SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
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*
KUMAR HARI K

(Last) (First) (Middle)
425 WINTER ROAD

(Street)
DELAWARE OH 43015

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/06/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GREIF INC [ GEF,GEF.B ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP, Div. President FPS
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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 A Common Stock 387(1) D
Class A Common Stock 1,501.5672 I By 401(k) Plan
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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:
1. Includes shares awarded pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan which are subject to restriction on transfer which lapse on January 23, 2017.
Remarks:
Hari K. Kumar by L. Dennis Hoffman pursuant to the attached POA 12/14/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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GREIF, INC.

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 and
L. Dennis Hoffman, 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:	 December 8, 2016

/s/ Hari Kumar
Hari Kumar, Vice President and Division President, Flexible Products & Services