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To: Edward Boghosian who wrote (363)	9/26/1998 7:50:00 AM
From: Jerry Miller	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1169

"The point to me is that this is the 3rd insider selling large amounts of stock." ...and if HD were a pennystock i'd share your concern. but we're talking about an industry leader here. people like Bill Gates and Michael Dell sell millions of shares at a time, on a fairly regular basis. these folks have expenses. it's not a reflection on the company, or its status. where does it say we can take profits, and the people who got us here, can't ?

To: Edward Boghosian who wrote (363)	9/29/1998 4:05:00 PM
From: Beltropolis Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1169

The point to me is that this is the 3rd insider selling large amounts of stock. edward. while i don't want to rehash the relative merits of this data point, i do think it's important to note that the form 144's you and newstrader have cited are corporate insider's SEC forms indicating an intention to sell. form 4's are actual sales. additionally, if possible, some frame of reference would be helpful as opposed to 'blindly' posting some officer's or executive's (intended) sale(s). (you've stepped into a tough, devoted, hammer- wielding crowd; home improvement is an addiction after all....) for example, one of the recent posts indicated that director berry cox filed a form 144 for 206,250 shares. even if he dumped them all, he'd still be holding another 1.4M shares (and i'm sure he's got more options coming). finally, for perspective, all executives and directors as a group have nearly 47M shares. one man's opinion, of course. -chris. ----- culled from the proxy filed on 17 apr 98: SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PERCENT NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIALLY OF (AND ADDRESS IF "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" EXCEEDS 5%) OWNED CLASS - -------------------------------------------------- ------------ -------- Bernard Marcus(2)........................................... 21,842,890 2.98 Arthur M. Blank(3).......................................... 12,182,614 1.66 Kenneth G. Langone(4)....................................... 6,850,243 * Milledge A. Hart, III(5).................................... 1,733,185 * Berry R. Cox................................................ 1,650,243 * Ronald M. Brill(6).......................................... 872,392 * Larry M. Mercer (7)......................................... 330,451 * Frank Borman(8)............................................. 265,782 * W. Andrew McKenna(9)........................................ 161,639 * Donald R. Keough(10)........................................ 20,304 * M. Faye Wilson(11).......................................... 16,743 * Johnnetta B. Cole(12)....................................... 4,803 * John L. Clendenin(13)....................................... 5,477 * Directors and Executive Officers as a group(14)............. 46,993,323 6.41