AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 6, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 6, 2026
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– Restructuring
NOTE 18
RESTRUCTURING
We periodically initiate restructuring programs to enhance our overall effectiveness and efficiency and to support new business strategies. These programs are generally completed within a year of when they are initiated. In connection with these programs, we will typically incur severance and other exit costs.
We had $201 million, $217 million and $216 million accrued in total restructuring reserves as of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Restructuring expense, which primarily relates to new severance charges, net of revisions to existing reserves, was $96 million, $123 million and $179 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and is included within Salaries and employee benefits within our Consolidated Statements of Income. The cumulative expense for restructuring programs in progress during 2025 was $443 million. These programs were initiated from 2022 through 2025. Cumulative amounts were not material to any reportable operating segment.
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