On January 9, 2019, Patrick J. Norton, currently a director of Greif, Inc. (the “Company”), announced that he will not stand for re-election and is retiring from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as of the end of his current term of office, which will expire prior to the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, expected to be held on February 26, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Meeting”). Mr. Norton has been a director of the Company since 2003. Mr. Norton’s decision to retire and not stand for re-election is not the result of any disagreement with the Company.