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: July 18, 2007
Date of Earliest Event Reported: July 16, 2007

Commission file number 1-10948

OFFICE DEPOT, INC.

 

Delaware		59-2663954
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2200 Old Germantown Road, Delray Beach, Florida		33445
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(561) 438-4800

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

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On July 16, 2007, Office Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Elisa D. Garcia as its new Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Garcia succeeds David C. Fannin, who has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at the Company since 1998. Mr. Fannin will fully retire from the Company at the end of 2008. Until then, Mr. Fannin will continue to serve as an Executive Vice President of Office Depot, with overall responsibility for global compliance matters, governmental relations and certain other ongoing projects.

Previously, Ms. Garcia has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Domino’s Pizza, Inc. from April 2000 until joining Office Depot this July. Prior to joining Domino’s Pizza, Ms. Garcia served as Latin American Regional Counsel for Philip Morris International and Corporate Counsel for GAF Corporation, one of the largest building products companies in North America. She began her legal career as a corporate associate with Willkie, Farr & Gallagher in New York.

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.