SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 26, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES BASIS OF PRESENTATION The ODP Corporation, including its consolidated subsidiaries (“ODP” or the “Company”), is a leading provider of business services and supplies, products and digital workspace technology solutions to small, medium-sized and enterprise businesses. The Company operates through its direct and indirect subsidiaries and maintains a fully integrated business-to-business (“B2B”) distribution platform of thousands of dedicated sales and technology service professionals, online presence and 1,032 retail stores, all supported by supply chain facility and delivery operations. Through its banner brands Office Depot®, OfficeMax® and Grand & Toy®, as well as others, the Company offers its customers the tools and resources they need to focus on starting, growing and running their business. The Company’s corporate headquarters is located in Boca Raton, FL, and its primary website is www.officedepot.com. At March 26, 2022, the Company had two reportable segments (or “Divisions”): Business Solutions Division and Retail Division. The Company’s CompuCom Division was sold through a single disposal group on December 31, 2021. The Company has reclassified the financial results of the CompuCom Division to Discontinued operations, net of tax in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented. The Company also reclassified the related assets and liabilities as assets and liabilities held for sale on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 25, 2021, and presented cash flows from the Company’s discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for all periods. Refer to Note 12 for additional information. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 26, 2022, and for the 13-week period ended March 26, 2022 (also referred to as the “first quarter of 2022”) and March 27, 2021 (also referred to as the “first quarter of 2021”) are unaudited. However, in management’s opinion, these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary to provide a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. Business acquisitions in 2021 are included prospectively from the date of acquisition, thus affecting the comparability of the Company’s financial statements for the periods presented in this report on Form 10-Q. The Company has prepared the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Some information and note disclosures, which would normally be included in comprehensive annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those SEC rules and regulations. The preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. For a better understanding of the Company and its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company recommends reading these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conjunction with the audited financial statements, which are included in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K. These interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that should be expected for the full year. PLANNED SEPARATION OF CONSUMER BUSINESS In May 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan to pursue a separation of the Company into two independent, publicly traded companies representing its B2B and consumer businesses, which was planned to be achieved through a spin-off of its consumer business. On January 14, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors determined to delay the previously announced public company separation to evaluate a potential sale of the Company’s consumer business and that it had received a non-binding proposal from another third party, in addition to the previously received proposal from USR Parent, Inc., to acquire the Company’s consumer business. The Company’s Board of Directors is carefully reviewing both proposals with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. While the Company has previously been focusing on completing the public company separation during the first half of 2022, it has determined to delay further work on the spin-off while it focuses on a potential sale of the consumer business. There can be no assurance that a sale of the consumer business will take place and the terms of any such sale. CASH MANAGEMENT The cash management process generally utilizes zero balance accounts which provide for the settlement of the related disbursement and cash concentration accounts on a daily basis. Amounts not yet presented for payment to zero balance disbursement accounts of $9 million at March 26, 2022 are presented in Trade accounts payable and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and $1 million at December 25, 2021 are presented in Current liabilities held for sale. At March 26, 2022 and December 25, 2021, cash and cash equivalents held outside the United States amounted to $121 million and $108 million, respectively. At December 25, 2021, there was $17 million cash and cash equivalents held outside the United States included in Current assets held for sale.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 26, 2022

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The ODP Corporation, including its consolidated subsidiaries (“ODP” or the “Company”), is a leading provider of business services and supplies, products and digital workspace technology solutions to small, medium-sized and enterprise businesses. The Company operates through its direct and indirect subsidiaries and maintains a fully integrated business-to-business (“B2B”) distribution platform of thousands of dedicated sales and technology service professionals, online presence and 1,032 retail stores, all supported by supply chain facility and delivery operations. Through its banner brands Office Depot®, OfficeMax® and Grand & Toy®, as well as others, the Company offers its customers the tools and resources they need to focus on starting, growing and running their business. The Company’s corporate headquarters is located in Boca Raton, FL, and its primary website is www.officedepot.com.

At March 26, 2022, the Company had two reportable segments (or “Divisions”): Business Solutions Division and Retail Division. The Company’s CompuCom Division was sold through a single disposal group on December 31, 2021. The Company has reclassified the financial results of the CompuCom Division to Discontinued operations, net of tax in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented. The Company also reclassified the related assets and liabilities as assets and liabilities held for sale on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 25, 2021, and presented cash flows from the Company’s discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for all periods. Refer to Note 12 for additional information.

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 26, 2022, and for the 13-week period ended March 26, 2022 (also referred to as the “first quarter of 2022”) and March 27, 2021 (also referred to as the “first quarter of 2021”) are unaudited. However, in management’s opinion, these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary to provide a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. Business acquisitions in 2021 are included prospectively from the date of acquisition, thus affecting the comparability of the Company’s financial statements for the periods presented in this report on Form 10-Q.

The Company has prepared the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Some information and note disclosures, which would normally be included in comprehensive annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those SEC rules and regulations. The preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. For a better understanding of the Company and its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company recommends reading these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conjunction with the audited financial statements, which are included in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K. These interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that should be expected for the full year.

PLANNED SEPARATION OF CONSUMER BUSINESS

In May 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan to pursue a separation of the Company into two independent, publicly traded companies representing its B2B and consumer businesses, which was planned to be achieved through a spin-off of its consumer business. On January 14, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors determined to delay the previously announced public company separation to evaluate a potential sale of the Company’s consumer business and that it had received a non-binding proposal from another third party, in addition to the previously received proposal from USR Parent, Inc., to acquire the Company’s consumer business.

The Company’s Board of Directors is carefully reviewing both proposals with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. While the Company has previously been focusing on completing the public company separation during the first half of 2022, it has determined to delay further work on the spin-off while it focuses on a potential sale of the consumer business. There can be no assurance that a sale of the consumer business will take place and the terms of any such sale.

CASH MANAGEMENT

The cash management process generally utilizes zero balance accounts which provide for the settlement of the related disbursement and cash concentration accounts on a daily basis. Amounts not yet presented for payment to zero balance disbursement accounts of $9 million at March 26, 2022 are presented in Trade accounts payable and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and $1 million at December 25, 2021 are presented in Current liabilities held for sale.

At March 26, 2022 and December 25, 2021, cash and cash equivalents held outside the United States amounted to $121 million and $108 million, respectively. At December 25, 2021, there was $17 million cash and cash equivalents held outside the United States included in Current assets held for sale.