American Express Company Receives Shareholder Proposal from Kenneth Steiner

American Express Company specializes in issuing and marketing payment cards primarily for travel (hotel, ticket, restaurant payments, etc.). Income breaks down by activity as follows: - sale of means of payment to consumers (52.8%): traveler's checks, credit cards, prepaid cards. The group also offers banking services (private banking and business banking), travel brokerage and magazine publishing; - sale of means of payment to small and big corporates (27.2%); - management of partner networks (20%): services provided to card payment networks and card distribution networks.