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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>THIRD AMENDMENT<BR>
TO THE<BR>
HOME DEPOT FUTUREBUILDER RESTORATION PLAN  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS AMENDMENT to The Home Depot FutureBuilder Restoration Plan (the "Plan") is made effective March&nbsp;1, 2004, by the Plan's Administrative Committee. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>WITNESSETH:  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, Section&nbsp;8.1 of the Plan provides that the Administrative Committee has the right to amend the Plan at any time; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS,
the Administrative Committee desires to amend the Plan as provided herein; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW,
THEREFORE, the Plan is amended, effective for allocations on and after March&nbsp;1, 2004, as follows: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1.10
of the Plan is amended to read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>1.10</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2><I>Compensation</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> shall mean "benefit compensation" as defined under FutureBuilder for a Plan Year, determined without regard to the
Section&nbsp;401(a)(17) Limitation. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1.15
of Plan is amended to read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>1.15</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2><I>Eligible Employee</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> shall mean, for a Plan Year, an individual:
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Who
is a member of a select group of highly compensated or key management Employees of the Company;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Who
is eligible to participate in FutureBuilder for such Plan Year; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Whose
FutureBuilder Compensation for such plan is reduced as a result of the Section&nbsp;401(a)(17) Limitation.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><BR></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Administrative Committee shall determine, from time to time and in its sole discretion, which Employees satisfy said criteria and such determination
shall be binding. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1.18A
of the Plan is amended to read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>1.18A</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2><I>FutureBuilder Compensation</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> shall mean the actual amount of benefit compensation taken into account under FutureBuilder for a Plan
Year, after excluding amounts in excess of the Section&nbsp;401(a)(17) Limitation. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by the duly authorized member of the Administrative Committee as of the date first written above. </FONT></P>

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE<BR>
THE HOME DEPOT FUTUREBUILDER<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ILEANA L. CONNALLY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ileana L. Connally<BR>
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