past and present ~~
DAVID H. BATCHELDER, 57, Director since 2007 (has 30,951,761 shares)
Principal of Relational Investors LLC, an investment advisory firm, since 1996
Member of the Board of Washington Group International, Inc. (markets served: Defense
+ Threat Reduction
+ Homeland Security
+ Defense Infrastructure
http://www.wgint.com/ (URS is linked ~ Dianne Feinstein's hubby's Iraq contracted firm)
FRANCIS S. BLAKE, 57, Director since 2006
Chairman of The Home Depot, Inc. since January 2007 and Vice Chairman from October 2006 to January 2007
Chief Executive Officer of The Home Depot, Inc. since January 2007
Executive Vice PresidentBusiness Development and Corporate Operations of The Home Depot, Inc. from March 2002 to January 2007
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy from May 2001 to March 2002
Senior Vice President of
General Electric Company, a diversified industrial corporation, from June 2000 to May 2001
Vice President of GE Power Systems, a supplier of power generation and energy-delivery technology, from February 1996 to June 2000
Member of the Board of The Southern Company
http://www.southerncompany.com/GREGORY D. BRENNEMAN, 45, Director since 2000
President and Chief Executive Officer of Quiznos, a national quick-service restaurant, since January 2007
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TurnWorks, Inc., a private equity firm, since October 2002
Chairman of Burger King Corporation from February 2005 to April 2006 and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Burger King from August 2004 to April 2006
President and Chief Executive Officer of PwC Consulting, the global business and consulting unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers, from June 2002 to October 2002
President of Continental Airlines, Inc., an international commercial airline company, from 1996 to 2001 and member of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of Continental Airlines from 1995 to 2001
Member of the Board of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
JOHN L. CLENDENIN, 72, Director since 1996
Retired as Chairman in 1997 and as President and Chief Executive Officer in 1996 of
BellSouth Corporation, a communications company
Director Emeritus of BellSouth Corporation since 1997
Member of the Board of:
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Acuity Brands, Inc.
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Equifax Inc.
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The Kroger Co.
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Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
CLAUDIO X. GONZΑLEZ, 72, Director since 2001
Chairman of
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a consumer products company, since 1973
Member of the Board of:
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General Electric Company
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Kellogg Company
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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Investment Co. of America
MILLEDGE A. HART, III, 73, Director since 1978
Member of the Board since 1985 and Chairman since 1997 of DocuCorp International, Inc.
Chairman of the Board of:
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Hart Group, Inc., a private management service and investment company, since 1988
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Rmax Operating, LLC, an insulation manufacturing company, since 1977
BONNIE G. HILL, 65, Director since 1999
President of B. Hill Enterprises, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in corporate governance and board organizational and public policy issues, since 2001
Co-founder of Icon Blue, Inc., a brand marketing company, and Chief Operating Officer since 1998
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Times Mirror Foundation, a charitable foundation affiliated with Tribune Company, from 1997 to 2001
Senior Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs of the Los Angeles Times, a daily newspaper and subsidiary of Tribune Company, from 1998 to 2001
Member of the Board of:
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AK Steel Holding Corporation
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California Water Service Group
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Hershey Foods Corporation
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YUM! Brands, Inc.
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LABAN P. JACKSON, JR., 64, Director since 2004
Chairman of Clear Creek Properties, Inc., a real estate development company in Lexington, Kentucky, since January 1989
Member of the Board of:
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JP Morgan Chase & Co. -
SIRVA, Inc.
HELEN JOHNSON-LEIPOLD, 50, Director since 2006
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Outdoors, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of outdoor recreational equipment, since March 1999
Chairman of Johnson Financial Group, a global financial services company, since July 2004
Member of the Board of JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
LAWRENCE R. JOHNSTON, 58, Director since 2004
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Albertson's, Inc., a food and drug retailer, from April 2001 to June 2006
President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Appliances, a maker of major household appliances, from November 1999 to April 2001
KENNETH G. LANGONE, 71, Director since 1978 (16,525,429 shares of Home Depot)
Co-founder of The Home Depot, Inc.
Lead Director of The Home Depot, Inc. since 1998
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Invemed Associates, Inc., an investment banking and brokerage firm, since 1974
Member of the Board of:
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ChoicePoint Inc. - remember Florida 2000?
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YUM! Brands, Inc.
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Unifi, Inc.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000104746907002827/a2176842zdef14a.htmSHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING EMPLOYMENT DIVERSITY REPORT DISCLOSURE
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPANY?
The Company's commitment to equal opportunity has been recognized by many diversity-oriented organizations, and the Company does not believe adoption of this proposal would enhance its unwavering commitment to equal opportunity in any meaningful way. The Company therefore recommends that you vote against adoption of this proposal.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING POLITICAL NONPARTISANSHIP
(ITEM 10 ON THE PROXY CARD)
Mrs. Evelyn Y. Davis, located at Watergate Office Building, Suite 215, 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, is the beneficial owner of 200 shares of the Company's common stock and has submitted the following resolution:
RESOLVED: "That the stockholders of Home Depot assembled in Annual Meeting in person and by proxy, hereby recommend that the Corporation affirm its political non-partisanship. To this end the following practices are to be avoided:
"(a)
The handing of contribution cards of a single political party to an employee by a supervisor.
RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL REGARDING POLITICAL NONPARTISANSHIP
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPANY?
The Company has adopted a policy which substantially implements this proposal and believes its adopion would not enhance the Company's commitment to political nonpartisanship. The Company therefore recommends that you vote against the adoption of this shareholder proposal.
read more of the proposals submitted at the last shareholders' meeting at link above
the ruling (Board of Director) class and its affect on our democracy