Home Depot : Description Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	OMB APPROVAL
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SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *	2. Date of Event Requiring	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
Kadre Manuel	10/9/2018	HOME DEPOT INC [HD]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

2455 PACES FERRY RD SE	__ X __ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
(Street)	5. If Amendment, Date	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)
ATLANTA, GA 30339	_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially OwnedTable II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

No securities beneficially owned.

No securities are beneficially owned.

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kadre Manuel 2455 PACES FERRY RD SE ATLANTA, GA 30339	X

Signatures /s/ Stacy S. Ingram, Attorney-in-Fact

10/10/2018

** Signature of Reporting Person

Date

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Peter J. Muniz and Stacy S. Ingram, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of The Home Depot, Inc. (the "Company"), reports on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such report on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as each such attorney-in-fact may approve in each such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or liabilities that may arise under, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of September, 2018.

/s/ Manuel Kadre _________________________________ Signature

Manuel Kadre

Print Name

STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF FULTON

On this 11th day of September, 2018, Manuel Kadre acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Tarrah Gales Smith

_________________________________

Notary Public

Tarrah Gales Smith

My Commission Expires: 05/09/2022