Lowe's Promotes Woods to Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Lowe's Promotes Woods to Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

MOORESVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) announced today the promotion of Todd I. Woods to senior vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary. Woods will continue to report to Gaither Keener, senior vice president, general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer.

Woods joined Lowe's in 2002, most recently serving as vice president, associate general counsel and assistant secretary to Lowe's and many of its subsidiaries.

In his new role, Woods will assist in the coordination of legal services for the company and its subsidiaries, which includes international, regulatory and special assignments along with assisting the General Counsel with certain corporate, litigation and transactional matters.

Woods earned a doctorate of jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law and his M.B.A. and dual undergraduate business degrees from the University of Mississippi.

With fiscal year 2008 sales of $48.2 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE(R) 50 company that serves approximately 14 million customers a week at more than 1,675 home improvement stores in the United States and Canada. 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.


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