American Express Co Chief Colleague Experience Officer Monique Herena filed a Form 4 on November 3, 2026, disclosing the acquisition of 17,465 employee stock options in American Express common stock on October 31, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Transaction date: October 31, 2026, the date of earliest transaction reported in the filing.
  • Securities acquired: 17,465 Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) acquired with transaction code "A."
  • Exercise price: $148.45 per option, with a price of derivative security listed as $0.
  • Expiration date: October 31, 2029, per the filing's derivative securities table.
  • Post-transaction holdings: 69,860 employee stock options beneficially owned directly following the reported transaction.
  • Nature of vesting: According to the filing, these options represent "the remaining 25% of the Performance Stock Options granted to the reporting person in October 2022," vesting based on satisfaction of performance criteria and continued employment through October 31, 2026.

Monique Herena's October 2026 Performance Option Vesting at American Express

American Express Co (NYSE:AXP) disclosed in a Form 4 filed November 3, 2026, that Monique Herena, the company's Chief Colleague Experience Officer, acquired 17,465 employee stock options on October 31, 2026. The options carry an exercise price of $148.45 and are exercisable with an expiration date of October 31, 2029, according to the filing's Table II.

The filing's explanation of responses states that the acquired options "represent the vesting of the remaining 25% of the Performance Stock Options granted to the reporting person in October 2022, based upon the satisfaction of performance criteria specified for the award at the time of grant and the reporting person's continued employment through October 31, 2026." The transaction code is listed as "A" (acquisition), and the price of the derivative security is reported as $0.

Following the reported transaction, Herena beneficially owns 69,860 employee stock options directly, as reported in Table II, column 9. No non-derivative securities transactions were reported in Table I of this filing. The Form 4 was signed by James J. Killerlane III as attorney-in-fact and filed on November 3, 2026.

What Was Disclosed

The filing reports the vesting of 17,465 performance stock options by American Express Chief Colleague Experience Officer Monique Herena on October 31, 2026, bringing her total directly held employee stock options to 69,860, with an exercise price of $148.45 and expiration on October 31, 2029.