Exhibit 4.6  


        THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY
BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES. 



        UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 



        TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S
NOMINEE. 









	No. 1	 	$500,000,000
	

CUSIP: 437076AM4

ISIN: US437076AM49	
 	

 




The
Home Depot, Inc. 


Dated:
August 11, 2005 


45/8%
Senior Notes due August 15, 2010 


        The
Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of Five
Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) at the Company's office or agency for said purpose in the City of New York, on August 15, 2010, in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 15 and August 15 (each an "Interest Payment
Date") of each year, commencing on February 15, 2006, on said principal sum in like coin or currency at the rate per annum set forth above at said office or agency from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest on the Securities of this series has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest on the Securities of this series has been paid or duly provided for, from
August 11, 2005. The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name
this Security is registered at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date") whether
or not such day is a business day; provided that interest may be paid, at the option of the Company, by mailing a check therefor payable to the registered holder entitled thereto at such holder's last
address as it appears on the Security Register or by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to such bank or other entity in the continental United States as shall be designated in writing by
such holder prior to the relevant Regular Record Date and shall have appropriate facilities for such purpose. If and for so long as all of the Securities of this series are represented by Securities
in global form, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this global Security shall be paid in same day funds to the Depositary, or to such name or entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of the Depositary. 


        Reference
is made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. 



        This
Security shall not be valid or obligatory until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been duly signed by the Trustee acting under the Indenture. 


        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. 



	 	 	THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	


	 	 	 	Name:	 	Carol B. Tomé
	 	 	 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer









REVERSE
OF SECURITY 


The
Home Depot, Inc. 


45/8%
Senior Notes due August 15, 2010 


        This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Company, issued or to be issued in one or more series pursuant to an indenture dated as of May 4, 2005
(the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture). Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Trustee, the Company and the holders (the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered holders or registered holder) of the Securities of this series. 


        This
Security will bear interest until final Maturity at the rate per annum shown above. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve months
of 30 days each. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and to the extent lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate. 


        In
case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to this series of Securities, the principal of all the outstanding Securities
of this series may be declared due and payable, in the manner and with the effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Indenture. The Indenture provides that in certain events such
declaration and its consequences may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding and that, prior to any such declaration,
such holders may waive any past default under the Indenture and its consequences except a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of this series.
Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this
Security and any Security of this series which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities of this
series. 


        The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding, evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities. 


        Notwithstanding
the foregoing, without the consent of any holder of Securities of this series, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities of this
series to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Securities of this series in addition to or in place of certificated Securities of this series, to provide for the
assumption of the Company's obligations to holders of Securities of this series in the case of a transaction described in Section 10.01, to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the holders of Securities of this series or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such holder, or to comply with requirements of the
Commission in order maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. 


        No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the place, times, and rate, and in the currency, herein prescribed. 


        The
Securities of this series are issuable only as registered Securities without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000. 



        At
the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture and this Security, Securities of this
series may be 










exchanged
for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of other authorized denominations. 


        Upon
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the above-mentioned office or agency of the Company, a new Security or Securities of this series of authorized
denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee as provided in the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. 


        The
Securities of this series are redeemable in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time and from time to time, on not less than 30 or more than 60 days' prior
notice mailed to the holders of the Securities of this series, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Security to be redeemed and (ii) the
sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points, together in either case with accrued interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date. 


        "Treasury
Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the second business day immediately
preceding such redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date. 


        "Comparable
Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the notes. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference
Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 


        "Comparable
Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Notes" or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such
prices on such business day, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Quotations obtained. 


        "Reference
Treasury Dealer" means Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its successors and two other nationally recognized
investment banking firms that are Primary Treasury Dealers specified from time to time by the Company, except that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in
New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall be required to designate as a substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer. 


        "Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New
York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date. 


        On
and after any redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes called for redemption. Prior to any redemption date, the Company shall be required to deposit with a paying
agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. If the Company is redeeming less than all the notes, the Trustee must select 










the
Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with methods generally used at the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar circumstances. 


        Subject
to payment by the Company of a sum sufficient to pay the amount due on redemption, interest on this Security (or portion hereof if this Security is redeemed in part) shall cease
to accrue upon the date duly fixed for redemption of this Security (or portion hereof if this Security is redeemed in part). In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. 


        The
Company, the Trustee, and any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee, may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not
this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company, the Trustee or any authorized agent of the Company or the
Trustee), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest hereon and for all other purposes, and none of the Company, the Trustee nor
any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 


        The
Securities of this series are subject to defeasance as described in the Indenture. 


        No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or the interest on this Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on
or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released. 


        The
Indenture is hereby incorporated by the reference and, to the extent of any variance between the provisions hereof and the Indenture, the Indenture shall control. Terms used but not
defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture. 



        This
Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State, except as may
otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law. 


        This
is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 



	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    
 Authorized Signatory









[FORM
OF TRANSFER NOTICE] 


        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 


        Insert
Taxpayer Identification No. 


        Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee of the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing                        
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. 



	
	 	 
	By:

Date:	 	 









SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY 


The
following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made: 



	Date of Principal Exchange
 
	 	Amount of decrease in Amount of this Global Principal Security
	 	Amount of increase in Amount of

this Global Security
	 	Principal Amount of this Signature of

authorized Global Security following

officer of Trustee or such decrease or

increase Securities Custodian