---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000043920-25-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEF"
cik: "0000043920"
company_name: "GREIF, INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T18:34:46.182948+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greif signs $462M agreement to sell Soterra timberlands to Molpus Woodlands Group

## Summary
- Sells over 173,000 acres of timberlands in AL, LA, MS for $462M.
- Transaction expected to close near Greif's fiscal year end, subject to customary conditions.
- Cash proceeds will be allocated to debt repayment.
- Divestiture aligns with strategy to focus on higher-margin, less cyclical markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000043920-25-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEF
- cik: 0000043920
- company_name: GREIF, INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392025000043/0000043920-25-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392025000043/gef-20250807.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-25-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-25-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-25-000043.txt

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