SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 10, 2008

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

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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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On October 10, 2008, F. Warren Hellman retired from the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Hellman had been a director of the Company since 1985 and was a member of the Board’s Human Resources and Finance Committees at the time of his retirement. Mr. Hellman also served as one of the four voting trustees of the voting trust in which all of the Company’s common shares are held. In connection with his retirement from the Board, Mr. Hellman also resigned his position as a voting trustee. In accordance with the terms of the Voting Trust Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 9 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2000, the voting trustees appointed Stephen Neal, a director of the Company since October 2007, as the successor voting trustee.

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: October 10, 2008	By:	/s/ Heidi L. Manes
		Name:	Heidi L. Manes
		Title:	Vice President and Controller / Interim Chief Financial Officer