Levi Strauss & Co Medical Leave Plan

“Supplemental information wells fargo bank serves as the sole directed trustee of levi strauss & co. Medical leave plan veba trust. The plan sponsor is levi straus & co. The trust is administered by the plan sponsor in accordance with the terms of the trust agreement. Form 990, part vi, line 7a & 7b levi strauss & co., as the plan sponsor, has discretionary authority to grant or deny benefits under the plan, change the investment strategy, and the power to appoint the trustee.”

“These questions are not applicable to the trust. Additionally, the trust does not have any employees; therefore, no processes related to employee compensation are in place.”

“Trustees not at mailing address listed on return wells fargo bank is located at 600 california street, 12th floor, san francisco, ca 94108.”

“Process used by management and/or governing body to review form 990 the organization's form 990 was prepared by an outside accounting firm based on information provided by the plan sponsor's tax department (levi strauss & co). The form 990 was reviewed by the tax department before filing.”

“Availability of fin. Statements, conflict of int. Policy, and gov. Docs as a 501(c)(9) organization, the trust is not required to make the documents referenced in question 19 available to the general public; however, the documents are available to beneficiaries of the trust upon request.”

“Average hours per week devoted to positions: as trustee, wells fargo bank provides administrative services such as acting as investment manager for levi strauss & co. Medical leave plan veba trust. These services require numerous individual bank employees' involvement in the activities of the organization and thus cannot be quantified on an hourly basis. Therefore the trustee's fees are not based upon an hourly basis but are calculated based upon factors such as market value of the account and in accordance with wells fargo bank's agreement with levi strauss & co.”