REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK	12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK	NOTE 11. REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK In 2009, Office Depot issued an aggregate of 350,000 shares of 10.00% Series A Redeemable Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share and 10.00% Series B Redeemable Conditional Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, for $350 million (collectively, the “Redeemable Preferred Stock”). The Redeemable Preferred Stock was initially convertible into 70 million shares of Company common stock and classified outside of permanent equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets because certain redemption conditions were not solely within the control of Office Depot. Dividends on the Redeemable Preferred Stock were declared quarterly and paid in cash or in-kind as approved by the Board of Directors. For accounting purposes, dividends paid-in-kind were measured at fair value. Refer to Note 16 for additional fair value measurement information. Reported dividends calculated on a per share basis were $221.50, $94.10, and $102.01 for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. In accordance with certain Merger-related agreements, which the Company entered into with the holders of the Company’s preferred stock concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, in both July and November 2013, the Company redeemed 50 percent of the preferred stock outstanding. A total of $431 million in cash was paid for the full redemption of the preferred stock in 2013, included the liquidation preference of $407 million and redemption premium of $24 million measured at 6% of the liquidation preference. Preferred stock dividends included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for 2013 were $73 million, including $28 million of contractual dividends and $45 million related to the redemptions. The $45 million is comprised of a $24 million redemption premium and $21 million representing the difference between liquidation preference and carrying value of the preferred stock. The liquidation preference exceeded the carrying value because of initial issuance costs and prior period paid-in-kind dividends recorded for accounting purposes at fair value. The $63 million indicated as Dividends on redeemable preferred stock on the Consolidated Statement of Cash flows is derived from the $73 million of 2013 dividends per the Consolidated Statement of Operations, reduced by the $21 million non-cash difference between liquidation preference and carrying value, plus the payment of dividends accrued at the end of 2012.

NOTE 11. REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

In 2009, Office Depot issued an aggregate of 350,000 shares of 10.00% Series A Redeemable Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share and 10.00% Series B Redeemable Conditional Convertible Participating Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, for $350 million (collectively, the “Redeemable Preferred Stock”). The Redeemable Preferred Stock was initially convertible into 70 million shares of Company common stock and classified outside of permanent equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets because certain redemption conditions were not solely within the control of Office Depot.

Dividends on the Redeemable Preferred Stock were declared quarterly and paid in cash or in-kind as approved by the Board of Directors. For accounting purposes, dividends paid-in-kind were measured at fair value. Refer to Note 16 for additional fair value measurement information. Reported dividends calculated on a per share basis were $221.50, $94.10, and $102.01 for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In accordance with certain Merger-related agreements, which the Company entered into with the holders of the Company’s preferred stock concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, in both July and November 2013, the Company redeemed 50 percent of the preferred stock outstanding. A total of $431 million in cash was paid for the full redemption of the preferred stock in 2013, included the liquidation preference of $407 million and redemption premium of $24 million measured at 6% of the liquidation preference.

Preferred stock dividends included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for 2013 were $73 million, including $28 million of contractual dividends and $45 million related to the redemptions. The $45 million is comprised of a $24 million redemption premium and $21 million representing the difference between liquidation preference and carrying value of the preferred stock. The liquidation preference exceeded the carrying value because of initial issuance costs and prior period paid-in-kind dividends recorded for accounting purposes at fair value. The $63 million indicated as Dividends on redeemable preferred stock on the Consolidated Statement of Cash flows is derived from the $73 million of 2013 dividends per the Consolidated Statement of Operations, reduced by the $21 million non-cash difference between liquidation preference and carrying value, plus the payment of dividends accrued at the end of 2012.