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): April 24, 2014

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

 

 

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:

 

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 24, 2014, the Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. As of the record date, there were 534,754,326 common shares entitled to one vote per share. Results of votes with respect to proposals submitted at that meeting are as follows:

 

  a. To elect eleven (11) nominees to serve as directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders or until their successors have been elected and qualified. Our shareholders voted to elect all 11 nominees to serve as directors. Votes recorded, by nominee, were as follows:

 

Name

    For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Roland C. Smith

      439,695,689         10,694,054         5,166,471         41,983,199   

Warren F. Bryant

      452,455,180         1,741,102         1,359,932         41,983,199   

Rakesh Gangwal

      452,245,090         1,938,409         1,372,715         41,983,199   

Cynthia T. Jamison

      453,014,945         2,283,333         257,936         41,983,199   

V. James Marino

      452,348,092         1,835,152         1,372,970         41,983,199   

Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga

      452,336,980         1,858,767         1,360,467         41,983,199   

Michael J. Massey

      442,295,519         6,884,702         1,375,993         41,983,199   

Jeffrey C. Smith

      447,851,871         7,499,098         205,245         41,983,199   

David M. Szymanski

      451,632,149         2,560,560         1,363,505         41,983,199   

Nigel Travis

      437,880,408         16,318,164         1,357,642         41,983,199   

Joseph Vassalluzzo

      452,952,369         2,405,116         198,729         41,983,199   

 

  b. To ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year. The Company’s shareholders voted to approve this proposal with 485,652,511 votes for and 11,429,087 votes against. There were 457,815 abstentions.

 

  c. To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation. The Company’s shareholders voted to approve this proposal with 317,155,696 votes for and 137,127,017 votes against. There were 1,273,501 abstentions and 41,983,199 broker non-votes.

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.

 

    OFFICE DEPOT, INC.
Date: April 28, 2014     By:  

/S/ ELISA D. GARCIA C.

     

Elisa D. Garcia C.

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and

Corporate Secretary