---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000354950-22-000188"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HD"
cik: "0000354950"
company_name: "HOME DEPOT, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:55:51.063424+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Home Depot Chair Craig Menear to retire Sep 30; CEO Ted Decker to succeed as Chair Oct 1

## Summary
- Craig Menear informed Board he will retire as Chair and from Company effective Sep 30, 2022.
- Board elected CEO and President Ted Decker as Chair of the Board effective Oct 1, 2022.
- Decker joined Home Depot in 2000; named CEO in March 2022 and President/COO in Oct 2020.
- Lead Director Greg Brenneman thanked Menear for his 'unwavering commitment' and 'visionary leadership'.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000354950-22-000188
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HD
- cik: 0000354950
- company_name: HOME DEPOT, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495022000188/0000354950-22-000188-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495022000188/hd-20220818.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354950-22-000188
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354950-22-000188.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354950-22-000188.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward P. Decker was elected as Chair of the Board at HOME DEPOT, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: the Board elected Chief Executive Officer and President Edward P. Decker as Chair of the Board, effective October 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495022000188/0000354950-22-000188-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig A. Menear departed as Chair of the Board at HOME DEPOT, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Craig A. Menear, Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Home Depot, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Board that he will retire from the Company and the Board effective as of September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495022000188/0000354950-22-000188-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.