X0202 4 2006-05-15 0 0000005133 AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP AM 0001211005 MERRIMAN MICHAEL J C/O RC2 CORPORATION 1111 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 320 OAK BROOK IL 60523 1 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 22.65 2006-05-15 4 A 0 35000 0 A 2016-05-15 Class A Common Stock 35000 35000 D Fifty percent of these options are exercisable on the first anniversary following May 15, 2006, the date of grant, and the remaining fifty percent are exercisable on the second anniversary following the date of grant. By: Catherine M. Kilbane, Power of Attorney For: Michael J. Merriman, Jr. 2006-05-17