Jeans maker Levi Strauss files for IPO

(Reuters) - Jeans maker Levi Strauss on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering of up to $100 million.

The company intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "LEVI", it said in a preliminary filing with U.S. regulators.

The size of the IPO stated in preliminary filings is a placeholder used to calculate registration fees. The final size of the IPO could be different.

(Reporting by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)