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Recent Events Jan 28 Dividend payment of $0.04 Location 1605 Curtis Bridge Road Wilkesboro, NC 28697 Phone: (336) 658-4000 Fax: (336) 658-4766 Employees as of 1/99: 54,000 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Journal Archive  ·Raw SEC Filings Competitors:  ·Sector: Services  ·Industry: Retail (Home Improvement) Company Websites  ·Home Page  ·Employment  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Index Membership  ·S&P 500 Ownership · Insider: 38% · Over the last 6 months:  · 4 insider buys; 5,000  shares  · 5 insider sells; 24.0K shares · Institutional: 71% (114% of float) (1,103 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 13.7M shares (+4.81%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

Business Summary Lowe's Companies, Inc. is the second largest retailer of home improvement products in the United States. At January 29, 1999, Lowe's operated 484 stores in 27 states, principally located in the eastern half of the United States. Lowe's current prototype store has a 115,000-square-foot sales floor with a lawn and garden center comprising approximately 35,000 additional square feet. Lowe's serves both retail and commercial business customers, providing a wide selection of high quality, nationally advertised brand name merchandise. A typical Lowe's home improvement warehouse stocks more than 40,000 items ranging from lumber and tools to appliances and home decorations, as well as additional items available through its special order system. Lowe's also offers specific services such as installation, delivery, loading, assembly, free how-to clinics, wood and glass cutting, free kitchen design and a project desk to assist Lowe's customers in planning their home improvement tasks. Financial Summary Lowe's Companies Inc. is a retailer serving the do-it-yourself home improvement, home decor, and home construction markets. LOW operates 484 stores located in 24 states predominantly in the eastern half of the U.S. For the nine months ended 10/29/99, net sales increased 19% to $12.12 billion. Net income increased 30% to $523.9 million. Results benefited from an increase in comparable store sales, new store openings and favorable changes in the product mix. Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY1999 Pay Robert Tillman, 55 Chairman, Pres, CEO $2.1M Thomas Whiddon, 46 Exec. VP and CFO 927K Larry Stone, 47 Exec. VP and COO 1.1M Dale Pond, 53 Exec. VP of Merchandising and Marketing 790K William Warden, Jr., 46 Exec. VP and CAO 951K Dollar amounts are as of 29-Jan-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. More from Market Guide: Highlights -Performance - Ratio Comparisons