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Exhibit 4.1

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This supplemental indenture, dated as of April 17, 2020 (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), between Levi Strauss & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 27, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Existing Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Issuer may issue additional Notes under the Indenture subject to certain conditions set forth in Section 2.01 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Issuer wishes to issue an additional $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025 as additional Notes under the Indenture (the “New Notes”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(8) of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Issuer are authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture to supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined in this First Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined.

ARTICLE II
ISSUANCE OF NEW NOTES

Section 2.1. Amount of New Notes. The aggregate principal amount of New Notes to be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture on or about April 17, 2020 is $500,000,000.

Section 2.2 Terms of New Notes. The New Notes to be issued as additional Notes under the Indenture and pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture are set forth and incorporated by reference in Exhibit A hereto and shall:

A.
be issued as part of the existing series of Existing Notes previously issued under the Indenture and the New Notes and the Existing Notes shall be a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase;

B.
be issued on April 17, 2020 and will accrue interest from November 1, 2019; Interest on the notes will be payable, in cash in arrears, on May 1 and November 1 of each year, with an initial payment for the notes on May 1, 2020. The record date solely for the purpose of the initial interest payment date will be April 17, 2020;

C.
be issuable in whole in the form of one or more Global Notes to be held by DTC and in the form, including appropriate transfer restriction legends, provided in Exhibit A of the Indenture;

D.
in the case of New Notes sold under Rule 144A, bear the CUSIP number of 52736R BH4 and ISIN number of US52736RBH49, and, in the case of New Notes sold under Regulation S of the Securities Act, bear the CUSIP number of U52799 BD1 and ISIN number of USU52799BD11; and

E.
until a Registered Exchange Offer has been consummated or a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed and becomes effective with respect to the New Notes, the New Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions applicable to a Transfer Restricted Note and shall have a different CUSIP number than that of the Existing Notes.

Section 2.3 Authentication of New Notes. The Trustee shall, pursuant to an Authentication Order delivered in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture, authenticate and deliver the New Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order.

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1. Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

Section 3.2. Governing Law, etc. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by the provisions set forth in Section 10.10 of the Indenture.

Section 3.3. Severability. In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

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Section 3.4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture. The recitals contained herein may be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness.

Section 3.5. Duplicate and Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture in original or facsimile signature. One signed copy or facsimile is enough to prove this First Supplemental Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 3.6. Effectiveness. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be effective and operative upon April 17, 2020.

Section 3.7. Recitals. The recitals contained herein may be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness.

Section 3.8. Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections in this First Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered as a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 3.9 Successors. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be binding on the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such parties and their respective successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

By: /s/ Lauren Dudley

Name: Lauren Dudley

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

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	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

	By:	/s/ Maddy Hughes
		Name: Maddy Hughes
		Title: Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

Notes

A-1

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT:

(A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY:

(i)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL AND OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS),

(ii) TO THE COMPANY, OR

(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF THIS SECURITY BY THE HOLDER OR BY ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL; AND

(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED OR HELD WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED UNDER ERISA TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR CHURCH PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SIMILAR IN PURPOSE OR EFFECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), UNLESS THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY EXCHANGE OF THE NOTE FOR AN EXCHANGE NOTE) BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS SECURITY, ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS UNDER ERISA AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY PROVISIONS OF SIMILAR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS. BY ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.

No. A-3

$497,890,000.00

5.00% Senior Notes due 2025

CUSIP No. 52736R BH4
ISIN No. US52736RBH49

LEVI STRAUSS & CO., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND Dollars ($497,890,000.00) on May 1, 2025.

Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Record Dates: April 17, 2020 with respect to the Interest Payment Date of May 1, 2020; April 15 and October 15 thereafter.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

	LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

	By:
		Name: Harmit Singh
		Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

	By:
		Name: Lauren Dudley
		Title: Vice President and Treasurer

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

Dated:___________________________

WELLS FARGO BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that

this is one of the Notes

referred to in the Indenture.

By:
Authorized Signatory

[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
5.00% Senior Notes due 2025

1. Interest

(a) LEVI STRAUSS & CO., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this 5.00% Senior Note due 2025 (this “Note” and, together with any other 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, the “Notes”) at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing May 1, 2020. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from November 1, 2019. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.

(b) Special Interest. The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits under the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2020, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

2. Method of Payment

The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the April 15 or October 15 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date; provided that interest payable on May 1, 2020 will be paid to Persons who are registered Holders of Notes on April 17, 2020. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Note (including principal, premium and interest), by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

4. Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 27, 2015, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 17, 2020 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Debt, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Property of the Company.

5. Optional Redemption

(a) Except as set forth below, the Notes may not be redeemed prior to May 1, 2020. On and after that date, the Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on or after May 1 of the years set forth below:

Period	Redemption Price
2020		102.500	%
2021		101.667	%
2022		100.833	%
2023 and thereafter		100.000	%

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to May 1, 2018 the Company may redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued (including additional Initial Notes, if any) with the proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings by the Company, at a redemption price equal to 105.00% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption); provided, however, that after giving effect to any such redemption, at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including additional Initial Notes, if any) remains outstanding. Any such redemption shall be made within 90 days of such Equity Offering upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, prior to May 1, 2020, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:

(a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus

(b) the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

In connection with any redemption of Notes described above, such redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including any related Equity Offering, issuance of Debt or other transaction. If such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all of such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date.

“Applicable Premium” means with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the excess of (i) the present value on such redemption date of (A) the redemption price of such Note on May 1, 2020 (such redemption price being described in the table appearing in clause (a) of this paragraph 5 exclusive of any accrued interest), plus (B) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through May 1, 2020 (including any accrued and unpaid interest) computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (ii) the principal amount of such Note.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to May 1, 2020, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date:

(a) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” (or any successor release) published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” or

(b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and one other financial institution chosen by the Company and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company or Reference Treasury Dealer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, compounded semi-annually, assuming a price for such Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

6. Notice of Optional Redemption

Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail and in the case of Notes held in book entry form, by electronic transmission at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her registered address. Any notice to Holders of Notes of such redemption pursuant to clause (c) in paragraph 5 needs to include the appropriate calculation of the redemption price, but does not need to include the redemption price itself. The actual redemption price, calculated as described in such clause (c), must be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the redemption date. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

7. Sinking Fund

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control

Upon a Change of Control, unless the Company has exercised its right, if any, to redeem the Notes in full, any Holder of Notes will have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

10. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

11. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, or prior to the applicable escheat date, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

12. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money in U.S. dollars or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest Notes (including premium, if any) on the Notes, in each case to redemption or maturity.

13. Amendment, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Noteholder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, as evidenced in an Officers’ Certificate; (ii) to comply with Article V of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (iv) to add Guarantees with respect to the Notes; (v) to secure the Notes, to add additional covenants or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company; (vi) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee; (viii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder in any material respect; or (ix) to provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with the Indenture.

14. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.

Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.

15. Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

16. No Recourse Against Others

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

17. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

18. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

19. Governing Law

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

20. CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. To the extent such numbers have been issued, the Company has caused ISIN and Common Code numbers to be similarly printed on the Notes and has similarly instructed the Trustee. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 5.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:

Your Signature:

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is a Transfer Restricted Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

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(1)

o

To the Company; or

(2)

o

Pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or

(3)

o

Inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or

(4)

o

Outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or

(5)

o

To an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee or the Company); or

(6)

o

Pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

Your Signature

Signature Guarantee: _________________________________________________

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized
signature guaranty medallion program or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee

Date: _____________________



           Signature of Signature Guarantee

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Dated: ____________________

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $497,890,000.00. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

Date of Exchange	Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note	Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note	Principal amount of this Global Note following such decrease or increase	Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Notes Custodian

LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 5.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.07 (Asset Sale) or 4.12 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

☐

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.07 or 4.12 of the Indenture, state the amount:

$__________

Date: _____________________

Your Signature:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)

Signature Guarantee: _________________________________________________

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized
signature guaranty medallion program or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee

(A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY:

(ii) TO THE COMPANY, OR

(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).

No. S-2

$2,110,000.00

5.00% Senior Notes due 2025

CUSIP No. U52799 BD1

ISIN No. USU52799BD11

LEVI STRAUSS & CO., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND Dollars ($2,110,000.00) on May 1, 2025.

Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Record Dates: April 17, 2020 with respect to the Interest Payment Date of May 1, 2020; April 15 and October 15 thereafter.

A-1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

	LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

	By:
		Name: Harmit Singh
		Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

	By:
		Name: Lauren Dudley
		Title: Vice President and Treasurer

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

AUTHENTICATION

Dated:___________________________

WELLS FARGO BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that

this is one of the Notes

referred to in the Indenture.

By:

Authorized Signatory

[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
5.00% Senior Notes due 2025

1. Interest

2. Method of Payment

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

4. Indenture

5. Optional Redemption

Period	Redemption Price
2020		102.500	%
2021		101.667	%
2022		100.833	%
2023 and thereafter		100.000	%

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, prior to May 1, 2020, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:

(a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date:

(b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.

6. Notice of Optional Redemption

7. Sinking Fund

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

10. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

11. Unclaimed Money

12. Discharge and Defeasance

13. Amendment, Waiver

14. Defaults and Remedies

15. Trustee Dealings with the Company

16. No Recourse Against Others

17. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

18. Abbreviations

19. Governing Law

20. CUSIP Numbers

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 5.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:

Your Signature:

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

Dated: ____________________

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $2,110,000.00. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

Date of
Exchange

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note

Principal amount of this
Global Note following
such decrease or increase

Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or
Notes Custodian

LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 5.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.07 (Asset Sale) or 4.12 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.07 or 4.12 of the Indenture, state the amount:

$___________

	A.	be issued as part of the existing series of Existing Notes previously issued under the Indenture and the New Notes and the Existing Notes shall be a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase;

	B.	be issued on April 17, 2020 and will accrue interest from November 1, 2019; Interest on the notes will be payable, in cash in arrears, on May 1 and November 1 of each year, with an initial payment for the notes on May 1, 2020. The record date solely for the purpose of the initial interest payment date will be April 17, 2020;

	C.	be issuable in whole in the form of one or more Global Notes to be held by DTC and in the form, including appropriate transfer restriction legends, provided in Exhibit A of the Indenture;

	D.	in the case of New Notes sold under Rule 144A, bear the CUSIP number of 52736R BH4 and ISIN number of US52736RBH49, and, in the case of New Notes sold under Regulation S of the Securities Act, bear the CUSIP number of U52799 BD1 and ISIN number of USU52799BD11; and

	E.	until a Registered Exchange Offer has been consummated or a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed and becomes effective with respect to the New Notes, the New Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions applicable to a Transfer Restricted Note and shall have a different CUSIP number than that of the Existing Notes.

	LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

	By:	/s/ Lauren Dudley
		Name: Lauren Dudley
		Title: Vice President and Treasurer

Date:		Your Signature:
		Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.