Conversion Contributions, his or her Matching Contributions and investment earnings thereon, are always 100% vested.

 

 

If a participant is not eligible for Conversion Contributions, his or her Matching Contributions and investment earnings thereon made for payroll periods ending after July 1, 2007, are 100% vested after three years of service (as defined in the Plan), or if he or she retires at or after age 65, becomes disabled or dies.

Profit Sharing Contributions

 

 

All Profit Sharing Contributions and investment earnings thereon for the 2007 calendar year and later (which are generally contributed to the Plan in 2008 and later) are 100% vested after three years of service, or upon retirement at or after age 65, disability or death.

 

 

All pre-2007 calendar year Profit Sharing Contributions and investment earnings thereon for participants that were actively employed by the Company on July 1, 2007, become 100% vested after three years of service, or upon retirement at or after age 65, disability, or death.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

 

If a participant was not employed by the Company on July 1, 2007, and has not been rehired after that date, any Profit Sharing Contributions and investment earnings thereon become 100% vested after five years of service or upon retirement at or after age 65, disability or death.

Qualified Non-elective Contributions

 

 

Any Qualified Non-elective Contributions are always 100% vested as soon as they are deposited into the RSP.

Conversion Contributions

 

 

All Company Conversion Contributions and investment earnings thereon are 100% vested after three years of service, or upon retirement at or after age 65, disability or death.

Disability Contributions

 

 

Any Disability Contributions are always 100% vested.

Unallocated forfeited account balances were $2,173,121 and $2,400,310 as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Forfeitures are used to pay administrative expenditures or to reduce future Company contributions. Profit Sharing Contributions made to the Plan were reduced by $2,190,000 and $1,800,000 from forfeited account balances in 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts and plan assets will be distributed in accordance with the Plan Document.

Loan Program

Participants are allowed to apply for a loan from the Plan for a minimum amount of $500 up to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested balance, subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Plan and the Code. General purpose loans are limited to terms of 59 months. Loans to purchase a principal residence have a maximum term of 359 months. Loan repayment amounts, including principal and interest, are deducted each pay period and allocated to participants’ investment accounts in accordance with the election in effect for new contributions at the time of repayment.

Loans are collateralized by the participant’s remaining vested account balance and the interest rate is fixed based on the prime rate for the month prior to the month in which the loan request is being processed. In the event of a loan default, EBAC may direct the Trustee to treat the outstanding loan balance as an early withdrawal of funds from the Plan, thereby subjecting the participant to income tax plus any penalties imposed by the Code based on the loan balance. Loans to participants at December 31, 2008 were at interest rates varying from 4.0% to 10.5% and will mature at various dates through October 2038.

Tax Deferrals

As long as the Plan remains qualified and the related Trust (the “Trust”) remains tax exempt, amounts invested in the Plan through participant and Company contributions and Rollovers, as well as the investment earnings on such amounts, are not subject to federal income tax until distributed to the participant.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Distributions and Withdrawals

Upon disability, death or retirement at or after attaining the Plan’s normal retirement age (65), participants or their beneficiaries are eligible to receive a distribution of the full value of their accounts. If employment ends for other reasons, participants are eligible to receive a distribution of their vested account balance. If employment ends, participants (or their beneficiaries) may elect to receive their vested balance as a lump sum cash amount, American Express Company common shares, shares of any investment available through the Self-Managed Brokerage Account (“SMBA”), or a combination of cash and shares. If the account balance is greater than $1,000, a participant may elect to defer distribution until the April of the year following the year in which the participant attains age 70- 1/ 2. If the account balance is $1,000 or less, a distribution will be made in a lump sum following the end of employment. Participants may request a withdrawal of all or a portion of their vested account balance subject to limitations under the terms of the Plan and certain tax penalties imposed by the Code.

Expenses

The Company and the participants share the costs of administering the Plan. The Company currently pays certain administrative expenses such as audit and legal fees. Expenses related to investment funds, for example, investment management fees, brokerage commissions, stock transfer, or other taxes and charges incurred in the purchase or sale of investments, are generally paid out of the applicable investment funds. Fees, commissions, and other charges and administrative expenses that are attributable to the investment funds as a whole are generally paid from the Trust. These expenses are included within net appreciation/(depreciation) in fair value of investments on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. These expenses were $8,088,958 for the year ended December 31, 2008. Certain expenses of the SMBA may be charged directly to a participant’s account. In the future, the Company may pass on additional costs to Plan participants to the extent permitted under the Code and ERISA.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and include the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Purchases and sales of securities are reflected on a trade-date basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. As required by the Plan, all dividend and interest income is reinvested into the same investment funds in which the dividends and interest income arose with the exception of the American Express Company Stock Fund which is an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”). The ESOP holds shares of American Express Company stock on behalf of participants. Dividends are automatically reinvested in the Fund, unless participants elect that the dividends paid with respect to their interest in the Fund are to be distributed in cash and recorded as withdrawal payments.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Plan presents in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of its investments, which consists of the realized gains or losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.

Fair Value Measurements

On January 1, 2008 the Plan adopted the effective provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 applies broadly to financial and non-financial assets and liabilities reported or disclosed at fair value under existing authoritative accounting pronouncements. FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157” (FSP FAS 157-2), delays the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the Plan’s financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until its fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2008, including interim periods within that fiscal year (January 1, 2009 for the Plan). In accordance with FSP FAS 157-2, the Plan has partially adopted SFAS No. 157. The Plan currently does not have any non-financial assets or non-financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

The Plan’s partial adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not result in significant changes to the valuation techniques it had previously used to measure the fair value of its investments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, and is based on the Plan’s principal or most advantageous market for the specific asset or liability. The partial adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a material impact on the Plan’s net assets or changes in net assets.

SFAS No. 157 established a three-level hierarchy of valuation techniques used to measure fair value, defined as follows:

 

   

Unadjusted Quoted Prices (Level 1) - The fair value of an asset or liability is based on unadjusted quoted prices, in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An example would be a marketable equity security that is actively traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

   

Pricing Models with Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) - The fair value of an asset or liability is based on information derived from either an active market quoted price, which may require further adjustment based on the attributes of the financial asset or liability being measured, or an inactive market transaction. Circumstances when adjustments to market quoted prices may be appropriate include (i) a quoted price for an actively traded equity investment that is adjusted for a contractual trading restriction, or (ii) the fair value derived from a trade of an identical or similar security in an inactive market.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

   

Pricing Models with Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) - The fair value of an asset or liability is primarily based on internally derived assumptions surrounding the timing and amount of expected cash flows for the financial instrument. Therefore, these assumptions are unobservable in either an active or inactive market.

The level in the fair value hierarchy to which an asset or liability is classified is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. For example, if an asset or liability is valued based on observable inputs (e.g., Level 2) as well as unobservable inputs (e.g., Level 3), and the unobservable inputs insignificantly contributed to the determination of fair value, it is classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Plan’s valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of its investments may produce fair values that may not be indicative of a future sale, or reflective of future fair values. The use of different techniques to determine the fair value of these types of investments could result in different estimates of fair value at the reporting date. SFAS No. 157 was adopted by the Plan on January 1, 2008; therefore, classification of the Plan’s investments pursuant to the fair value hierarchy is applicable only to the estimated fair values as of December 31, 2008.

 

   

The Plan’s mutual funds and collective investment funds are valued using a net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is measured by the custodian or investment manager as of the close of regular trading. Information that becomes known after the NAV has been calculated is not used to retroactively adjust the previously determined NAV. These investments are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Investments in American Express Company common stock, other stock, and active publicly traded fixed income securities are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. These investments are classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

When quoted prices in an active market are not available, the fair market values for the Plan’s fixed income securities are obtained primarily from pricing service engaged by the Plan’s trustee, and the Plan receives one price for each security. The fair values provided by the pricing service are estimated by using pricing models, where the inputs to those models are based on observable market inputs. The inputs to the valuation techniques applied by the pricing service vary depending on the type of security being priced but are typically benchmark yields, benchmark security prices, credit spreads, prepayment speeds, reported trades, broker-dealer quotes, all with reasonable levels of transparency. The pricing service does not apply any adjustments to the pricing models used, nor does the Plan apply any adjustments to prices received from the pricing service. In addition, no adjustments were deemed necessary to the prices provided by the pricing service as a result of current market conditions. Although the underlying inputs are directly observable from active markets or recent trades of similar securities in inactive markets, the pricing models used do entail a certain amount of subjectivity and therefore differing judgments in how the underlying inputs are modeled could result in different estimates of fair value. As of December 31, 2008, the Plan’s fixed income securities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

   

Fully benefit-responsive investment contracts are valued at fair value with an adjustment for contract value on the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits. Contract value represents the face amount of the contract plus interest at the contract rate. Contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan and the investment contract. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis for the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. Fair value for synthetic contracts is estimated based on the quoted market prices of the underlying fixed income securities. The wrap contracts for the Stable Value Fund are purchased to protect against the loss of value on the underlying securities in the Stable Value portfolio. The wrap contracts are valued on the basis of the present value of the estimated three year wrap contract fee. The adjustment to contract value represents the remaining difference between the combined fair value of securities and the wrap contracts, versus the wrap contract value. These wrap contracts are classified within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Participant loan accounts are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value and are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

FSP FAS 157-2, as described above, delays the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the Plan’s financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually) until January 1, 2009.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on net assets available for benefits or net increase in net assets available for benefits as previously reported.

3. Investments

Investment Elections

The investment options available to participants are the SMBA, the American Express Company Stock Fund and five core investment funds (“Core Investment Funds”): The Stable Value Fund, The Diversified Bond Fund, The U.S. Large-Cap Equity Fund, The U.S. Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund and The International Equity Fund. In addition, participants may elect to contribute to funds that invest in a mix of assets from the Core Investment Funds based on target retirement

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

3. Investments (continued)

 

dates (“Retirement Funds”). The balances of the Core Investment Funds in the financial statements include the amounts held in the Retirement Funds. A participant may currently elect to invest contributions in any combination of investment funds in increments of 1% and change investment elections for future contributions on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open, with the exception of the SMBA. The SMBA has a minimum initial transfer of $3,000 and additional funds must be transferred in increments of at least $500. Contributions cannot be made directly to the SMBA; funds may only be transferred from other Plan investment options to the SMBA.

A brief description of the investments available to participants at December 31, 2008 is set forth below:

Core Investment Funds:

The Core Investment Funds are managed by multiple investment managers and represent broad asset classes, comprising several different investments.

The Stable Value Fund – Invests in high quality fixed income securities such as treasuries, government agencies, government-backed securities, and various investment contracts, directly or indirectly, offered by insurance companies or other financial institutions. Contracts may be subject to penalties if they are terminated before their stated maturity if the purpose for termination is other than to obtain funds for ordinary participant benefit payments. The average yield on investment contracts was 4.96% and 7.25% for 2008 and 2007, respectively. The weighted average crediting rates on investment contracts was 4.56% and 4.93% at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Ameriprise Trust Company (“ATC”) acts as investment manager for The Stable Value Fund. The goal of this fund is to protect original investment while offering a competitive rate of interest with minimum risk.

The Diversified Bond Fund – The goal of this fund is total return consistent with the preservation of capital, and includes investment grade fixed income securities such as U.S. government securities, corporate debt securities and mortgage- and asset-based debt securities with at least one year remaining to maturity. The value, liquidity and related income of these underlying securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perception of the issuers and changes in interest rates.

The U.S. Large-Cap Equity Fund – The goal of this fund is long-term capital appreciation by investing in large-capitalization stocks listed on major U.S. stock exchanges.

The U.S. Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund – The goal of this fund is long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in small and medium sized stocks listed on major U.S. stock exchanges.

The International Equity Fund – The goal of this fund is long-term growth of capital from investment in non-U.S. stocks, and includes equity securities from markets outside the U.S.

Retirement Funds:

Retirement Funds utilize a mix of the Core Investment Funds to provide a diversification of investments based on the expected number of years until the participant’s retirement.

American Express Company Stock Fund – The American Express Company Stock Fund invests primarily in the Company’s common stock, purchased in either the open market or directly from the Company, and in cash or short-term cash equivalents. The Plan Document requires that the American Express Company Stock Fund be offered as an investment option under the Plan.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

3. Investments (continued)

 

Beginning July 1, 2007, participants will only be able to allocate 10% of their future contributions to the American Express Company Stock Fund. In addition, transfers of balances from other investment options into the American Express Company Stock Fund are only permitted to the extent the participant’s investment in the American Express Company Stock Fund after the transfer does not exceed 10% of the participant’s overall Plan balance.

Self-Managed Brokerage Account – The SMBA gives participants the freedom to invest in a wide variety of mutual funds in addition to the other aforementioned investment options. Participants are provided a list of over 900 mutual funds from which to make choices and investment selections of their own design. In March 2007, some participants elected to transfer Ameriprise common shares held in the Plan from the Ameriprise Financial Stock Fund to the SMBA. The Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Stock Fund was dissolved as of April 24, 2007.

At December 31, 2008 and 2007, investments with a fair value representing 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets were as follows:

 

Description

   2008    2007

American Express Company Common Stock

   $ 250,321,306    $ 769,129,589

State Street Bank and Trust S&P 500 Flagship Fund Class A

     177,780,809      270,407,893

At December 31, 2008 and 2007, investment options with a fair value representing 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets were as follows:

 

Description

   2008    2007

The U.S. Large-Cap Equity Fund

   $ 508,827,720    $ 807,737,042

The Stable Value Fund

     551,562,018      460,224,820

The International Equity Fund

     224,732,721      347,471,281

The U.S. Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund

     190,976,379      277,448,701

The Diversified Bond Fund

     190,588,386      191,322,367

There were no other individual securities held within the core investment funds or SMBA that exceeded 5% of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2008 or 2007.

During 2008, the Plan’s investments (including investments purchased, sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in fair value as follows:

 

Common stocks

   $ (827,257,469

Common/collective trusts

     (104,632,518

Mutual funds

     (221,564,618

Fixed income securities

     2,793,337   
        

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

   $ (1,150,661,268
        

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

3. Investments (continued)

 

Fair Value

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of December 31, 2008 in determining the fair valuation of the Plan’s investments:

 

Description

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3     Total  

Common stocks

   $ 955,864,442    $ —      $ —        $ 955,864,442   

Common/collective trusts

     224,732,721      —        —          224,732,721   

Mutual funds

     301,301,469      —        —          301,301,469   

Stable value obligations

          

Mutual funds / US treasury notes

     240,558,429      —        —          240,558,429   

Fixed income obligations

     —        311,003,589      —          311,003,589   

Wrap contracts

     —        —        (11,667,411     (11,667,411

Participant loans

     —        —        92,925,838        92,925,838   
                              

Total

   $ 1,722,457,061    $ 311,003,589    $ 81,258,427      $ 2,114,719,077   
                              

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2008:

Level 3 Assets

Year Ended December 31,2008

 

Description

   Wrap
Contracts
    Participant
Loans
   Total  

Balance, beginning of year

   $ (3,830,494   $ 90,454,543    $ 86,624,049   

Realized gains/(losses)

     —          —        —     

Unrealized gains/(losses) relating to instruments still held at the reporting date

     —          —        —     

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (net)

     (7,836,917     2,471,295      (5,365,622
                       

Balance, end of year

   $ (11,667,411   $ 92,925,838    $ 81,258,427   
                       

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

 

4. Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will continue to occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

In late 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, four putative class actions against American Express Company and other defendants were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. These actions allege that the defendants violated certain ERISA obligations by: allowing the investment of American Express Retirement Savings Plan assets in American Express common stock when American Express common stock was not a prudent investment; misrepresenting and failing to disclose material facts to Plan participants in connection with the administration of the Plan; and breaching certain fiduciary obligations. These actions were consolidated in April 2009 into an amended consolidated complaint captioned In Re American Express ERISA Litigation.

5. Income Tax Status

The Plan has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) dated February 20, 2004 stating that the Plan is qualified, the Trust established under the Plan is tax-exempt and the Plan satisfies the requirement of Code Section 4975(e)(7). Subsequent to this determination by the IRS, the Plan has been amended. The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Company believes the Plan, as amended, is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified, the related trust is tax-exempt and the Plan satisfies the requirements of Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code.

6. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements at December 31, 2008 and 2007 to Form 5500:

 

     2008     2007  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 2,190,688,752      $ 3,226,414,110   

Less: Loans deemed distributed

     (1,796,480     (1,956,652
                

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

   $ 2,188,892,272      $ 3,224,457,458   
                

The following is a reconciliation of withdrawal payments per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008:

 

Withdrawal payments per the financial statements

   $  230,538,711   

Less: Deemed loans offset by distributions

     (365,483
        

Withdrawal payments per the Form 5500

   $ 230,173,228   
        

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

6. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500 (Continued)

 

The following is a reconciliation of interest on participant loans per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008:

 

Interest on participant loans per the financial statements

   $ 6,209,024

Interest on deemed distributed loans

     4,782
      

Interest on participant loans per the Form 5500

   $ 6,213,806
      

Participant loans are deemed as distributions for Form 5500 reporting purposes when the event of default occurs. For financial statement reporting purposes, participant loans are deemed as distributions when the Form 1099 is issued and the event becomes taxable to the participant.

7. Related Party Transactions

Certain Plan investments are shares of American Express Company common stock and mutual funds managed by the Plan’s Trustee. In addition, the core investment funds held common stock and may hold fixed income securities of the Plan’s custodians. These transactions represent investments in related parties and, therefore, qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2008

 

(a)

 

(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

   (c) Number of
Shares / Units

or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value

American Express Company Stock Fund -

        
 

*

  Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund    1,573,720       1,573,720
 

*

 

American Express Company Common Stock

   13,494,410       250,321,306
              

Total American Express Company Stock Fund

         251,895,026
              

Self-Managed Brokerage Account, consisting of common stock and mutual funds

         83,283,005
              

Collective Investment Funds -

        
 

*

  SSgA Passive Bond Market Index Fund Class A    1,624,108       31,595,395
              
    The Diversified Bond Fund -         
 

*

  PIMCO TOTAL RETURN FD INST CL    9,429,573       95,615,875
 

*

  SSGA PASSIVE BOND MARKET INDEX SL SERIES FUND CL A    305,408       5,941,413
 

*

  LOOMIS SAYLES INVT GRADE TIER    9,794,400       89,031,098
              
    Total Diversified Bond Fund          190,588,386
              
    The U.S. Large-Cap Equity Fund -         
 

*

  EVERGREEN INST MONEY MARKET FUND CL I (FD # 495)    5,029,611       5,029,611
    SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP PFD STK 6%    2,400       417,600
    ABB LTD COM    67,894       1,019,089
    AMR CORP DEL COM    57,759       616,289
    AT&T INC COM    131,504       3,747,864
    ABBOTT LABS COM    16,392       874,841
    AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC COM    13,510       679,148
    ALCOA INC COM    67,396       758,879
    ALLSTATE CORP COM    44,636       1,462,275
    ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP COM    19,759       761,709
    AON CORP COM    41,759       1,907,551
    APACHE CORP COM    15,767       1,175,115
    BJ SVCS CO COM    66,800       779,556
    BP PLC SPONSORED ADR    75,493       3,528,543
    BT GROUP PLC-ADR WI COM    14,579       291,288
    BAKER HUGHES INC COM    45,533       1,460,243
    BANK OF AMERICA CORP COM    157,788       2,221,655
    BOEING CO COM    27,835       1,187,719
    BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO COM    125,265       2,912,411
    BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE COM    16,088       1,218,022
    CBS CORP COM    103,861       850,622
    CIT GROUP HLDGS COM    283,285       1,286,114
    CARNIVAL CORP COM    98,518       2,395,958
    CATERPILLAR INC COM    131,601       5,878,617
    CEMEX SAB DE CV ADR CTF NEW FOR A & B SHS    80,141       732,489
    CENTEX CORP COM    18,512       196,968
    CHEVRON CORP COM    68,966       5,101,415
    CITIGROUP INC COM    106,489       714,541
    COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP COM    13,876       487,603
    CONOCOPHILLIPS COM    67,358       3,489,144
    CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC CL B COM    23,904       431,706
    D R HORTON INC COM    26,564       187,807
    DEERE & CO COM    43,079       1,650,787
    DELTA AIRLINES INC DEL COM    111,745       1,280,598
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG SPONSORED ADR    139,982       2,141,725
    DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION COM    7,800       512,538
    DOW CHEMICAL COM    142,889       2,156,195
    DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO COM    124,618       3,152,835
    EATON CORP COM    57,612       2,863,893
    ENCANA CORP COM    15,659       727,830
    ERICSSON (LM) TEL COM    43,632       340,766

 

* Indicates Party-in-interest
** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    EXXON MOBIL CORP COM    24,926       1,989,843
    FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC COM    1,099       3,605
    FLUOR CORP NEW COM    15,246       684,088
    GOODRICH CORP COM    24,989       925,093
    HALLIBURTON CO COM    130,453       2,371,636
    HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM    81,227       2,947,728
    HOME DEPOT INC COM    91,766       2,112,453
    HONEYWELL INTL INC COM    49,547       1,626,628
    HUBBELL INC CL B COM    9,231       301,669
    HUMANA INC COM    22,712       846,703
    ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC COM    72,939       2,556,512
    INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES INC CL A COM    11,740       231,161
    INTEL CORP COM    325,693       4,774,659
    INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP COM    31,205       2,626,213
    INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO COM    143,077       1,688,309
    JP MORGAN CHASE & CO COM    76,005       2,396,438
    JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM    27,921       1,670,513
    KB HOME COM    15,284       208,168
    LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP COM    26,271       494,946
    LOEWS CORP - CAROLINA GROUP COM    51,723       1,461,175
    LORILLARD INC COM    73,078       4,117,945
    MACY’S INC COM    21,300       220,455
    MARATHON OIL CORP COM    74,747       2,045,078
    MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC COM    155,375       3,770,951
    MCDERMOTT INTL INC COM    38,520       380,578
    MERCK & CO INC COM    71,478       2,172,931
    MICROSOFT CORP COM    60,629       1,178,628
    PARKER HANNIFIN CORP COM    50,491       2,147,887
   

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. ADR

   50,104       1,227,047
    PFIZER INC COM    97,484       1,726,442
    PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM    28,478       1,239,078
    PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO COM    21,814       352,951
    PULTE HOME INC COM    21,621       236,318
    SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP COM    75,042       1,277,965
    SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM    44,435       1,880,934
    SPECTRA ENERGY CORP COM    23,496       369,827
    STANLEY WKS COM    60,137       2,050,672
    STMICROELECTRONICS N V SHS N Y REGISTRY    118,385       787,260
    TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD SPONSORED ADR    225,880       1,784,452
    TELEFONOS DE MEXICO S A    42,323       886,244
    TELMEX INTERNATIONAL ADR    42,323       480,789
    TENARIS SA-ADR    28,878       605,860
    3M CO COM    33,635       1,935,358
    TOTAL SA - SPONSORED ADR    22,622       1,250,997
    TRAVELERS COS INC COM    73,837       3,337,432
    UAL CORP UAL CORP COM    35,839       394,946
    US BANCORP DEL COM NEW    28,495       712,660
    US AIRWAYS GROUP INC COM    85,843       663,566
    UNION PACIFIC CORP COM    22,655       1,082,909
    UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B COM    38,597       2,129,011
    VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS COM    61,467       2,083,731
    WAL-MART STORES INC COM    91,929       5,153,540
    WASTE MGMT INC DEL COM    33,369       1,105,849
 

*

  WELLS FARGO & CO COM    5,900       173,932
    WEYERHAEUSER CO COM    54,291       1,661,848
    WHIRLPOOL CORP COM    28,061       1,160,322
    WYETH COM    31,282       1,173,388
    AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD COM    35,035       1,020,219
    ENDURANCE SPECIALTY HOLDINGS LTD COM    44,815       1,368,202
    EVEREST RE GROUP LTD COM    6,735       512,803
    INGERSOLL-RAND CO LTD COM    92,946       1,612,613
    MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD COM    68,018       1,142,022
    PARTNERRE LTD COM    11,836       843,552
    RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD COM    25,619       1,320,916
    TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD COM    40,483       874,433
    TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD COM    10,246       166,088
    XL CAPITAL LTD COM    295,465       1,093,221
    ACE LIMITED COM    86,252       4,564,456
    TRANSOCEAN LTD    39,929       1,886,645
    ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD COM    68,177       937,434

 

* Indicates Party-in-interest
** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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(a)

 

(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
 

*

  EVERGREEN INST MONEY MARKET FUND CL I (FD #495)    650,527       650,527
    ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE INC COM    22,250       1,466,720
    ALLERGAN INC COM    246,000       9,918,720
    AMAZON COM INC COM    212,000       10,871,360
    AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE C.V. SPONSORED ADR REPSTG SER L SHS    157,000       4,865,430
    APPLE INC COM    116,000       9,900,600
    BROADCOM CORP COM    270,000       4,581,900
    CME GROUP INC COM    21,000       4,370,310
    E M C CORP MASS COM    438,000       4,585,860
    FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC COM    165,000       3,931,950
    GENZYME CORP COM -GEN DIV    159,000       10,552,830
    GOOGLE INC-CL A COM    36,000       11,075,400
    INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC COM    117,000       9,645,480
    INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC COM    47,000       5,968,530
    IRON MTN INC PA COM    115,000       2,843,950
    LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP COM    769,000       4,560,170
    MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL LTD-ADR COM    140,000       2,520,000
    MONSANTO CO COM    61,000       4,291,350
    MOODY’S CORPORATION COM    132,416       2,660,237
    NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC COM    345,403       8,441,649
    QUALCOMM INC COM    141,000       5,052,030
    SALESFORCE.COM INC COM    148,000       4,737,480
    SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM    175,154       7,414,269
    STARBUCKS CORP COM    582,000       5,505,720
    STRYKER CORP COM    97,000       3,875,150
    VARIAN MED SYS INC COM    144,000       5,045,760
    VISA INC CLASS A SHARES COM    169,000       8,864,050
 

*

  SSGA S&P 500 FLAGSHIP SERIES FUND CL A    993,544       177,780,809
              
    Total US Large Cap Equity Fund          508,827,720
              
    The International Equity Fund -         
 

*

  DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO    3,091,469       34,098,898
 

*

  DFA EMERGING MARKETS VALUE FD    1,891,200       32,055,838
 

*

  GMO INTL CORE EQUITY- III    3,056,390       70,205,271
 

*

  SSGA DAILY EAFE SERIES FUND CL T    752,918       10,107,167
 

*

  SSGA INTERNATIONAL ALPHA SELECT SL SERIES FUND CL A    10,597,907       78,265,547
              
    Total International Equity Fund          224,732,721
              
    The U.S. Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund -         
 

*

  EVERGREEN INST MONEY MARKET FUND CL I (FD #495)    1,856,818       1,856,818
    ANNALY MTG MGMT INC COM    66,275       1,051,784
    BALL CORP COM    37,650       1,565,864
    BANK OF HAWAII CORP COM    23,350       1,054,720
    BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP COM    47,525       835,965
    BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS COM    116,650       1,462,791
    BROWN & BROWN INC COM    49,050       1,025,145
    COINSTAR COM    91,455       1,784,287
    COMSTOCK RES INC COM NEW    28,775       1,359,619
    CON-WAY INC COM    47,395       1,260,707
    COX RADIO INC CL A    201,150       1,208,912
    CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY COM    41,810       860,868
    DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY CO COM    70,375       356,801
    DYCOM INDS INC COM    102,250       840,495
    FREDS INC CL A COM    68,825       740,557
    HCC INS HLDGS INC COM    42,650       1,140,888
    HARSCO CORP COM    37,320       1,033,018
    INGRAM MICRO INC CL A    91,400       1,223,846
    INTL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC COM    45,725       1,358,947
    INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP CL A    26,250       754,163
    K-SWISS INC CL A    88,810       1,012,434
    KENNAMETAL INC COM    64,695       1,435,582

 

* Indicates Party-in-interest
** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    MPS GROUP INC COM    106,240       799,987
    MARVEL ENTMT INC COM    36,450       1,120,838
    NEW YORK CMNTY BANCORP INC COM    105,975       1,267,461
    ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP COM    268,175       911,795
    PEROT SYS CORP CDT-CL A    57,590       787,255
    RPM INTL INC COM    127,800       1,698,462
    RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC COM    68,550       1,174,262
    REPUBLIC SVCS INC COM    89,077       2,208,219
    SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO COM    24,125       1,441,469
    SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP COM    118,060       979,898
    TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC COM    64,425       860,718
    TIDEWATER INC COM    47,640       1,918,463
    UNITED CMNTY BKS INC BLAIRSVILLE GA CDT CAP STK    85,267       1,157,926
    WILEY JOHN & SONS INC CL A    9,305       331,072
    WILMINGTON TR CORP COM    51,400       1,143,136
    AMDOCS LTD COM    56,325       1,030,184
 

*

  EVERGREEN INST MONEY MARKET FUND CL I (FD #495)    1,579,655       1,579,655
    AGCO CORP COM    37,900       894,061
    ALBEMARLE CORP COM    46,800       1,043,640
    ALBERTO-CULVER CO COM    41,600       1,019,616
    ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC COM    36,100       904,666
    ALLEGHANY CORP DEL COM    1,664       469,248
    ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INC COM    20,800       531,024
    ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC COM    11,400       977,664
    ALPHARMA INC CL A    18,800       694,472
    AMEDISYS INC COM    21,000       868,140
    APTARGROUP INC RTS EXP 4/7/2003    29,200       1,029,008
    BJS WHSL CLUB INC COM    24,500       839,370
    CABOT OIL & GAS CORP COM    35,100       912,600
    CACI INTL INC CL A    21,900       987,471
    CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC COM    15,500       396,955
    CULLEN FROST BANKERS INC COM    16,700       846,356
    DPL INC COM    42,900       979,836
    DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC COM    32,200       909,328
    DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP COM    41,700       677,625
    EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY COM    25,100       795,921
    EATON VANCE CORP COM NON VTG    41,200       865,612
    EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES COM    14,300       548,548
    FEDERATED INVS INC PA CL B    6,300       106,848
    GARDNER DENVER INC COM    19,400       452,796
    HARRIS CORP DEL COM    24,300       924,615
    HEALTHCARE RLTY TR COM    44,900       1,054,252
    KENNAMETAL INC COM    18,500       410,515
    LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS COM    14,500       933,945
    LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC COM    35,800       1,155,982
    MANPOWER INC WIS COM    15,400       523,446
    MATTEL INC COM    68,200       1,091,200
    MCAFEE INC COM    31,500       1,088,955
    MIRANT CORP COM    44,000       830,280
    MOLSON COORS BREWING CO -B COM    11,200       547,904
    NOVELL INC COM    228,600       889,254
    PEOPLE’S UNITED FINANCIAL INC COM    54,600       973,518
    PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCT COM    45,500       1,057,420
    R L I CORP COM    7,900       483,164
    SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC COM    13,100       498,586
    SMUCKER JM CO COM    22,200       962,592
    SOUTHERN UN CO NEW COM    67,900       885,416
    SYBASE INC COM    36,500       904,105
    TEREX CORP COM    35,500       614,860
    TOTAL SYS SVCS INC COM    65,200       912,800
    TUPPERWARE CORP COM    43,300       982,910

 

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   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    UST INC COM    6,800       471,784
    URS CORP NEW COM    21,719       885,484
    UNIVERSAL HLTH SVCS INC CL B COM    19,500       732,615
    VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTE COM    28,700       657,230
    WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP COM    21,600       906,768
    AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD COM    35,300       1,027,936
    BUNGE LTD COM    21,400       1,107,878
    LAZARD LTD CL A COM    28,700       853,538
    WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD COM    40,900       1,017,592
    MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS COM    20,300       613,263
    PLAINS ALL AMER PIPELINE LP COM    23,200       804,808
 

*

  EVERGREEN INST MONEY MARKET FUND CL I (FD #495)    645,894       645,894
    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC COM    17,550       151,632
    AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP COM    12,350       517,712
    AIRGAS INC COM    10,450       407,446
    ALLEGHENY ENERGY INC COM    14,925       505,361
    ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP COM    7,750       360,608
    ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES INC COM    14,925       241,636
    AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUNITIES COM    13,700       280,576
    ANNALY MTG MGMT INC COM    40,500       642,735
    ANSYS INC COM    6,800       189,652
    ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC COM    14,775       109,631
    ASSURANT INC COM    20,250       607,500
    AUTODESK INC COM    14,400       282,960
    BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC COM    20,825       500,425
    BE AEROSPACE INC COM    43,975       338,168
    BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC COM    12,575       223,835
    BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL INC-A COM    23,200       429,664
    BURGER KING HOLDINGS INC COM    23,050       550,434
    CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC COM    4,500       221,220
    CALGON CARBON CORP COM    14,375       220,800
    CARRIZO OIL & GAS INC COM    12,075       194,408
    CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIST CORP COM    5,350       105,395
    CEPHALON INC COM    10,600       816,624
    CHATTEM INC COM    5,975       427,392
    CHURCH & DWIGHT CO COM    4,725       265,167
    COACH INC COM    7,525       156,294
    COGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS CRP COM CL A EXP 3/5/2013    17,525       316,502
    COMMSCOPE INC COM    12,700       197,358
    CONAGRA FOODS INC COM    17,175       283,388
    COPART INC COM    7,475       203,245
    CORN PRODS INTL INC COM    7,875       227,194
    COVANTA HOLDING CORP COM    15,675       344,223
    CROWN HOLDINGS INC    12,750       244,800
    DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP COM    6,225       497,191
    DELTA AIRLINES INC DEL COM    20,425       234,071
    DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC COM    33,825       1,111,151
    DIODES INC COM    16,050       97,263
    EL PASO ELEC CO COM    12,850       232,457
    EMCOR GRP INC COM    23,900       536,077
    ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HLDGS INC    25,225       652,823
    ENERGIZER HLDGS INC COM    6,900       373,566
    ENERSYS INC    25,050       275,550
    ESTERLINE CORPORATION COM    7,125       269,966
    FLIR SYS INC COM    12,575       385,801
    FTI CONSULTING INC COM    8,900       397,652
    F5 NETWORKS INC COM    11,400       260,604
    FISERV INC WIS COM    10,600       385,522
    FLOWSERVE CORP COM    6,225       320,588
    GAMESTOP CORP CL A COM    22,525       487,892
    GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC SUB VTG SHS CL A    21,675       254,898
    GUESS INC COM    6,625       101,694
    HEWITT ASSOC INC CL A    8,125       230,588
    HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP COM    7,950       234,207
    HOLOGIC INC COM    31,923       417,234
    HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERV COM    14,200       232,028

 

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   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    HURON CONSULTING GROUP INC COM    5,825       333,598
    ITT EDL SVCS INC COM    2,750       261,195
    ITT CORP COM    8,475       389,765
    ICON PLC SPONSORED ADR    9,650       190,009
    IMMUCOR INC COM    26,200       696,396
    INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC COM    4,775       393,651
    INTERSIL HLDG CORP COM    29,750       273,403
    INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC COM    2,375       301,601
    INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATION COM    13,425       253,867
    ION GEOPHYSICAL CORP COM    45,750       156,923
    ITC HOLDINGS CORP COM    16,950       740,376
    J CREW GROUP INC COM    11,050       134,810
    JACK IN THE BOX INC COM    17,775       392,650
    KANSAS CITY SOUTHN COM    17,475       332,899
    KIRBY CORP COM    15,950       436,392
    LKQ CORP COM    15,325       178,690
    MANITOWOC COMPANY INC COM    14,300       123,838
    MARINER ENERGY INC COM    39,375       401,625
    MCAFEE INC COM    15,400       532,378
    MCDERMOTT INTL INC COM    37,175       367,289
    MICROS SYS INC COM    15,875       259,080
    MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC COM    17,050       215,001
    NII HLDGS INC CL B    6,400       116,352
    NORTHERN TRUST CORP COM    7,475       389,747
    NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC COM    67,625       700,595
    NUVASIVE INC COM    4,800       166,320
    OMNITURE INC COM    15,625       166,250
    O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC COM    10,150       312,011
    ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM    13,350       425,465
    OWENS ILLINOIS INC COM NEW    4,425       120,935
    PEDIATRIX MED GRP COM    4,975       157,708
    PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO COM    29,275       473,670
    PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP COM    13,175       783,649
    PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC COM    11,575       342,504
    PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS INC COM    10,675       297,299
    RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC COM    50,850       871,061
    RESMED INC COM    10,375       388,855
    ROCKWELL COLLINS-WI COM    10,625       415,331
    SPX CORP COM    9,475       384,211
    SEABRIDGE GOLD INC COM    3,900       51,012
    SILICON LABORORIES INC OC-COM    9,450       234,171
    SMUCKER JM CO COM    3,225       139,836
    SONOSITE INC COM    7,225       137,853
    SOTHEBY’S COM    26,360       234,340
    STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP COM    14,825       619,240
    SUN HEALTHCARE GRP INC COM    22,525       199,346
    SUNPOWER CORP COM    3,925       119,477
    TW TELECOM INC COM    21,625       183,164
    TREEHOUSE FOODS INC-WHEN ISS COM    12,275       334,371
    TRIMBLE NAV LTD COM    13,300       287,413
    UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP DEL COM    3,675       229,871
    UNIVERSAL ELECTRS INC COM    6,875       111,513
    URBAN OUTFITTERS INC COM    15,300       229,194
    V F CORP COM    5,275       288,912
    WABTEC COM    7,400       294,150
    WATSON WYATT WORLDWIDE INC A COM    8,200       392,124
    WHITING PETROLEUM CORP COM    18,375       614,828
    WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP COM    2,850       119,643

 

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   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    XCEL ENERGY INC COM    9,025       167,414
    ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD COM    2,250       157,725
    FOSTER WHEELER LTD    25,600       598,528
    LAZARD LTD CL A COM    21,525       640,154
    NOBLE CORP COM    6,950       153,526
    WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD COM    7,425       184,734
    QIAGEN NV COM    47,425       832,783
    AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK COM    26,625       451,560
 

*

  EVERGREEN INST MONEY MARKET FUND CL I (FD # 495)    3,019,573       3,019,573
    ADVISORY BOARD CO/ THE COM    13,600       303,280
    AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORP COM    31,200       958,776
    ALBERTO-CULVER CO COM    21,100       517,161
    ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP COM    15,000       697,950
    AMEDISYS INC COM    13,600       562,224
    AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS CO COM    24,000       165,600
    AMPHENOL CORP NEW CL A    14,000       335,720
    ANALOG DEVICES INC COM    13,600       258,672
    ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS COM    21,000       300,510
    BIO RAD LABS INC CL A    10,000       753,100
    BLACKBOARD INC COM    18,600       487,878
    CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP COM    16,000       328,000
    CAPITALSOURCE INC COM    23,600       109,032
    CARLISLE COS INC COM    30,000       621,000
    CEPHALON INC COM    6,500       500,760
    CITRIX SYS INC COM    9,300       219,201
    CLARCOR INC COM    16,200       537,516
    COGNEX CORP COM    21,400       316,720
    COMSTOCK RES INC COM NEW    8,000       378,000
    CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD CO COM    14,100       311,046
    COSTAR GRP INC COM    13,300       438,102
    DAVITA INC COM    41,000       2,032,370
    DENBURY RESOURCES INC COM    48,000       524,160
    DEVRY INC DEL COM    5,900       338,719
    DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS A COM    25,000       354,000
    DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS C COM    23,500       314,665
    DRIL-QUIP INC COM    17,300       354,823
    EATON VANCE CORP COM NON VTG    25,200       529,452
    EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP COM    12,000       659,400
    ENERGYSOLUTIONS INC COM    34,600       195,490
    EXTERRAN HOLDINGS INC COM    15,700       334,410
    ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO COM    20,000       518,200
    GAYLORD ENTMT CO NEW COM    18,200       197,288
    GENTEX CORP COM    26,400       233,112
    GLOBAL PMTS INC COM    28,500       934,515
    GRACO INC COM    19,300       457,989
    GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC COM    21,000       394,380
    GRANITE CONSTR INC COM    9,400       412,942
    HAEMONETICS CORP MASS COM    14,900       841,850
    HARSCO CORP COM    13,300       368,144
    HENRY JACK & ASSOC INC COM    36,700       712,347
    HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP NEW COM    24,800       227,912
    IHS INC-CLASS A COM    19,000       710,980
    INFORMATICA CORP COM    41,800       573,914
    INTERACTIVE DATA CORP COM    18,800       463,608
    INTERSIL HLDG CORP COM    37,600       345,544
    IRON MTN INC PA COM    13,100       323,963
    JARDEN CORP COM    19,000       218,500
    KANSAS CITY SOUTHN COM    19,100       363,855
    LAM RESEARCH CORP COM    10,000       212,800
    LANDSTAR SYS INC COM    4,800       184,464
    MAGELLAN HEALTH SVCS INC COM    20,500       802,780
    MARTIN MARIETTA MATLS INC COM    3,500       339,780
    MENTOR CORP MINN COM    19,000       587,670

 

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   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL LTD-ADR COM    18,100       325,800
    MOHAWK INDS INC COM    9,000       386,730
    NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC COM    36,300       368,082
    NETAPP INC COM    29,000       405,130
    NEUSTAR INC-CLASS A COM    41,400       791,982
    NICE SYS LTD SPONSORED ADR    23,800       534,786
    OSI PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM    8,400       328,020
    OCEANEERING INTL INC COMMON    8,800       256,432
    OPTIONSXPRESS HOLDINGS INC COM    37,000       494,320
    ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP COM    29,000       566,370
    POOL CORP COM    18,900       339,633
    QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC COM    28,800       160,416
    RANGE RES CORP COM    20,000       687,800
    RESMED INC COM    24,400       914,512
    RESOURCES CONNECTION INC COM    36,300       594,594
    SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP COM EXP 1/10/2012    65,500       1,068,960
    SRA INTERNATIONAL INC-CL A COM    23,100       398,475
    SVB FINANCIAL GROUP COM    12,700       333,121
    SEPRACOR INC COM    36,000       395,280
    STERICYCLE INC COM    11,000       572,880
    STRAYER ED INC COM    2,600       557,466
    TIFFANY & CO COM    17,000       401,710
    TRANSDIGM GRP INC COM    18,400       617,688
    VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPTMENT ASSOCS INC COM    9,800       177,576
    VARIAN MED SYS INC COM    14,000       490,560
    VERISIGN INC COM    16,700       318,636
    WABCO HOLDINGS INC COM    14,000       221,060
    WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS    20,800       267,488
    WRIGHT EXPRESS CORP COM    29,000       365,400
    AMDOCS LTD COM    22,500       411,525
    ASSURED GUARANTY LTD COM    18,200       207,480
    HERBALIFE LTD COM    14,000       303,520
    INVESCO LTD    31,000       447,640
    MAX CAPITAL GROUP LTD COM    27,500       486,750
    ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD COM    9,500       72,770
    UTI WORLDWIDE INC COM    34,200       490,428
    AERCAP HOLDINGS NV COM    33,800       101,738
 

*

 

SSGA RUSSELL SMALL CAP COMPLETENESS INDEX (SECS LENDING FD SER A)

   1,148,502       15,656,378
              
    Total Small / Mid Cap Equity Fund          190,976,379
              

The Stable Value Fund -

        
    Fixed Income Securities:         
    FNMA TBA 30YR 4.5000% 1/15/2039    4,000,000       4,053,752
    FNMA 30YR TBA 5% 1/01/35    3,650,000       3,726,424
    FNMA 30YR TBA 6.00% 9/01/28    8,000,000       8,235,000
    GNMAII TBA 30YR 5.5% 1/01/39    2,500,000       2,566,420
    GNMA TBA 30YR 6% 1/15/39    2,500,000       2,578,905
    FHLMC GOLD TBA 30 YR 5.5% 1/15/39    5,000,000       5,117,190
    FGLMC GOLD 30 YR TBA 6.5% 1/01/37    4,000,000       4,153,752
    FHLMC GOLD #E92454 5% 11/01/17    615,028       636,829
    FHLMC GOLD #E97248 5% 6/01/18    563,081       582,806
    FHLMC GOLD #E99565 5.5% 9/01/18    918,865       950,443
    FHLMC GOLD #E99595 5.5% 10/01/18    237,019       245,367
    FHLMC (NON GOLD) ARM #1J0614 5.691% 9/01/37    1,557,556       1,592,461
    FGOLD 30YR 6% 9/01/37    3,173,043       3,209,359
    FGOLD 10 YR #G12100 5% 11/01/13    612,101       627,020
    FHLMC GOLD #G12141 4.5% 9/01/20    2,881,458       2,956,871
    FHLMC GOLD #QQQ 6% 10/01/37    3,881,049       4,002,279
    FREDDIE MAC GIANT 6% 9/01/38    3,413,775       3,520,068

 

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Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    H 1G 1G0847 4.711% 7/01/35    3,369,348       3,384,377
    FHLMC NON-GOLD ARM #1J1396 5.758% 12/01/36    2,541,555       2,601,828
    FHLMC (NON GOLD) ARM #1G2264 6.011% 10/01/37    2,756,622       2,831,090
    FHLMC (NON GOLD) ARM #1G2450 5.903% 8/01/36    953,324       973,010
    FHLMC (NON GOLD) ARM #1G2598 6.102% 1/01/37    2,168,627       2,231,391
    FHLMC #G10559 GOLD 7.00% 7/01/11    42,949       44,497
    FHLMC #G10561 GOLD 7.00% 8/01/11    44,714       46,326
    FHLMC #C66537 7% 4/01/32    258,396       271,554
    FHLMC #C66594 7% 4/01/32    180,524       189,715
    FEDERAL HOME MORTGAGE CORP POOL 5.5% 12/01/38    2,500,000       2,561,435
    FHLMC 15YR #E00546 5.50% 3/01/13    108,347       111,337
    FHLMC GOLD #E00593 5.5% 11/01/13    144,019       148,065
    FHLMC GOLD #B12280 5.5% 2/01/19    598,359       618,922
    FHLMC CMO 6.085% 9/25/29    169,031       168,695
    FED HOME LOAN MTG CORP 4.375% 10/22/10    1,745,000       1,839,411
    FHLMC #E20124 GOLD 8% 8/01/09    9,085       9,281
    FHLMC 2403-DA 5.5% 4/15/29    360,099       364,398
    FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP 5% 12/14/18    3,205,000       3,322,031
    FHLMC #780514 ARM 5.005% 5/01/33    450,840       455,506
    FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN 5.125% 1/02/14    5,078,000       5,366,227
    FNMA 5.0 02/13/2017 5% 2/13/17    3,605,000       4,089,833
    FNMA #190888 7.5% 7/01/09    14,026       14,104
    FNMA #250800 7.50% 1/01/12    54,771       56,911
    FNMA #252016 7% 7/01/28    141,394       149,583
    FNMA 15YR #252260 6.00% 3/01/10    207,844       216,676
    FNMA #254187 5% 1/01/09    16,238       16,239
    FNMA #254190 5.5% 2/01/09    11,329       11,308
    FNMA #254757 5% 3/31/13    171,763       174,808
    FNMA #254774 5.5% 3/31/13    226,187       230,923
    FNMA #255488 5.5% 10/01/14    755,702       787,134
    FNMA #255991 5.5% 11/01/35    2,829,082       2,843,613
    FNMA #357324 5% 1/01/33    2,738,844       2,806,148
    FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN GTD MTG PASS 5.5% 7/01/35    897,227       920,817
    FNMA #387357 6.35% 5/01/10    2,524,794       2,529,777
    FNMA #387549 4.97% 8/01/15    2,171,273       2,152,337
    FNMA #433679 6% 11/01/28    450,969       468,814
    FNMA #462237 5.709% 7/01/16    1,506,354       1,547,293
    FNMA #535003 7% 11/01/14    175,196       181,719
    FNMA #535219 7.5% 3/01/15    134,768       141,230
    FNMA #535802 7% 2/01/16    229,544       238,553
    FNMA #545701 7% 7/01/12    1,552       1,559
    FNMA #545874 6.5% 8/01/32    553,069       582,038
    FNMA #555343 6% 8/01/17    72,485       75,474
    FNMA #555432 5.5% 5/01/33    3,065,852       3,150,294
    FNMA #555528 6% 4/01/33    2,050,946       2,119,291
    FNMA #555531 5.5% 6/01/33    3,870,633       3,977,240
    FNMA #635227 6.5% 4/01/32    715,322       752,748
    FNMA #635894 6.5% 4/01/32    179,011       188,423
    FNMA #636030 6.5% 4/01/32    317,316       333,832
    FNMA #638210 6.5% 5/01/32    169,683       178,546
    FNMA #640996 7.5% 5/01/32    284,714       301,664
    FNMA #646456 7% 6/01/32    1,049,981       1,111,081
    FNMA #647989 7% 6/01/32    1,210,273       1,280,700
    FNMA #648349 6% 6/01/17    701,488       728,608
    FNMA #653145 6% 7/01/17    538,181       559,132
    FNMA ARM #654285 5.389% 11/01/32    341,829       351,704
    FNMA #659930 6% 9/01/32    2,736,065       2,827,242
    FNMA #667787 5.5% 2/01/18    428,405       443,262
    FNMA #670891 5.29% 12/01/32    1,062,083       1,090,018
    FNMA 2003-W11 A1 6.209% 6/25/33    9,995       9,790
    FNMA #200394 5.5% 7/25/23    87,025       86,835
    FHLMC 2617 HD 7% 6/15/16    579,916       607,380
    FNMA 2003-W19-1A6 5.29% 11/25/33    3,000,000       3,030,000

 

* Indicates Party-in-interest
** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value
    FNMA 2003-133 GB 8% 12/25/26    206,442       217,387
    FHLMC_2641 6.5% 1/15/18    545,686       578,754
    FNMA 2004-W3 A15 5% 5/25/34    552,757       538,599
    FNMA 2004-W10 A23 5% 8/25/34    146,989       146,886
    FNMA 2004-60 PA 5.5% 4/25/34    1,104,923       1,143,029
    FHLMC 2750 DB 4.5% 5/15/15    544,749       548,408
    FHLMC 2770 ON 3.75% 6/15/32    1,587,798       1,597,132
    FHLMC 2843-BA 5% 1/15/18    616,173       628,838
    FHLMC 2907-AG 4.5% 3/15/19    825,560       838,009
    FHLMC 3154-AN 5% 8/15/31    2,950,000       3,036,169
    FHMS 2006-K1-A2 5.651% 4/25/16    6,801,233       7,092,472
    FHLMC 2.718 0.563% 2/15/19    4,278,588       4,125,588
    FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN 3.25% 4/09/13    6,530,000       6,804,260
    FNMA #682229 5.5% 3/01/33    2,807,492       2,887,889
    FNMA #683387 5.5% 2/01/33    2,979,450       3,061,511
    FNMA #695838 5.5% 4/01/18    588,029       609,309
    FNMA #699883 5.5% 4/01/33    2,994,256       3,076,726
    FNMA #702427 5.5% 4/01/33    977,010       1,008,285
    FNMA #703937 5.5% 5/01/18    141,830       146,749
    FNMA #704265 5.5% 5/01/33    3,000,513       3,083,155
    FNMA #705304 4.908% 6/01/33    800,231       834,106
    FNMA #712343 5% 5/01/33    3,653,376       3,739,729
    FNMA #720399 5.5% 7/01/18    818,147       847,033
    FNMA #720422 5.5% 7/01/18    532,295       550,917
    FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN GTD MTG PASS 6% 12/01/33    2,785,858       2,876,952
    FNMA #725090 4.813% 11/01/33    750,841       770,635
    FNMA #725232 5% 3/01/34    3,283,657       3,361,271
    FNMA #725284 7% 11/01/18    289,034       299,651
    FNMA #725425 5.5% 4/01/34    733,174       753,453
    FNMA #725773 5.5% 9/01/34    2,969,677       3,049,613
    FNMA #725815 6% 12/01/33    1,138,144       1,175,360
    FNMA #735841 4.5% 11/01/19    1,315,391       1,349,685
    FNMA #740843 5% 11/01/18    455,036       470,515
    FNMA #741897 5% 10/01/33    996,668       1,020,226
    FNMA #745275 5% 2/01/36    4,755,828       4,862,293
    FNMA #745563 5.5% 8/01/34    1,541,500       1,583,957
    FNMA #745629 5.332% 1/01/18    2,397,651       2,412,597
    FNMA #747019 5% 1/01/19    467,773       482,773
    FNMA #754297 4.739% 12/01/33    348,815       352,310
    FNMA #759123 4.576% 1/01/34    542,769       546,296
    FNMA #761141 5% 12/01/18    2,144,294       2,213,601
    FNMA #764082 4.799% 1/01/34    804,217       817,682
    FNMA #764156 4.942% 3/01/34    689,566       695,246
    FNMA ARM #768117 5.442% 8/01/34    420,287       423,499
    FNMA #780582 5.23% 8/01/34    764,733       772,874
    FNMA #785506 5% 6/01/34    7,023,504       7,185,125
    FNMA ARM #786628 5.669% 7/01/34    597,168       612,747
    FNMA #794787 5.146% 10/01/34    792,235       802,114
    FNMA ARM #799769 5.046% 11/01/34    612,247       620,218
    FNMA ARM #801344 5.066% 10/01/34    739,631       747,967
    FNMA #804303 5.5% 11/01/34    5,480,906       5,628,439
    FNMA #220925 5.5% 9/01/34    1,692,074       1,738,678
    FNMA #809534 5.121% 2/01/35    1,126,553       1,138,854
    FNMA ARM #817198 5.031% 5/01/35    299,902       305,007
    FNMA ARM #817199 5.084% 4/01/35    377,300       392,066
    FNMA 10/1 HYBRID ARM 5.121% 8/01/35    2,200,601       2,210,968
    FNMA ARM #820545 5.05% 5/01/35    630,648       638,586
    FNMA #822083 5% 7/01/35    897,057       917,139
    FNMA ARM #826908 5.09% 8/01/35    2,267,921       2,312,743
    FNMA #831809 6% 9/01/36    3,539,189       3,647,728
    FNMA #844705 5.711% 12/01/35    1,943,732       1,989,993
    FNMA #844816 6% 2/01/20    897,801       935,388

 

* Indicates Party-in-interest
** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

   (c) Number of
Shares / Units
or Face
Amount
   (d) Cost**    (e) Current Value  
    FNMA ARM #847988 5.178% 12/01/35    1,986,048       2,012,046   
    FNMA ARM #849082 5.824% 1/01/36    1,521,392       1,562,016   
    FNMA ARM #849170 5.928% 1/01/36    1,455,461       1,496,917   
    FNMA #865689 5.855% 2/01/36    2,060,934       2,112,581   
    FNMA #865818 5.877% 3/01/36    1,709,027       1,752,317   
    FNMA ARM #866097 6.138% 2/01/36    1,360,828       1,399,639   
    FNMA 5.5% 4/01/21    2,798,572       2,887,314   
    FNMA #871091 6.5% 11/01/36    3,717,689       3,865,816   
    FNMA ARM #872753 5.83% 6/01/36    641,078       659,454   
    FNMA #878661 5.5% 2/01/36    2,169,112       2,212,494   
    FNMA #881629 5.5% 2/01/36    2,127,438       2,169,987   
    FNMA #883267 6.5% 7/01/36    1,671,057       1,747,655   
    FNMA #886054 7% 7/01/36    1,306,446       1,378,690   
    FNMA ARM #887096 5.813% 7/01/36    1,488,239       1,527,808   
    FNMA #888414 5% 11/01/35    3,972,256       4,061,180   
    FNMA ARM #888989 6.042% 6/01/37    2,617,542       2,682,108   
    FNMA 889052 6% 2/01/38    3,561,555       3,674,662   
    FNCL 30YR 6% 8/01/37    2,897,737       2,988,857   
    FNMA #894803 6.5% 12/01/36    3,996,691       4,155,934   
    FNMA ARM #902818 5.913% 11/01/36    932,167       953,448   
    FNMA #922255 6.5% 12/01/36    3,329,308       3,461,960   
    FNMA 30 YR 6% 1/01/37    2,526,996       2,604,493   
    FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN GTD MTG PASS 8% 10/01/37    2,744,993       2,895,142   
    FNMA #949320 7% 10/01/37    2,304,274       2,415,318   
    FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN GTD MTG PASS 6% 4/01/23    2,982,059       3,097,587   
    F CI 988113 5.5% 8/01/23    1,458,816       1,504,847   
    F CI 988961 5.5% 8/01/23    1,524,759       1,572,870   
    GNMA 2006-32-A 5.079% 1/16/30    3,032,467       3,101,433   
    GNMA 2006-30-A 4.175% 6/16/11    4,122,036       4,153,513   
    GNMA 2004-60 A 4.104% 3/16/18    1,133,026       1,133,587   
    UST INFLATION INDEX 3% 7/15/12    6,440,000       7,602,572   
    UNITED STATES TREAS NTS 2.875% 6/30/10    9,810,000       10,159,099   
    JP MORGAN CHASE 2.625% 12/01/10    3,180,000       3,243,845   
    MSM 2007-12-3A22 6% 8/25/37    2,383       1,588   
 

*

  RVST Money Market Fund I    86,215,644       86,215,644   
 

*

  RVST Government Income Fund    1,035,452       26,015,751   
 

*

  RVST US Government Securities I    40,979,618       40,979,618   
 

*

  RVST Stable Capital Fund    3,280,143       77,188,318   
                
    Total Stable Value Fund          551,562,018   
                
 

*

  Loans to Participants         
    Various, 4.00% - 10.50%, due 1/09 - 10/38          92,925,838   
                
    Total investments at fair value          2,126,386,488   
                
  Adjustment from fair value to contract value:         
    AIG Financial II Contract #327774 Wrapper - 4.31%          (1,194,366
    RBC I #10903 Wrapper - 4.27%          (724,292
    RBC II #20903 Wrapper - 4.80%          (985,762
    Bank of America #01-132 Wrapper - 4.29%          (1,061,367
    IXIS II #1025-06 Wrapper - 4.37%          (896,255
    JP Morgan/Chase I #A1SP01 Wrapper - 4.49%          (1,432,947
    Met Life #28972 Wrapper - 4.52%          (1,256,236
    Monumental Life II #MDA00633TR Wrapper - 4.52%          (432,499
    Monumental Life V #MDA00375TR Wrapper - 4.65%          (730,336
    Pacific Life #G-26755-00 Wrapper - 4.67%          (1,015,591
    Rabobank I #060101 Wrapper - 4.58%          (1,025,167
 

*

  State Street II #101063 Wrapper - 4.57%          (912,592
                
    Total adjustment          (11,667,411
                
    Total investments          2,114,719,077   
                

 

* Indicates Party-in-interest
** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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SIGNATURE

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Employee Benefits Administration Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
  By  

/s/ Valeria M. Christensen

    Valeria M. Christensen
    Delegate
    Employee Benefits Administration Committee
Date: June 29, 2009    

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

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