Lowe's 2006 Annual Report Download - page 53

Corporate Oces
1000 Lowe’s Boulevard
Mooresville, NC 28117
704-758-1000
Lowe’s Website
www.Lowes.com
Stock Transfer Agent & Registrar,
Dividend Disbursing Agent and
Dividend Reinvesting Agent
Computershare Trust Company N.A.
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940
For direct deposit of dividends,
registered shareholders may call
Computershare toll-free at 877-282-1174.
Registered shareholders with e-mail addresses
can send account inquiries electronically to
Computershare through its website at
www.computershare.com, and clicking
on Contact Us.
Registered shareholders may access their
accounts online by visiting Investor Centre at
www.computershare.com, and clicking on
Shareholder Services.
Investors can join Lowe’s Stock Advantage
Direct Stock Purchase Plan by visiting
www.Lowes.com/investor, and clicking on
Buy Stock Direct.
Dividends
Lowe’s has paid a cash dividend each quarter
since becoming a public company in 1961.
Dividend record dates are usually the middle
of scal April, July, October and January.
Dividend payment dates are usually the last of
scal April, July, October and January.
Annual Meeting Date
May 25, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.
Ballantyne Resort Hotel
Charlotte, North Carolina
Stock Trading Information
Lowe’s common stock is listed on the New
York Stock Exchange (Ticker Symbol: LOW)
General Counsel
Gaither M. Keener, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Secretary and Chief Compliance Ocer
704-758-1000
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
1100 Carillon Building
227 West Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202-1675
704-887-1690
Shareholder Services
Shareholders’ and security analysts’
inquiries should be directed to:
Paul Taae
Vice President, Investor Relations
704-758-2033.
For copies of nancial information:
888-34LOWES (888-345-6937)
or visit www.Lowes.com/investor.
Public Relations
Media inquiries should be directed to:
Chris Ahearn
Vice President, Public Relations
704-758-2304
www.Lowes.com/presspass.
To view Lowe’s Social Responsibility Report,
visit: www.Lowes.com/socialresponsibility.
At least 90% of the ber used to manufacture this
paper comes from well-managed forests certied
to a sustainable forest management standard
with 10% made from post-consumer recycled
ber. To see additional information about Lowe’s
commitment to sustainable forest management,
visit: www.Lowes.com/woodpolicy.
Corporate and Investor Information
Business Description
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a $46.9 billion retailer, oering a complete line of home improvement products and services. e Company, through its
subsidiaries, serves more than 13 million do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me and Commercial Business Customers each week through 1,385 stores in
49 states. Lowe’s is the world’s second-largest home improvement retailer and the 7th largest retailer in the U.S. Based in Mooresville, N.C.,
the 60-year-old company employs more than 210,000 people. Lowe’s has been a publicly held company since October 10, 1961. e Company’s
stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange with shares trading under the symbol LOW. For more information, visit www.Lowes.com.
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Lowe’s les reports with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), including
annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K
and any other filings required by the SEC.
Certications by Lowe’s Chief Executive Ocer
and Chief Financial Ocer regarding the qual-
ity of the Company’s public disclosure have
been included as exhibits in Lowe’s SEC reports
as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. In addition, in 2006, Lowe’s Chief
Executive Officer provided the New York
Stock Exchange the annual CEO certication
regarding Lowe’s compliance with the New
York Stock Exchange’s corporate governance
listing standards.
e reports Lowe’s les with, or furnishes to,
the SEC, and all amendments to those reports,
are available without charge on Lowe’s website
(www.Lowes.com) as soon as reasonably
practicable aer Lowe’s les them with, or
furnishes them to, the SEC.
Copies of Lowe’s 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, and Annual Report to Shareholders
are available without charge upon written
request to Gaither M. Keener, Jr., Secretary
at Lowe’s corporate offices or by calling
888-345-6937.
Additional information available on our
website includes our Corporate Governance
Guidelines, Board of Directors Committee
Charters, Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics, and Social Responsibility Report,
as well as other nancial information.
Written copies are available to shareholders
on request.