Automotive

ATLANTA, March 5 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, announced today that Frank Blake, chairman and CEO, will present at the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch 2009 Consumer Conference in New York City. The presentation will begin at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 12, 2009.
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The presentation will be webcast live at http://www.homedepot.com . On the home page, select "Investor Relations" under "Corporate Info" and a link will be displayed for "Events and Presentations." The webcast will be archived and available at the same location.

The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,278 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. HDE

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