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Business Description
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a $50.5 billion
retailer, offering a complete line of home
improvement products and services. The
Company, through its subsidiaries, serves
approximately 15 million do-it-yourself,
do-it-for-me and pro customers each week
through 1,754 stores in the United States,
Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and
based in Mooresville, NC, Lowe’s is the
second largest home improvement retailer
in the world and employs more than
245,000 people. Lowe’s has been a pub-
licly held company since October 10, 1961.
The Company’s stock is listed on the New
York Stock Exchange with shares trading
under the symbol LOW. For more informa-
tion, visit www.Lowes.com.
Lowe’s files 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.
The reports Lowe’s files 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 files them with, or furnishes them
to, the SEC.
Copies of Lowe’s 2012 Annual Report on
Form 10-K are available without charge
upon written request to Gaither M.
Keener, Jr., Chief Legal Officer, Chief
Compliance Officer and Secretary, at
Lowe’s corporate offices or by calling
800-813-7613.
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 financial information.
Corporate Offices
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.
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 fiscal April, July, October and
January.
Dividend payment dates are usually the
first week of fiscal May, August, November
and February.
Annual Meeting Date
May 31, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Ballantyne Hotel
Charlotte, NC
Stock Trading Information
Lowe’s common stock (LOW) is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange
General Counsel
Gaither M. Keener, Jr.
Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance
Officer and Secretary
704-758-1000
Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
550 South Tryon Street
Suite 2500
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-887-1500
Shareholder Services
Shareholders’ and security analysts’
inquiries should be directed to:
Tiffany Mason
Vice President Finance and Treasurer
704-758-2033
For copies of financial information:
800-813-7613 or visit
www.Lowes.com/investor
Public Relations
Media inquiries should be directed to:
Chris Ahearn
Vice President Corporate Communication
704-758-2304
Media.Lowes.com
To view Lowe’s Social Responsibility
Report, visit
www.Lowes.com/socialresponsibility.
This report is printed on paper containing fiber from
well-managed, independently certified forests and
contains a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled
fiber. To further reduce resource use, Lowe’s is relying
on E-proxy rules to make the proxy materials for its
2013 Annual Meeting, including this Annual Report,
available online to many of our shareholders instead
of mailing hard copies to them. This use of technology
has allowed us to reduce the number of copies we
print of our Annual Report. For additional information
about Lowe’s commitment to sustainable forest
management, visit: www.Lowes.com/woodpolicy.
Corporate Information