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Levi Strauss & Co. – ‘10-K’ for 11/29/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 1/27/21, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  11/29/20   ·   Accession #:  94845-21-9   ·   File #:  1-06631

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 1/27/21  Levi Strauss & Co.                10-K       11/29/20  127:28M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.31M 
 2: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML    127K 
 3: EX-4.8      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     54K 
 4: EX-10.40    Material Contract                                   HTML     38K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     41K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
16: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    100K 
17: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    151K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     44K 
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    115K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     71K 
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    103K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    144K 
23: R8          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML    105K 
24: R9          Inventory                                           HTML     40K 
25: R10         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     46K 
26: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     70K 
27: R12         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     81K 
28: R13         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    129K 
29: R14         Other Liabilities                                   HTML     45K 
30: R15         Debt                                                HTML     78K 
31: R16         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    252K 
32: R17         Employee Investment Plans                           HTML     38K 
33: R18         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans            HTML    124K 
34: R19         Restructuring                                       HTML     51K 
35: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     40K 
36: R21         Leases                                              HTML     55K 
37: R22         Dividend                                            HTML     35K 
38: R23         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     89K 
39: R24         Net Revenues                                        HTML     71K 
40: R25         Other Income, Net                                   HTML     50K 
41: R26         Income Taxes                                        HTML    161K 
42: R27         Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     51K 
                Stockholders                                                     
43: R28         Related Parties                                     HTML     35K 
44: R29         Business Segment Information                        HTML    127K 
45: R30         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML    119K 
46: R31         Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Acounts       HTML     71K 
47: R32         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    131K 
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51: R36         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     83K 
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53: R38         Other Liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     45K 
54: R39         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     49K 
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56: R41         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans (Tables)   HTML    113K 
57: R42         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     50K 
58: R43         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     57K 
59: R44         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     89K 
60: R45         Net Revenues (Tables)                               HTML     68K 
61: R46         Other Income, Net (Tables)                          HTML     49K 
62: R47         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    159K 
63: R48         Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     50K 
                Stockholders Earnings Per Share Attributable to                  
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64: R49         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    130K 
65: R50         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML    119K 
66: R51         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML    236K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R52         Significant Accounting Policies - Property, Plant   HTML     44K 
                and Equipment (Details)                                          
68: R53         Significant Accounting Policies - Revenue           HTML     38K 
                Recognition (Details)                                            
69: R54         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     41K 
70: R55         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     58K 
71: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     53K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
73: R58         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Fair Value    HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R59         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Adjusted      HTML     63K 
                Historical Cost (Details)                                        
75: R60         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     93K 
                Balance Sheet (Details)                                          
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                Income Statement (Details)                                       
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                Realized & Unrealized (Details)                                  
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79: R64         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     49K 
80: R65         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    113K 
81: R66         Debt - Principal Payments on Short-term and         HTML     48K 
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
82: R67         Employee Benefit Plans - Benefit obligations in     HTML     91K 
                excess of fair value of plan assets (Details)                    
83: R68         Employee Benefit Plans - Amounts recognized in      HTML     61K 
                balance sheet (Details)                                          
84: R69         Employee Benefit Plans - Accumulated benefit        HTML     44K 
                obligations in excess of fair value of plan assets               
                (Details)                                                        
85: R70         Employee Benefit Plans - Defined benefit plans      HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R71         Employee Benefit Plans - Assumptions used           HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R72         Employee Benefit Plans - Fair values of pension     HTML     95K 
                plan assets (Details)                                            
88: R73         Employee Benefit Plans - Expected benefit payments  HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R74         Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)        HTML     67K 
90: R75         Employee Investment Plans (Details)                 HTML     37K 
91: R76         Employee Incentive Compensation Plans (Details)     HTML     37K 
92: R77         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans -          HTML    148K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
93: R78         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans -          HTML     94K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
94: R79         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans -          HTML     39K 
                Aggregate Intrinsic Value - Exercised (Details)                  
95: R80         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans - Fair     HTML     63K 
                Value Assumptions (Details)                                      
96: R81         Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans            HTML     77K 
                Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans - RSU                   
                (Details)                                                        
97: R82         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML     47K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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100: R85         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     40K  
101: R86         Leases - Schedule of Operating Lease Liabilities    HTML     50K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R87         Leases - Supplemental Information (Details)         HTML     41K  
103: R88         Leases - Schedule of Operating Lease and Financing  HTML     49K  
                Obligations (Details)                                            
104: R89         Dividend (Details)                                  HTML     48K  
105: R90         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML    102K  
106: R91         Net Revenues (Details)                              HTML     73K  
107: R92         Other Income, Net (Details)                         HTML     48K  
108: R93         Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate            HTML     91K  
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
109: R94         Income Taxes - Domestic and Foreign Income (Loss)   HTML     40K  
                before income Taxes (Details)                                    
110: R95         Income Taxes - Current and Deferred Tax (Details)   HTML     69K  
111: R96         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     79K  
                (Details)                                                        
112: R97         Income Taxes - Summary of Operating Loss            HTML     48K  
                Carryforwards (Details)                                          
113: R98         Income Taxes - Unrecognized tax benefits (Details)  HTML     48K  
114: R99         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML    118K  
115: R100        Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     68K  
                Stockholders Earnings Per Share Attributable to                  
                Common Stockholders (Details)                                    
116: R101        Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     35K  
117: R102        Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML    101K  
118: R103        Business Segment Information - Schedule of          HTML     43K  
                Depreciation and Amortization by Segment (Details)               
119: R104        Business Segment Information - Schedule of Assets   HTML     50K  
                by Geographical Segment (Details)                                
120: R105        Business Segment Information - Revenue, Deferred    HTML     53K  
                Tax Assets, and Long Lived Assets by Geographical                
                Segment (Details)                                                
121: R106        Long-Term Employee Related Benefits (Details)       HTML     45K  
122: R107        Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML    121K  
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