| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 07/14/2003 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GREIF INC [ GEF,GEF.B ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Class B Common Stock | 5,375,904 | D | |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Michael H. Dempsey, Trustee for the Naomi C. Dempsey Trust, by John K. Dieker pursuant to a POA filed with the Commission | 07/23/2003 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR FORMS 3, 4, AND 5 FILINGS
The undersigned, an officer and/or director of Greif, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gary R. Martz, John K. Dieker, and Robert S. Zimmerman, and each of
them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
to act without the other, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for me and in my name, place, and stead, in any and
all of my capacities for the Company, to sign all Forms 3, 4,
or 5
required to be filed by me with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the Commission) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
including any and all amendments to any of the foregoing, relating to
the Company, and to file the same with the Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them
or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned has executed and delivered this Power of Attorney on
the date set forth below.
Dated: 9/23/02
; /s/ Michael H. Dempsey
Signature of Officer/Director
Michael H. Dempsey, Director
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