8-k Share Repurchase Press Release




 

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)

December 8, 2003

LOGO

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

 


 

 

Item 5.   Other Events

On December 8, 2003, Lowe's Companies, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release, furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, announcing the approval of a $1 billion share repurchase program, as well as the declaration of a cash dividend.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Furthermore, the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 7.

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits.

    99.1    Press Release dated December 8, 2003, announcing the approval of a $1 billion share repurchase program, as well as the declaration of a cash dividend




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 thereunto duly authorized.

LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.

December 8, 2003


Date

 

 

/s/Kenneth W. Black, Jr.


Kenneth W. Black, Jr.

Senior Vice President and

Chief Accounting Officer


 



EXHIBIT INDEX
 

Exhibit No.  

Description 99.1   Press Release dated December 8, 2003, announcing the approval of a $1 billion share repurchase program, as well as the declaration of a cash dividend