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As of December 31, 2021, we had 18,626 common shareholders of record.
−Removed: You can find dividend information concerning our common stock in Note 26 to our "Consolidated Financial Statements." For information on dividend restrictions, see “Dividends and Other Capital Distributions” under “Supervision and Regulation” and Note 22 to our “Consolidated Financial Statements.” You can find information on securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans under the caption “Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation Plans” to be contained in our definitive 2021 proxy statement for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to be held on May 4, 2021.
+Added: You can find dividend information concerning our common stock in our Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity in our “Consolidated Financial Statements.” For information on dividend restrictions, see “Dividends and Other Capital Distributions” under “Supervision and Regulation” and Note 22 to our “Consolidated Financial Statements.” You can find information on securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans under the caption “Executive Compensation — Equity Compensation Plans” to be contained in our definitive 2022 proxy statement for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to be held on May 3, 2022.
The information to be found under such caption is incorporated herein by reference.
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Our incentive compensation plans provide that the value of the shares delivered or attested to, or withheld, be based on the price of our common stock on the date the relevant transaction occurs.
−Removed: (c) Share purchases under publicly announced programs are made pursuant to open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions (including employee benefit plans) as market conditions warrant and at prices we deem appropriate.
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
−Removed: Operating Results ($ in Millions)
−Removed: Total revenues net of interest expense $ 36,087 $ 43,556 $ 40,338 $ 36,878 $ 35,438
−Removed: Provisions for credit losses (a)
−Removed: 4,730 3,573 3,352 2,760 2,027
−Removed: 27,061 31,554 28,864 26,693 25,369
−Removed: Pretax income 4,296 8,429 8,122 7,425 8,042
−Removed: Income tax provision 1,161 1,670 1,201 4,677 2,667
−Removed: Net income 3,135 $ 6,759 $ 6,921 $ 2,748 $ 5,375
−Removed: Return on average equity (b)
−Removed: 14.2 % 29.6 % 33.5 % 13.2 % 25.8 %
−Removed: Balance Sheet ($ in Millions)
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents (c)
−Removed: $ 32,965 $ 24,446 $ 27,808 $ 33,263 $ 25,494
−Removed: Card Member receivables, net 43,434 56,794 55,320 53,526 46,841
−Removed: Loans, net 70,643 89,624 83,396 74,300 65,461
−Removed: Investment securities 21,631 8,406 4,647 3,159 3,157
−Removed: Total assets 191,367 198,321 188,602 181,196 158,917
−Removed: Customer deposits 86,875 73,287 69,960 64,452 53,042
−Removed: Short-term borrowings 1,878 6,442 3,100 3,278 5,581
−Removed: Long-term debt 42,952 57,835 58,423 55,804 46,990
−Removed: Shareholders’ equity $ 22,984 $ 23,071 $ 22,290 $ 18,261 $ 20,523
−Removed: Common Share Statistics (d)
−Removed: Earnings per share:
−Removed: Net income attributable to common shareholders:
−Removed: Basic $ 3.77 $ 8.00 $ 7.93 $ 3.00 $ 5.63
−Removed: Diluted 3.77 7.99 7.91 2.99 5.61
−Removed: Cash dividends declared per common share 1.72 $ 1.64 $ 1.48 $ 1.34 $ 1.22
−Removed: Book value per common share 26.58 $ 26.51 $ 24.45 $ 19.42 $ 20.95
−Removed: Average common shares outstanding (millions) :
−Removed: Basic 805 828 856 883 933
−Removed: Diluted 806 830 859 886 935
−Removed: Shares outstanding at period end (millions)
−Removed: 805 810 847 859 904
−Removed: Other Statistics
−Removed: Number of colleagues at period end (thousands) :
−Removed: United States 23 23 21 20 21
−Removed: Outside the United States 41 41 38 35 35
−Removed: Total 64 64 59 55 56
−Removed: Number of shareholders of record 19,446 19,974 21,078 22,262 23,572
−Removed: (a) Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2020 are presented using the CECL methodology, while comparative information continues to be reported in accordance with the incurred loss methodology in effect for prior periods.
−Removed: Refer to Note 3 to the "Consolidated Financial Statements" for further information.
−Removed: (b) Return on average equity is calculated by dividing one-year period of net income by one-year average of total shareholders’ equity.
−Removed: (c) Effective December 31, 2020, we reclassified restricted cash from Other assets to Cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
−Removed: Prior period amounts have been revised to conform to the current period presentation.
−Removed: (d) Our common stock trades principally on The New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol AXP.
−Removed: (e) Represents net income, less earnings allocated to participating share awards and dividends on preferred shares.
+Added: (c) Share purchases under publicly announced programs are made pursuant to open market purchases, 10b5-1 plans, privately negotiated transactions (including employee benefit plans) or other purchases, including block trades, accelerated share repurchase programs or any combination of such methods as market conditions warrant and at prices we deem appropriate.
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