UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 5, 2021

 

 

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-06631		94-0905160
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1155 BATTERY STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 501-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		LEVI		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 5, 2021, Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”), Levi Strauss & Co. (Canada) Inc. (“LS Canada”) and certain other subsidiaries of the Company, entered into a second amendment to its second amended and restated credit agreement (the “Amendment”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, as Multicurrency Administrative Agent (together with the Administrative Agent, the “Agents”), the lenders party thereto, which amends the existing Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2017, as amended by a Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2018 (as so amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and, as further amended by the Amendment, the “Restated Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, LS Canada, the other subsidiaries party thereto, the Agents, the lenders party thereto, and the other financial institutions and arrangers party thereto.

The Restated Credit Agreement modifies certain terms of the Existing Credit Agreement including (i) extending the term of the agreement to January 2026 and (ii) reducing the letter of credit sublimit from $350,000,000 to $150,000,000.

Other terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on January 30, 2020, (including, without limitation, guarantees and security, covenants, events of default), have not been materially changed as a result of the Restated Credit Agreement and remain in full force and effect.

The foregoing does not constitute a complete summary of the terms of the Restated Credit Agreement and reference is made to the complete text of the governing document, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference.

 

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1	Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2021, by and among the Company, LS Canada, certain other subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, the Agents, and the other financial institutions, agents and arrangers party thereto.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

DATE: January 7, 2021				LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
				By:		/s/ Harmit Singh
				Name:       Title:		Harmit Singh Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer