LEVI STRAUSS & CO. PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • December 17th, 2004 • Levi Strauss & Co • Apparel & other finishd prods of fabrics & similar matl • New York
Levi Strauss & Co., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several parties named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, $450,000,000 principal amount of its 9 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2015 (the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued under an indenture, (the “Indenture”), to be dated as of December 22, 2004, between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Securities have the benefit of a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated the date hereof, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to register the Securities under the Act subject to the terms and conditions therein specified. To the extent there are no additional parties listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representative as used herein shall mean you as the Initial P
