<?xml version="1.0" ?><!--XBRL Document Created with Wdesk from Workiva--><!--Copyright 2022 Workiva--><!--r:b1a13f24-7a2a-4ac8-a098-3d4c0c2719d8,g:df96f460-a0e5-43eb-9c03-84db7c7975c3,d:c2a16e4aec954bfc8b561f9394c8ca77--><html xmlns:ixt="http://www.xbrl.org/inlineXBRL/transformation/2020-02-12" xmlns:xbrli="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:ix="http://www.xbrl.org/2013/inlineXBRL" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:dei="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ixt-sec="http://www.sec.gov/inlineXBRL/transformation/2015-08-31" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en-US"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"/>


<title>low-20220527</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityRegistrantName" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N180L2ZyYWc6ZmFlYTQyZGYzNTc1NGY4MjkwNGIxYWRjMTkwYzQ5MzEvdGFibGU6YjMyNjRjMzAzMmU5NGE2Y2JkMDFhYTUyOWY4NDI3YzQvdGFibGVyYW5nZTpiMzI2NGMzMDMyZTk0YTZjYmQwMWFhNTI5Zjg0MjdjNF8wLTEtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_d0568732-750f-4d4c-a8d1-f6341577ba19">LOWES COMPANIES INC</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N180L2ZyYWc6ZmFlYTQyZGYzNTc1NGY4MjkwNGIxYWRjMTkwYzQ5MzEvdGFibGU6YjMyNjRjMzAzMmU5NGE2Y2JkMDFhYTUyOWY4NDI3YzQvdGFibGVyYW5nZTpiMzI2NGMzMDMyZTk0YTZjYmQwMWFhNTI5Zjg0MjdjNF8xLTEtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_e1a0b2e3-4e4d-4dd0-822b-0eb934e34a40">0000060667</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N180L2ZyYWc6ZmFlYTQyZGYzNTc1NGY4MjkwNGIxYWRjMTkwYzQ5MzEvdGFibGU6YjMyNjRjMzAzMmU5NGE2Y2JkMDFhYTUyOWY4NDI3YzQvdGFibGVyYW5nZTpiMzI2NGMzMDMyZTk0YTZjYmQwMWFhNTI5Zjg0MjdjNF8yLTEtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_586213ea-ea23-464a-8d60-0b1a9f5ae4c3">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="low-20220527.xsd"></link:schemaRef></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000060667</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2022-05-27</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2022-05-27</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="ic2a16e4aec954bfc8b561f9394c8ca77_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:DocumentType" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjozMTkyM2I1MzAxMWQ0NDJmOGQ0M2I5ZGYyMzFhMjkwZl8xODMy_4c174655-58cf-4583-b851-70464b238b87">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjozMTkyM2I1MzAxMWQ0NDJmOGQ0M2I5ZGYyMzFhMjkwZl8yMzA_9fd3446b-1fc6-4589-b865-43cb1e7dd6ad">May 27, 2022</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="low-20220527_g1.jpg" alt="low-20220527_g1.jpg" style="height:102px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:202px"/></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">LOWE&#8217;S COMPANIES, INC.</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.481%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.737%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.482%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" format="ixt-sec:stateprovnameen" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6Mjk2M2RlZTUxNWVmNGQxYmEyODU4OTU1ZDJjM2Q4MTIvdGFibGVyYW5nZToyOTYzZGVlNTE1ZWY0ZDFiYTI4NTg5NTVkMmMzZDgxMl8wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_a7f0f4f0-2eaf-40ab-bd02-52649d67f4f7">North Carolina</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityFileNumber" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6Mjk2M2RlZTUxNWVmNGQxYmEyODU4OTU1ZDJjM2Q4MTIvdGFibGVyYW5nZToyOTYzZGVlNTE1ZWY0ZDFiYTI4NTg5NTVkMmMzZDgxMl8wLTEtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_16132f3f-68bd-45bd-a933-a3dd0897002b">1-7898</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6Mjk2M2RlZTUxNWVmNGQxYmEyODU4OTU1ZDJjM2Q4MTIvdGFibGVyYW5nZToyOTYzZGVlNTE1ZWY0ZDFiYTI4NTg5NTVkMmMzZDgxMl8wLTItMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_9198f9e8-edcf-43a6-aaf3-a5c0df6b458f">56-0578072</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction<br/>of incorporation)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Commission File<br/>Number)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(IRS Employer<br/>&#160;Identification No.)</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:18pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:513.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:214.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:79.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:214.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityAddressAddressLine1" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTY0MTRmYjlkYjRjNDk0NGI0YjUyNTFhOTdiMDRkOWMvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxNjQxNGZiOWRiNGM0OTQ0YjRiNTI1MWE5N2IwNGQ5Y18wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Ny90ZXh0cmVnaW9uOjI0OWRiNTE1ODk2NDQwOTNiNzYwYTA2MDdmMjYxOTc5XzQ_6171a953-c17d-43f9-8922-6498290f2cd4">1000 Lowes Blvd.</ix:nonNumeric>, <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityAddressCityOrTown" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTY0MTRmYjlkYjRjNDk0NGI0YjUyNTFhOTdiMDRkOWMvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxNjQxNGZiOWRiNGM0OTQ0YjRiNTI1MWE5N2IwNGQ5Y18wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Ny90ZXh0cmVnaW9uOjI0OWRiNTE1ODk2NDQwOTNiNzYwYTA2MDdmMjYxOTc5Xzg_efcb4d71-2687-402c-8a17-a89c875efffd">Mooresville</ix:nonNumeric>, <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityAddressStateOrProvince" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTY0MTRmYjlkYjRjNDk0NGI0YjUyNTFhOTdiMDRkOWMvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxNjQxNGZiOWRiNGM0OTQ0YjRiNTI1MWE5N2IwNGQ5Y18wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Ny90ZXh0cmVnaW9uOjI0OWRiNTE1ODk2NDQwOTNiNzYwYTA2MDdmMjYxOTc5XzEy_28ed15c6-cf1e-4748-830f-9d8569bc5a9a">NC</ix:nonNumeric></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityAddressPostalZipCode" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTY0MTRmYjlkYjRjNDk0NGI0YjUyNTFhOTdiMDRkOWMvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxNjQxNGZiOWRiNGM0OTQ0YjRiNTI1MWE5N2IwNGQ5Y18wLTItMS0xLTIxODE5Ny90ZXh0cmVnaW9uOjU1YTg3M2U1YTJkODRjMzE4ZTY3NDBkYTZkOTY0NGVjXzQ_66b3e40a-b842-49d0-9778-3fa26b4b4c7b">28117</ix:nonNumeric></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Address of principal executive offices)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Zip Code)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:CityAreaCode" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTY0MTRmYjlkYjRjNDk0NGI0YjUyNTFhOTdiMDRkOWMvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxNjQxNGZiOWRiNGM0OTQ0YjRiNTI1MWE5N2IwNGQ5Y18zLTItMS0xLTIxODE5Ny90ZXh0cmVnaW9uOjc3N2QwZGQzYzJlNzRlYjVhZjM2NzBmODAxYTNkMWY3XzU_706f46f7-4a92-4862-ab29-8df4094a1e3f">704</ix:nonNumeric>) <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:LocalPhoneNumber" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTY0MTRmYjlkYjRjNDk0NGI0YjUyNTFhOTdiMDRkOWMvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxNjQxNGZiOWRiNGM0OTQ0YjRiNTI1MWE5N2IwNGQ5Y18zLTItMS0xLTIxODE5Ny90ZXh0cmVnaW9uOjc3N2QwZGQzYzJlNzRlYjVhZjM2NzBmODAxYTNkMWY3Xzk_432b230c-a36b-45d9-9153-a732474b1698">758-1000</ix:nonNumeric></span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.738%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.062%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:WrittenCommunications" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6YzYxMDQxNGVmYmRiNGYzNDg0ZDQwMDAxOTA0ZWZlYTUvdGFibGVyYW5nZTpjNjEwNDE0ZWZiZGI0ZjM0ODRkNDAwMDE5MDRlZmVhNV8wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_455545a7-d4e6-43f2-b06b-8fa0eef27ec6">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</span></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.738%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.062%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:SolicitingMaterial" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6NTFjMTk5NWI4ZDM1NDExZTk2MjRlYTU1ODM5MWRhZjIvdGFibGVyYW5nZTo1MWMxOTk1YjhkMzU0MTFlOTYyNGVhNTU4MzkxZGFmMl8wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_9c857175-2afd-4b89-b805-78ad69ed1819">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</span></td></tr></table><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.738%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.062%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:PreCommencementTenderOffer" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MTA5YzYyMmFmZjE2NDYyODk3ZGM5YmZhMGNlZWRhMzQvdGFibGVyYW5nZToxMDljNjIyYWZmMTY0NjI4OTdkYzliZmEwY2VlZGEzNF8wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_b61fc9dd-985d-41b3-9025-20d6a70f657a">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.738%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.062%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MjgwMDZiNzEyZDZjNGRjYzk0MWE5ODQyZjFjYmY2ZDcvdGFibGVyYW5nZToyODAwNmI3MTJkNmM0ZGNjOTQxYTk4NDJmMWNiZjZkN18wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_a23ec3dd-9627-4994-a393-7a58f5a3858d">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.738%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.064%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.762%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:37.609%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.327%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title of each class</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Trading Symbol(s)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Name of each exchange on which registered</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:Security12bTitle" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MDAxMTI4N2E3ZTFiNDMxMmE0YzIwZmQyYTQ4YTMyMDYvdGFibGVyYW5nZTowMDExMjg3YTdlMWI0MzEyYTRjMjBmZDJhNDhhMzIwNl8xLTEtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_c67c7332-e617-4aa0-a34c-5ce4ec83a0ca">Common Stock, par value $0.50 per share</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:TradingSymbol" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MDAxMTI4N2E3ZTFiNDMxMmE0YzIwZmQyYTQ4YTMyMDYvdGFibGVyYW5nZTowMDExMjg3YTdlMWI0MzEyYTRjMjBmZDJhNDhhMzIwNl8xLTItMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_8f92fe79-5ed9-4ab0-a162-5230aae713fb">LOW</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:SecurityExchangeName" format="ixt-sec:exchnameen" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6MDAxMTI4N2E3ZTFiNDMxMmE0YzIwZmQyYTQ4YTMyMDYvdGFibGVyYW5nZTowMDExMjg3YTdlMWI0MzEyYTRjMjBmZDJhNDhhMzIwNl8xLTMtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_f0e493e3-e28d-4963-8c95-fb36f970dea1">New York Stock Exchange</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.724%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.076%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="icda599f2058148c4a326fc79bd45181d_D20220527-20220527" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmMyYTE2ZTRhZWM5NTRiZmM4YjU2MWY5Mzk0YzhjYTc3L3NlYzpjMmExNmU0YWVjOTU0YmZjOGI1NjFmOTM5NGM4Y2E3N18xL2ZyYWc6MzE5MjNiNTMwMTFkNDQyZjhkNDNiOWRmMjMxYTI5MGYvdGFibGU6OGQ2MDE2ZGQ5NDcwNDUxZDg1MzJmNmFhNjYxM2MzZmYvdGFibGVyYW5nZTo4ZDYwMTZkZDk0NzA0NTFkODUzMmY2YWE2NjEzYzNmZl8wLTAtMS0xLTIxODE5Nw_a22dcf0c-181a-41d2-bde7-fd35048eb570">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company</span></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.724%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.076%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.02</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As described below under Item 5.07, on May 27, 2022, shareholders of Lowe&#8217;s Companies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) approved the Lowe&#8217;s Companies, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#8220;2022 LTIP&#8221;). The 2022 LTIP became effective upon shareholder approval and reflects a number of changes from the plan as last approved by shareholders, including: (i) extension of the term of the plan for 10 years from the date of shareholder approval, (ii) a one-year minimum vesting requirement applicable to all future awards granted under the 2022 LTIP, subject to certain limited exceptions, (iii) a $750,000 limit on non-employee director awards, (iv) removal of language itemizing a detailed list of performance criteria and other changes related to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code as a result of changes in tax law, (v) greater specificity on the treatment of performance awards in connection with a change in control, (vi) new language to address the deferral of shares or consideration issuable under awards and the treatment of awards and plans assumed in corporate transactions and (vii) revising definitions and providing additional detail regarding administration of the 2022 LTIP, including the treatment of awards in connection with a termination of employment, and making other technical or clarifying amendments.</span></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-72pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The foregoing description of the 2022 LTIP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2022 LTIP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.07</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For more information on the proposals submitted to shareholders at the Annual Meeting held on May 27, 2022, see the Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2022. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to the Company&#8217;s shareholders at the Annual Meeting.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 1: Election of Directors</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES WITHHELD</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Raul Alvarez</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">447,946,946</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">38,733,796</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">David H. Batchelder</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">481,577,470</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,103,272</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Sandra B. Cochran</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">482,900,978</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,779,764</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Laurie Z. Douglas</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">481,332,027</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,348,715</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Richard W. Dreiling</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">405,573,903</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">81,106,839</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Marvin R. Ellison</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">460,606,814</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">26,073,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daniel J. Heinrich</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">484,023,661</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,657,081</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Brian C. Rogers</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">470,808,964</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">15,871,778</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Bertram L. Scott</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">469,015,531</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,665,211</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Colleen Taylor</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">484,612,902</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,067,840</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mary Beth West</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">483,336,290</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,344,452</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 2: Advisory approval of Lowe&#8217;s named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2021</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">449,980,109</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">35,088,952</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,611,681</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as Lowe&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">556,542,328</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">28,155,683</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,257,702</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N/A</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 4: Approval of the Amended and Restated Lowe&#8217;s Companies, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.047%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.049%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">462,800,457</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">22,118,390</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,761,895</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 5: Shareholder proposal requesting a report on median and adjusted pay gaps across race and gender</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.047%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.049%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">270,422,612</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">195,741,194</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20,516,936</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 6: Shareholder proposal regarding amending the Company&#8217;s proxy access bylaw to remove shareholder aggregation limits</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.047%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.049%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">156,443,207</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">328,195,508</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,042,027</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Proposal 7: Shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks of state policies restricting reproductive health care</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.047%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.049%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">151,970,657</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">319,859,292</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14,850,793</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 8: Shareholder proposal requesting a civil rights and non-discrimination audit and report</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.047%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.049%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,392,576</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">472,464,353</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,823,813</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 9: Shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks from worker misclassification by certain Company vendors</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.047%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.049%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VOTES AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ABSTENTIONS</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BROKER NON-VOTES</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">172,080,218</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">309,750,181</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,850,343</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,274,971</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-72pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.322%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.533%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:81.745%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit No.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101_06022022.htm">10.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101_06022022.htm">Lowe&#8217;s Companies, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective May 27, 2022.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.135%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.370%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:41.252%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.743%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">LOWE&#8217;S COMPANIES, INC.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date: June 2, 2022</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">/s/&#160;Ross W. McCanless</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Ross W. McCanless</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President, General Counsel<br/>and Corporate Secretary</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
[{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "low-20220527.htm", "description": "8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 74111}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "LOWES COMPANIES INC", "cik": "0000060667", "assigned-sic": "5211", "irs-number": "560578072", "state-of-incorporation": "NC", "fiscal-year-end": "0203"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "001-07898", "film-number": "22990990"}, "business-address": {"street1": "1000 LOWES BLVD.", "city": "MOORESVILLE", "state": "NC", "zip": "28117", "phone": "704-758-1000"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "1000 LOWES BLVD.", "city": "MOORESVILLE", "state": "NC", "zip": "28117"}}
low-20220527
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):
May 27, 2022
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 Lowes 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:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.50 per share
LOW
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As described below under Item 5.07, on May 27, 2022, shareholders of Lowe's Companies, Inc. (the "Company") approved the Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "2022 LTIP"). The 2022 LTIP became effective upon shareholder approval and reflects a number of changes from the plan as last approved by shareholders, including: (i) extension of the term of the plan for 10 years from the date of shareholder approval, (ii) a one-year minimum vesting requirement applicable to all future awards granted under the 2022 LTIP, subject to certain limited exceptions, (iii) a $750,000 limit on non-employee director awards, (iv) removal of language itemizing a detailed list of performance criteria and other changes related to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code as a result of changes in tax law, (v) greater specificity on the treatment of performance awards in connection with a change in control, (vi) new language to address the deferral of shares or consideration issuable under awards and the treatment of awards and plans assumed in corporate transactions and (vii) revising definitions and providing additional detail regarding administration of the 2022 LTIP, including the treatment of awards in connection with a termination of employment, and making other technical or clarifying amendments.
The foregoing description of the 2022 LTIP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2022 LTIP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
For more information on the proposals submitted to shareholders at the Annual Meeting held on May 27, 2022, see the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2022. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
VOTES FOR
VOTES WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
Raul Alvarez
447,946,946
38,733,796
99,274,971
David H. Batchelder
481,577,470
5,103,272
99,274,971
Sandra B. Cochran
482,900,978
3,779,764
99,274,971
Laurie Z. Douglas
481,332,027
5,348,715
99,274,971
Richard W. Dreiling
405,573,903
81,106,839
99,274,971
Marvin R. Ellison
460,606,814
26,073,928
99,274,971
Daniel J. Heinrich
484,023,661
2,657,081
99,274,971
Brian C. Rogers
470,808,964
15,871,778
99,274,971
Bertram L. Scott
469,015,531
17,665,211
99,274,971
Colleen Taylor
484,612,902
2,067,840
99,274,971
Mary Beth West
483,336,290
3,344,452
99,274,971
Proposal 2: Advisory approval of Lowe's named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2021
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
449,980,109
35,088,952
1,611,681
99,274,971
Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Lowe's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
556,542,328
28,155,683
1,257,702
N/A
Proposal 4: Approval of the Amended and Restated Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
462,800,457
22,118,390
1,761,895
99,274,971
Proposal 5: Shareholder proposal requesting a report on median and adjusted pay gaps across race and gender
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
270,422,612
195,741,194
20,516,936
99,274,971
Proposal 6: Shareholder proposal regarding amending the Company's proxy access bylaw to remove shareholder aggregation limits
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
156,443,207
328,195,508
2,042,027
99,274,971
Proposal 7: Shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks of state policies restricting reproductive health care
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
151,970,657
319,859,292
14,850,793
99,274,971
Proposal 8: Shareholder proposal requesting a civil rights and non-discrimination audit and report
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
9,392,576
472,464,353
4,823,813
99,274,971
Proposal 9: Shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks from worker misclassification by certain Company vendors
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
172,080,218
309,750,181
4,850,343
99,274,971
Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective May 27, 2022.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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: June 2, 2022
By:
/s/ Ross W. McCanless
Name:
Ross W. McCanless
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary