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EXHIBIT 12

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

COMPUTATION IN SUPPORT OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED

STOCK DIVIDENDS

(Dollars in Millions)

 

 

 
    

Six Months
Ended
June 30,

 

   

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

   2016                 2015                 2014                 2013                 2012                 2011  

Earnings:

            

Pretax income from continuing operations

   $ 5,200      $ 7,938      $ 8,991      $ 7,888      $ 6,451      $ 6,956   

Interest expense(a)

     861        1,623        1,707        1,958        2,226        2,320   

Other adjustments(b)

 

     48        118        402        133        117        124   

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total earnings

   $ 6,109      $ 9,679      $ 11,100      $ 9,979      $ 8,794      $ 9,400   

Fixed charges:

            

Interest expense

   $ 861      $ 1,623      $ 1,707      $ 1,958      $ 2,226      $ 2,320   

Other adjustments(c)

     27        62        79        93        102        94   

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed charges

     888        1,685        1,786        2,051        2,328        2,414   

 

Preferred stock dividends

     40        62        —         —         —         —    

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total fixed charges and preferred stock dividends

   $ 928      $ 1,747      $ 1,786      $ 2,051      $ 2,328      $ 2,414   

 

Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends

     6.58        5.54        6.22        4.87        3.78        3.89   

 

 

 

(a) Included in interest expense is interest expense related to the Card Member lending activities, international banking operations, and charge card and other activities in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Interest expense does not include interest on liabilities recorded under GAAP governing accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. The Company’s policy is to classify such interest in income tax provision in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

(b) For purposes of the “earnings” computation, “other adjustments” include adding the amortization of capitalized interest, the net loss of affiliates accounted for under the equity method whose debt is not guaranteed by the Company, the noncontrolling interest in the earnings of majority-owned subsidiaries with fixed charges, and the interest component of rental expense, and subtracting undistributed net income of affiliates accounted for under the equity method.

 

(c) For purposes of the “fixed charges” computation, “other adjustments” include capitalized interest costs and the interest component of rental expense.