============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -------------------------- Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 5, 2003 -------------------------- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) -------------------------- New York 1-7657 13-4922250 ---------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or Identification No.) organization) 200 Vesey Street, World Financial Center New York, New York 10285 ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 640-2000 --------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ============================================================================== Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure. On February 5, 2003, (i) Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (ii) James M. Cracchiolo, Group President, Global Financial Services and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express Financial Advisors ("AEFA"), (iii) Barry Murphy, Executive Vice President - U.S. Retail at AEFA, (iv) Barbara Fraser, Executive Vice President - Products and Corporate Marketing at AEFA, and (v) Ted Truscott, Chief Information Officer at AEFA, delivered a presentation to the financial analyst community. Information contained in such presentation, is furnished herein in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6, and 99.7 respectively. 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. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (REGISTRANT) By /s/ Stephen P. Norman -------------------------- Name: Stephen P. Norman Title: Secretary DATE: February 5, 2003 EXHIBIT INDEX Item No. Description --------- ----------- 99.1 Information Relating to Forward-looking Statements 99.2 Information from presentation by Kenneth I. Chenault 99.3 Information from presentation by James M. Cracchiolo (Part 1) 99.4 Information from presentation by Barry Murphy 99.5 Information from presentation by Barbara Fraser 99.6 Information from presentation by Ted Truscott 99.7 Information from presentation by James M. Cracchiolo (Part 2)