FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

KUMAR HARI K	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
12/6/2016 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

GREIF INC [GEF,GEF.B]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

425 WINTER ROAD	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
VP, Div. President FPS /	
(Street)

DELAWARE, OH 43015       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Class A Common Stock  	387   (1)	D  	 	
Class A Common Stock  	1501.5672  	I  	By 401(k) Plan  	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	Includes shares awarded pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan which are subject to restriction on transfer which lapse on January 23, 2017.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
KUMAR HARI K
425 WINTER ROAD
DELAWARE, OH 43015			VP, Div. President FPS		

Signatures		
Hari K. Kumar by L. Dennis Hoffman pursuant to the attached POA		12/14/2016	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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GREIF, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
FORMS 3, 4, AND 5 FILINGS
The undersigned, an officer and/or director of Greif, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Martz and L. Dennis Hoffman, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place, and stead, in any and all of my capacities for the Company, to sign all Forms 3, 4, or 5 required to be filed by me with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including any and all amendments to any of the foregoing, relating to the Company, and to file the same with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned has executed and delivered this Power of Attorney on the date set forth below.

Dated:   December 8, 2016

/s/ Hari Kumar
Hari Kumar, Vice President and Division President, Flexible Products & Services