---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000094845-23-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEVI"
cik: "0000094845"
company_name: "LEVI STRAUSS & CO"
filed_at: "2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T22:02:35.509657+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Levi Strauss shareholders elect four Class I directors and approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Jill Beraud, Spencer Fleisher, Christopher McCormick, and Elliott Rodgers as Class I directors for three-year terms.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with approx 2.80B votes for, 10.8M against, 14.7M abstentions.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY ending Nov 26, 2023, with 2.83B for, 8.91M against.
- Board approved amendments to bylaws updating advance notice provisions and DGCL changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000094845-23-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEVI
- cik: 0000094845
- company_name: LEVI STRAUSS & CO
- filed_at: 2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000029/0000094845-23-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000029/levi-20230419.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO: Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws updating advance notice provisions, reflecting Delaware General Corporation Law changes, and making technical, modernizing and clarifying changes (effective 2023-04-20).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-20
  source text: On April 20, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), which became effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000029/0000094845-23-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-04-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-19
  source text: Proposal 3. Shareholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 26, 2023. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 2,834,509,495 8,911,126 68,875
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000029/0000094845-23-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation (Say-on-Pay) at the 2023-04-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-19
  source text: Proposal 2. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 2,803,677,260 10,794,074 14,683,933 14,334,229
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000029/0000094845-23-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-04-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-19
  source text: Proposal 1. Shareholders elected each of the four nominees for Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jill Beraud 2,817,110,895 12,044,372 14,334,229 Spencer C. Fleisher 2,817,056,015 12,099,252 14,334,229 Christopher J. McCormick 2,788,661,980 40,493,287 14,334,229 Elliott Rodgers 2,820,014,405 9,140,862 14,334,229
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000029/0000094845-23-000029-index.htm

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