Additional stock repurchase

Home Depot is increasing its share repurchase programme by a further US $ one bn (€ 0.8 bn). Over the last two and a half years the board of directors has authorised a repurchase programme amounting to US $ 6 bn (€ 5 bn) already. A volume of approx. US $ 4.5 bn (€ 3.7 bn) had been repurchased by the end of the first quarter of the current financial year.