American Express files legal opinion and counsel consent for registration statement
American Express filed a Form 8-K on June 17, 2026, adding exhibits to its Registration Statement. The exhibits are an opinion and consent from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and a cover page in inline XBRL format. The filing gives no financial figures and does not describe the securities or transaction involved, so it is administrative for shareholders.
Key points
- Exhibit 5: opinion and consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, incorporated into the Registration Statement
- Exhibit 23: consent of counsel, included in Exhibit 5
- Exhibit 104: cover page of the 8-K formatted as inline XBRL
- Signed by James J. Killerlane III, Corporate Secretary, on June 17, 2026
The filing
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 June 17, 2026.
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