The Home Depot to Host First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call on May 20, 2008

ATLANTA, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, announced today that it will hold its First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 9 a.m. ET.

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A webcast will be available by logging onto www.homedepot.com and selecting the First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call icon. The link will be displayed on the home page as well as under the Investor Relations section. The webcast will be archived and available beginning at approximately noon on May 20.

The Home Depot(R) is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,258 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 2007, The Home Depot had sales of $77.3 billion and earnings from continuing operations of $4.2 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