Edgar Filing: OFFICE DEPOT INC

OFFICE DEPOT, INC.

Date: August 7, 2018

/s/ N. David Bleisch

N. David Bleisch

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer &

Corporate Secretary

Form 8-K

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): August 7, 2018

Commission file number 1-10948

OFFICE DEPOT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		59-2663954
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. 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

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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Office Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an earnings release on August 7, 2018, announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018. A copy of the earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

ITEM 7.01. REGULATION OF FD DISCLOSURE

On August 7, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock of $0.025 per share, payable on September 14, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 24, 2018. The Company’s August 7, 2018 press release announcing the declaration of the dividend, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2, is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished in Items 2.02 and 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


Exhibit 99.1		Earnings release of Office Depot, Inc., dated August 7, 2018.

Exhibit 99.2		Press release of Office Depot, Inc., dated August 7, 2018.

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 thereunto duly authorized.