0000094845-18-000039.txt : 20180801 0000094845-18-000039.hdr.sgml : 20180801 20180801160410 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000094845-18-000039 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180727 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20180801 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180801 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEVI STRAUSS & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000094845 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300] IRS NUMBER: 940905160 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1124 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-90139 FILM NUMBER: 18984732 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1155 BATTERY ST CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: 4155016000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1155 BATTERY STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 8-K 1 a8-kaugust12018.htm FORM 8-K AUGUST 1, 2018 Document


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 27, 2018
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LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
 
002-90139
 
94-0905160
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1155 BATTERY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(415) 501-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Election of Directors
On July 27, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”) elected David A. Friedman and Joshua E. Prime as new members of the Board. Mr. Friedman will serve as a Class II director effective immediately and fill the vacancy created upon the retirement of Mimi Haas on May 20, 2018. Mr. Prime will serve as a Class II director effective at such time when Peter E. Haas, Jr. retires from the Board, which is expected to be in September 2019. Both Mr. Friedman and Mr. Prime, at the effective time, will receive compensation as non-employee directors in accordance with the Company's non-employee director compensation practices described under the heading “Director Compensation” in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 26, 2017. At this time, neither Mr. Friedman nor Mr. Prime have been appointed to serve on any committees of the Board.
Mr. Friedman is a Senior Principal of Forell/Elsesser Engineers in San Francisco where he served as its CEO for 12 years and board chairman for 20 years. He has been with Forell/Elsesser since 1980.
Mr. Prime is a partner at Indaba Capital Management, LP, an investment management firm he co-founded in 2010. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Prime was a manager of retail strategy at Levi Strauss & Co. From 1999 to 2005, he was an investment analyst at Farallon Capital Management LLC.
Mr. Friedman and Mr. Prime are each members of the family, either directly or by marriage, which is descendant from our founder, Levi Strauss.
Mr. Friedman and Mr. Prime will be parties to the Company's standard form of Director Indemnification Agreement.







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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
 
 
 
 
DATE:
August 1, 2018
By:
/s/ GAVIN BROCKETT
 
 
Name:
Gavin Brockett
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President and Global Controller
 
 
 
(Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)