Greif, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

DELAWARE, Ohio, Feb. 23  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF; GEF.B) today announced plans to release first quarter 2006 results after the market closes on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.

The Company has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, March 2, 2006, at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) to review the results.

To participate, domestic callers should call [phone] and ask for the Greif conference call. The number for international callers is [phone]. Phone lines will open at 9:50 a.m. EST.

A taped replay will be available beginning at approximately 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 2 and ending at noon EST on Tuesday, March 7. The playback telephone numbers are [phone] for domestic callers and [phone] for international callers. The passcode is 11054861#.

A digital replay of the conference call will also be available approximately one hour following the call on the Company's Web site: http://www.greif.com/. 

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DATASOURCE: Greif, Inc.



CONTACT:  Media, Debra Strohmaier, APR, Director, Corporate

Communications of Greif, Inc., [phone]; or Analysts, Robert A. Lentz

of Robert A. Lentz Associates, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.greif.com/

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