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EXHIBIT 10.1

                               LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                  TO BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER

     This FIRST  AMENDMENT TO BRIDGE CREDIT  AGREEMENT AND LIMITED  WAIVER (this
"Amendment")  is dated as of July 31,  2000 and  entered  into by and among Levi
Strauss & Co., a Delaware corporation  ("Company");  the financial  institutions
party hereto ("Banks");  Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent for Banks
("Administrative  Agent");  and Bank of America,  N.A. as  Collateral  Agent for
Banks  ("Collateral  Agent"),  and is made with reference to that certain Bridge
Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 (the "Credit  Agreement"),  by and
among  Company;  Banks;  the several  financial  institutions  party  thereto as
Co-Syndication  Agents; the financial institution party thereto as Documentation
Agent; Administrative Agent; and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein
without  definition  shall  have the same  meanings  herein  as set forth in the
Credit Agreement.

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     WHEREAS,  Company  and Banks  desire to amend the Credit  Agreement  as set
forth below; and

     WHEREAS,  Company has requested  Banks to waive  certain  provisions of the
Credit Agreement as set forth below.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and the  agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     Section 1.        AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

     1.1      AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE I:  DEFINITIONS

     A.       Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the definition of "NOTICE OF LENDER DERIVATIVE/FX  CONTRACT" contained therein.

     B.       Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by
deleting the definition of "TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNSECURED DEBT" contained therein
and substituting the following therefor:

              "TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNSECURED DEBT" means, as of any date of determi-
nation, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Unsecured Derivative/FX Usage,
(b) the Unsecured Letter of Credit Usage, and (c) the aggregate amount of all
unsecured Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
permitted under Sections 7.1(a), 7.1(b), 7.1(c), 7.1(d), 7.1(e), 7.1(f), 7.1(g),
7.1(h), 7.1(i), 7.1(j), 7.1(k), 7.1(l), 7.1(m), 7.1(n), 7.1(o), 7.1(p), 7.1(q),
7.1(s), 7.1(t), and 7.1(u))."

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     1.2      AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II:  THE CREDITS

     Section 2.6(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

     "ORDINARY  COURSE  DERIVATIVE/FX  CONTRACTS  DEEMED LENDER  DERIVATIVE  FX/
CONTRACTS.  On and after the Closing  Date,  the Ordinary  Course  Derivative/FX
Contracts  listed on  SCHEDULE  1.1(a)  shall be  automatically  deemed  for all
purposes to be Lender Derivative/FX Contracts."

     1.3      AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VI:  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     A.       Section 6.1(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

                           "(A)     As soon as practicable and in any event no
later  than  10  Business  Days  after  the end of each  fiscal  month,  or more
frequently if requested by Administrative  Agent, a report setting forth (w) the
aggregate  Termination Value of all Derivative/FX  Contracts to which Company or
FinServ is a party, (x) the aggregate  Termination Value for each  Derivative/FX
Lender of all Lender Derivative/FX  Contracts to which such Derivative/FX Lender
and  Company or FinServ is a party,  (y) all  Derivative/FX  Contracts  to which
Company  or  FinServ  is a  party,  and  (z)  all  other  outstanding  unsecured
Indebtedness  of Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  (including  any letters of
credit (other than Lender Bridge Letters of Credit and Lender 180 Day Letters of
Credit)  issued for the  benefit of Company  and its  Subsidiaries)  incurred in
accordance  with  Section  7.1(r),  and (B)  promptly  upon  request,  any other
information  concerning such  Derivative/FX  Contracts  reasonably  requested by
Administrative Agent."

     B.       Section 6.11(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the phrase "the date that is 60 days after the Closing Date" contained
therein and substituting the phrase "August 31, 2000" therefor.

     1.4      AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII:  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     A.       Section 7.1(r) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by delet-
ing the phrase "Derivative/FX Usage" contained in clause (iii)(B) thereof and
substituting the phrase "Lender Derivative/FX Usage" therefor.

     B.       Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the word "and" at the end of Section 7.1(s) thereof, (ii) renumbering
Section 7.1(t) thereof as Section 7.1(u) and (iii) adding a new Section 7.1(t)
thereto as follows:

                           "Indebtedness between Company and any of its Subsidi-
aries or between any of Company's Subsidiaries arising from purchases of inven-
tory or raw materials in the ordinary course of business; and"

     C.       Section 7.3(m) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

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                           "Dispositions of accounts receivable to collection
agencies  or, in the case of accounts  receivable  of Foreign  Subsidiaries,  to
collection  agencies or other third parties,  provided the aggregate face amount
of all such accounts receivable does not exceed $2,000,000."

     1.5      AMENDMENT TO EXHIBITS

     Exhibit II to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted.

     Section 2.        WAIVERS

     2.1      WAIVER OF SECTION 2.6(b)

              The undersigned Banks, constituting Majority Banks under the
Credit Agreement,  hereby waive compliance with the provisions of Section 2.6(b)
of the  Credit  Agreement  to the  extent,  and only to the  extent,  that  such
provisions require Company to deliver Notices of Lender Derivative/FX  Contracts
from the period commencing on the Closing Date to and including the date of this
Amendment.

     2.2      WAIVER OF SECTION 6.1(a)(vii)

              The undersigned Banks, constituting Majority Banks under the
Credit  Agreement,  hereby  waive  compliance  with the  provisions  of  Section
6.1(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent,  that
such provisions require Company to deliver the information  described in Section
6.1(a)(vii) from the period  commencing on the Closing Date to and including the
date of this Amendment.

     2.3      WAIVER OF SECTION 6.11(a)(ii)

              The undersigned Banks, constituting Majority Banks under the
Credit  Agreement,  hereby  waive  compliance  with the  provisions  of  Section
6.11(a)(ii)  of the Credit  Agreement  to the  extent,  and only to the  extent,
necessary  to permit  the sale of the  Property  located at  501 Conestoga  Way,
Henderson,  NV to be consummated on or prior to August 31, 2000 without  causing
Company to be required to deliver the documents described in Section 6.11(a)(ii)
promptly  following  the date that is 90 days after the Closing  Date;  PROVIDED
that, if the sale of such Property is not  consummated on or prior to August 31,
2000, Company shall deliver the documents described in Section 6.11(a)(ii) on or
prior to September 30, 2000.

     2.4      WAIVER OF SECTION 6.11(a)(iii)

              The undersigned Banks, constituting Majority Banks under the
Credit  Agreement,  hereby  waive  compliance  with the  provisions  of  Section
6.11(a)(iii)  of the Credit  Agreement  to the  extent,  and only to the extent,
necessary  to  permit  the sale of each of the  Properties  located  at (i) 2101
Cypress Avenue, El Paso, TX, (ii) 1800 Stirman Avenue,  Fayetteville,  AR, (iii)
7950 U.S. Highway 25, Florence, KY and (iv) 1001 East Broadway, Morrilton, AR to
be  consummated  on or prior to August 31, 2000  without  causing  Company to be
required to deliver the documents described in Section 6.11(a)(iii) (a) promptly
following the date that is 120 days after the Closing Date for any such Property
with  respect to which no contract of sale has been

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entered  into prior to that date or (b) promptly  following  the date that is 60
days after the  execution of any  contract of sale for any such  Property if the
sale has not been  consummated  on or prior to that date;  provided that, if the
sale of any such  Property is not  consummated  on or prior to August 31,  2000,
Company  shall  deliver the documents  described in Section  6.11(a)(iii)  on or
prior to September 30, 2000 with respect to such Property.

     2.5      LIMITATION OF WAIVER

              Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.1
of the Credit Agreement,  the waiver set forth herein shall be limited precisely
as written  and relates  solely to a waiver of  compliance  by Company  with the
provisions of Sections 2.6(b), 6.1(a)(vii),  6.11(a)(ii) and 6.11(a)(iii) of the
Credit Agreement in the manner and to the extent described above, and nothing in
this  Amendment  shall be deemed to (a)  constitute  a waiver of  compliance  by
Company  with  respect  to  (i)  Section  2.6(b),  6.1(a)(vii),  6.11(a)(ii)  or
6.11(a)(iii)  of the Credit  Agreement  in any other  instance or (ii) any other
term,  provision or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or
agreement  referred  to  therein  or (b)  prejudice  any  right or  remedy  that
Administrative  Agent,  Collateral Agent or any Bank may now have or may have in
the  future  under or in  connection  with the  Credit  Agreement  or any  other
instrument or agreement referred to therein.

     Section 3.        COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment and to amend the
Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein,  Company represents and warrants
to each Bank that the following statements are true, correct and complete:

     A.       CORPORATE POWER AND AUTHORITY. Company has all requisite corporate
power  and  authority  to  enter  into  this  Amendment  and to  carry  out  the
transactions  contemplated  by, and perform its  obligations  under,  the Credit
Agreement as amended by this Amendment (the "AMENDED AGREEMENT").

     B.       AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS.  The execution and delivery of this
Amendment and the performance of the Amended Agreement have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company.

     C.       NO CONFLICT.  The execution and delivery by Company of this Amend-
ment and the performance by Company of the Amended Agreement do not and will not
(i) violate any of its Organization  Documents or any order,  judgment or decree
of any court or other Governmental  Authority binding on Company,  (ii) conflict
with,  result  in a breach  of,  constitute  a default  under,  or  require  the
termination  of,  any  Contractual  Obligation  of  Company,  except  where such
conflicts, breaches, defaults and terminations, in the aggregate, would not have
a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition
of any Lien of any nature  whatsoever  upon any of the  properties  or assets of
Company  (other than pursuant to the  Collateral  Documents) or (iv) require any
approval of  stockholders  or any  approval  or consent of any Person  under any
Contractual  Obligation  of Company  except  where the  failure  to obtain  such
approvals  and consents  would not, in the  aggregate,  have a Material  Adverse
Effect.

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     D.       GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS.  The execution and delivery by Company of
this Amendment and the  performance  by Company of the Amended  Agreement do not
and will not require any  registration  with,  consent or approval of, or notice
to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority.

     E.       BINDING OBLIGATION.  This Amendment and the Amended Agreement have
been duly  executed  and  delivered  by Company  and are the  legally  valid and
binding  obligations of Company,  enforceable against Company in accordance with
their  respective  terms,  except as  enforcement  may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors'   rights   generally   or  by   equitable   principles   relating  to
enforceability,  whether  enforcement  is  sought in a  proceeding  at law or in
equity.

     Section 4.        MISCELLANEOUS

     A.       REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS.

     (i)      On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agree-
ment to  "this  Agreement",  "hereunder",  "hereof",  "herein"  or words of like
import referring to the Credit  Agreement,  and each reference in the other Loan
Documents to the "Credit  Agreement",  "thereunder",  "thereof" or words of like
import  referring to the Credit  Agreement  shall mean and be a reference to the
Amended Agreement.

     (ii)     Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and
are hereby ratified and confirmed.

     (iii)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall
not, except as expressly  provided herein,  constitute a waiver of any provision
of, or  operate  as a waiver  of any  right,  power or remedy of  Administrative
Agent,  Collateral  Agent or any Bank under,  the Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents.

     B.       GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH,  THE  INTERNAL  LAWS OF THE  STATE OF NEW YORK  (INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

     C.       COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and  delivered  shall be deemed an original,  but
all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument;
signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached
to a single  counterpart so that all signature pages are physically  attached to
the same document. This Amendment shall become effective upon the execution of a
counterpart  hereof by Company  and  Majority  Banks and  receipt by Company and
Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and
authorization of delivery thereof,  except for Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof which
shall become  effective  as of January 31, 2000,  Section 2.3 hereof which shall
become  effective as of April 30, 2000 and

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Section 2.4 hereof  which shall become  effective as of May 30, 2000,  each upon
the happening of the same events.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amend-
ment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized as of the date first written above.

                             LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

                             By:  _________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Bank

                             By:  _________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

                             THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a
                             Co-Syndication Agent and a Bank

                             By:  _________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

                             CITICORP U.S.A. INCORPORATED,  as a
                             Co-Syndication Agent and as a Bank

                             By:  _________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

                             MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
                             OF NEW YORK, as Documentation Agent and as
                             a Bank

                             By:  _________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

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                             BANK ONE, N.A., as a Bank

                             By:___________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
                             Agent

                             By:___________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent

                             By:___________________________________
                             Title:  ______________________________

ACKNOWLEDGED:

BATTERY STREET ENTERPRISES, INC.

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

LEVI STRAUSS FINANCIAL CENTER
CORPORATION

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

LEVI STRAUSS FUNDING, LLC

By:_____________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

LEVI STRAUSS GLOBAL FULFILLMENT
SERVICES, INC.

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

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LEVI STRAUSS GLOBAL OPERATIONS, INC.

By:_____________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

LEVI STRAUSS INTERNATIONAL

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

LEVI STRAUSS LATIN AMERICA, INC.

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

LEVI'S ONLY STORES, INC.

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

NF INDUSTRIES, INC.

By:  ___________________________________
Title:  ________________________________

                                      S-3EXHIBIT 10.2

                               LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
            TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 364 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT AND
                                 LIMITED WAIVER

     This FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 364 DAY CREDIT  AGREEMENT
AND LIMITED WAIVER (this  "AMENDMENT")  is dated as of July 31, 2000 and entered
into by and among Levi Strauss & Co., a Delaware  corporation  ("COMPANY");  the
financial  institutions party hereto ("BANKS");  Bank of America,  N.A. as Agent
for Banks  ("AGENT");  and Bank of America,  N.A. as Collateral  Agent for Banks
("COLLATERAL  AGENT"),  and is made with  reference to that certain  Amended and
Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 (the "CREDIT
AGREEMENT"),  by and among Company;  Banks; the several  financial  institutions
party thereto as Senior  Managing  Agents;  the several  financial  institutions
party  thereto as Managing  Agents;  the several  financial  institutions  party
thereto as Co-Agents; Agent; and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein
without  definition  shall  have the same  meanings  herein  as set forth in the
Credit Agreement.

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS,  Company  and Banks  desire to amend the Credit  Agreement  as set
forth below; and

     WHEREAS,  Company has requested  Banks to waive  certain  provisions of the
Credit Agreement as set forth below.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and the  agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.        AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

     1.1      AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II:  THE CREDITS

     Section  2.9(b) of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

              "UTILIZATION  FEE. Company shall pay to Agent for the account of
each Bank PRO RATA according to its  Commitment  Percentage,  a utilization  fee
equal to 0.25% TIMES the actual daily aggregate  principal amount of such Bank's
Loans then outstanding hereunder.  The utilization fee shall accrue at all times
from the  Closing  Date until the  Maturity  Date,  shall be computed on a daily
basis,  and shall be payable in arrears  (i) (A) for the period from the Closing
Date to July  31,  2000,  on the last  Business  Day of each  calendar  quarter,
commencing on the first such day after the Closing Date,  and (B) for the

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period from and after July 31,  2000,  on the fifth  Business Day after the last
day of each fiscal quarter and (ii) on the Maturity Date."

     1.2      AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VI:  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     A.       Section 6.1(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

              "(A) As soon as practicable and in any event no later than 10
Business  Days  after  the end of each  fiscal  month,  or  more  frequently  if
requested by Agent, a report setting forth (w) the aggregate  Termination  Value
of all  Derivative/FX  Contracts to which Company or FinServ is a party, (x) the
aggregate  Termination  Value  for  each  Derivative/FX  Lender  of  all  Lender
Derivative/FX  Contracts  to which  such  Derivative/FX  Lender  and  Company or
FinServ is a party, (y) all Derivative/FX  Contracts to which Company or FinServ
is a party, and (z) all other outstanding  unsecured  Indebtedness of Company or
any of its  Subsidiaries  (including  any  letters of credit  (other than Lender
Letters of  Credit)  issued for the  benefit  of Company  and its  Subsidiaries)
incurred in accordance with Section 7.1(r),  and (B) promptly upon request,  any
other information  concerning such Derivative/FX  Contracts reasonably requested
by Agent."

     B.       Section  6.11(c) of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended by
deleting the phrase "the date that is 60 days after the Closing Date"  contained
therein and substituting the phrase "August 31, 2000" therefor.

     1.3      AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII:  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     A.       Section 7.1 of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended by (i)
deleting the word "and" at the end of Section 7.1(s) thereof,  (ii)  renumbering
Section  7.1(t)  thereof as Section 7.1(u) and (iii) adding a new Section 7.1(t)
thereto as follows:

              "Indebtedness   between   Company   and  any  of  its Subsidiaries
or between any of Company's  Subsidiaries arising from purchases of inventory or
raw materials in the ordinary course of business; and"

     B.       Section 7.3(m) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

              "Dispositions  of accounts  receivable to collection agencies  or,
in the case of  accounts  receivable  of  Foreign  Subsidiaries,  to  collection
agencies or other third parties,  provided the aggregate face amount of all such
accounts receivable does not exceed $2,000,000."

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     SECTION 2.        WAIVERS

     2.1      WAIVER OF SECTION 6.1(A)(VII)

              The undersigned Banks,  constituting  Majority Banks under the
Credit  Agreement,  hereby  waive  compliance  with the  provisions  of  Section
6.1(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent,  that
such provisions require Company to deliver the information  described in Section
6.1(a)(vii) from the period  commencing on the Closing Date to and including the
date of this Amendment.

     2.2      WAIVER OF SECTION 6.11(A)(II)

              The undersigned Banks,  constituting  Majority Banks under the
Credit  Agreement,  hereby  waive  compliance  with the  provisions  of  Section
6.11(a)(ii)  of the Credit  Agreement  to the  extent,  and only to the  extent,
necessary  to permit  the sale of the  Property  located at 501  Conestoga  Way,
Henderson,  NV to be consummated on or prior to August 31, 2000 without  causing
Company to be required to deliver the documents described in Section 6.11(a)(ii)
promptly  following  the date that is 90 days after the Closing  Date;  PROVIDED
that, if the sale of such Property is not  consummated on or prior to August 31,
2000, Company shall deliver the documents described in Section 6.11(a)(ii) on or
prior to September 30, 2000.

     2.3      WAIVER OF SECTION 6.11(A)(III)

              The undersigned Banks,  constituting  Majority Banks under the
Credit  Agreement,  hereby  waive  compliance  with the  provisions  of  Section
6.11(a)(iii)  of the Credit  Agreement  to the  extent,  and only to the extent,
necessary  to  permit  the sale of each of the  Properties  located  at (i) 2101
Cypress Avenue, El Paso, TX, (ii) 1800 Stirman Avenue,  Fayetteville,  AR, (iii)
7950 U.S. Highway 25, Florence, KY and (iv) 1001 East Broadway, Morrilton, AR to
be  consummated  on or prior to August 31, 2000  without  causing  Company to be
required to deliver the documents described in Section 6.11(a)(iii) (a) promptly
following the date that is 120 days after the Closing Date for any such Property
with  respect to which no contract of sale has been  entered  into prior to that
date or (b) promptly  following  the date that is 60 days after the execution of
any contract of sale for any such Property if the sale has not been  consummated
on or prior to that date; PROVIDED that, if the sale of any such Property is not
consummated on or prior to August 31, 2000,  Company shall deliver the documents
described in Section 6.11(a)(iii) on or prior to September 30, 2000 with respect
to such Property.

     2.4      LIMITATION OF WAIVER

                  Without  limiting the  generality of the provisions of Section
10.1 of the  Credit  Agreement,  the waiver  set forth  herein  shall be limited
precisely  as written and relates  solely to a waiver of  compliance  by Company
with the provisions of Sections 6.1(a)(vii), 6.11(a)(ii) and 6.11(a)(iii) of the
Credit Agreement in the manner and to the extent described above, and nothing in
this  Amendment  shall be deemed to (a)  constitute  a waiver of  compliance  by
Company with respect to (i) Section 6.1(a)(vii),  6.11(a)(ii) or 6.11(a)(iii) of
the Credit Agreement in any other instance or (ii) any other term,  provision or
condition of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or agreement  referred
to therein or (b) prejudice any right or remedy that Agent,

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Collateral  Agent or any Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in
connection  with the  Credit  Agreement  or any other  instrument  or  agreement
referred to therein.

     SECTION 3.        COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     In order to induce Banks to enter into this  Amendment  and to amend the
Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein,  Company represents and warrants
to each Bank that the following statements are true, correct and complete:

     A.       CORPORATE POWER AND AUTHORITY. Company has all requisite corporate
power  and  authority  to  enter  into  this  Amendment  and to  carry  out  the
transactions  contemplated  by, and perform its  obligations  under,  the Credit
Agreement as amended by this Amendment (the "AMENDED AGREEMENT").

     B.       AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS.  The execution and delivery of this
Amendment and the performance of the Amended Agreement have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company.

     C.       NO CONFLICT.  The execution and delivery by Company of this Amend-
ment and the performance by Company of the Amended Agreement do not and will not
(i) violate any of its Organization  Documents or any order,  judgment or decree
of any court or other Governmental  Authority binding on Company,  (ii) conflict
with,  result  in a breach  of,  constitute  a default  under,  or  require  the
termination  of,  any  Contractual  Obligation  of  Company,  except  where such
conflicts, breaches, defaults and terminations, in the aggregate, would not have
a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition
of any Lien of any nature  whatsoever  upon any of the  properties  or assets of
Company  (other than pursuant to the  Collateral  Documents) or (iv) require any
approval of  stockholders  or any  approval  or consent of any Person  under any
Contractual  Obligation  of Company  except  where the  failure  to obtain  such
approvals  and consents  would not, in the  aggregate,  have a Material  Adverse
Effect.

     D.       GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS.  The execution and delivery by Company of
this Amendment and the  performance  by Company of the Amended  Agreement do not
and will not require any  registration  with,  consent or approval of, or notice
to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority.

     E.       BINDING OBLIGATION.  This Amendment and the Amended Agreement have
been duly  executed  and  delivered  by Company  and are the  legally  valid and
binding  obligations of Company,  enforceable against Company in accordance with
their  respective  terms,  except as  enforcement  may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors'   rights   generally   or  by   equitable   principles   relating  to
enforceability,  whether  enforcement  is  sought in a  proceeding  at law or in
equity.

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     SECTION 4.        MISCELLANEOUS

     A.       REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS.

     (i)      On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agree-
ment to  "this  Agreement",  "hereunder",  "hereof",  "herein"  or words of like
import referring to the Credit  Agreement,  and each reference in the other Loan
Documents to the "Credit  Agreement",  "thereunder",  "thereof" or words of like
import  referring to the Credit  Agreement  shall mean and be a reference to the
Amended Agreement.

     (ii)     Except as specifically amended by this Amendment,  the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and
are hereby ratified and confirmed.

     (iii)    The execution,  delivery and  performance of this Amendment  shall
not, except as expressly  provided herein,  constitute a waiver of any provision
of, or operate as a waiver of any  right,  power or remedy of Agent,  Collateral
Agent  or any  Bank  under,  the  Credit  Agreement  or any  of the  other  Loan
Documents.

     B.       GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH,  THE  INTERNAL  LAWS OF THE  STATE OF NEW YORK  (INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

     C.       COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and  delivered  shall be deemed an original,  but
all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument;
signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached
to a single  counterpart so that all signature pages are physically  attached to
the same document. This Amendment shall become effective upon the execution of a
counterpart  hereof by Company  and  Majority  Banks and  receipt by Company and
Agent of written or telephonic  notification of such execution and authorization
of delivery thereof,  except for Section 2.1 hereof which shall become effective
as of January 31, 2000,  Section 2.2 hereof  which shall become  effective as of
April 30, 2000 and Section 2.3 hereof which shall become effective as of May 30,
2000, each upon the happening of the same events.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly  executed  and  delivered  by  their  respective  officers  thereunto  duly
authorized as of the date first written above.

                                    LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    AIMCO CDO SERIES 2000-A

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                    By:____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

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                                    BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA LOS ANGELES
                                    FOREIGN BRANCH

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Bank

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    BANK ONE, N.A.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

<PAGE>

                                    BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    CARIPLO - CASSA DI RISPARMIO DELLE PROVINCIE
                                    LOMBARDE SPA

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    CITICORP U.S.A. INCORPORATED

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

<PAGE>

                                    COMMERZBANK AG
                                    NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
                                    NEW YORK BRANCH AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS
                                    BRANCH

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    FRANKLIN CLO I LIMITED

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

<PAGE>

                                    GOLDMAN SACHS & COMPANY

                                    By:___________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    INDOSUEZ CAPITAL FUNDING IIA LIMITED

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    KBC BANK N.V.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    MELLON BANK, N.A.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

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                                    ML CLO XV PILGRIM AMERICA

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    ML CLO XX PILGRIM AMERICA (CAYMAN) LTD.

                                    By:_____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    PIMCO HIGH YIELD FUND

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    SEQUILS-PILGRIM I LTD.

                                    By:____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    SOCIETE GENERALE NEW YORK BRANCH

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

<PAGE>

                                    THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    UNICREDITO ITALIANO S.P.A.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    WACHOVIA BANK N.A.

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

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ACKNOWLEDGED:

BATTERY STREET ENTERPRISES, INC.

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI STRAUSS FINANCIAL CENTER
CORPORATION

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI STRAUSS FUNDING, LLC

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI STRAUSS GLOBAL FULFILLMENT
SERVICES, INC.

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI STRAUSS GLOBAL OPERATIONS, INC.

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI STRAUSS INTERNATIONAL

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI STRAUSS LATIN AMERICA, INC.

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

LEVI'S ONLY STORES, INC.

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

NF INDUSTRIES, INC.

By:
   ---------------------------------------------------
Title:
      ------------------------------------------------

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