SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 15, 2002
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina 1-7898 56-0578072
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File No.) I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) (Identification No.)
1605 Curtis Bridge Road
Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697
(Address of principal executive offices)
(336) 658-4000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 15, 2002, the Principal Executive Officer, Robert L. Tillman,
and the Principal Financial Officer, Robert A. Niblock, of Lowe's Companies,
Inc. submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange
Commission Order No. 4-460.
A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit
(99.1 and 99.2).
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit (99.1): Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated
August 14, 2002.
Exhibit (99.2): Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated
August 14, 2002.
Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, Robert L. Tillman, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Lowe's Companies, Inc., and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
as of the date on which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
Audit Committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
o Report of Lowe's Companies, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended
February 1, 2002;
o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Lowe's Companies, Inc. filed with
the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above and
o any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Robert L. Tillman
________________________________ Subscribed and sworn to
Name: Robert L. Tillman before me this 14th day of
Title: Chairman of the Board and August, 2002.
Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 14, 2002 /s/ Tammy J. Atwood
_____________________
Notary Public
March 18, 2006
My Commission Expires:______________
Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, Robert A. Niblock, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Lowe's Companies, Inc., and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
as of the date on which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
Audit Committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
o Report of Lowe's Companies, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended
February 1, 2002;
o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Lowe's Companies, Inc. filed with
the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above and
o any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Robert A. Niblock
__________________________________ Subscribed and sworn to
Name: Robert A. Niblock before me this 14th day of
Title: Executive Vice President and August, 2002.
Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 14, 2002 /s/ Tammy J. Atwood
_____________________
Notary Public
March 18, 2006
My Commission Expires:______________
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Lowe's Companies, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
/s/ Kenneth W. Black, Jr.
August 15, 2002 ___________________________________
Name: Kenneth W. Black, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief
Accounting Officer