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Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
STOCK PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)
Quarterly Stock Price Range and Cash Dividends Declared
Fiscal 2009 Fiscal 2008 Fiscal 2007
High Low Dividend High Low Dividend High Low Dividend
1st Quarter $22.09 $13.00 $0.085 $27.18 $20.25 $0.080 $35.74 $29.87 $0.050
2nd Quarter 22.68 18.02 0.090 26.18 18.00 0.085 33.19 27.38 0.080
3rd Quarter 24.09 19.46 0.090 28.49 15.76 0.085 32.53 25.71 0.080
4th Quarter $24.50 $19.15 $0.090
$23.73 $15.85 $0.085
$26.87
$19.94
$0.080
As of March 26, 2010, there were 31,041 registered shareholders of Lowe’s common stock.
Monthly Stock Price and Trading Volume
Fiscal 2009 Fiscal 2008 Fiscal 2007
Shares Shares Shares
High Low Traded High Low Traded High Low Traded
February $19.44 $14.91 380,470,300 $25.68 $22.70 243,541,400 $35.74 $31.82 144,414,800
March 19.92 13.00 483,501,400 25.10 20.25 440,193,100 33.26 29.87 220,012,800
April 22.09 18.47 297,175,500 27.18 23.16 215,194,200 32.23 30.35 134,288,400
May 21.35 18.30 366,414,800 26.18 23.02 226,632,000 33.19 30.40 200,179,300
June 20.99 18.02 330,426,400 24.82 19.95 287,600,700 33.06 30.48 200,081,400
July 22.68 18.43 223,488,200 21.83 18.00 263,974,600 31.31 27.38 216,739,200
August 24.09 19.69 353,063,200 25.47 19.99 282,758,100 31.29 25.98 249,457,600
September 22.37 19.94 313,995,000 28.49 21.35 538,455,500 32.53 27.99 266,600,900
October 21.99 19.46 328,635,300 22.29 15.76 449,070,900 31.72 25.71 183,517,700
November 22.24 19.15 292,337,700 22.00 15.85 330,369,600 25.65 21.76 289,301,400
December 24.50 21.55 269,171,200 23.73 18.46 360,238,200 25.29 20.96 203,493,334
January
$23.81 $21.61 242,076,000
$23.17 $18.15 260,547,700 $26.87 $19.94 329,682,916
Source: e Wall Street Journal
Stock Splits and
Stock Dividends
Since 1961
•
A 100% stock dividend, effective April 5, 1966
(which had the net effect of a 2-for-1 stock split).
• A 2-for-1 stock split, effective November 18, 1969.
• A 50% stock dividend, effective November 30, 1971
(which had the net effect of a 3-for-2 stock split).
• A 331⁄3% stock dividend, effective July 25, 1972
(which had the net effect of a 4-for-3 stock split).
• A 50% stock dividend, effective June 2, 1976 (which
had the net effect of a 3-for-2 stock split).
• A 3-for-2 stock split, effective November 2, 1981.
• A 5-for-3 stock split, effective April 29, 1983.
• A 100% stock dividend, effective June 29, 1992
(which had the net effect of a 2-for-1 stock split).
• A 2-for-1 stock split, effective April 4, 1994.
• A 2-for-1 stock split, effective June 29, 1998.
• A 2-for-1 stock split, effective July 2, 2001.
• A 2-for-1 stock split, effective July 3, 2006.
Total Return to Shareholders
e following table and graph compare the total returns (assuming reinvestment of dividends) of the Company’s
Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Retail Index. e graph assumes $100 invested on January 28,
2005 in the Company’s Common Stock and each of the indices.
2/2/07
$122.73
$128.39
$125.19
2/1/08
$ 92.83
$126.04
$102.16
2/3/06
$113.48
$109.96
$107.40
1/29/10
$ 81.26
$101.75
$ 98.95
1/28/05
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
1/30/09
$67.45
$76.43
$63.63
Lowe’s
S&P 500
S&P Retail Index
Source: Bloomberg Financial Services
S&P 500Lowe’s S&P Retail Index
60
80
100
120
140
$160
61
480
240
12468
12
18
30
60
120 960
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