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We are involved in a number of legal proceedings, and while we cannot predict the outcomes of such
proceedings and other contingencies with certainty, some of these outcomes may adversely affect our operations
or increase our costs.
We are involved in a number of legal proceedings, including consumer, employment, tort and other
litigation. We cannot predict the outcomes of these legal proceedings and other contingencies, including
environmental remediation and other proceedings commenced by government authorities, with
certainty. The outcome of some of these legal proceedings and other contingencies could require us to
take or refrain from taking actions which could adversely affect our operations or could require us to
pay substantial amounts of money. Additionally, defending against these lawsuits and proceedings may
involve significant expense and diversion of management’s attention and resources from other matters.
Our costs of doing business could increase as a result of changes in federal, state or local regulations.
Changes in the federal, state or local minimum wage or living wage requirements or changes in other
wage or workplace regulations could increase our costs of doing business. In addition, changes in
federal, state or local regulations governing the sale of some of our products could increase our costs
of doing business.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Not applicable.
Item 2. Properties.
The following tables show locations of the 1,793 The Home Depot stores located in the U.S. and its
territories and the 191 stores outside of the U.S. at the end of fiscal 2005:
U.S. Locations Number of Stores U.S. Locations Number of Stores
Alabama 24 Nebraska 8
Alaska 6Nevada 17
Arizona 48 New Hampshire 19
Arkansas 14 New Jersey 64
California 199 New Mexico 13
Colorado 42 New York 93
Connecticut 25 North Carolina 40
Delaware 7North Dakota 2
District of Columbia 1Ohio 68
Florida 133 Oklahoma 16
Georgia 74 Oregon 21
Hawaii 7Pennsylvania 64
Idaho 11 Puerto Rico 8
Illinois 68 Rhode Island 8
Indiana 25 South Carolina 23
Iowa 8South Dakota 1
Kansas 16 Tennessee 32
Kentucky 15 Texas 165
Louisiana 24 Utah 19
Maine 11 Vermont 4
Maryland 38 Virgin Islands 1
Massachusetts 40 Virginia 44
Michigan 68 Washington 40
Minnesota 30 West Virginia 4
Mississippi 14 Wisconsin 29
Missouri 32 Wyoming 4
Montana 6Total U.S. 1,793
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