Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (i740)i549-6000
Not Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company i☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered
iClass A Common Stock
iGEF
iNew
York Stock Exchange
iClass B Common Stock
iGEF-B
iNew
York Stock Exchange
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
i☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
ii☐/ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
ii☐/ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
i☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item
5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On February 1, 2023, Peter G. Watson, Executive Chairman and a Named Executive Officer of Greif, Inc. (the “Company”), retired as an employee of the Company. On that date, Mr. Watson’s title changed from Executive Chairman to Chairman of the Board. Mr. Watson will remain on the Board through the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held February
28, 2023, as he will be retiring from the Board and not standing for re-election.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.