HD Supply 10-K 2015 FY Annual report

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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, the undersigned Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (the Company), hereby certifies that the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended February 1, 2015 (the Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 23, 2015

/s/ JOSEPH J. DEANGELO
Joseph J. DeAngelo
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

        The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report.

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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002