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Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)At 4:01PM ET: 21.01  Down 0.24 (1.13%)  
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Lowe's Companies Inc.
1000 Lowes Boulevard
Mooresville, NC 28117
United States - Map
Phone: 704-758-1000
Fax: 336-658-4766
Web Site: http://www.lowes.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 100
S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Home Improvement Stores
Full Time Employees:164,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Lowe’s Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada. The company provides a range of products and services for home decoration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and property maintenance. It offers home improvement products in various categories, such as appliances, lumber, paint, flooring, building materials, millwork, lawn and landscape products, fashion plumbing, hardware, lighting, tools, seasonal living, rough plumbing, outdoor power equipment, cabinets and countertops, nursery, rough electrical, home environment, home organization, and windows and walls. The company’s products also include boards, panel products, irrigation pipes, vinyl sidings, and ladders. It serves homeowners and renters, including do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me customers, and others buying for personal and family use; and commercial business customers, such as construction, repair/remodel, commercial and residential property management, and business maintenance professions. The company also offers its products online. As of January 30, 2009, it operated 1,649 stores in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Lowe's Companies Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 54.4% of S&P 500 companies and 86.6% of Retailing companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Robert A. Niblock , 46
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    $ 2.60M $ 1.24M
    Mr. Larry D. Stone , 57
    Pres and Chief Operating Officer
    $ 1.61M $ 883.00K
    Mr. Robert F. Hull Jr., 44
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 1.12M $ 190.00K
    Mr. Charles W. Canter Jr., 58
    Exec. VP of Merchandising
    $ 1.06M $ 229.00K
    Mr. Gregory M. Bridgeford , 54
    Exec. VP of Bus. Devel.
    $ 1.00M $ 181.00K
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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