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Home Depot Inc

The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of the second quarter, the company operated more than 2,353 retail stores, over 800 branches and more than 325 distribution centers that directly fulfill customer orders across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company employs over 470,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index. Additional Information and Where to Find It This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities of GMS Inc. ("GMS"). The Home Depot, Inc. ("The Home Depot") and its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, Gold Acquisition Sub, Inc., have filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), containing an Offer to Purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of GMS, related Letter of Transmittal and other related documents, and GMS has filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the tender offer. HOLDERS OF SHARES OF GMS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE RELEVANT TENDER OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 14D-9 BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS OF GMS SECURITIES SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR SECURITIES. The Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer documents, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, are available to all holders of GMS stock at no expense to them. The tender offer materials and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement are available for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Additional copies may be obtained for free by contacting The Home Depot or GMS. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by GMS are available free of charge on GMS's internet website at https://investor.gms.com.