On January 19, 2018, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. announced that it has reached a settlement with D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. to add 3 new directors on the Company's board, including David Batchelder, an ex-Home Depot Inc. board member and co-founder of activist fund Relational Investors. In addition, Lowe's will add Brian Rogers, chairman of T. Rowe Price Group, and its former chief investment officer, as well as Lisa Wardell, CEO of Adtalem Global Education.