levi-20260814
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): August 14, 2026
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LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-06631 | 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) (Zip Code)
(800) 438-0349
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | LEVI | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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. | ||||
As previously announced, on August 14, 2026, having reached the mandatory retirement age, Robert Eckert, a Class III director, retired from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”). The Company’s corporate governance guidelines provide that a director is deemed to have resigned automatically upon the director’s 72nd birthday unless the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Citizenship Committee of the Board (the “NGCC Committee”) or the Board, upon recommendation from the NGCC Committee, waives this requirement. Mr. Eckert has served on the Company’s Board since 2010 and most recently served as the chair of the Board (until April 2026) and of the NGCC Committee, as well as a member of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee. Effective upon Mr. Eckert’s retirement, the Board appointed Joshua Prime to the NGCC Committee and named him the Chair thereof. Mr. Eckert’s retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
Concurrent with Mr. Eckert’s departure, the size of the Board was reduced to ten directors.
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 18, 2026 | By: | /s/ DAVID JEDRZEJEK | ||||||||
| Name: | David Jedrzejek | ||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||||||