Home Depot to nominate Staples CEO to board

Atlanta -- The Home Depot board member David H. Batchelder has decided against standing for re-election. The company said Thursday that it is nominating Staples chairman and CEO Ronald L. Sargent and former accounting and consulting company executive J. Frank Brown for seats.



Batchelder, 61, has been a Home Depot board member since 2007. He is the founder and principal of Relational Investors LLC.



Sargent, 55, has served as Staples' CEO since 2002 and as chairman since 2005.