{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001999371-26-021687","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LEVI","cik":"0000094845","company_name":"LEVI STRAUSS & CO","filed_at":"2026-09-30T21:12:39+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-30T21:14:00.208500+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:10:15.977456+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Levi Strauss names Skechers CFO John Vandemore as EVP & CFO, effective Nov 1, 2026","bullets":["Vandemore, 53, spent nine years as Skechers CFO; during that time Skechers nearly tripled revenue to over $9B and became the world's third-largest footwear brand with 5,000+ stores in 180+ countries.","Pay package: $1,350,000 base salary, target bonus of 110% of salary, and 2027 equity target of $4,250,000 (RSUs $1,062,500, performance RSUs $2,125,000, SARs $1,062,500).","Sign-on award replacing forfeited prior-employer awards: $4,000,000 cash (50% at start, 50% at six months), $5,500,000 RSU grant and $5,500,000 SAR grant vesting 50%/25%/25%.","Outgoing CFO Harmit Singh announced retirement in April 2026; he stays as CFGO until Vandemore joins, then serves as Special Advisor through November 30, 2026.","CEO Michelle Gass cited Vandemore's consumer and operational experience in pursuing a more direct-to-consumer model and the ambition of becoming a $10 billion company."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-021687","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-021687.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-021687.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-021687.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000199937126021687/0001999371-26-021687-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000199937126021687/levi-8k_093026.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:10:15.977456+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}