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Significant Accounting Policies | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2025
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Nature of Operations Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”) is one of the world’s largest brand-name apparel companies. The Company designs, markets and sells – directly or through third parties and licensees – products that include jeans, casual and dress pants, activewear, tops, shorts, skirts, jackets and related accessories for men, women and children around the world under the Levi’s®, Levi Strauss Signature™, Denizen®, Dockers® and Beyond Yoga® brands. In the fourth quarter of 2024 we announced we were undertaking an evaluation of strategic alternatives to the global Dockers® business, including a sale or other strategic transactions. During the second quarter of 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Dockers® business. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and closed on July 31, 2025 for the Dockers® intellectual property and operations in the U.S. and Canada, and is expected to close on or around January 31, 2026 for the remaining Dockers® operations. Dockers® net assets were classified as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets for all periods presented. Additionally, the Company classified the Dockers® business as discontinued operations in its consolidated statements of income for all periods presented. See Note 2 “Discontinued Operations”. The Dockers® business is a separate operating segment historically presented in our financial statements under the caption of Other Brands. The Company operates its business according to three reportable segments: Americas, Europe, and Asia, collectively comprising the Company's Levi's Brands business, which includes the Levi's®, Levi Strauss Signature™ and Denizen® brands. In the first quarter of 2024 the Company announced the strategic decision to discontinue the Denizen® brand with the wind down of operations substantially complete as of March 2, 2025. The Beyond Yoga® business, which is managed separately, does not meet the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments but is presented separately to increase transparency of performance. Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation The interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and its wholly-owned and majority-owned foreign and domestic subsidiaries, including the notes, have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) applicable to interim period financial statements and do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and the results of operations for the periods presented have been included. The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 1, 2024, included in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2025 may not be indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the year ending November 30, 2025. The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Sunday that is closest to November 30 of that year, although the fiscal years of certain foreign subsidiaries end on November 30. Each quarter of both fiscal years 2025 and 2024 consists of 13 weeks, with the exception of the fourth quarter of 2024, which consisted of 14 weeks. All references to years and quarters relate to fiscal years and quarters rather than calendar years and quarters. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements. Estimates are based upon historical factors, current circumstances and the experience and judgment of the Company’s management. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis and may employ outside experts to assist in its evaluations. Changes in such estimates, based on more accurate future information, or different assumptions or conditions, may affect amounts reported in future periods. Distribution Center Conversion On June 6, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement to replace certain of the Company’s legacy U.S. distribution centers with a new third party logistics center. The Company maintains certain rights over the warehouse, and warehouse equipment and technologies which resulted in an Operating lease right-of-use asset and lease liability of $30.6 million in “Operating lease right-of-use assets, net” and “Short-term Operating lease liabilities” and “Long-term Operating lease liabilities” balances and a Financing lease right-of-use asset and lease liability of $14.0 million in “Other non-current assets” and “Long-term employee related benefits and other liabilities” balances on the consolidated balance sheets during 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, the Company recorded an additional Financing lease right-of-use asset and lease liability of $61.6 million in “Other non-current assets” and “Long-term employee related benefits and other liabilities” balances on the consolidated balance sheets. Long-Lived Assets The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may be impaired. Impairment losses are measured and recorded for the excess of carrying value over its fair value, estimated based on expected future cash flows and other quantitative and qualitative factors. Property, plant and equipment, net includes accumulated depreciation of $1.3 billion as of both August 31, 2025 and December 1, 2024. Supplier Finance Program The Company offers a supplier financing program which enables the Company’s suppliers, at their sole discretion, to sell their receivables (i.e., the Company’s payment obligations to suppliers) to a financial institution on a non-recourse basis in order to be paid earlier than current payment terms provide. The Company’s obligations to its suppliers, including amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by the supplier’s participation in these arrangements. The Company’s payment terms to the financial institutions, including the timing and amount of payments, are based on the original supplier invoices. Our current payment terms with a majority of our suppliers are typically 90 days. The Company has not pledged any assets and does not provide guarantees under the supplier finance program. As such, the outstanding payment obligations under the Company’s supplier finance program are included within Accounts Payable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s outstanding payment obligations under this program were $150.6 million as of August 31, 2025 and $152.2 million as of December 1, 2024. Share Repurchases During the first quarter of 2025, the Company repurchased 1.6 million shares for $30.0 million, plus broker’s commissions, in the open market. On August 1, 2025, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase transaction with a third-party financial institution to repurchase an aggregate of $120.0 million of the Company’s Class A common stock as part of its share repurchase program. At inception, the Company made an initial payment of $120.0 million and took delivery of approximately 5.0 million shares of Class A common stock, representing 80% of the dollar amount of the transaction, based on the August 1, 2025 closing share price, over the transaction's term (the "ASR Agreement"). The initial shares received, which had an aggregate cost of $96.0 million based on the August 1, 2025 closing share price, were retired and recorded as a reduction of Retained Earnings, with the remainder of $24.0 million recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. These purchases equate to an average repurchase price of approximately $19.05 per share for the nine months ended August 31, 2025. The total number of shares the Company will ultimately repurchase will be based on the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company's Class A common stock over the term of the ASR Agreement, less an agreed upon discount, and subject to customary adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of the ASR Agreement. Final settlement of the transactions under the ASR Agreement is expected to occur no later than the first quarter of 2026. During the three and nine months ended August 25, 2024, the Company repurchased 1.0 million and 3.3 million shares for $17.8 million and $59.7 million, plus broker's commissions, respectively, in the open market. This equates to an average repurchase price of approximately $18.35 per share for the nine months ended August 25, 2024. The Company accounts for share repurchases by charging the excess of the repurchase price over the repurchased Class A common stock’s par value entirely to retained earnings. All repurchased shares are retired and become authorized but unissued shares. The Company accrues for the shares purchased under the share repurchase plan based on the trade date. The Company may terminate or limit the share repurchase program at any time. Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations Assets and liabilities of a business that meet the accounting requirements to be classified as held for sale are separated in a disposal group. Disposal group net assets are recorded at the lower of their carrying amount or estimated fair value less expected costs to sell. After being classified as held for sale, assets are not depreciated or amortized. Assets and liabilities of a disposal group that meet the accounting requirements to be classified as discontinued operations are presented separately for all current and prior periods in the consolidated balance sheets. The results of discontinued operations are reported in income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes in the consolidated statements of income for the current and prior periods beginning in the period in which the business meets the held for sale criteria. Income (loss) from discontinued operations includes direct costs attributable to the business held for sale, and an estimate of costs from corporate functions dedicated to the business, but excludes corporate expenses composed of selling, general and administrative expenses not attributable to any of the operating segments. See Note 2 “Discontinued Operations”. Unless otherwise indicated, the information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements refers only to the Company’s continuing operations. Reclassification Certain amounts on the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of income and statements of cash flows have been conformed to the August 31, 2025 presentation. Recently Issued Accounting Standards There have been no developments to recently issued accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures, from those disclosed in the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company will adopt ASU 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, on a retrospective basis in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2025. This new guidance is designed to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses.

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