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): July 13, 2016

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 July 13, 2016, Office Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As of the record date, there were 550,058,806 common shares entitled to one vote per share. Results of votes with respect to proposals submitted at that meeting are as follows:

 

  1. To elect ten (10) members of the Company’s board of directors to serve until the next annual meeting, until their successors have been elected and qualified, or until their resignation or removal. Our stockholders voted to elect all 10 members to serve as directors. Votes recorded, by nominee, were as follows:

 

Name

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Roland C. Smith

     420,194,239         8,507,171         900,315         52,536,718   

Warren F. Bryant

     426,277,219         2,430,456         894,050         52,536,718   

Rakesh Gangwal

     426,098,622         2,599,935         903,168         52,536,718   

Cynthia T. Jamison

     399,081,991         29,625,266         894,468         52,536,718   

V. James Marino

     399,728,285         28,976,505         896,935         52,536,718   

Michael J. Massey

     424,340,893         4,357,032         903,800         52,536,718   

Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga

     401,677,778         27,019,573         904,374         52,536,718   

David M. Szymanski

     399,271,619         28,924,175         1,405,931         52,536,718   

Nigel Travis

     426,206,145         2,495,844         899,736         52,536,718   

Joseph Vassalluzzo

     426,257,556         2,441,329         902,840         52,536,718   

 

  2. To ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current year. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve this proposal with 477,964,398 votes for and 3,057,754 votes against. There were 1,116,291 abstentions.

 

  3. To hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve this proposal with 399,338,402 votes for and 29,280,015 votes against. There were 983,308 abstentions and 52,536,718 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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    OFFICE DEPOT, INC.

Date: July 14, 2016

   
    By:  

/s/ Elisa D. Garcia C.

      Elisa D. Garcia C.
     

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer &

Corporate Secretary