At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American Greetings Corporation (the "Company") held Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Company's headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, the three nominees for Class II directors named in the Company's Proxy Statement were elected to serve on the Company's board of directors until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The voting results are set forth below.

                                                       Votes          Broker
           Election of Directors   Votes "For"       Withheld        Non-Votes
           Charles A. Ratner         46,455,335       6,285,164               0
           Jerry Sue Thornton        49,920,924       2,819,575               0
           Jeffrey Weiss             46,744,284       5,996,215               0

There were no other matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting.