EX-23 13 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of American Greetings Corporation listed below of our reports dated April 25, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of American Greetings Corporation, American Greetings Corporation management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of American Greetings Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended February 28, 2007.

 

Registration

Number

  

Description

   Filing Date
  2-89471      Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement      May 27, 1986
  2-84911      Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement      May 31, 1984
  33-975   

  American Greetings Corporation 1985 Incentive Stock Option Plan - Form

  S-8 Registration Statement

     November 7, 1985
  33-16180   

  American Greetings Corporation 1987 Class B Stock Option Plan - Form

  S-8 Registration Statement

     July 31, 1987
  33-45673   

  American Greetings Corporation Employees’ Retirement Profit Sharing

  Plan - Form S-8 Registration Statement

     February 4, 1992
  33-58582   

  American Greetings Corporation 1992 Stock Option Plan - Form S-8

  Registration Statement

     February 22, 1993
  33-61037   

  American Greetings Corporation 1995 Director Stock Plan - Form S-8

  Registration Statement

     July 14, 1995
  333-08123   

  American Greetings Corporation 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan - Form

  S-8 Registration Statement

     July 15, 1996
  333-41912   

  American Greetings Corporation 1997 Equity and Performance Incentive

  Plan (as amended June 24, 2000) - Form S-8 Registration Statement

     July 21, 2000
  333-65534   

  American Greetings Corporation 1997 Equity and Performance Incentive

  Plan (as amended June 22, 2001) - Form S-8 Registration Statement

     July 20, 2001
  333-75696   

  American Greetings Employment Agreement with Selling Shareholder -

  Form S-8 Registration Statement

     December 21, 2001
  333-121982   

  American Greetings Corporation 1997 Equity and Performance Incentive

  Plan (as amended on June 25, 2004) – Form S-8 Registration Statement

     January 12, 2005
  333-123041   

  American Greetings Corporation 1995 Director Stock Plan – Form S-8

  Registration Statement

     February 28, 2005
  333-134029      American Greetings Corporation Form S-3 Registration Statement      May 11, 2006

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

April 27, 2007