---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000094845-24-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEVI"
cik: "0000094845"
company_name: "LEVI STRAUSS & CO"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:07:27.335409+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Levi Strauss shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, and reject sustainability report proposal

## Summary
- Four Class II directors (Friedman, Garten, Ming, Prime) elected with over 97% votes cast for each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 2.5B for, 24.6M against, 210.5M abstentions.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor passed with 2.76B for, 7.7M against, 131K abstentions.
- Shareholder proposal for financial sustainability report voted down: 16.4M for, 2.72B against.
- All voting results based on shares present at the April 24, 2024 Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000094845-24-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEVI
- cik: 0000094845
- company_name: LEVI STRAUSS & CO
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484524000034/0000094845-24-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484524000034/levi-20240424.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal requesting a corporate financial sustainability report at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Shareholders voted against the shareholder proposal requesting a corporate financial sustainability report. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 16,414,614 2,721,204,022 12,681,780 13,735,376
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484524000034/0000094845-24-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: 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 December 1, 2024. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 2,756,229,972 7,674,727 131,093
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484524000034/0000094845-24-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: 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 2,515,270,276 24,578,666 210,451,474 13,735,376
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484524000034/0000094845-24-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Shareholders elected each of the four nominees for Class II directors to serve until the Company’s 2027 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 David A. Friedman 2,691,306,111 58,994,305 13,735,376 Yael Garten 2,721,423,694 28,876,722 13,735,376 Jenny Ming 2,681,359,187 68,941,229 13,735,376 Joshua E. Prime 2,738,059,062 12,241,354 13,735,376
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484524000034/0000094845-24-000034-index.htm

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