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Greif, Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 1/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 2/28/20, at 2:59pm ET   ·   For:  1/31/20   ·   Accession #:  43920-20-21   ·   File #:  1-00566

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/28/20  Greif, Inc                        10-Q        1/31/20   96:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.26M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
25: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     86K 
58: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    113K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
85: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     59K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
38: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    220K 
23: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
56: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    134K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
83: R7          Acquisitions                                        HTML    125K 
36: R8          Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     43K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
26: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     87K 
35: R10         Restructuring Charges                               HTML     73K 
20: R11         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities         HTML     70K 
61: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     63K 
90: R13         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML    134K 
34: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     32K 
19: R15         Post Retirement Benefit Plans                       HTML     51K 
60: R16         Contingent Liabilities and Environmental Reserves   HTML     47K 
89: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     81K 
33: R18         Leases Leases                                       HTML    165K 
21: R19         Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss)              HTML    217K 
73: R20         Business Segment Information                        HTML    112K 
82: R21         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML     45K 
53: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     31K 
18: R23         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     42K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
72: R24         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML    116K 
81: R25         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     87K 
52: R26         Restructuring Charges (Tables)                      HTML     74K 
17: R27         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities         HTML     56K 
                (Tables)                                                         
74: R28         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     45K 
80: R29         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML    120K 
                (Tables)                                                         
84: R30         Post Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)              HTML     49K 
57: R31         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     91K 
22: R32         (Tables)                                            HTML    138K 
37: R33         Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)     HTML    220K 
87: R34         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    117K 
59: R35         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)        HTML     40K 
24: R36         ACQUISITIONS - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     57K 
39: R37         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     35K 
                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
88: R38         ACQUISITIONS - Schedule of preliminary valuation    HTML    159K 
                of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities                  
                assumed (Details)                                                
55: R39         ACQUISITIONS - Schedule of intangible assets        HTML     50K 
                assumed (Details)                                                
77: R40         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Summary of   HTML     43K 
                Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill by Segment                
                (Details)                                                        
70: R41         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Additional   HTML     55K 
                Information (Details)                                            
11: R42         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Summary of   HTML     56K 
                Carrying Amount of Net Other Intangible Assets by                
                Class (Details)                                                  
46: R43         RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Reconciliation of           HTML     43K 
                Beginning and Ending Restructuring Reserve                       
                Balances (Details)                                               
78: R44         RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Additional Information      HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R45         RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Amounts Expected to be      HTML     61K 
                Incurred, Amounts Incurred, and Amounts Remaining                
                to Be Incurred (Details)                                         
12: R46         CONSOLIDATION OF VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES -       HTML     64K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
47: R47         CONSOLIDATION OF VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES -       HTML     64K 
                Total Net Assets of Flexible Packaging JV                        
                (Details)                                                        
79: R48         CONSOLIDATION OF VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES -       HTML     60K 
                Total Net Assets of Paper Packing JV (Details)                   
69: R49         LONG-TERM DEBT - Summary of Long-Term Debt          HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R50         LONG-TERM DEBT - Credit Agreement (Details)         HTML     80K 
96: R51         LONG-TERM DEBT - Senior Notes (Details)             HTML     42K 
41: R52         LONG-TERM DEBT - Trade Accounts Receivable Credit   HTML     51K 
                Facility (Details)                                               
28: R53         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     78K 
                - Recurring Fair Value Measurements (Details)                    
64: R54         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     90K 
                - Additional Information (Details)                               
95: R55         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     38K 
                - Estimated Fair Values for the Company's Senior                 
                Notes and Assets Held by Special Purpose Entities                
                (Details)                                                        
40: R56         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     46K 
                - Summary of Significant Unobservable Inputs Used                
                to Determine Fair Value Long-Lived Assets Held and               
                Used (Details)                                                   
27: R57         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     36K 
66: R58         POST RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS - Additional          HTML     51K 
                Information (Details)                                            
94: R59         POST RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS - Components of Net   HTML     48K 
                Periodic Pension Cost (Details)                                  
51: R60         Contingent Liabilities and Environmental Reserves   HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
15: R61         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Additional Information         HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R62         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Computation of Earnings Per    HTML     37K 
                Share Basic and Diluted (Details)                                
76: R63         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Summarization of Company's     HTML     43K 
                Class A and Class B Common and Treasury Shares                   
                (Details)                                                        
50: R64         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Reconciliation of Shares Used  HTML     41K 
                to Calculate Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share                
                (Details)                                                        
14: R65         Components of Lease Expense (Details)               HTML     36K 
67: R66         Maturities of Operating and Financing Lease         HTML     84K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
75: R67         Lease Liabilities (Details)                         HTML     47K 
48: R68         LEASES - Information Related to Company's Rent      HTML     31K 
                Expense (Details)                                                
16: R69         LEASES - Company's Minimum Rent Commitments Under   HTML     67K 
                Operating and Capital Leases (Details)                           
31: R70         LEASES - Other Information (Details)                HTML     38K 
43: R71         LEASES - Cash Flow (Details)                        HTML     37K 
92: R72         Equity and Comprehensive Income (LOSS) - Summary    HTML    126K 
                of Changes in Equity (Details)                                   
62: R73         Equity and Comprehensive Income (LOSS) - Schedule   HTML     51K 
                of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R74         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION - Additional           HTML     31K 
                Information (Details)                                            
44: R75         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION - Geographic Area      HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R76         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION - Segment Information  HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R77         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION - Properties, Plants   HTML     54K 
                and Equipment, Net by Geographical Area (Details)                
29: R78         REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - Rollforward   HTML     39K 
                of Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest                
                (Details)                                                        
45: R79         REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - Additional    HTML     40K 
                Information (Details)                                            
30: R80         REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - Rollforward   HTML     41K 
                of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Details)                  
42: R81         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     34K 
13: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    179K 
54: XML         XBRL Instance -- gef2020q110-q_htm                   XML   3.17M 
86: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    102K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gef-20200131_cal                XML    397K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gef-20200131_def                 XML    939K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gef-20200131_lab                      XML   2.10M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gef-20200131_pre               XML   1.34M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gef-20200131                          XSD    210K 
91: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              456±   699K 
49: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000043920-20-000021-xbrl      Zip    344K 


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — gef-20200131_pre


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