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On January 9, 2024, upon recommendation of its Nominating, Governance and Corporate Citizenship Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”) elected David Marberger to serve as a Class III member of the Board and appointed Mr. Marberger to serve as a member of the Board’s Audit Committee, effective immediately. Mr. Marberger will serve as a member of the Board until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. The Board determined that Mr. Marberger is an “independent” director under the New York Stock Exchange rules and meets all applicable requirements to serve on the Audit Committee.

Mr. Marberger will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation practices described under the heading “Non-Employee Director Compensation During Fiscal Year 2022” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2023. In connection with his election as a director, the Board granted restricted stock unit awards (“RSUs”) representing the right to receive shares of Class A common stock under the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan with a grant date fair value of $155,000. The RSUs vest in full on the earlier of (i) the day before the next annual meeting or (ii) the one-year anniversary of the date of grant.

Mr. Marberger is not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which he was elected as a director, nor is he a party to any transaction requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Marberger has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Conagra Brands, Inc. since 2016. In this role, he oversees Conagra’s finances and information technology. Prior to joining Conagra, Mr. Marberger served as Chief Financial Officer at Prestige Brands, a provider of over-the-counter health care products with a portfolio of over 80 brands. Prior to Prestige Brands, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Godiva Chocolatier for seven years, where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, audit, tax and IT functions, in addition to overseeing Godiva’s worldwide strategic planning process. Prior to joining Godiva, Mr. Marberger served as Chief Financial Officer of Tasty Baking Company and spent 10 years at Campbell Soup Company, where he held finance roles with increasing responsibility. He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

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.