---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000043920-23-000059"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "GEF"
cik: "0000043920"
company_name: "GREIF, INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:57:25.130215+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greif signs definitive agreement to acquire Ipackchem after Put Option exercise

## Summary
- Conditions precedent satisfied; Sellers exercised Put Option on November 17, 2023.
- Greif subsidiaries GIH and Greif Packaging entered into SPA to acquire 100% of Ipackchem.
- Greif Packaging will acquire Ipackchem's US subsidiary; GIH will acquire the rest.
- Full text of SPA to be filed with Greif's annual 10-K for fiscal year ended October 31, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000043920-23-000059
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: GEF
- cik: 0000043920
- company_name: GREIF, INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000059/0000043920-23-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000059/gef-20231121.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  GREIF, INC entered into Put Option Letter with owners of the parent of Ipackchem Group SAS valued at Irrevocable and unconditional agreement to acquire 100% of Ipackchem securities; conditions preceden (effective 2023-10-31).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: owners of the parent of Ipackchem Group SAS
  - Value: Irrevocable and unconditional agreement to acquire 100% of Ipackchem securities; conditions preceden
  - Effective: 2023-10-31
  source text: on October 31, 2023, Greif International Holding, B.V., a Dutch company and a subsidiary of the Company (" GIH"), had entered into a material definitive agreement, namely a Put Option Letter (the " Put Option Letter "), with the owners of the parent of Ipackchem Group SAS (" Ipackchem ") regarding GIH’s proposed acquisition of Ipackchem.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000059/0000043920-23-000059-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  GREIF, INC entered into Sale and Purchase Agreement with owners of the parent of Ipackchem Group SAS valued at Greif International Holding B.V. and Greif Packaging LLC will acquire Ipackchem Group SAS (effective 2023-11-17).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: owners of the parent of Ipackchem Group SAS
  - Value: Greif International Holding B.V. and Greif Packaging LLC will acquire Ipackchem Group SAS
  - Effective: 2023-11-17
  source text: On November 17, 2023, GIH, Greif Packaging LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of the Company (" Greif Packaging "), and Sellers entered into the SPA.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000059/0000043920-23-000059-index.htm

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