X0303 4 2009-05-01 0 0000005133 AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP AM 0001223162 WEISS JEFFREY M ONE AMERICAN ROAD CLEVELAND OH 44144 1 1 1 0 President and C.O.O. Class B Common Shares 88045.477 I by Deferred Comp. Class A Common Shares 3493.255 I by Profit Shar. Plan Class B Common Shares 33642 D Class B Common Shares 445454 I By LLC Class A Common Shares 12 I by Daughter Stock Option 7.73 2009-05-01 4 A 0 75000 0.00 A 2019-05-01 Class B Common Shares 75000 75000 D Represents the number of shares allocated to the account of the reporting person under the Corporation's Executive Officers Deferred Compensation Plan,as of May 1, 2009, including dividend equivalents credited with respect to any dividends paid on issuer's common shares. Represents Class A common shares allocated to the Reporting Person's account as of May 1, 2009, in the American Greetings Retirement Profit Sharing and Savings Plan reflecting the Reporting Person's interest in common shares held in such plan. 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 be deemed to have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 445,454 of the 1,818,182 Class B common shares owned by the LLC. These options will vest with respect to 25,500 shares on the first anniversary date of grant, and with respect to 24,750 shares on the second and third anniversary dates of grant. Catherine M. Kilbane, Power of Attorney for Jeffrey Weiss 2009-05-05