Construction/Building — May 28, 2009

The Home Depot Declares First Quarter Dividend of 22.5 Cents

    ATLANTA, May 28 /CNW/ -- The Home Depot(R) (NYSE: HD), the world's
largest home improvement retailer, today announced that its board of directors
declared a first quarter cash dividend of 22.5 cents per share. The dividend
is payable on June 25, 2009 to shareholders of record on the close of business
on June 11, 2009. This is the 89th consecutive quarter the Company has paid a
cash dividend.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030502/HOMEDEPOTLOGO )

    The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty
retailer, with 2,238 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and
China. In fiscal 2008, The Home Depot had sales of $71.3 billion and earnings
from continuing operations of $2.3 billion. The Company employs more than
300,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and
Standard & Poor's 500 index.

For further information: Financial Community, Diane Dayhoff, Vice
President of Investor Relations, +1-770-384-2666, diane_dayhoff@homedepot.com,
or News Media, Paula Drake, Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications,
+1-941-488-1289, paula_drake@homedepot.com, both of The Home Depot

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