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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

OR

For the transition period from                  to

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION

As of November 30, 2002, the date of this report, the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock was:

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AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(Thousands of dollars)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Thousands of dollars)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
(Thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)

Three and Nine Months Ended November 30, 2002 and 2001

Note A — Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

The balance sheet at February 28, 2002 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

The Corporation’s fiscal year ends on February 28 or 29. References to a particular year refer to the fiscal year ending in February of that year. For example, 2002 refers to the year ended February 28, 2002.

Certain amounts in the prior year financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the 2003 presentation. The Corporation adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 01-09, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer/Reseller” (“EITF 01-09”), effective March 1, 2002. As a result, certain amounts in the prior year financial statements have been reclassified. See Note C for further discussion.

For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Corporation’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2002.

Note B — Seasonal Nature of Business

A significant portion of the Corporation’s business is seasonal in nature. Therefore, the results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the fiscal year taken as a whole.

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Note C — Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

In November 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) issued EITF 01-09, which addresses the accounting for consideration given by a vendor to a customer including both a reseller of the vendor’s products and an entity that purchases the vendor’s products from a reseller. EITF 01-09 also codifies and reconciles related guidance issued by the EITF including EITF No. 00-25, “Vendor Income Statement Characterization of Consideration Paid to a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products”, and EITF 00-14, “Accounting for Certain Sales Incentives”. EITF 01-09 outlines the presumption that consideration given by a vendor to a customer, a reseller or a customer of a reseller is to be treated as a reduction of revenue. The Corporation adopted EITF 01-09, effective March 1, 2002, as required. Certain amounts related to incentive payments, amortization of deferred costs and other customer benefits have been reclassified in the prior year financial statements to conform with the 2003 presentation. Those reclassifications resulted in decreases to material, labor and other production costs of $43,869 and $21,550 for the nine and three months ended November 30, 2001, respectively; and selling, distribution and marketing costs of $290,292 and $108,002 for the nine and three months ended November 30, 2001, respectively, with corresponding decreases in net sales in those periods. These reclassifications did not affect net income for those periods.

On March 1, 2002, the Corporation adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”. This Statement, which supersedes APB Opinion No. 17, “Intangible Assets”, eliminates the requirement to amortize goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, addresses the amortization of intangible assets with a defined life and addresses the impairment testing and recognition for goodwill and intangible assets. SFAS No. 142 applies to goodwill and intangible assets arising from transactions completed before and after the Statement’s effective date. Effective March 1, 2002, the Corporation discontinued amortization of its goodwill in accordance with this Statement. For the nine and three months ended November 30, 2001, the Corporation’s results included $9,477 ($5,904 net of tax) and $3,799 ($2,367 net of tax), respectively, of amortization expense related to goodwill included in other (income) expense – net in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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Adjusted information, assuming the adoption of the non-amortization provisions of this Statement for the nine and three months ended November 30, 2001, is as follows:

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At November 30, 2002, intangible assets subject to the amortization provisions of SFAS No. 142, net of accumulated amortization, were $1,659. The Corporation does not have any indefinite-lived intangible assets.

SFAS No. 142 also requires goodwill to be tested for impairment at least annually at a level of reporting defined in the Statement as a “reporting unit”. The Corporation completed the first step of the transitional impairment test for goodwill during the three months ended August 31, 2002 and determined there were no indicators of impairment as of March 1, 2002. As such, the Corporation will not record a cumulative effect charge as of March 1, 2002 for the adoption of SFAS No. 142. The Corporation will complete its annual test for impairment as required by SFAS No. 142 during its fourth quarter.

A summary of the changes in the carrying amount of the Corporation’s goodwill during the nine months ended November 30, 2002 by segment is as follows: