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  20549</font></b></h4>
  
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  <h4 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the</font></b></h4>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report
  (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May&nbsp;22, 2008</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
  HOME DEPOT, INC.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2455
  Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30339</font></b></p>
  
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  Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</font></p>
  
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  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2
  below):</font></p>
  
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.2in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Written
  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)</p>
  
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.2in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)</p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
  
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  CONTENTS</font></b></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Item5_02_DepartureOfDirectorsOrCe_174545">Item 5.02 &nbsp;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
    Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
    Arrangements of Certain Officers</a></font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Item9_01_FinancialStatementsAndEx_174614">Item 9.01 &nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</a></font></p>
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    <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Signature_174727">Signature</a></font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ExhibitIndex_175002">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</a></font></p>
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    <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.02.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Departure
  of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.<a name="Item5_02_DepartureOfDirectorsOrCe_174545"></a></font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;22,
  2008, shareholders of the Company approved the material terms of officer
  performance goals under the Company&#146;s Management Incentive Plan (&#147;MIP&#148;).&#160; MIP awards that are intended to be exempt
  from the deduction limitation of Internal Revenue Code Section&nbsp;162(m)&nbsp;will
  be based on one or more performance objectives, as more fully described in the
  Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;11, 2008. The Leadership
  Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors selects the
  key associates eligible to participate in the MIP and establishes the performance
  objectives that pertain to each participant&#146;s awards. The target and maximum
  bonus payout levels are determined as a percentage of the participant&#146;s base
  salary. The Committee may provide for a threshold level of performance below
  which no compensation will be paid and a maximum level of performance above
  which no additional compensation will be paid, and it may provide for the
  payment of differing amounts of compensation for different levels of
  performance. Potential payouts under the MIP for named executive officers range
  from $60,000 at threshold performance to $2,200,000 at maximum performance.&#160; The maximum amount of performance-based
  compensation that may be paid to any participant in the MIP in any one fiscal
  year is 0.3% of the Company&#146;s net income for such fiscal year. This limitation
  may not be increased without shareholder approval.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May 27, 2008, the Company entered into a Separation
  Agreement and Release (the &quot;Separation Agreement&quot;) with Robert P.
  DeRodes, Executive Vice President-Chief Information Officer, in exchange for
  non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, confidentiality and
  cooperation covenants in favor of the Company, and Mr. DeRodes' execution of a
  general release of claims against the Company. Mr. DeRodes has the right to
  terminate the Separation Agreement within seven days of May 27, 2008.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Separation Agreement also provides that, in
  addition to the separation payments provided by the Employment Agreement
  between Mr. DeRodes and the Company effective February 25, 2002, as described
  in the Company's 2008 Proxy Statement, Mr. DeRodes will be entitled to receive
  the following payments, subject to his continued employment through January 2,
  2009 (the &quot;Termination Date&quot;): (i) accelerated vesting on the
  Termination Date of 124,265 restricted shares of the Company's common stock
  that were originally scheduled to vest after January 2, 2009, (ii) 91.67% of
  any bonus earned under the Company's Fiscal 2008 MIP, based on achievement of
  applicable performance goals, and (iii) waiver of age 60 eligibility
  requirement to allow Mr. DeRodes to purchase coverage under the Company's
  retiree healthcare plan, contingent upon the insurer's agreement to provide
  said coverage.&#160; These payments are
  contingent on Mr. DeRodes' execution of a second release of claims against the
  Company following the Termination Date and are subject to forfeiture for breach
  of the Separation Agreement.&#160; A copy of
  the Separation Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.</font></p>
  
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  Statements and Exhibits.<a name="Item9_01_FinancialStatementsAndEx_174614"></a></font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.08%;">
    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Description</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.08%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Management Incentive
    Plan</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.08%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Separation Agreement
    &amp; Release Between the Company and Robert P. DeRodes</font></p>
    </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURE<a name="Signature_174727"></a></font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.</font></p>
  
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    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.26%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE HOME DEPOT, INC.</font></p>
    </td>
   </tr>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="29%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.3%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.6%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.66%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jonathan M. Gottsegen</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="29%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.3%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.26%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jonathan M. Gottsegen</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assistant
    Secretary and </font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="29%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.3%;">
    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.6%;">
    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.26%;">
    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Counsel&#151;Corporate
    </font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.26%;">
    <p style="margin:0in -12.0pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Securities</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: May&nbsp;28, 2008</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  
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  INDEX<a name="ExhibitIndex_175002"></a></font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Management Incentive
    Plan</font></p>
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    &amp; Release Between the Company and Robert P. DeRodes</font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C.
  20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT
  REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report
  (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 22, 2008
  THE
  HOME DEPOT, INC.
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Delaware
  1-8207
  95-3261426
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  (Commission File
    Number)
  (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)
  of
    Incorporation)
  2455
  Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30339
  (Address of
  Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  (
  770) 433-8211
  (Registrant's
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Not
  Applicable
  (Former Name or
  Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2
  below):
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  TABLE OF
  CONTENTS
  Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
    Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
    Arrangements of Certain Officers
  3
  Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  4
  Signature
  5
  Exhibit Index
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  Item 5.02.     Departure
  of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  On May 22,
  2008, shareholders of the Company approved the material terms of officer
  performance goals under the Company's Management Incentive Plan ("MIP").  MIP awards that are intended to be exempt
  from the deduction limitation of Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m) will
  be based on one or more performance objectives, as more fully described in the
  Company's Proxy Statement filed on April 11, 2008. The Leadership
  Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors selects the
  key associates eligible to participate in the MIP and establishes the performance
  objectives that pertain to each participant's awards. The target and maximum
  bonus payout levels are determined as a percentage of the participant's base
  salary. The Committee may provide for a threshold level of performance below
  which no compensation will be paid and a maximum level of performance above
  which no additional compensation will be paid, and it may provide for the
  payment of differing amounts of compensation for different levels of
  performance. Potential payouts under the MIP for named executive officers range
  from $60,000 at threshold performance to $2,200,000 at maximum performance.  The maximum amount of performance-based
  compensation that may be paid to any participant in the MIP in any one fiscal
  year is 0.3% of the Company's net income for such fiscal year. This limitation
  may not be increased without shareholder approval.
  On May 27, 2008, the Company entered into a Separation
  Agreement and Release (the "Separation Agreement") with Robert P.
  DeRodes, Executive Vice President-Chief Information Officer, in exchange for
  non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, confidentiality and
  cooperation covenants in favor of the Company, and Mr. DeRodes' execution of a
  general release of claims against the Company. Mr. DeRodes has the right to
  terminate the Separation Agreement within seven days of May 27, 2008.
  The Separation Agreement also provides that, in
  addition to the separation payments provided by the Employment Agreement
  between Mr. DeRodes and the Company effective February 25, 2002, as described
  in the Company's 2008 Proxy Statement, Mr. DeRodes will be entitled to receive
  the following payments, subject to his continued employment through January 2,
  2009 (the "Termination Date"): (i) accelerated vesting on the
  Termination Date of 124,265 restricted shares of the Company's common stock
  that were originally scheduled to vest after January 2, 2009, (ii) 91.67% of
  any bonus earned under the Company's Fiscal 2008 MIP, based on achievement of
  applicable performance goals, and (iii) waiver of age 60 eligibility
  requirement to allow Mr. DeRodes to purchase coverage under the Company's
  retiree healthcare plan, contingent upon the insurer's agreement to provide
  said coverage.  These payments are
  contingent on Mr. DeRodes' execution of a second release of claims against the
  Company following the Termination Date and are subject to forfeiture for breach
  of the Separation Agreement.  A copy of
  the Separation Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.
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  Item 9.01.     Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Description
  10.1
  Management Incentive
    Plan
  10.2
  Separation Agreement
    & Release Between the Company and Robert P. DeRodes
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  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Jonathan M. Gottsegen
  Name:
  Jonathan M. Gottsegen
  Title:
  Assistant
    Secretary and
  Senior Counsel—Corporate
  and Securities
  Date: May 28, 2008
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  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  10.1
  Management Incentive
    Plan
  10.2
  Separation Agreement
    & Release Between the Company and Robert P. DeRodes
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