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<br />-2- <br /> <br />About HD Supply <br />HD Supply SM provides professional customers with superior products. support and services for the entire project <br />lifecycle. from infrastructure to construction to lifetime maintenance, repair and remodel. With nearly 1,000 locations <br />and more than 26,000 associates, HD Supply is one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in North America. <br /> <br />About The Home Depot <br />The Horne Depot@ is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,088 retail stores in all 50 states, <br />the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. Through its HD <br />SUpply'M businesses, The Horne Depot is also one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in the United <br />States, with nearly 1,000 locations in the United States and Canada offering products and services for building, <br />improving and maintaining homes, businesses and municipal infrastructures. In fiscal 2005, The Horne Depot had <br />sales of $81.5 billion and earnings of $5.8 billion. The Company employs approximately 355,000 associates and has <br />been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as the No. I Most Admired Specialty Retailer and the No. 13 Most <br />Admired Corporation in America for 2006. The Horne Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange <br />(NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />For more information. contact: <br /> <br />Financial Community <br />Diane Dayhoff, Investor Relations <br />(770) 384-2666 <br />diane _ dayhoff@homedepot.com <br /> <br />News Media <br />Donna Taliercio, HD Supply Public Relations <br />(407) 822-2050 <br />donna. taliercio@hughessupply.com <br /> <br />Paula Smith, Public Relations, The Horne Depot <br />(941) 488-1289 <br />paula _ c _ smith@homedepot.com <br /> <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />31A-18 <br /> <br />