secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK:        0000004962
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004962-26-000231
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Express shareholders re-elect all 13 directors; say-on-pay passes with 93.3%
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- All 13 director nominees elected with majority vote; Stephen J. Squeri received 529.9M for, 20.1M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2026 approved with 94.96% of votes cast.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 93.32% support.
- Two shareholder proposals—on transgender healthcare coverage and political bias risk—defeated with over 99% against each.
- Meeting held May 5, 2026; broker non-votes excluded from vote totals on non-routine items.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496226000231/0000004962-26-000231-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496226000231/axp-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004962-26-000231

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