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<DESCRIPTION>SEC ORDER NO. 4-460
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): October 8, 2002

                               Levi Strauss & Co.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       DELAWARE                    333-36234                    94-0905160
(State of Incorporation)     (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer
                                                          Identification Number)

          1155 Battery Street
      San Francisco, California                                    94111
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 501-6000
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ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

         On October 8, 2002, each of the  Principal Executive Officer, Philip A.
Marineau, and Principal Financial Officer,  William B. Chiasson, of Levi Strauss
& Co. (the "Company")  submitted to the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the
"SEC") sworn statements pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460. A copy of each of these
statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).

         Additionally,  on  October  8, 2002, the  Company  filed its  Quarterly
Report  on Form  10-Q for the  quarterly  period  ended  August  25,  2002  (the
"Report")  with the SEC.  Pursuant  to 18 U.S.C.  Section  1350,  as  created by
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, the  certifications  attached as
Exhibit 99.3 to this Report are being made to accompany the Report.


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                                    SIGNATURE

        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.

Date:  October 8, 2002

                                      LEVI STRAUSS & CO.


                                      By  /s/ William B. Chiasson
                                          -----------------------
                                          William B. Chiasson
                                          Title:  Senior Vice President
                                                  and Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
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99.1     Statement under oath of the Principal Executive Officer of the  Company
         made pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460.

99.2     Statement under oath of the Principal Financial Officer of the  Company
         made pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460.

99.3     Certification  pursuant to  Section 906 of  Principal Executive Officer
         and Principal Financial Officer dated October 8, 2002.


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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

    Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and
                 Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Philip A. Marineau, state and attest that:

     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
     of  Levi  Strauss  &  Co.,  and,  except  as corrected or supplemented in a
     subsequent covered report:

        o     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
              as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
              of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as  of  the
              date on which it was filed); and

        o     no covered report omitted to state a material  fact  necessary  to
              make the statements  in  the  covered  report,  in  light  of  the
              circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
              end of the period covered by such report (or  in  the  case  of  a
              report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of  the  date
              on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of  this  statement  with  Levi  Strauss &
     Co.'s audit committee.

     (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following,  if  filed  on  or
     before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

        o     the  Annual Report on Form 10-K of Levi Strauss & Co.  filed  with
              the Commission on February 7, 2002;

        o     all reports on Form  10-Q,   all  reports  on  Form  8-K  and  all
              definitive proxy materials of Levi Strauss & Co.  filed  with  the
              Commission subsequent to the filing of  the Form  10-K  identified
              above; and

        o     any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/ Philip A. Marineau                                   Subscribed and sworn to
----------------------                                   before me this 4th day
Philip A. Marineau                                       of October 2002.
October 4, 2002

                                                         /s/Vivian A. De Vera
                                                         -----------------------
                                                         Notary Public

                                                         My Commission Expires:
                                                         July 26, 2003
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2

     Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
                 Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, William B. Chiasson, state and attest that:

     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
     of Levi Strauss & Co., and,  except  as  corrected  or  supplemented  in  a
     subsequent covered report:

        o     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
              as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
              of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as  of  the
              date on which it was filed); and

        o     no covered report omitted to state a material  fact  necessary  to
              make the statements  in  the  covered  report,  in  light  of  the
              circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
              end of the period covered by such report (or  in  the  case  of  a
              report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of  the  date
              on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of  this  statement  with  Levi  Strauss &
     Co.'s audit committee.

     (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following,  if  filed  on  or
     before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

        o     the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Levi Strauss &  Co.  filed  with
              the Commission on February 7, 2002;

        o     all reports on  Form  10-Q,  all  reports  on  Form  8-K  and  all
              definitive proxy materials of Levi Strauss &  Co. filed  with  the
              Commission subsequent to the filing of the  Form  10-K  identified
              above; and

        o     any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/ William B. Chiasson                                Subscribed and sworn to
-----------------------                                before me this 3rd day
William B. Chiasson                                    of October 2002.
October 3, 2002
                                                       /s/Vivian A. De Vera
                                                       -------------------------
                                                       Notary Public

                                                       My Commission Expires:
                                                       July 26, 2003
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.3


    Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
           Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to  Section 906
of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,  each of the  undersigned  officers of Levi
Strauss & Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby certify that:

                1.         The accompanying Quarterly Report of the  Company  on
                           Form 10-Q for the period ended August 25,  2002  (the
                           "Report") fully complies  with  the  requirements  of
                           Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
                           and

                2.         Information contained in the Report fairly  presents,
                           in all material respects, the financial condition and
                           results of operations of the company as of, and  for,
                           the periods presented in the Report.




/s/ Philip A. Marineau
----------------------
Philip A. Marineau
President
and Chief Executive Officer
October 8, 2002



/s/ William B. Chiasson
-----------------------
William B. Chiasson
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
October 8, 2002


This certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section  1350
and is not  being  filed as part of the Form  10-Q or as a  separate  disclosure
document.


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