Current Report

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2016 (March 1, 2016)

 

 

 

LOGO

GREIF, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-00566   31-4388903

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

425 Winter Road, Delaware, Ohio   43015
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (740) 549-6000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amendment No. 2 to United States Accounts Receivable Credit Facility

Certain domestic subsidiaries of Greif, Inc. (the “Company”) are parties to a United States accounts receivable credit facility (the “Facility”) with PNC Bank (“PNC”). On March 3, 2016, the Facility was amended to change the definition of the Facility’s default ratio to be computed as (i) the aggregate unpaid balance of all receivables that became defaulted receivables during the calculation period, divided by (ii) the aggregate amount of sales by the domestic subsidiaries giving rise to receivables in the fourth month prior to the month of determination.

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 3, 2016, to the Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2013, by and among certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and PNC.


Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on March 1, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of the Company’s Class B Common Stock (the “Class B Stockholders”) voted on the following proposals and cast their votes as described below.

Proposal 1

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each of the following nominees was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for a one-year term. The inspectors of election certified the following vote tabulation as to the shares of the Class B Stockholders.

 

     For      Withheld  

Vicki L. Avril

     18,730,174         601,957   

Bruce A. Edwards

     18,728,602         603,529   

Mark A. Emkes

     19,319,414         12,717   

John F. Finn

     18,731,943         600,188   

Michael J. Gasser

     19,313,055         19,076   

Daniel J. Gunsett

     18,731,502         600,629   

Judith D. Hook

     19,310,678         21,453   

John W. McNamara

     18,726,323         605,808   

Patrick J. Norton

     19,322,755         9,376   

Peter G. Watson

     19,322,755         9,376   

Proposal 2

Proposal 2 was a management proposal to amend certain material terms of the 2005 outside directors equity plan, as described in the proxy materials. This proposal was approved. The inspectors of election certified the following vote tabulation as to the shares of the Class B Stockholders.

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Vote

18,671,084    648,710    12,337    0

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1    Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 3, 2016, to the Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2013, by and among Greif Receivables Funding LLC, Greif Packaging LLC, Delta Petroleum Company, Inc., American Flange & Manufacturing Co., Inc., and Trilla-St. Louis Corporation, as originators, and PNC Bank, National Association, as a Committed Investor, Managing Agent and Administrator and the Agent.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    GREIF, INC.
Date: March 7, 2016     By  

/s/ Lawrence A. Hilsheimer

     

Lawrence A. Hilsheimer,

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer