SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WEISS ZEV (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMERICAN ROAD (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44144 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP [ AM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/09/2013
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class B Common Shares	08/09/2013		D		120,058(1)	D	(1)	0	D
Class B Common Shares	08/09/2013		D		49,931.124(2)	D	(2)	0	I	By Deferred Comp.
Class B Common Shares	08/09/2013		D		449,954(3)	D	(3)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option	$20.51	08/09/2013		D			66,666(4)	05/03/2007	05/03/2014	Class B Common Shares	66,666	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$22.65	08/09/2013		D			100,000(4)	05/15/2009	05/15/2016	Class B Common Shares	100,000	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$24.73	08/09/2013		D			100,000(4)	05/16/2008	05/16/2015	Class B Common Shares	100,000	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$26.34	08/09/2013		D			25,473(4)	07/05/2007	05/03/2014	Class B Common Shares	25,473	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$25.57	08/09/2013		D			100,000(4)	05/02/2010	05/02/2017	Class B Common Shares	100,000	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$7.73	08/09/2013		D			33,000(4)	05/01/2012	05/01/2019	Class B Common Shares	33,000	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$24.69	08/09/2013		D			62,500(4)	05/01/2013	05/03/2020	Class B Common Shares	62,500	(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Disposed of pursuant to the merger agreement among issuer, Century Intermediate Holding Company and Century Merger Company (the "Merger Agreement") for no consideration, including shares underlying restricted stock units or performance share units.

2. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement for no consideration.

3. On August 11, 2006, the Reporting Person acquired membership interests in the Irving I. Stone Limited Liability Company (the "LLC") representing 24.5% of the equity in the LLC. As a result of such acquisition, the Reporting Person may have been deemed to have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 445,454 of the 1,818,182 Class B common shares owned by the LLC. Pursuant to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the LLC was dissolved immediately prior to the closing of the merger, and the Class B common shares held by it were distributed to certain of the equity holders of the LLC in accordance with the plan of dissolution of the LLC. As a result, on August 9, 2013, the reporting person received from the LLC a distribution of 449,954 Class B common shares. Immediately thereafter, those shares were disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement for no consideration.

4. Cancelled pursuant to the Merger Agreement for no consideration.

Remarks:

	Christopher W. Haffke, Power of Attorney for Zev Weiss	08/13/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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