Office Depot, Starboard Announce Settlement Agreement

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Office Depot, Inc.
ODP
, a leading global provider of office supplies and services, today announced that the Company and its largest shareholder, Starboard Value LP (together with its affiliates, "Starboard"), have reached a settlement agreement ahead of the Company's upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 21, 2013. As part of the settlement agreement, Starboard nominees Cynthia Jamison, Jeffrey Smith, and Joseph Vassalluzzo have agreed to join the Office Depot Board and will be appointed to the Board upon the resignations of Directors Marsha J. Evans and W. Scott Hedrick the day after the Company's annual meeting. Office Depot will expand the Board from ten to eleven directors to accommodate the additional director.
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