With fiscal year 2012 sales of $50.5 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 100 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,750 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. Lowe’s has more than 500,000 product available online at Lowes.com and stocks 40,000 products in 14 categories, ranging from appliances and tools to paint, lumber and nursery products. Lowe’s carries the world’s leading brands, including Valspar paint, STAINMASTER® carpet, DEWALT tools, John Deere lawn tractors and Whirlpool, LG Electronics and Samsung appliances, offering everything customers need to build, maintain, beautify and enjoy their homes. For more information, visit Lowes.com.