As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2021
Registration No. 33-54497
Registration No. 33-54499
Registration No. 333-34631
Registration No. 333-89471
Registration No. 333-73408
Registration No. 333-36096
Registration No. 333-143266
Registration No. 333-181950
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-54497
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-54499
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-34631
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-89471
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-73408
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-36096
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-143266
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-181950
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| North Carolina | 56-0578072 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
| 1000 Lowes Boulevard | 28117 | |||||||
| Mooresville, North Carolina | (Zip Code) | |||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | ||||||||
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Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Directors’ Stock Incentive Plan
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 1994 Incentive Plan
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 1997 Incentive Plan
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Directors’ Stock Option Plan
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 2001 Incentive Plan
Lowe’s Companies Employee Stock Purchase Plan – Stock Options for Everyone
(Full titles of the plans)
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Ross W. McCanless
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
1000 Lowes Boulevard
Mooresville, North Carolina 28117
(Name and address of agent for service)
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(704) 758-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Daniel L. Johnson, Jr., Esq.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4003
(704) 331-1000
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer ☒ | Accelerated filer ☐ | ||||
| Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐ | ||||
| Emerging growth company ☐ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The offerings contemplated by the registration statements on Form S-8 listed in the table below (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) have terminated. Pursuant to the undertakings contained in each of the Registration Statements, the registrant is removing from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment to each of the Registration Statements (collectively, the “Post-Effective Amendments”), all shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.50 per share, registered under the Registration Statements (as adjusted by reason of any stock split, stock dividend or other similar transaction) which remained unsold or otherwise unissued at the termination of the offerings (the “Shares”).
| Registration No. | Filing Date | Name of Plan | Shares | ||||||||
| 33-54497 | 7/8/1994 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. Directors' Stock Incentive Plan | 7,000 | ||||||||
| 33-54499 | 7/8/1994 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. 1994 Incentive Plan | 334,900 | ||||||||
| 333-34631 | 8/29/1997 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. 1997 Incentive Plan | 3,686,273 | ||||||||
| 333-89471 | 10/21/1999 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. Directors' Stock Option Plan | 566,236 | ||||||||
| 333-73408 | 11/15/2001 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2001 Incentive Plan | 11,435,120 | ||||||||
| 333-36096 | 5/2/2000 | Lowe's Companies Employee Stock Purchase Plan – Stock Options for Everyone | 19,462,243 | ||||||||
| 333-143266 | 5/25/2007 | ||||||||||
| 333-181950 | 6/6/2012 | ||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mooresville, State of North Carolina, on this 1st day of July, 2021.
| LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Ross W. McCanless | ||||
| Ross W. McCanless | |||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||