8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

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 14, 2003

 


 

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

DELAWARE   333-36234   94-0905160

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1155 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111

(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 

(415) 501-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 



ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(c) The following exhibits are filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

 

99.1  

   Amendment to Revised Employee Retired Plan effective June 1, 2003.

99.2  

   Amendment to Long-Term Investment and Savings Plan effective June 1, 2003.

99.3  

   Credit Agreement, dated September 29, 2003, among the Financial Institutions named therein as the Lenders and, Bank of America, N.A. as the Agent, and the Registrant and Levi Strauss Financial Center Corporation as the Borrowers, Fleet Retail Finance Inc. as Sole Syndication Agent, General Electric Capital Corporation, Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank as Co-Documentation Agents and Banc of America Securities LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager.

99.4  

   Pledge and Security Agreement, dated September 29, 2003, between the Registrant, certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A. as Agent.

99.5  

   Subsidiary Guaranty, dated September 29, 2003, entered into by certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A. as Agent.

99.6  

   Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2003, between the Registrant, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, and The Lenders Party thereto and Banc of America Securities LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager.

99.7  

   Guaranty, dated as of September 29, 2003, entered into by certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

99.8  

   Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2003, between the Registrant, certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

99.9  

   Second-Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2003 between the Registrant, certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative 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.

 

        LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

DATE: October 14, 2003

      By:   /s/    WILLIAM B. CHIASSON        
         
           

Name:

  William B. Chiasson
           

Title:

  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


99.1  

   Amendment to Revised Employee Retired Plan effective June 1, 2003.

99.2  

   Amendment to Long-Term Investment and Savings Plan effective June 1, 2003.

99.3  

   Credit Agreement, dated September 29, 2003, among the Financial Institutions named therein as the Lenders and, Bank of America, N.A. as the Agent, and the Registrant and Levi Strauss Financial Center Corporation as the Borrowers, Fleet Retail Finance Inc. as Sole Syndication Agent, General Electric Capital Corporation, Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank as Co-Documentation Agents and Banc of America Securities LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager.

99.4  

   Pledge and Security Agreement, dated September 29, 2003, between the Registrant, certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A. as Agent.

99.5  

   Subsidiary Guaranty, dated September 29, 2003, entered into by certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A. as Agent.

99.6  

   Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2003, between the Registrant, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, and The Lenders Party thereto and Banc of America Securities LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager.

99.7  

   Guaranty, dated as of September 29, 2003, entered into by certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

99.8  

   Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2003, between the Registrant, certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

99.9  

   Second-Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2003 between the Registrant, certain Subsidiaries of the Registrant, and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent.