Levi Strauss & Co filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2026
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| ITEM 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. | ||||
On April 23, 2026, 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. Among other things, the amendments:
•clarify and update certain procedural and disclosure requirements in the advance notice provisions relating to the requirements for stockholder-submitted nominations and/or other business proposals (other than proposals that are proper matters for stockholder action under Delaware law sought to be included in the Company’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Exchange Act”)), including, among other things, to clarify the scope of information required regarding proposed nominees and to reduce certain information requirements concerning other related persons;
•further update provisions relating to the “universal proxy” rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act;
•update provisions relating to the conduct and administration of meetings of stockholders, including to clarify the authority of the chairperson to convene, recess and/or adjourn the meeting;
•require an indemnitee seeking advancement to first provide the Company an undertaking to repay such amounts if he or she is ultimately not entitled to be indemnified, irrespective of whether such undertaking is required under the Delaware General Corporation Law; and
•designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for indemnification and advancement of expenses claims brought under the Bylaws.
The amendments also make certain other technical, conforming, modernizing and clarifying changes.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be a complete description of the Bylaws and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Bylaws, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
| ITEM 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
(d) Exhibits.
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| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL | ||||
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.
| LEVI STRAUSS & CO. | |||||||||||
| DATE: | April 27, 2026 | By: | /s/ DAVID JEDRZEJEK | ||||||||
| Name: | David Jedrzejek | ||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||||||