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LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC. (a North Carolina corporation) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Underwriting Agreement • April 15th, 2010 • Lowes Companies Inc • Retail-lumber & other building materials dealers • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  April 15th, 2010
• Company
  Lowes Companies Inc
• Industry
  Retail-lumber & other building materials dealers
• Jurisdiction
  New York

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Banc of America Securities LLC (“BofA Merrill Lynch”), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“JPMorgan”) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (“SunTrust” and, together with BofA Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto, collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom BofA Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and SunTrust are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the

LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC. (a North Carolina corporation)

Underwriting Agreement • October 10th, 2006 • Lowes Companies Inc • Retail-lumber & other building materials dealers • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  October 10th, 2006
• Company
  Lowes Companies Inc
• Industry
  Retail-lumber & other building materials dealers
• Jurisdiction
  New York

Banc of America and Wachovia Securities are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and purchase by the Underwriters of up to $550,000,000 aggregate amount of its 5.40% Notes due October 15, 2016 (the “2016 Notes”) and up to $450,000,000 aggregate amount of its 5.80% Notes due October 15, 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, together with the 2016 Notes, the “Securities”) on the terms and conditions stated herein and in Schedule B. The Securities are to be sold to each Underwriter, acting severally and not jointly, in the respective principal amounts as are set forth in Schedule A hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter. The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of December 1, 1995 as supplemented by a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Securities a