LEVI STRAUSS & CO — Director's Dealing 2019

Mar 20, 2019

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: LEVI STRAUSS & CO (LEVI)
CIK: 0000094845
Period of Report: 2019-03-20

Reporting Person: Ellison Seth M. (EVP & President, Europe)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	204020	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Appreciation Rights	$6.10	2023-02-09	Common Stock (339010)		Direct
Stock Appreciation Rights	$14.875	2029-01-29	Common Stock (72670)		Direct
Stock Appreciation Rights	$9.60	2025-01-30	Common Stock (114760)		Direct
Stock Appreciation Rights	$6.90	2024-02-01	Common Stock (110430)		Direct
Stock Appreciation Rights	$7.425	2022-02-04	Common Stock (33210)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each share of Common Stock shall be reclassified into one share of Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the completion of the Issuer's initial public offering of Class A Common Stock.

F2: 78,160 of the shares are represented by restricted stock units (RSUs). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock upon settlement. Of the 78,160 RSUs, (i) 32,880 RSUs vest on February 1, 2020, (ii) 23,440 RSUs represent the unvested portion of an RSU award that vests in four equal annual installments beginning on January 30, 2019, and (iii) 21,840 RSUs vest in four equal annual installments beginning on January 30, 2020.

F3: Of these stock appreciation rights (SARs): (i) 229,830 are performance stock appreciation rights (PSARs) that vested on January 30, 2019 based upon the achievement of certain financial targets and total stockholder return, each over a three-year period, as determined by the Issuer's board of directors, and are immediately exercisable; and (ii) 109,180 are time-based SARs from an original grant of 275,800 SARs, of which 166,620 have been exercised, that vested as to 25% of the SARs on February 9, 2017, with the remainder vesting in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter.

F4: Each SAR represents the right to receive, upon exercise, shares of the Issuer's Common Stock with a value equal to the increase in the fair market value of one share of Common Stock from the date of grant of the SAR.

F5: 25% of the SARs vest on January 30, 2020, and 1/3 of the remaining SARs vest annually beginning on January 30, 2021.

F6: 25% of the SARs vested on January 30, 2019, and 1/3 of the remaining SARs vest annually beginning on January 30, 2020.

F7: The original grant was for 147,240 SARs, of which 36,810 SARs were exercised. 25% of the SARs vested on February 1, 2018, and 1/3 of the remaining SARs vest annually beginning on February 1, 2019.

F8: 100% of the SARs are fully vested.