Company: GEF
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000043920-25-000004
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Company: GREIF, INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
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 are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Holders of Class A Common Stock are not entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, this proxy statement is being furnished to holders of Class A Common Stock for informational purposes only, and no proxy card is being solicited from them. On the record date of December 27, 2024, there wer e 21,331,127 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding, with each share entitled to one vote.

#### How do I Vote?
| VOTE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING                                               |     |                                                  |     |                                                                                              |     | VOTE DURING THE MEETING                                                                     |
| Via the Internet                                                             |     | By Phone                                         |     | By Mail                                                                                      |     | In Person                                                                                   |
| Visit www.proxyvote.com to submit a proxy via computer or your mobile device |     | Call 1-800-690-690324/7 within the United States |     | Mark, sign and date your proxy card and mail promptly in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. |     | Attend the Virtual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GEF2025 and vote by ballot. |

What Proposals will be Voted on at the Annual Meeting?

At the Annual Meeting, Class B stockholders will vote upon:

Proposal 1: The election of ten directors to serve for a one-year term;

Proposal 2: The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditor for fiscal year 2025; and

Proposal 3: The approval of an amendment to a material term of the Company's 2001 Management Equity Incentive and Compensation Plan.

The Class B stockholders will also vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment.

#### How are Votes Counted?
Holders of Class B Common Stock represented by properly executed proxies will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the choices indicated on the proxy. Each share of the Class B Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each director and in respect of any proposal.

For Proposal 1, the ten director nominees receiving the highest number of votes will be elected as directors. Class B stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors. Proxies cannot be voted at the Annual Meeting for a number of persons greater than the number of nominees named in this proxy statement.

For Proposal 2, the Audit Committee of the