NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Sept. 8, 2015--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A' issue-level rating to Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc.'s proposed $500 million senior unsecured floating rate notes and $1 billion senior unsecured fixed rate notes . We expect the company to issue the proposed notes under its shelf registration statement filed Aug. 25, 2015. We understand Home Depot will use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes including to fund its recently completed acquisition of Interline Brands and share repurchases. Pro forma for the proposed issuance, we estimate Home Depot will have adjusted leverage of 1.7x. Our 'A' corporate credit rating and stable outlook on Home Depot are unchanged. Home Depot's financial performance remains robust, reflecting
