X0202 4 2006-08-02 0 0000005133 AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP AM 0001223163 WEISS ZEV C/O AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP ONE AMERICAN ROAD CLEVELAND OH 44144 1 1 0 0 Chief Executive Officer Class B Common Stock 2006-08-02 4 A 0 34208 0 A 39845 I By Def.Comp. Class B Common Stock 65683 D Class B Common Stock 9485 I By Profit Shar. Plan Represents Class B shares earned with respect to performance shares granted on August 2, 2005. The Reporting Person has elected to defer receipt of such Class B shares pursuant to the terms of the American Greetings Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. The amount includes a reconciliation of 1,807 Class B shares beneficially owned based on currently available information. It is not believed that this amount is the result of an unreported non-exempt transaction within the past 10 years. Catherine M. Kilbane, Power of Attorney for Zev Weiss 2006-08-04