---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000354950-26-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HD"
cik: "0000354950"
company_name: "HOME DEPOT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-12T13:06:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-12T13:07:06.969065+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Home Depot CEO Ted Decker takes temporary medical leave; Campbell, McPhail to lead

## Summary
- CEO Ted Decker to take temporary medical leave, expected to return within next few months.
- Ann-Marie Campbell (senior EVP) oversees day-to-day operations during Decker's absence.
- CFO Richard McPhail oversees financial management and Pro subsidiaries, named interim principal executive officer.
- Greg Brenneman, independent lead director, chairs board during Decker's leave.
- No changes to Campbell or McPhail compensation related to their new responsibilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000354950-26-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HD
- cik: 0000354950
- company_name: HOME DEPOT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-12T13:06:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495026000141/0000354950-26-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495026000141/hd-20260811.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354950-26-000141
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354950-26-000141.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354950-26-000141.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard V. McPhail was appointed as interim principal executive officer at HOME DEPOT, INC..
  - Action: designated as interim principal executive officer
  - Role: interim principal executive officer
  source text: Richard V. McPhail, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is providing oversight of the Company’s financial management and Pro subsidiaries and has been designated as interim principal executive officer for purposes of the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495026000141/0000354950-26-000141-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward P. Decker departed as Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer at HOME DEPOT, INC..
  - Action: will take a temporary medical leave
  - Role: Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 12, 2026, The Home Depot, Inc. (the “Company” or “Home Depot”) announced that Edward P. Decker, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), will take a temporary medical leave from his role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354950/000035495026000141/0000354950-26-000141-index.htm

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