Lowe’s Opening Its Doors In Rincon, Georgia

LOWE’S OPENING ITS DOORS IN RINCON, GEORGIA

Contact: Maureen Rich
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
(704) 758-2298 orMaureen.A.Rich@lowes.com

LOWE’S OPENING ITS DOORS IN RINCON, GEORGIA

-- Employees Now Stocking More Than 40,000 Items --

-- Store tours available upon request --

WHO: Lowe’s of Rincon

WHEN: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
7 a.m. Lowe’s will open its doors to the public

Thursday, December 13, 2007
• Grand Opening festivities including Lowe’s Board Cutting ceremony
• Gift Card Match Day -- Buy a Gift Card, Help Build a Home. Purchase a Lowe’s Gift Card on Thursday, December 13th and Lowe’s will match purchases up to $5,000 to support Effingham Co. Habitat’s next building project.

WHERE: Lowe’s of Rincon
5150 Highway 21 South
Rincon, GA 31326

ABOUT THE STORE:
The home improvement store has 117,000 square feet of retail sales space, with an adjacent garden center, stocking 40,000 different items to help customers build, improve and beautify their homes. A store of this size represents an average investment for the company of $18.5 million and creates up to 175 new jobs.

STORE TOURS & MEDIA INTERVIEWS:
The media are invited to get a behind-the-scenes, advance tour of the new Lowe’s store. To schedule a personal tour with the store manager, call Colleen Carbott at (704) 758-2282.

ABOUT LOWE’S:
With fiscal year 2006 sales of $46.9 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 company that serves approximately 13 million customers a week at more than 1,475 home improvement stores in 49 states. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.