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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 3
to
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina 56-0578072
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(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1605 Curtis Bridge Road
Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697 28656-000001
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(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
If this form relates to the If this form relates to the
registration of a class of securities registration of a class of
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the securities pursuant to Section
Exchange Act and is effective 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
pursuant to General Instruction is effective pursuant to
A.(c), please check the following General Instruction A.(d),
box. [ ] please check the following box.[ ]
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Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 001-07898
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(If applicable)
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Preferred Stock Purchase Rights New York Stock Exchange
Pacific Stock Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of Class)
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Explanatory Note:
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This Amendment No. 3 amends the Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to its
registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 14, 2000, in connection with the Registrant's Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights.
This Amendment No. 3 includes as Exhibit 1 pages 35 and B-3 from the
Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of December 2, 1999,
between the Registrant and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., which was filed as
Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 2.
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Item 2. Exhibits.
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1. Corrected pages 35 and B-3 from the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement, dated as of December 2, 1999, between the Company and Equiserve Trust
Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, which includes the form of Rights Certificates.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
Dated: March 1, 2000 By: /s/ Stephen A. Hellrung
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Stephen A. Hellrung
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. Description Pages
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1 Corrected pages 35 and B-3 from the Amended
and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
December 2, 1999, between the Company
and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A. as Rights
Agent, which includes the form of Rights
Certificate.
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Exhibit 1
or supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner that the Company may deem
necessary or desirable and that shall not adversely affect the interests of the
holders of Rights Certificates (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate
or Associate of an Acquiring Person); provided, that this Agreement may not be
supplemented or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence,
(A) a time period relating to when the Rights may be redeemed at such time as
the Rights are not then redeemable, or (B) any other time period unless such
lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing or clarifying the rights
of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights. Upon the delivery of a
certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company that states that the
proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section
27, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment. No supplement
or amendment shall be made that changes the Redemption Price, the Final
Expiration Date, the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock for
which a Right is exercisable; provided, however, that at any time prior to the
Distribution Date, the Board of Directors of the Company may amend this
Agreement to increase the Purchase Price or extend the Final Expiration Date.
Prior to the Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be
deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of Common Stock.
Section 28. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to
the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 29. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc.
For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of
determining particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common
Stock any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance
with sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the
exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all
rights and powers specifically granted to the Board, or the Company, or as may
be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this
Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for
the administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not
redeem the Rights or to amend the Agreement). All such actions, calculations,
interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below,
all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board
in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the
Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not
subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights.
Section 30. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent, the
registered holders from time to time of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to
the Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; and this
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At any time until ten days following the Stock Acquisition Date, the
Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.001 per
Right (the "Redemption Price"). Additionally, the Company may thereafter but
prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event redeem the Rights in whole, but
not in part, at the Redemption Price provided that such redemption is incidental
to a merger or other business combination transaction involving the Company,
does not involve an Acquiring Person, and in which all holders of Common Stock
are treated alike. After the redemption period has expired, the Company's right
of redemption may be reinstated if an Acquiring Person reduces his beneficial
ownership to less than 15% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in a
transaction or series of transactions not involving the Company. Immediately
upon the action of the Board ordering redemption of the Rights, the Rights will
terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the
Redemption Price.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no
rights as a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right
to vote or to receive dividends. While the distribution of the Rights will not
be taxable to shareholders or to the Company, shareholders may, depending upon
the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become
exercisable for Series A Preferred Stock (or other consideration) of the Company
or for common stock of the acquiring company as set forth above.
Other than certain provisions relating to the principal economic terms of
the Rights, any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the
Board prior to the Distribution Date. After the Distribution Date, the
provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the Board in order to cure
any ambiguity, to make certain other changes that do not adversely affect the
interests of holders of Rights (excluding the interests of any Acquiring
Person), or to shorten or lengthen any time period under the Rights Agreement;
provided, however, no amendment to adjust the time period governing redemption
may be made at such time as the Rights are not redeemable.
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