AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
AMERICAN EXPRESS TOWER
200 VESEY STREET, 49TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10285
(212) 640 - 2000
www.americanexpress.com


UPGRADE  &  DOWNGRADE  HISTORY

Date Grading From To Analyst
23-Jan-01 UPGRADE   NT Accumulate  NT Buy Merrill Lynch
4-Jan-01 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Attractive Bear Stearns
4-Dec-00 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Market Perform Deutsche Bc Alex. Br
12-Oct-00 UPGRADE   Market Outperform  Recommended List Goldman Sachs
11-Oct-00 INITIATED   at Hold   CSFB
29-Sep-00 INITIATED   at Outperform   ABN AMRO
14-Sep-00 INITIATED   at Hold   First Union Sec
21-July-00 UPGRADE   Hold  Strong Buy Prudential
1-June-00 INITIATED   at Market Perform   Banc of America Sec
13-Apr-00 INITIATED   at Neutral   Lehman Brothers
11-Jan-00 INITIATED   at Buy   CSFB
29-Oct-99 DOWNGRADE   Strong Buy  Outperform Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
29-Oct-99 DOWNGRADE   Attractive  Neutral PaineWebber
29-Oct-99 DOWNGRADE   Outperform  Perform-In-Line Schroder & Co
26-Oct-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Hold CIBC World Markets
15-Sep-99 DOWNGRADE   Strong Buy  Accumulate Prudential
13-Sep-99 INITIATED   at NT Accum/LT Buy   Merrill Lynch
7-June-99 UPGRADE   Accumulate  Strong Buy Prudential
23-Apr-99 DOWNGRADE   Strong Buy  Buy CIBC Oppenheimer
5-Apr-99 INITIATED   at Market Perform   DLJ
23-Mar-99 INITIATED   at Accumulate   Prudential
18-Mar-99 INITIATED   at Buy   JP Morgan
4-Mar-99 INITIATED   at Buy   Salomon Smith Barney
26-Feb-99 INITIATED   at Buy   Piper Jaffray
26-Jan-99 UPGRADE   Neutral  Attractive PaineWebber