Patrick J. Norton Intends Not to Stand for Re-Election to the Board of Directors of Greif, Inc
January 10, 2019 at 04:14 pm
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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.
Greif, Inc. is engaged in industrial packaging products and services. The Company principally manufactures rigid industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, jerrycans and other small plastics, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, water bottles and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers, and services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing and other packaging services. The Company produces and sells containerboard, corrugated sheets, corrugated containers and other corrugated products to customers in North America in industries, such as packaging, automotive, food and building products. The Company also produces and sells coated recycled paperboard and uncoated recycled paperboard, some of which are used to produce and sell industrial products (tubes and cores, construction products and protective packaging).