American Greetings To Broadcast Year-End Conference Call Live on the Internet

CLEVELAND, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) will broadcast its year-end conference call live on the Internet at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 27, 2001.

The conference call will be accessible through the Investor Relations section of the American Greetings corporate Web site at
http://corporate.americangreetings.com/ . Minimum requirements to listen to the Web cast are RealPlayer software (available free at http://www.real.com/ ), audio capabilities, and at least a 14.4Kbps connection to the Internet. A replay of the call will also be available on the site.

About American Greetings Corporation

American Greetings is the world's largest publicly held creator, manufacturer and distributor of greeting cards and social expression products. Its staff of artists, designers and writers comprises one of the largest creative departments in the world and helps consumers "say it best" by supplying more than 15,000 greeting card designs to retail outlets in nearly every English-speaking country. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, American Greetings employs more than 21,000 associates around the world. For more information on the company, visit http://www.americangreetings.com/ on the World Wide Web.