8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 3, 2017

AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-6908	11-1988350
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
200 Vesey Street New York, New York		10285
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 640-2000

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the issuance by American Express Credit Corporation (the “Company”), on March 3, 2017, of (i) $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.200% Fixed Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2020, (ii) $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2020, (iii) $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% Fixed Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2022,  and (iv) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2022, pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-204124) (the “Registration Statement”).

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement as exhibits thereto and are filed as part of this Current Report:

5	Opinion of Counsel of David S. Carroll, Esq.
23	Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)

SIGNATURE

 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CORPORATION
(REGISTRANT)
By:	/s/ Carol V. Schwartz
	Name: Carol V. Schwartz
	Title: Secretary

Date:  March 3, 2017

Exhibit Index

Exhibit	Description
5	Opinion of Counsel of David S. Carroll, Esq.
23	Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)

EX-5.1

EXHIBIT 5

 

American Express Credit Corporation

March 3, 2017

American Express Credit Corporation

200 Vesey Street

New York, New York 10285

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As Counsel of American Express Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), I have represented the Company in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204124) (the “Registration Statement”), the related base prospectus, dated May 13, 2015, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement thereto, dated May 13, 2015 and the pricing supplements thereto, each dated February 28, 2017 (together, with respect to each issuance of Securities (as defined below), a “Prospectus”), pursuant to which the Company has been authorized to issue and sell (i) $2,000,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 2.200% Fixed Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2020 (the “2020 Fixed Rate Securities”), (ii) $450,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s Floating Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2020 (the “2020 Floating Rate Securities”), (iii) $1,750,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 2.700% Fixed Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2022 (the “2022 Fixed Rate Securities”) and (iv) $300,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s Floating Rate Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F, due March 3, 2022 (the “2022 Floating Rate Securities” and, together with the 2020 Fixed Rate Securities, the 2020 Floating Rate Securities and the 2022 Fixed Rate Securities, the “Securities”). The Securities are being issued pursuant to an indenture (as amended, the “Indenture”), dated as of June 9, 2006, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”).

I or members of my staff have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records and documents relating to the Company and have made such other inquiries of law and fact as we have deemed necessary or relevant as the basis of my opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, I have assumed the due authorization, execution, delivery and, where appropriate, authentication of the documents by all parties thereto other than the Company.

I am admitted to the practice of law only in the State of New York and do not purport to be expert in the laws of any jurisdictions other than the federal law of the United States of America, the law of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware insofar as the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware bears on the matters covered hereby.

American Express Credit Corporation, page 2

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is my opinion that:

The issuance and sale of the Securities have been authorized by the Company. The Securities have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

Insofar as the foregoing opinions relate to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of the Company, (a) I have assumed that each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to the Company regarding matters of the federal law of the United States of America, the law of the State of New York or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware), and (b) such opinions are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

As to certain factual matters, I have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and certificates of public officials and other sources believed by me to be responsible; and I have assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, that the Trustee’s certificates of authentication of the Securities have been manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers, that the Securities have been delivered against payment as contemplated in each Prospectus and that the signatures on all documents examined by me or members of my staff are genuine (assumptions that I have not independently verified).

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am an expert with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/  David S. Carroll

 David S. Carroll

 Counsel