Lowe's Companies, Inc. Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Earnings Conference Call Webcast

MOORESVILLE, N.C., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Lowe's Companies, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 earnings press release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet on Monday, February 27, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time with: Robert A. Niblock, chairman, president and chief executive officer; Charles W. Canter, Jr., executive vice president - store operations; and Robert F. Hull, Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lowe's Companies, Inc.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031205/LOWLOGO) What: Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Earnings Conference Call Webcast When: 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, February 27, 2006 Where: Visit Lowe's Investor Relations website at http://www.lowes.com/investor Click on Lowe's Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Earnings Conference Call Webcast How: Listen live online by following the directions above or dial 888-817-4020 (international callers dial 706-679-3245). 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 1,225 home improvement stores in 49 states. Based in Mooresville, N.C., the 60-year old company is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

A webcast replay of the call will be available and can be accessed by visiting http://www.lowes.com/investor and clicking on Lowe's Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Earnings Conference Call Webcast. The webcast replay will begin at 12:00 noon on February 27, 2006 and will be available through May 21, 2006. A telephone replay of the conference call is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon on February 27, 2006 and will be available until March 1, 2006 at 12:00 midnight. To hear the replay dial 800-642-1687 (international callers dial 706-645-9291), conference ID: 4000296

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