AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · American Express (AXP)

American Express issues $1.75 billion of 4.444% fixed-to-floating notes due 2030

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 financing Written later

American Express issued $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.444% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes due May 3, 2030 on May 4, 2026, under an existing prospectus supplement dated April 27, 2026. The filing is administrative, covering the note issuance and related legal exhibits, and it does not report new financial results or changes to guidance.

Key points

  • Principal amount: $1,750,000,000 of 4.444% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes
  • Issuance date: May 4, 2026; maturity: May 3, 2030
  • Issued under a senior indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee, supplemented in 2021 and 2023
  • Filing includes a legal opinion from Benjamin L. Kuder, Esq. and an inline XBRL cover page

The filing

CompanyAmerican Express (AXP)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 4, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
Accession number0000004962-26-000207

Items reported: 8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 04, 2026.

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