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Business Description
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a $47.2 billion retailer,
off ering a complete line of home improvement
products and services. e Company, through its
subsidiaries, serves approximately 15 million
do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me and Commercial
Business Customers each week through 1,710
stores in the United States and Canada. Founded
in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C.,
Lowe’s is the second-largest home improve-
ment retailer in the world and employs more
than 238,000 people. Lowe’s has been a pub-
licly 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.
Corporate Offi 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/investor
and clicking on Contact Us.
Registered shareholders may access their
accounts online by visiting Investor Centre at
www.computershare.com/investor.
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 declared a cash dividend each
quarter since becoming a public company
in 1961.
Dividend record dates are usually the third
week of fi scal April, July, October and January.
Dividend payment dates are usually the
fi rst week of fi scal May, August, November
and February.
Annual Meeting Date
May 28, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Ballantyne Hotel
Charlotte, North Carolina
Stock Trading Information
Lowe’s common stock is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange (LOW)
General Counsel
Gaither M. Keener, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Secretary and Chief Compliance Offi 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 Taaff e
Vice President, Investor Relations
704-758-2033
For copies of fi 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
visit Media.Lowes.com
To view Lowe’s Social Responsibility Report,
visit www.Lowes.com/socialresponsibility
is report is printed on paper containing fi ber from
well-managed, independently certifi ed forests and contains
a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled fi ber. To further
reduce resource use, Lowe's is relying on E-proxy rules to make
the proxy materials for its 2010 Annual Meeting, including this
Annual Report, available online to many of our shareholders
instead of mailing hard copies to them. is use of technology
has allowed us to reduce the number of copies we print of
our Annual Report by approximately 20% from last year. For
additional information about Lowe’s commitment to sustainable
forest management, visit: www.Lowes.com/woodpolicy.
Lowe’s fi 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 fi lings required by the SEC.
e reports Lowe’s fi les with, or furnishes to, the SEC, and all amendments to those
reports, are available without charge on Lowe’s website (www.Lowes.com/investor) as
soon as reasonably practicable after Lowe’s fi les them with, or furnishes them to, the SEC.
Copies of Lowe’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, 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 offi ces or by calling 888-345-6937.
Additional information available on our website (www.Lowes.com/investor) includes
our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Board of Directors Committee Charters, Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics, and Social Responsibility Report, as well as other
fi nancial information.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
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