X0303 4 2009-05-01 0 0000005133 AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP AM 0001136264 HARDIN JOSEPH S JR C/O ONE AMERICAN ROAD CLEVELAND OH 44144 1 0 0 0 Class A Common Shares 500 D Class B Common Shares 12874 D Class B Common Shares 1465.551 I By Deferred Comp. Stock Option 7.73 2009-05-01 4 A 0 7000 0.00 A 2019-05-01 Class A Common Shares 7000 7000 D Represents the number of shares allocated to the account of the reporting person as of May 1, 2009 under the Corporation's Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, including dividend equivalents credited with respect to any dividends paid on the Corporation's common shares. This option will vest equally on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant. Catherine M. Kilbane, Power of Attorney for Joseph S. Hardin, Jr. 2009-05-05