AXP: Other company developments

Item 8.01. Other Events. The Company closed the sale of the Depositary Shares on August 12, 2026, pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated August 5, 2026, between the Company and the underwriters named therein (which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1). The terms of the Depositary Shares are set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated August 12, 2026, among the Company, as issuer, and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as Depositary, Calculation Agent and Redemption Agent, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Registrar and Transfer Agent, and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts (the “Deposit Agreement”), and the form of Depositary Receipt. The Deposit Agreement and the form of Depositary Receipt are attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein. The Company plans to send a redemption notice to the holders of the depositary shares each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a Series D Preferred Share (the “Series D Depositary Shares”), which will result in the redemption in full on September 15, 2026 of the Series D Depositary Shares and the Series D Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2021, among the Company, as issuer, and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as Depositary, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Registrar, Calculation Agent and Transfer Agent, and the holders from time to time of the Series D Depositary Receipts, and the Certificate of Amendment of the Series D Preferred Shares. The aggregate redemption price will equal $1,000,000 per share of Series D Preferred Shares (equivalent to $1,000 per Series D Depositary Share), plus any declared and unpaid dividends