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Office Depot 2004 Annual Report |77
Exhibit 32
Office Depot, Inc.
Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Office Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended Decem-
ber 25, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Neil R. Austrian, as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, and Charles E. Brown, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to his knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
/s/ NEIL R. AUSTRIAN
Name: Neil R. Austrian
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 10, 2005
/s/ CHARLES E. BROWN
Name: Charles E. Brown
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 10, 2005
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code has been provided to
the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Report pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and
Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code and, accordingly, is not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
as part of the Report and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (whether made before or after the date of the Report, irrespective of any general incorporation
language contained in such filing).