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Jan. 29, 2017
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RELATED PARTIES	NOTE 3—RELATED PARTIES On August 30, 2007, investment funds associated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC ("CD&R"), The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle") and Bain Capital Partners, LLC ("Bain", and together with CD&R and Carlyle the "Equity Sponsors") formed Holdings (previously named HDS Investment Holding, Inc.) and entered into a stock purchase agreement with The Home Depot Inc. ("Home Depot") pursuant to which Home Depot agreed to sell to Holdings, or to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, certain intellectual property and all the outstanding common stock of HDS and the Canadian subsidiary CND Holdings, Inc. On August 30, 2007, through a series of transactions, Holdings' direct wholly-owned subsidiary, HDS Holding Corporation, acquired direct control of HDS through the merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, HDS Acquisition Corp., with and into HDS and CND Holdings, Inc. Through these transactions (the "2007 Transactions"), Home Depot was paid cash of $8.2 billion and 12.5% of Holdings' then outstanding common stock. Upon completion of Holdings' secondary public offerings in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, Home Depot and the Equity Sponsors sold all of their remaining original investments in Holdings. Purchases—HD Supply purchased product from affiliates of Bain for $8 million in fiscal 2015. HD Supply purchased product from affiliates of the Equity Sponsors for approximately $52 million in fiscal 2014. Management believes these transactions were conducted at prices that an unrelated third party would pay. Sales—In May 2015, an independent Board member of the Company acquired a minority interest in an HD Supply customer. HD Supply sold product to the customer totaling $4 million, $4 million, and $3 million in fiscal 2016, fiscal 2015, and fiscal 2014, respectively. Management believes these transactions were conducted at prices that an unrelated third party would pay.

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12 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2017

NOTE 3—RELATED PARTIES

On August 30, 2007, investment funds associated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC ("CD&R"), The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle") and Bain Capital Partners, LLC ("Bain", and together with CD&R and Carlyle the "Equity Sponsors") formed Holdings (previously named HDS Investment Holding, Inc.) and entered into a stock purchase agreement with The Home Depot Inc. ("Home Depot") pursuant to which Home Depot agreed to sell to Holdings, or to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, certain intellectual property and all the outstanding common stock of HDS and the Canadian subsidiary CND Holdings, Inc. On August 30, 2007, through a series of transactions, Holdings' direct wholly-owned subsidiary, HDS Holding Corporation, acquired direct control of HDS through the merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, HDS Acquisition Corp., with and into HDS and CND Holdings, Inc. Through these transactions (the "2007 Transactions"), Home Depot was paid cash of $8.2 billion and 12.5% of Holdings' then outstanding common stock.

Upon completion of Holdings' secondary public offerings in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, Home Depot and the Equity Sponsors sold all of their remaining original investments in Holdings.

Purchases—HD Supply purchased product from affiliates of Bain for $8 million in fiscal 2015. HD Supply purchased product from affiliates of the Equity Sponsors for approximately $52 million in fiscal 2014. Management believes these transactions were conducted at prices that an unrelated third party would pay.

Sales—In May 2015, an independent Board member of the Company acquired a minority interest in an HD Supply customer. HD Supply sold product to the customer totaling $4 million, $4 million, and $3 million in fiscal 2016, fiscal 2015, and fiscal 2014, respectively. Management believes these transactions were conducted at prices that an unrelated third party would pay.