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AXP American Express Company

230.79
-1.71 (-0.74%)
04 May 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type
American Express Company NYSE:AXP NYSE Common Stock
  Price Change % Change Share Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -1.71 -0.74% 230.79 233.35 229.13 233.26 3,202,527 01:00:00

ValueAct Capital Takes $1 Billion Stake in American Express

07/08/2015 9:21pm

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By Robin Sidel And Liz Hoffman 

Investment firm ValueAct Capital Management LP has taken a roughly $1 billion stake in American Express Co., according to a person familiar with the matter, the latest example of an activist investor targeting a blue-chip firm.

It isn't clear at this point if San Francisco-based ValueAct plans to agitate for changes at the big New York-based card company, which has been led by Chief Executive Kenneth Chenault since 2001.

AmEx has seen its stock price fall 13% this year due to two high-profile losses that are expected to take a big bite out of earnings for at least the next year.

The move by ValueAct, first reported by Bloomberg, sent shares of AmEx up more than 6%, to $80.05, on the New York Stock Exchange.

Write to Robin Sidel at robin.sidel@wsj.com and Liz Hoffman at liz.hoffman@wsj.com

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