Office Depot 2011 Annual Report Download - page 206

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 December 31, 2011 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 Michael D. Newman, 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 each officer’s 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: February 28, 2012
/s/ MICHAEL D. NEWMAN
Name: Michael D. Newman
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 28, 2012
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).