Company: GEF
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000043920-25-000004
Chunk: 29

Company: GREIF, INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 any such elections (including without limitation the percentage of Board fees and/or restricted stock to be deferred) are irrevocable for all such amounts earned during the calendar year for which the election is made. The participants are fully vested in the value of their account, including investment returns, at all times.

The plan is considered an “unfunded” arrangement as amounts generally are not set aside or held by the Company in a trust, escrow, or similar account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, deferrals of restricted stock are held in a "rabbi trust" established by the Company. Deferrals of cash compensation under the plan are credited to a participant’s account under the plan as “Phantom Shares.” “Phantom Shares” have a value equal to the market value from time to time of shares of our Class A Common Stock. The number of Phantom Shares credited to a participant’s account is based on the dollar amount of deferral, divided by the then current per share value of our shares of Class A Common Stock. If a dividend is declared and credited on shares of our Class A Common Stock, the Phantom Shares are credited with a corresponding dividend in the form of additional Phantom Shares within sixty days of that date. Dividends paid on shares of restricted stock held in the rabbi trust are contributed to the rabbi trust and are paid from the rabbi trust to the participants and are not accumulated in the rabbi trust.

Generally, the plan provides that each participant will receive his or her cash deferral account value as retirement benefits under the plan upon termination from Board membership in substantially equal monthly payments over a ten year period, and will receive all restricted stock deferrals in a single distribution on the first day of the second month following a participant's termination from Board membership. However, participants may elect to receive:

• Cash compensation deferrals (credited as Phantom Shares) in a single lump sum payment, annual installments over a five-year period or a series of two payments. Depending on the form of payment elected, a participant may choose a fixed date for distribution or the earlier of a fixed date or such participant's termination of Board membership. If a Participant elects to receive a series of two payments, the participant must specify a fixed date for each payment and must specify the percentage of his or her cash compensation deferral to be paid on each specified date.

• Restricted stock deferrals u pon: (a) a fixed date that is at least three years after the date the restricted stock is awarded; or (b) the earlier of