Employment Agreement, dated June 9, 2011, between the Registrant and Charles V. Bergh

Exhibit 10.19

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into this 9th day of June, 2011, by and between Charles V. Bergh (“Executive”) and Levi Strauss & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).

For ease of reference, this Agreement is divided into the following parts which taken together constitute one integrated agreement between the parties, which begin on the pages indicated:

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Section 1. Term of Employment

“Limited Vicarious Liability” means any liability which is (A) based on acts of the Corporation for which Executive is responsible solely as a result of his office(s) with the Corporation and (B) provided that (x) he was not directly involved in such acts and either had no prior knowledge of such intended actions or promptly acted reasonably and in good faith to attempt to prevent the acts causing such liability or (y) he did not have a reasonable basis to believe that a law was being violated by such acts.

For purposes of this Agreement, no act, or failure to act, by Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in bad faith and without reasonable belief that Executive’s act or failure to act was in the best interest of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) or based upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation, shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and in the best interest of the Corporation.

The termination of employment of Executive shall not be “for Cause” unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of then sitting directors of the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to Executive and Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board of Directors), finding that Executive is guilty of the conduct described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, and specifying the particulars in detail and, in the case of any act or failure to act forming a basis for such proposed termination under clause (iv), Executive shall be provided not less than thirty (30) days within which to cure any such conduct.

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Section 2. Duties and Scope of Employment

Section 3. Base Compensation

During the Term, the Corporation agrees to pay Executive as compensation for services to the Corporation and its subsidiaries a base salary at the annual rate of $1,200,000. Such salary shall be payable in accordance with the standard payroll procedures of the Corporation and will be subject to review and adjustment (up or down) in a manner that is consistent with the other members of the executive team and in making such adjustments the Corporation shall consider competitive benchmarks to relevant peer companies. The annual compensation specified in this Section 3 as in effect from time to time is referred to in this Agreement as the “Base Compensation.”

Section 4. Annual Incentive Compensation

During the Term, the Corporation shall award Executive an annual cash incentive compensation opportunity under its Annual Incentive Plan (or any successor plan) (“AIP”) having a target amount equal to 135% of the Base Compensation (“Target AIP”) and shall be payable at the Target AIP or such lesser or greater amount as is provided under the AIP in accordance with Executive’s achievement of the performance measures and levels in effect for the Corporation’s applicable fiscal year, including, without limitation, achievement of individual performance measures and application of Corporation discretion with respect to awards under the AIP. Such Target AIP shall be subject to review and adjustment (up or

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down) in a manner that is consistent with the other members of the executive team and in making such adjustments the Corporation shall consider competitive benchmarks to relevant peer companies. Performance measures and levels with respect to the AIP shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the Human Resources Committee thereof, in its sole discretion, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AIP; provided, however, that, in respect of the 2011 fiscal year, Executive shall be paid annual cash incentive compensation in an amount that is not less than 100% of the Base Compensation, which shall be prorated in accordance with the fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed by the Corporation in the 2011 fiscal year and the denominator of which is 365.

Section 5. Long-Term Incentive Compensation

On the later of the Start Date or the next regularly scheduled grant date for awards by the Corporation, Executive shall be granted an award of stock appreciation rights (SARs) under the Corporation’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (“2006 EIP”) having a grant date value of not less than $4,900,000, as determined consistent with Schedule A attached hereto (the “Initial SAR Award”); provided, however, that the vesting commencement date shall be the Start Date in all instances.

In addition, subject to Executive’s continued employment with the Corporation on the applicable date of grant, Executive will be granted, in calendar 2012 and 2013 at the time annual awards are granted (or, if not granted, would be granted) to other senior executives, respective additional annual awards of SARs and/or other long-term incentive award with an aggregate grant date value of not less than the median aggregate grant date value of annual long-term incentive awards made to the Chief Executive Officers of the Corporation’s peer group of companies approved by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Director for this purpose (consistent with recent past practices) and determined consistent with Schedule A (the “2012/2013 Grant Metrics”); provided, however, that the 2012/2013 Grant Metrics shall not apply to any awards made during calendar 2012 or 2013 other than the annual awards under this paragraph (for example, excluding from coverage under this paragraph any special award granted during calendar 2012 or 2013) or to any awards granted on or after the consummation of an initial public offering of the Corporation’s common stock.

The per share exercise price for the SARs granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall equal the Fair Market Value (as defined under the 2006 EIP, or successor plan) of an underlying share of the Corporation’s common stock on the date of grant. Subject to the accelerated vesting provisions set forth herein, the Initial SAR Award and any annual long-term incentive award granted in 2012 shall vest as to 25% of the shares subject to the award on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date (which shall be Start Date for the Initial SAR Award and the date of grant for such 2012 award), and as to 1/48th of the shares subject to the award monthly (on the same calendar date during the month as the Start Date for the Initial SAR Award and the date of grant for such 2012 award) thereafter, subject to Executive continuing to provide services to the Corporation through the relevant vesting dates, except as otherwise provided herein. Each award of SARs granted in 2011 or 2012 (if any) will have a term of like duration as annual grants made to other senior executives during such years (but not less than seven (7) years) and except as specifically set forth herein shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 2006 EIP (or successor plan) and the grant notice and award agreement evidencing the award as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which collectively shall be the governing documents with respect to each award of SARs granted in 2011 or 2012 (if any).

Any long-term incentive awards and/or provisions thereof that are not required under this Section 5 shall be determined solely by the Board of Directors and/or its Human Resources Committee, subject to such terms as apply pursuant to the Second Part and the Third Part of this Agreement.

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Section 6. Additional Benefits

Section 7. Business Expenses and Travel

During the Term, Executive shall be authorized to incur and shall be reimbursed for all necessary and reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with Executive’s duties hereunder, and the Corporation shall reimburse Executive for such expenses upon presentation of an itemized account and appropriate supporting documentation, in each case, in accordance with the Corporation’s policies with respect thereto.

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Section 8. Terminations

This Second Part of the Agreement, consisting of Sections 8 through 11, describes the benefits and compensation, if any, payable in case of a termination of Executive’s employment hereunder that does not entitle Executive to benefits or compensation under the Third Part of this Agreement. In the event of a termination of employment that entitles Executive to compensation or benefits under the Third Part of this Agreement, no compensation or benefits shall be payable under this Second Part.

Section 9. Termination Without Cause; Termination for Good Reason

In the event that Executive’s employment terminates as a result of a Qualifying Termination (as defined below), then, subject to Sections 15 and 16 and compliance by Executive with his obligations set forth in Section 17, Executive shall be entitled to receive the payments and benefits described in Sections 9(b), (d) and (e) for any Qualifying Termination occurring at any time following the Start Date through the fourth anniversary of the Start Date and the benefits described in Section 9(c) for any Qualifying Termination occurring at any time. Following the expiration of such four (4) year anniversary, in lieu of the payments and benefits described in Sections 9(b), (d) and (e), Executive shall participate in any severance policy applicable to the other senior executives of the Corporation in effect at such time in accordance with the terms of such policy.

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For avoidance of doubt, termination of Executive’s employment by reason of death shall not constitute a Qualifying Termination.

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Section 10. Retirement

In the event that Executive’s employment terminates as a result of a Qualifying Retirement Termination (as defined below), then, subject to Section 15 and compliance by Executive with his obligations set forth in Section 17, Executive shall be entitled to receive the payments and benefits described in Sections 10(b) and (c).

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Section 11. Other Terminations Under This Part

In the event of Executive’s termination by the Corporation or by Executive as a result of his Disability or in the event of Executive’s death, Executive (or his Severance Beneficiary, as applicable) shall be entitled to the vesting acceleration and SAR/stock option exercise benefits (a) provided in Section 9(c) in the event of such termination or death prior to the fifth anniversary of the Start Date or (b) provided in Section 10(b) in the event of such death or termination on or after the fifth anniversary of the Start Date.

In the event of Executive’s termination of employment hereunder for any reason, Executive shall be entitled to the Accrued Benefits that are not duplicative of any payments or benefits under this Agreement or any other Corporation program, policy or agreement. “Accrued Benefits” shall mean, subject to any applicable plan terms (including, without limitation, any vesting requirements), all accrued but unpaid compensation, benefits and reimbursements described in Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Agreement for the period preceding the date of the termination, including in the case of Executive’s death or termination due to Disability, any Disability or death benefits to which Executive (or his estate or beneficiary(s)) may be entitled thereunder.

Section 12. Terminations Upon or Following a Change in Control

This Third Part of the Agreement, consisting of Sections 12 through 14, describes the benefits and compensation, if any, payable in the case of certain terminations of employment hereunder after a Change in Control (as defined in Section 13(e)) and describes the treatment of certain parachute payments, if any. The Second Part of this Agreement, consisting of Sections 8 through 11, describes benefits and compensation, if any, payable in case of a termination of employment hereunder to which this Third Part does not apply. If benefits and compensation are payable under this Third Part, then no benefits and compensation are payable under the Second Part.

Section 13. Termination Without Cause or Termination for Good Reason Upon or Following a Change in Control

In the event that Executive’s employment terminates as a result of a Qualifying CIC Termination (as defined below), then, subject to Sections 15 and 16 and compliance by Executive with his obligations set forth in Section 17, Executive shall be entitled to receive the payments and benefits described in Sections 13(b) and (c) plus the Accrued Benefits.

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For avoidance of doubt, termination of Executive’s employment by reason of death shall not constitute a Qualifying CIC Termination.

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Provided, for any amount due to Executive that is a deferral of compensation payable upon the occurrence of a “Change in Control,” which payment is subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and the final regulations and any guidance promulgated thereunder or any state law equivalent (“Section 409A”), for the purpose of determining the timing or form of such payment, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to occur unless the transaction or transactions satisfy Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5). For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of an initial public offering of the Corporation’s common stock shall not constitute a “Change in Control” with respect to the Corporation.

Section 14. Limitation on Payments

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Section 15. Release of Claims

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To become effective, the Release must be executed by Executive and any revocation periods (as required by statute, regulation, or otherwise) must have expired without Executive having revoked the Release. In addition, in no event will severance payments or benefits be paid or provided until the Release actually becomes effective. If the termination of employment occurs at a time during the calendar year where the Release Deadline could occur in the calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s separation from service (defined below) occurs, then any severance payments or benefits under this Agreement that would be considered Deferred Payments (as defined in Section 16(a)) will be paid, or commence to be paid, on the first normal payroll date to occur during the calendar year following the calendar year in which such separation occurs, or such later time as required by (i) the payment schedule applicable to each payment or benefit as set forth in the Second Part or Third Part of this Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the date the Release becomes effective, or (iii) Section 16(b); provided that the first payment shall include all amounts that would have been paid to Executive if payment had commenced on the date of Executive’s separation from service.

Section 16. Section 409A

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Section 17. Confidentiality Agreement and Code of Ethics

Executive agrees to enter into the Corporation’s standard Employee Invention and Confidentiality Agreement (the “Confidential Information Agreement”)and abide by the Corporation’s Worldwide Code of Business Conduct (the “WCOBC”) upon commencing employment hereunder. Executive’s receipt of any payments or benefits under the Second Part or Third Part of this Agreement will be subject to Executive continuing to comply with the terms of the Confidential Information Agreement and the WCOBC.

Section 18. Remedies

It is specifically understood and agreed that any breach of the provisions of Section 17 of this Agreement is likely to result in irreparable injury to the Corporation and/or its respective affiliates and that the remedy at law alone shall be an inadequate remedy for such breach, and that in addition to any other remedy the Parent or the Corporation may have, the Corporation shall be entitled to enforce the specific performance of this Agreement by Executive and to obtain both temporary and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damages.

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Section 19. Severable Provisions

The provisions of this Agreement are severable and the invalidity of any one or more provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is unenforceable in whole or in part because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereby agree that said court in making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent necessary to make it enforceable and that the Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

Section 20. Successors

Section 21.Miscellaneous Provisions

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[Signature Page Follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement, in the case of the Corporation by a duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written. Executive has consulted (or has had the opportunity to consult) with his own counsel (who is other than the Corporation’s counsel) prior to execution of this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE A

Method for Determination of Long Term Incentive Grant Size

A. Methodology:

Semi-annual appraisal to be determinative of each grant (currently, June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011, respectively).

No Board of Directors discretion over valuation that is adverse to Executive

B. Example (for illustrative purposes only):

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SCHEDULE B

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EXHIBIT A

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT GRANT NOTICE

Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to Participant a Stock Appreciation Right covering the number of Common Stock equivalents (the “Stock Appreciation Rights”) set forth below (the “Award”). This Award is evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (the “Award Agreement”). The Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Award Agreement, the Plan, and the Notice of Exercise, all of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety.

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Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Stock Appreciation Right Grant Notice, the Award Agreement, and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Stock Appreciation Right Grant Notice, the Award Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding the award of the Stock Appreciation Rights and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) awards previously granted and delivered to Participant under the Plan, and (ii) the following agreements only:

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LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT AGREEMENT

Pursuant to your Stock Appreciation Right Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) and this Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (the “Award Agreement”), Levi Strauss & Co. (the “Company”) has granted you a Stock Appreciation Right under its 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) covering the number of Common Stock equivalents (“Stock Appreciation Rights”) as indicated in your Grant Notice (collectively, the “Award”). Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Award Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.

The details of your Award are as follows:

1. VESTING. Subject to the conditions and limitations contained herein, your Award shall vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting shall cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service.

2. NUMBER OF SHARES AND STRIKE PRICE. The number of Common Stock equivalents subject to your Award and your strike price per share are set forth in your Grant Notice and may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments.

3. CALCULATION OF APPRECIATION. The amount payable upon exercise of each vested Award shall be equal to the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise, over (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of grant of the Award (as indicated in your Grant Notice).

4. PAYMENT. Subject to Section 12, the amount payable upon exercise of your Award shall be settled in whole shares of Common Stock rounded down to the nearest whole share based on the Fair Market Value of such shares at the time of exercise.

5. TERM. You may not exercise your Award before the commencement or after the expiration of its term. The term of your Award commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of the following, as applies:

(a) immediately upon the termination of your Continuous Service for Cause;

(b) three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than the reasons set for in Section 5(a), (c), (d) and (e) of this Award Agreement; provided, however, (i) that if during any part of such three (3) month period your Award is not exercisable solely because of a condition set forth in Section 6, your Award shall not expire until the earlier of (A) the Expiration Date, or (B) the date it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service, and (ii) that prior to an IPO Date, the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Plan will have the effect of either limiting or extending the period during which exercise is permitted, depending upon the date on which the termination of your Continuous Services occurs;

(c) eighteen (18) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your Retirement; provided, however, that prior to an IPO Date, the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Plan will have the effect of limiting the period during which exercise is permitted;

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(d) eighteen (18) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your termination (i) by the Company without “Cause”, (ii) by the Company or you for “Disability”, or (iii) by you for “Good Reason” as such terms are defined in your Employment Agreement with the Company, dated [                    ], 2011; provided, however, that prior to an IPO Date, the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Plan will have the effect of limiting the period during which exercise is permitted;

(e) eighteen (18) months after your death if you die either during your Continuous Service or within three (3) months after your Continuous Service terminates; provided, however, that prior to an IPO Date, the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Plan will have the effect of limiting the period during which exercise is permitted;

(f) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or

(g) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant.

For the avoidance of doubt, any termination of your Continuous Service in which you were eligible for Retirement, irrespective of the actual basis for your termination (except if due to Cause or an impending termination for Cause), will be deemed a termination of Continuous Service due to Retirement governed by Section 5(c).

6. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your Award unless either (i) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act, or (ii) the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your Award also must comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing your Award, and you may not exercise your Award if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.

7. EXERCISE.

(a) You may exercise the vested portion of your Award during its term by delivering a Notice of Exercise to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require. The exercise date shall be the business day on which your signed Notice of Exercise is received by the Company. If the Notice of Exercise is received after normal business hours for a given day, then the exercise date shall be considered to be the following business day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to an IPO Date, you may exercise a vested Award only during the period or periods and subject to the further conditions set forth in Section 8(a) of the Plan.

(b) As a condition of exercise of the vested portion of your Award for shares of Common Stock, you will be required to enter into the Stockholders’ Agreement (or any successor to that agreement) and the Voting Trust Agreement (or any successor to that agreement), and such other agreements as the Company may require pursuant to Section 8(f) of the Plan.

(c) By exercising your Award you agree that you shall not sell, dispose of, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by you, for a period of time specified by the managing underwriter(s) (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act (the “Lock Up Period”) in connection with an initial public offering of Common Stock, if any; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the exercise of a repurchase

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right, if any, in favor of the Company during the Lock Up Period. You further agree to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and/or the underwriter(s) that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to your shares of Common Stock until the end of such period. The underwriters of the Company’s stock are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 7(c) and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto.

8. TRANSFERABILITY. Your Award is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your Award.

9. PUT RIGHT. Prior to an IPO Date, you, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Company to repurchase any or all of the shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of your Award.

10. CALL RIGHT. Upon and after any termination of your Continuous Service but prior to an IPO Date, the Company, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase all of the shares of Common Stock theretofore or thereafter acquired pursuant to the exercise of your Award.

11. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your employment or service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or an Affiliate, their respective stockholders, Boards of Directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or Consultant for the Company or any Affiliate.

12. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS.

(a) At the time you exercise your Award, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with the exercise of your Award.

(b) Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable legal conditions or restrictions, the Company may withhold from shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your Award a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law (or such lesser amount as may be necessary to avoid variable award accounting).

(c) You may not exercise your Award unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your Award when desired even though your Award is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares of Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow provided for herein unless such obligations are satisfied.

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13. PERSONAL DATA. You understand that your employer, the Company, or an Affiliate hold certain personal information about you, including but not limited to your name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, national social insurance number, salary, nationality, job title, and details of all shares of Common Stock granted, cancelled, vested, unvested, or outstanding (the “Personal Data”). Certain Personal Data may also constitute “Sensitive Personal Data” within the meaning of applicable local law. Such data include but are not limited to Personal Data and any changes thereto, and other appropriate personal and financial data about you. You hereby provide express consent to the Company or an Affiliate to process any such Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data. You also hereby provide express consent to the Company and/or an Affiliate to transfer any such Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data outside the country in which you are employed or retained, including the United States. The legal persons for whom such Personal Data are intended are the Company and any broker company providing services to the Company in connection with the administration of the Plan. You have been informed of your right to access and correct your Personal Data by applying to the Company representative identified on the Grant Notice.

14. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. You hereby agree and acknowledge that:

(a) The rights and obligations of the Company with respect to your Award shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company’s successors and assigns.

(b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award.

(c) You have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award.

(d) You will not question or contest in any way, whether pursuant to legal proceedings or otherwise, the Board’s determination of the Fair Market Value of Common Stock, whether for purposes of determining the strike price of your Award, the number of shares of Common Stock payable on exercise of your Award, or the amount payable on exercise of your put right or the Company’s call right pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

(e) You will not question or contest in any way, whether pursuant to legal proceedings or otherwise, the Company’s determination, pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Plan, to (i) reject, in whole or in part, your exercise of a put right or (ii) not exercise, in whole or in part, the Company’s call right.

(f) This Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

(g) All obligations of the Company under the Plan and this Agreement shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

(h) Participation in the Plan is voluntary, and therefore, you must accept the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Award as a condition to participate in the Plan and receive this Award.

(i) The Plan is discretionary in nature and the Company can amend, cancel, or terminate it at any time. Section 3(b)(v) of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, this Award shall not be terminated or canceled without payment to you except to the extent the Award fails to vest or is forfeited, expires or otherwise terminates in accordance with its terms.

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(j) This Award and any other awards under the Plan are voluntary and occasional and do not create any contractual or other right to receive future awards or other benefits in lieu of future awards, even if similar awards have been granted repeatedly in the past.

(k) All determinations with respect to any such future awards, including, but not limited to, the time or times when such awards are made, the number of shares of Common Stock, and performance and other conditions applied to the awards, will be at the sole discretion of the Company.

(l) The value of the shares of Common Stock and this Award is an extraordinary item of compensation, which is outside the scope of your employment or service contract, if any.

(m) The shares of Common Stock, this Award, or any income derived therefrom are a potential bonus payment not paid in lieu of any cash salary compensation and not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculating any termination, severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, life or accident insurance benefits, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

(n) In the event of the termination of your Continuous Service, your eligibility to receive shares of Common Stock or payments under this Award or the Plan, if any, will terminate effective as of the date that you are no longer actively employed or retained regardless of any reasonable notice period mandated under local law, except as expressly provided in this Award.

(o) In the event of the termination of your Continuous Service for Cause, the Company, in its sole discretion, may rescind any transfer of Common Stock to you that occurred within six (6) months prior to such termination of Continuous Service or demand that you pay over to the Company the proceeds received by you upon the sale, transfer or other transaction involving the Common Stock in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the Company may require, and the Company shall be entitled to set-off against the amount of such proceeds any amount you owe to the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(p) The future value of the shares of Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.

(q) No claim or entitlement to compensation or damages arises from the termination of this Award or diminution in value of the shares of Common Stock and you irrevocably release the Company and its Affiliates, from any such claim that may arise.

(r) The Plan and this Award set forth the entire understanding between you, the Company and any Affiliate regarding the acquisition of the shares of Common Stock and supersede all prior oral and written agreements pertaining to this Award.

(s) Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event any extraordinary cash dividend is made to stockholders, the Board shall equitably adjust the exercise price of this Award to reflect any material decrease in the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock resulting from such extraordinary dividend, to the extent permissible without causing the Award to be a “deferral of compensation” under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, and to the extent not so permissible the Company shall grant you such other award (including restricted stock units) or compensation as shall be equitable to compensate you for such decrease in value, as determined by the Company.

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15. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your Award or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company.

16. HEADINGS. The headings of the Sections in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Agreement or to affect the meaning of this Agreement.

17. SEVERABILITY. If all or any part of this Agreement or the Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not invalidate any portion of this Agreement or the Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section of this Agreement (or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

18. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations, which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.

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ATTACHMENT II

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(SEE TAB A FOR 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN DOCUMENT)

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This constitutes notice that I elect to exercise my Stock Appreciation Right.

By this exercise, I agree (i) to provide such additional documents as you may require pursuant to the terms of the Levi Strauss & Co. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, and (ii) to provide for the payment by me to you (in the manner designated by you) of your withholding obligation, if any, relating to the exercise of this stock appreciation right.

EXHIBIT B

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT

In accordance with Section 15 of your Employment Agreement with Levi Strauss & Co. dated            , 2011 (“Employment Agreement”), you must agree to sign and not later revoke this General Release Agreement (“Agreement”).

You and Levi Strauss & Co. (“LS&CO.”) hereby agree as follows:

1. Generally. If you sign this General Release Agreement in accordance with Section 15 of the Employment Agreement, and all applicable revocation periods have expired, you will receive satisfy the requirement thereof.

2. General Release.

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3. California Based Employees. You also waive, release and promise never to assert any rights and benefits afforded by Section 1542 of the California Civil Code and any similar law of any state or territory of the United States and do so understanding and acknowledging the significance and consequences of such specific waiver of said provisions of law. Section 1542 of the California Civil Code states as follows:

“A General Release does not extend to claims which the Creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the General Release, which, if known to him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the Debtor.”

4. Covenant Not to Sue. A “covenant not to sue” is a legal term which means you promise not to file a lawsuit in court. It is different from the General Release of claims contained in Section 1 above. Besides waiving and releasing the claims covered by Section 1, you further promise and represent that: (a) you have no pending lawsuits against the Company with any municipal, state, or federal court or non-governmental entity; and (b) you will not sue the Company for any reason whatsoever relating to anything that has happened through the date of this General Release Agreement and released hereby. However, this promise not to sue does not preclude you from bringing a lawsuit to challenge the enforceability of this General Release Agreement under the ADEA.

5. No Admission. The parties acknowledge and agree that this General Release Agreement does not constitute, is not intended to be, and shall not be construed, interpreted or treated in any respect as, an admission of liability or wrongdoing by either party for any purpose whatsoever. Further, each party acknowledges and agrees that there has been no determination that either party has violated any federal, state or local law, regulation, order or other legal principle or authority. You further acknowledge that no precedent, practice, policy or usage shall be established by this General Release Agreement or the amounts, benefits and rights due you under the Employment Agreement.

6. Consequences of Other Breach. You affirm that all non-compete, non-solicitation, confidential information (including as set forth at Section 17 of the Employment Agreement) and cooperation/non disparagement covenants applicable to you immediately prior to your termination of employment shall apply following your termination in accordance with the terms thereof.

7. Time To Consider Agreement. You acknowledge that you have been given at least 21 days to thoroughly consider this General Release Agreement.

8. Attorney Consultation. You acknowledge that you have been advised in writing to consult with an attorney at your own expense, if desired, prior to signing this General Release Agreement.

9. Time To Revoke Agreement. You understand that you may revoke this General Release Agreement within seven (7) days after its signing and that any revocation must be made in writing and submitted within such seven day period by registered mail, return receipt requested, to Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Levi Strauss & Co., 1155 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111. You further understand that if you revoke this General Release Agreement, you shall not receive the Separation Benefits otherwise due you.

10. Consideration For Agreement. You also understand that the Separation Benefits which you will receive in exchange for signing and not later revoking this General Release Agreement are in addition to anything of value to which you already are entitled.

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11. Release Of Unknown Claims. YOU FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT INCLUDES A RELEASE OF ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS TO DATE.

12. Severability. You acknowledge and agree that if any provision of this General Release Agreement (other than the Company’s obligation to provide the Separation Benefits and Section 2(b)(vii) and (viii) hereof) is found, held or deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, unlawful or unenforceable under any applicable statute or controlling law, the remainder of this General Release Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

13. Governing Law. This General Release Agreement in all respects shall be interpreted, enforced and governed under applicable federal law and in the event reference shall be made to State law, the internal laws of the State in which the Executive resides on his or her termination date will apply.

14. Acknowledgement. You further acknowledge and agree that you have carefully read and fully understand all of the provisions of this General Release Agreement and that you voluntarily enter into this General Release Agreement by signing below.

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PLEASE RETURN TO:

[Insert Name, Title and Address]

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