Levi Strauss : FormDEF 14A

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United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )

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Levi Strauss & Co.

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Notice of 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

and Proxy Statement

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In this proxy statement, the terms "Levi Strauss & Co.," "Levi Strauss," the "company," "we," "us," "our" or similar terms refer to Levi Strauss & Co. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Our website address is www.levistrauss.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in this proxy statement.

These materials were first sent or made available to shareholders on June 5, 2019.

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Notice of 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Levi's Plaza	July 10, 2019
1155 Battery Street	10:00 a.m., Pacific Time

San Francisco, CA 94111

The proxy statement and annual report to shareholders

are available free of charge at https://investors.levistrauss.com.

I TEMS OF B USINESS

1. To elect the following four nominees recommended by the board of directors as Class III directors: Troy Alstead, Charles V. Bergh, Robert A. Eckert and Patricia Salas Pineda.
2. To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation.
3. To hold an advisory vote on the preferred frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation.
4. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 24, 2019.
5. To conduct any other business properly brought before the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

R ECORD D ATE

Close of business on May 17, 2019.

W EBCAST

A live webcast of the annual meeting will be available at https://levis.brand.live/c/2019-annual-shareholder-meeting. To access the webcast, go to this website and follow the instructions provided. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay at this website through August 10, 2019.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Nita T. Dudley

Corporate Secretary

San Francisco, California

June 5, 2019

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Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting, you are urged to vote by proxy as promptly as

possible to ensure your vote is counted. You may vote over the telephone, through the internet or by

using the enclosed proxy card as instructed in the accompanying proxy materials. Even if you have

voted by proxy, you may still vote in person if you attend the annual meeting. Note, however, that if your

shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other agent and you wish to vote at the annual meeting,

you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from that record holder. See the accompanying proxy

materials for more information.