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Table of Contents ( Mark One ) ✓ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FORM 10 - K TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended November 29 , 2020 Commission file number : 001-06631 Delaware ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or LEVI STRAUSS & CO . ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter ) or Organization ) 1155 Battery Street , San Francisco , California 94111 ( Address of Principal Executive Offices ) ( Zip Code ) ( 415 ) 501-6000 ( Registrant's Telephone Number , Including Area Code ) Title of each class Class A Common Stock , $ 0.001 par value per share ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading symbol ( s ) LEVI 94-0905160 Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes p No ¨ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No p Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes p No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes þ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , or a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See definition of " Large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . ( Check one ) : Large accelerated filer p Non - accelerated filer " Accelerated filer " Smaller reporting company " 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 " Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . þ No p Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes The aggregate market value of the registrant's shares of Class A common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant as of May 22 , 2020 , the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , was $ 779,779,145 , based on the closing price reported for such date on the New York Stock Exchange . Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock , as of the latest practicable date . As of January 21 , 2021 , the registrant had 77,329,197 shares of Class A common stock , $ 0.001 par value per share and 320,730,620 shares of Class B common stock , $ 0.001 par value per share , outstanding . Documents incorporated by reference : Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10 - K are incorporated by reference in Part III , Items 10-14 of this Annual Report on Form 10 - K .