EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Frank Borman, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Frank Borman
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Frank Borman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, John L. Clendenin, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day
of May 2001.
/s/ John L. Clendenin
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John L. Clendenin
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Milledge A. Hart, III, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L.
Nardelli and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Milledge A. Hart, III
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Milledge A. Hart, III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Berry R. Cox, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Berry R. Cox
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Berry R. Cox
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Bonnie G. Hill, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Bonnie G. Hill
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Bonnie G. Hill
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, William S. Davila, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day
of May 2001.
/s/ William S. Davila
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William S. Davila
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Gregory D. Brenneman, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Gregory D. Brenneman
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Gregory D. Brenneman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Richard H. Brown, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Richard H. Brown
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Richard H. Brown
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Claudio X. Gonzalez, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Claudio X. Gonzalez
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Claudio X. Gonzalez
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Roger S. Penske, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day
of May 2001.
/s/ Roger S. Penske
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Roger S. Penske
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, M. Faye Wilson, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert L. Nardelli
and Frank L. Fernandez, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities as a director of the Company, to sign, pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating
to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2006 to be issued by the Company in exchange for a like amount of outstanding
unregistered 5 3/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2006 issued by the Company, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all
exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, including such
as are incorporated therein by reference, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments and any or all
post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, whether on Form S-4 or
otherwise, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day
of May 2001.
/s/ M. Faye Wilson
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M. Faye Wilson