Lowe's to Webcast Annual Meeting of Shareholders

MOORESVILLE, N.C., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lowe's Companies, Inc. invites you to listen as its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is broadcast live over the Internet at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 27.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031205/LOWLOGO ) What: Lowe's Annual Meeting of Shareholders When: 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 27, 2005 Where: Visit Lowe's Investor Relations website at http://www.lowes.com/investor Click on Lowe's 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Webcast Contact: Paul Taaffe (704) 758-2033

With fiscal year 2004 sales of $36.5 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE(R) 50 company that serves approximately 11 million customers a week at more than 1,100 home improvement stores in 48 states. Based in Mooresville, N.C., the 59-year old company is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.