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93 Office Depot 2003 / Proxy Statement
Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires
our directors and executive officers to file reports of their
holdings and transactions of Office Depot common stock with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York
Stock Exchange. Based on our records and other information,
we believe that each of our officers and directors complied
with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to them
during fiscal 2003.
Copies Of Form 10-K Available
We will provide a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for our fiscal year ended December 27, 2003, which includes
our consolidated financial statements and notes to our finan-
cial statements, to any shareholder upon written request.
Requests should be sent to the Vice President, Investor
Relations & Corporate Communciations at our corporate
offices, 2200 Old Germantown Road, Delray Beach, FL 33445.
2005 Shareholder Proposals
Any shareholder proposal intended to be presented for consid-
eration at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and to be
included in our Proxy Statement for that meeting must be
received by the Secretary at our corporate offices, 2200 Old
Germantown Road, Delray Beach, FL 33445, Attn: Office of
the General Counsel, on or before 5 p.m. (Eastern Standard
Time) on December 3, 2004. Shareholder proposals to be
brought before the 2005 Annual Meeting but not included in
the Proxy Statement will be considered untimely after January
7, 2005, and the proxies we solicit for next year’s Annual
Meeting may confer discretionary authority to vote on any
such matters without a description of them in the proxy state-
ment for that meeting. Notice of any shareholder proposal
must include various matters as prescribed by the SEC,
including a clear and concise description of the proposal, and
the reasons for proposing it.