Company: GEF
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000043920-25-000004
Chunk: 72

Company: GREIF, INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

All services to be provided by our independent auditors are pre-approved by the Audit Committee, including audit services, audit-related services, tax services and certain other services. See “Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy.” Aggregate fees billed to the Company for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 by Deloitte & Touche LLP were as follows:

| Type of Service       |     |        2024 |     |       2023 |
| Audit Fees (1)        |     |  $7,845,000 |     | $6,705,000 |
| Audit-Related Fees(2) |     |    $969,000 |     |   $529,000 |
| Tax Fees(3)           |     |  $1,708,000 |     | $2,007,000 |
| All Other Fees(4)     |     |    $286,000 |     |     $6,000 |
| Total                 |     | $10,808,000 |     | $9,247,000 |

(1) Comprises the audits of our annual financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting and reviews of our quarterly financial statements, attest services and consents to SEC filings.

(2) Comprises statutory audits of Company subsidiaries, employee benefit plan audits and consultations regarding financial accounting and reporting.

(3) Comprises services for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax compliance includes services for compliance related tax advice, as well as the preparation and review of both original and any amended tax returns for the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. Tax compliance related fees represented $116,000 of the tax fees for fiscal year 2024 and $80,000 of the tax fees for fiscal year 2023. The remaining tax fees primarily include tax planning and general tax advice.

(4) Comprises other miscellaneous services.

None of the services described under the headings “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees,” or “All Other Fees” above were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the waiver procedure set forth in 17 CFR 210.2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C).

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