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continuing involvement as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” Accordingly, we do not show the
historical results of the sold paper, forest products and timberland assets as discontinuedoperations.
(For more informationabout the Sale, see Note 2, Sale of Paper, Forest Products and Timberland
Assets, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in“Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data” of this Form10-K.)
Effective with the first quarter of 2005, we began reporting our results using three reportable
segments: OfficeMax,Contract; OfficeMax,Retail; and Corporate and Other. The results ofour paper,
forest products and timberland assets prior to the Sale were included in the Boise Building Solutions
and Boise Paper Solutions segments. We present information pertaining to each of our segments and
the geographic areas in which they operate inNote17, Segment Information, of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements in“Item 8.FinancialStatements andSupplementary Data” of this
Form 10-K.
Change in Fiscal Year End
Effective March 11, 2005, the Company amended its bylaws to make itsfiscal year-end the last
Saturday in December. Prior to this change, all of the Company’s businesses exceptfor our U.S. retail
operations had a December 31 fiscal year-end. The U.S. retailoperations maintained a fiscal year that
ended on the last Saturday in December.Due primarily to statutory requirements, the Company’s
international businesses have maintained their December 31 year-ends. Fiscal year 2005 ended on
December 31, 2005 for all reportable segments andbusinesses,and included 53 weeks for the Retail
segment. Fiscal year 2006 ended on December 30, 2006 and included 52 weeks for all reportable
segments and businesses.
OfficeMax, Contract
We distribute a broadline of items for theoffice, including office supplies and paper, technology
products and solutions and office furniture through our OfficeMax, Contract segment. OfficeMax,
Contract sells directly to largecorporate and government offices, as well as to small and
medium-sized offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This segment markets
and sells through field salespeople, outbound telesales, catalogs, the Internet and in some foreign
markets through office products stores. Substantially all products sold by this segment are purchased
from outside manufacturers or from industry wholesalers, except officepapers.We purchase office
papers primarily from the paper operations of Boise Cascade, L.L.C., under a 12-year paper supply
contract entered into at the time of the Sale. (See Note 18, Commitments and Guarantees, of the
Notes to ConsolidatedFinancial Statements in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data” of this Form 10-K for additional information related to the papersupply contract.)
As of January 27, 2007,OfficeMaxContract operated 52 distribution centers and 6customer
service and outbound telesales centers. OfficeMax,Contract also operated82 stores in Canada,
Hawaii,Australia and New Zealand.
OfficeMax, Contract sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004 were $4.7 billion, $4.6 billion and $4.4 billion,
respectively.
OfficeMax, Retail
OfficeMax, Retail is a retail distributor of office supplies and paper, print and document services,
technology products and solutions and office furniture. Our retail segment has operations in the
United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S.VirginIslands. Our retail office supply stores featureOfficeMax
ImPress, an in-store module devoted to print-for-pay and related services. Ourretail segment also