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of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.</font></font></div>
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22, 2008, the Board of Directors of Lowe&#8217;s Companies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;)
elected S. Thomas Moser, retired Vice Chairman of KPMG LLP, to the Company&#8217;s
Board of Directors.&#160;&#160;The Board of Directors also elected Mr. Moser to
the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee.&#160; </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A copy of
the news release announcing Mr. Moser&#8217;s election is furnished as Exhibit 99.1
and incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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of his former employer.&#160; Mr. Moser had no disagreements with the Company on
any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices that
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Article
II, Section 2 was amended to provide that special meetings of the shareholders
shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of shareholders owning
in the aggregate a majority of the total number of shares of capital stock of
the Company outstanding and entitled to vote on the matters or matters to be
brought before the special meeting.&#160;&#160;Prior to this amendment, a
special meeting of shareholders could only be called by the Chairman of the
Board or by a majority of the Board of Directors.</font></div>
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II, Section 3 was amended to provide that the Board of Directors may designate
any place, either within or without the State of North Carolina, as the place of
meeting for any annual or special meeting of the shareholders.&#160;&#160;Prior
to this amendment, Article II, Section 3 provided for the Board of Directors to
designate the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting
&#8220;called by the Board of Directors.&#8221;&#160;&#160;This amendment was made to also
allow the Board of Directors to designate the place of meeting for
shareholder-requested special meetings.</font></div>
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contains the advance notice provisions relating to director nominations and
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amendments to the advance notice bylaw provisions that were formerly included in
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year, and, &#8220;continuing until after the annual meeting in 2010,&#8221; the number of
directors which will constitute the class of directors being elected at such
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lowesform8k8222008.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 (d) of
the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of
      earliest event reported)
August 22,
      2008
LOWE'S COMPANIES,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
North
      Carolina
1-7898
56-0578072
(State
      or other jurisdiction
of
      incorporation)
(Commission
      File
Number)
(IRS
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
1000 Lowe's Blvd., Mooresville,
      NC
28117
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code
(704)
      758-1000
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions
:
o
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
o
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02.
Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
On August
22, 2008, the Board of Directors of Lowe's Companies, Inc. (the "Company")
elected S. Thomas Moser, retired Vice Chairman of KPMG LLP, to the Company's
Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors also elected Mr. Moser to
the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee.
A copy of
the news release announcing Mr. Moser's election is furnished as Exhibit 99.1
and incorporated herein by reference.
On
August 28, 2008, Mr. Moser resigned as a director of the Company at the request
of his former employer.  Mr. Moser had no disagreements with the Company on
any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices that
caused, in whole or part, his resignation.
Item
5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
(a)
On August
22, 2008, the Board of Directors approved certain amendments to the Company's
Bylaws.  The amendments make the following changes to the Bylaws, all
of which were effective immediately:
(i)
Article
II, Section 2 was amended to provide that special meetings of the shareholders
shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of shareholders owning
in the aggregate a majority of the total number of shares of capital stock of
the Company outstanding and entitled to vote on the matters or matters to be
brought before the special meeting.  Prior to this amendment, a
special meeting of shareholders could only be called by the Chairman of the
Board or by a majority of the Board of Directors.
(ii)
Article
II, Section 3 was amended to provide that the Board of Directors may designate
any place, either within or without the State of North Carolina, as the place of
meeting for any annual or special meeting of the shareholders.  Prior
to this amendment, Article II, Section 3 provided for the Board of Directors to
designate the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting
"called by the Board of Directors."  This amendment was made to also
allow the Board of Directors to designate the place of meeting for
shareholder-requested special meetings.
(iii)
Article
II, Section 4 was amended as follows:
·
to provide that notice of a meeting of
      shareholders must be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before
      the day of the meeting, by "any means of communication permitted under or
      authorized by the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, including
      without limitation, in person; by electronic means; or by mail or private
      carrier."  Prior to this amendment, Article II, Section 4
      provided for notice of a meeting of shareholders by mail only;
    and
·
to delete the sentence that provided that notice, when mailed, will
      be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail,
      addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock
      transfer books of the Company, with postage thereon
      prepaid.  The sentence was unnecessary because the North
      Carolina Business Corporation Act already provides that notice to
      shareholders, when mailed, "is effective when deposited in the United
      States mail
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with postage
      thereon prepaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder's address shown
      in the corporation's current record of
  shareholders."
(iv)     Article
II, Section 10 was amended to remove the advance notice provisions for director
nominations and shareholder proposals.
NOTE:
The advance notice provisions that
were deleted from Article II, Section 10 were separated into two new provisions,
Article II, Section 11 and Article II, Section 12.  Section 11
contains the advance notice provisions relating to director nominations and
Section 12 contains the advance notice provisions relating to shareholder
proposals.  The amendments to the Bylaws set forth below describe
amendments to the advance notice bylaw provisions that were formerly included in
Article II, Section 10.
(v)
Article
II, Section 11 was amended as follows.
·
to
      provide that the notice required to be submitted by a shareholder for
      director nominations must disclose (A) the name and address, as they
      appear on the corporation's books, of such shareholder "and any
      Shareholder Associated Person," (B) the number of shares of the
      corporation which are owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder
      "and by any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to the
      corporation's securities and (C) any derivative positions held of record
      or beneficially by the shareholder and any Shareholder Associated Person
      and whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or
      series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any
      other agreement, arrangement or understanding has been made, the effect or
      intent of which is to increase or decrease the voting power of, such
      shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to the
      corporation's securities."
·
to
      provide that a "Shareholder Associated Person" of any shareholder means
      "(A) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert
      with, such shareholder, (B) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the
      corporation owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and (C)
      any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
      Shareholder Associated Person"; and
·
to
      provide that a shareholder must comply with all applicable requirements of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
      regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in Section
      11.
(vi)
Article
II, Section 12 was amended as follows:
·
to
      provide that business, in order to be properly brought before a meeting of
      shareholders, must be brought (a) by or at the direction of the Board of
      Directors or (b) by a shareholder "or another person authorized to act for
      him or her as proxy who has given timely notice in writing to the
      Secretary";
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·
to
      provide that if a shareholder who has given timely notice in writing to
      the Secretary of business to be brought before the meeting intends to
      authorize another person to act for him or her as proxy to present the
      proposal at the meeting, the shareholder must give notice of such
      authorization in writing to the Secretary not less than three business
      days before the date of the meeting, including the name and contact
      information for such person;
·
to
      provide that the notice required to be submitted by a shareholder for
      business to be brought before an annual meeting must disclose, as to each
      matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, among other
      things, (A) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's
      books, of such shareholder "and any Shareholder Associated Person,"
      (B) the number of shares of the corporation which are owned of record
      or beneficially by such shareholder "and by any Shareholder Associated
      Person with respect to the corporation's securities, (C) any derivative
      positions held of record or beneficially by the shareholder and any
      Shareholder Associated Person and whether and the extent to which any
      hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered
      into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or
      understanding has been made, the effect or intent of which is to increase
      or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder or any Shareholder
      Associated Person with respect to the corporation's securities"; and (D)
      any material interest of such shareholder "or any Shareholder Associated
      Person" in such business other than his interest as shareholder of the
      corporation; and
·
to
      provide that a shareholder must comply with all applicable requirements of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
      regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in Section
      12.
(vii)
Article
III, Section 2 was amended to provide that the Board of Directors must each
year, prior to the annual meeting, determine by appropriate resolution the
number of directors which will constitute the Board of Directors for the ensuing
year, and, "continuing until after the annual meeting in 2010," the number of
directors which will constitute the class of directors being elected at such
annual meeting.  This clause was added to make the Bylaws consistent
with the Company's Articles of Incorporation, which have been amended to provide
for the phased-in elimination of the classified structure of the Board of
Directors.  As amended, the Company's Articles of Incorporation
provide for the annual election of all directors beginning with the Company's
2011 annual meeting of shareholders.
(viii)
Article
III, Section 5 was amended as follows:
·
to provide that regular meetings of the Board
      of Directors may be held without notice;
·
provide that notice of special meetings of the
      Board of Directors must be given "at least two days before the meeting, by
      any usual means of
communication,
      including without limitation, in person; by telephone, facsimile,
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electronic mail, or
      other electronic transmission; or by mail or private
      carrier."  Prior to this Amendment, Article III, Section 5
      provided that notice of any special meeting must be given by mail at least
      five days before the meeting or by facsimile or telephone at least two
      days before the meeting; and
·
to provide that notice will be deemed effective
      at the earliest of the following:
-
when
      received, or, in the case of oral notice, when actually communicated to
      the director;
-
when
      deposited in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark or
      postage meter date, if mailed with postage thereon prepaid and correctly
      addressed;
-
if
      by facsimile or other electronic transmission, by acknowledgment by the
      director or the director's agent or representative of receipt of the
      electronic transmission; or
-
on
      the date shown on the confirmation of delivery issued by a private
      carrier, if sent by private carrier to the address of the director last
      known to the corporation.
Prior to
this amendment, Article III, Section 5 provided that notice was deemed
effective, if mailed, when deposited in the mail properly addressed with postage
thereon prepaid and correctly addressed, and if given by facsimile or telephone,
at the time the facsimile was transmitted or of the telephone call
itself.
(ix)
Article
III, Section 14 was amended as follows:
·
to amend the restriction on the authority of
      the Executive Committee to declare dividends or authorize distributions to
      provide that the Executive Committee will not have the power to declare
      dividends or authorize distributions, "except according to a formula or
      method, or within limits, prescribed by the Board";
  and
·
to remove the restriction on the authority of
      the Executive Committee to fix the compensation of directors.
(x)
Article
III, Section 16 was amended to change the references to the "Compensation and
Organization Committee" to the "Compensation Committee" to reflect the change in
the committee's name.
(xi)
Article
III, Section 19 was amended to provide that the compensation of non-employee
directors must be recommended to the Board of Directors "or appropriate
committee thereof" by the Chief Executive Officer.
(xii)
Article
IV, Section 8 was adopted to provide that an officer's or director's rights to
advancement of expenses and indemnification provided for in the Company's Bylaws
are contract rights and neither the amendment nor repeal of such rights, nor the
adoption of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the
Company, nor, to the fullest extent permitted under or authorized by the North
Carolina Business Corporation Act, any modification of law, will eliminate or
reduce the effect of the rights to advancement of expenses and indemnification
in respect of any acts or omissions occurring prior to such
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amendment, repeal,
adoption or modification without the affected individuals' express written
consent.
The amended and restated
Bylaws are attached as Exhibit 3.1.
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Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)
Exhibits
3.1           Bylaws
of Lowe's Companies, Inc., as amended and restated
99.1         News
Release of Lowe's Companies, Inc., issued August 22,
2008
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
LOWE'S
      COMPANIES, INC.
Date:  August
28
,
      2008
By
:
/s/ Matthew V.
      Hollifield
____
Matthew
      V. Hollifield
Senior
      Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
      No.
Description
3.1
Bylaws
      of Lowe's Companies, Inc., as amended and restated
99.1
News
      Release of Lowe's Companies, Inc., issued August 22,
  2008
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