<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-21-009531.txt : 20210511
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-009531
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210507
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210511

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Haas Peter E. Jr.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001768791

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06631
		FILM NUMBER:		21910721

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
		STREET 2:		1155 BATTERY STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEVI STRAUSS & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000094845
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300]
		IRS NUMBER:				940905160
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1125

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1155 BATTERY ST
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155016000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1155 BATTERY STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
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        <footnote id="F2">Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder and has no expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The shares are held by the Peter E. Haas, Jr. Family Fund, of which Mr. Haas is Vice-President, for the benefit of various charitable entities.  Mr. Haas disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.</footnote>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">The<font style="color: #000000;"> undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Parker
        B. Phillips, Minna B. Baughman, Patrick R. McCabe, Joan L. Grant and Shartsis Friese LLP, each acting individually, as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in
        the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">A.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">prepare, execute,
        acknowledge, deliver and file Forms ID, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto and any related documents) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges
        relating to securities of Levi Strauss &amp; Co. (&#8220;LS&amp;Co.&#8221;), as considered necessary or advisable under Regulation S-T and Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended from
        time to time (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;); and</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">B.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">seek or obtain, as the
        undersigned&#8217;s representative and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, information on transactions in the securities of LS&amp;Co. from any person, including brokers and transfer agents, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
        such information to any such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">C.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">perform any and all
        other acts that in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned acknowledges that:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">1.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">this Limited Power of
        Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to him or her without independent verification of such information;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">2.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">any documents prepared
        and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems
        necessary or desirable;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">3.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">none of such
        attorneys-in-fact assumes (a) any liability for the undersigned&#8217;s responsibility to comply with Exchange Act requirements or the requirements of any other laws, (b) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements,
        or (c) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">4.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">this Limited Power of
        Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned&#8217;s obligations under the Exchange Act or any other laws, including without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and
      every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such
      attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done under this Limited Power of Attorney.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of February 11, 2021.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">/s/ Peter E. Haas, Jr.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Print Name: Peter E. Haas, Jr.</div>
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