8-K

OFFICE DEPOT, INC.

Date: February 20, 2020

/s/ N. David Bleisch

N. David Bleisch

EVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and

Corporate Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 14, 2020

OFFICE DEPOT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

1-10948

59-2663954

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


6600 North Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL		33496
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(561) 438-4800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report: N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	ODP	The NASDAQ Stock Market
		(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)

On February 14, 2020, V. James Marino and Nigel Travis, members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Office Depot, Inc. (the “Company”), separately notified the Company that they will not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Messrs. Marino and Travis will continue to serve as directors of the Company until the expiration of their terms at the Annual Meeting. Each of Messrs. Marino’s and Travis’ decisions not to stand for reelection to the Board was not based upon any disagreements with the Company or on any matters relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices as contemplated by Item 5.02(a) of Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:


	Exhibit 99.1			Press Release of Office Depot, Inc., dated February 20, 2020.

	Exhibit 104			Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.