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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * NIBLOCK ROBERT A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LOWES COMPANIES INC [LOW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2018 (Street) MOORESVILLE, NC 28117 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/01/2018   M   34,051 A $ 0 (1) 511,967.6 (2) D   Common Stock 04/01/2018   F   15,306 (3) D $ 87.75 496,661.6 D   Common Stock               25,482.55 (4) I by 401(k) Plan Common Stock               103,920 I by GRAT Common Stock               93,882.798 I by Spouse Common Stock               24,659 I by Trust Common Stock               24,659 I by Trust II

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Share Units

(5)

04/01/2018

M

34,051

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

34,051

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
NIBLOCK ROBERT A 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD MOORESVILLE, NC 28117	X		Chairman President & CEO

Signatures

By: /s/ Sandra Felton by power of attorney for: Robert A. Niblock		04/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each performance share unit represented a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock upon the achievement of certain pre-established metrics over the three-year performance period ending at the end of fiscal 2017.
(2)	Includes 73,291 shares previously held through a grantor retained annuity trust which were distributed to the reporting person on November 29, 2017 and are now owned directly and 149 shares acquired under the Lowe's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(3)	Reflects shares delivered by reporting person to satisfy withholding taxes due upon vesting of performance share units granted on April 1, 2015.
(4)	The information provided for the shares held by the 401(k) Plan in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of March 30, 2018.
(5)	At the vest date, the performance share units earned converted into an equivalent number of shares of the Issuer's common stock.

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