DBRS Rates American Express Company’s $3.0 billion of Senior Notes at A (high), Trend Positive

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) assigned a rating of A (high) to the $1.25 billion 3.70% Senior Notes due November 2021, the $750.0 million 4.20% Senior Notes due November 2025, and the $1.0 billion Floating Rate Senior Notes due November 2021 (together the Notes) issued by American Express Company (Amex). The trend on the Notes is Positive. The proceeds from the Notes will be included in the general funds of Amex and available for general corporate purposes.

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The applicable methodologies are the Global Methodology for Rating Non-Bank Financial Institutions (November 2018), Global Methodology for Rating Banks and Banking Organisations (July 2018) and DBRS Criteria: Rating Corporate Holding Companies and Their Subsidiaries (December 2017), which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

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