2013.11.15 Form 8-K 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)
 
November 15, 2013
 
 
 
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
28,117
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(704) 758-1000
 
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Item 5.02
 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)           On November 15, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Angela F. Braly, former Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wellpoint, Inc., to the Company’s Board as a director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of shareholders.  Concurrent with her election as a director, Ms. Braly was appointed to the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee of the Board.  There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Braly and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director.  Additionally, there are no transactions involving the Company and Ms. Braly that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Ms. Braly will receive compensation in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, which are described under the caption “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2013, as adjusted by the Board from time to time.

A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Braly’s election is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
 
(d)
 
Exhibits
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press Release, dated November 15, 2013, announcing Angela F. Braly’s election to the Company’s Board.







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: November 15, 2013
By:
/s/ Gaither M. Keener, Jr.
 
 
 
Gaither M. Keener, Jr.
 
 
 
Chief Legal Officer,
 
 
 
Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary