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Exhibit 15.1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
The Home Depot, Inc.:
We acknowledge our awareness of the incorporation by reference of our report dated August 31, 2011, related to our review of interim financial information, included within the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Home Depot, Inc. for the three-month and six-month periods ended July 31, 2011, in the following Registration Statements:
| Description | Registration Statement Number |
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| Form S-3 | ||||
| Depot Direct stock purchase program |
333-156655 | |||
| Debt securities |
333-161470 | |||
| Form S-8 | ||||
| The Home Depot, Inc. 1997 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan |
333-61733 | |||
| The Home Depot Canada Registered Retirement Savings Plan |
333-38946 | |||
| The Home Depot, Inc. Restated and Amended Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
333-151849 | |||
| The Home Depot, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option and Deferred Stock Units Plan and Agreement | 333-56722 | |||
| The Home Depot, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan |
333-125331 | |||
| The Home Depot, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan |
333-153171 | |||
| The Home Depot FutureBuilder and The Home Depot FutureBuilder for Puerto Rico |
333-125332 | |||
Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (“the Act”), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm, or a report prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
August 31, 2011