LEVI STRAUSS & CO — Earnings Release 2005

Apr 13, 2005

8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 12, 2005

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	002-90139	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 (See General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 12, 2005, we issued a press release announcing our first-quarter 2005 financial results.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Our policy is not to give guidance on future results for any particular period. In response to a question during our first quarter earnings call, we indicated that an assumption of flat net sales in 2005 compared to 2004 was a reasonable one.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements And Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release, dated April 12, 2005, announcing Levi Strauss & Co.’s first-quarter 2005 financial results

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. — By:	/s/ Gary W. Grellman
Name:	Gary W. Grellman
Title:	Vice President, Controller

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release, dated April 12, 2005, announcing Levi Strauss & Co.’s first-quarter 2005 financial results