UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: April 18, 2011

Date of earliest event reported: April 13, 2011

 

 

OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-5057   82-0100960
(State of Incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

263 Shuman Blvd.

Naperville, Illinois 60563

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(630) 438-7800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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.

OfficeMax Incorporated (“OfficeMax”) held its annual stockholders’ meeting on April 13, 2011. At the annual meeting, our stockholders (i) elected each of the persons listed below to serve as an OfficeMax director for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or the director’s earlier resignation, death or removal, (ii) approved the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as OfficeMax’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011, (iii) adopted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of OfficeMax’s named executive officers described under the heading “Executive Compensation” in OfficeMax’s proxy statement, and (iv) selected, on a non-binding, advisory basis, an annual frequency for the shareholder vote on the compensation of OfficeMax’s named executive officers.

OfficeMax’s independent inspector of elections reported the vote of the stockholders as follows:

Proposal 1: The election of directors

 

Name

   FOR      AGAINST      WITHHOLD      BROKER
NON-VOTE
 

Warren F. Bryant

     73,593,130         250,940         50,704         4,582,374   

Joseph M. DePinto

     69,440,214         867,625         3,586,935         4,582,374   

Rakesh Gangwal

     69,144,888         1,163,140         3,586,476         4,582,374   

William J. Montgoris

     69,448,561         859,936         3,586,277         4,582,374   

Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga

     73,261,890         588,234         44,650         4,582,374   

Ravichandra K. Saligram

     73,278,389         566,105         50,280         4,582,374   

David M. Szymanski

     66,044,286         4,265,089         3,585,399         4,582,374   

Proposal 2: The appointment of KPMG LLP as OfficeMax’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011.

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

78,117,399

   343,383    16,366

Proposal 3: The adoption, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of a resolution approving the compensation of OfficeMax’s named executive officers described under the heading “Executive Compensation” in OfficeMax’s proxy statement

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER NON-VOTE

60,371,159

   13,420,942    102,673    4,582,374

Proposal 4: The selection, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the frequency of the stockholder vote on the compensation of OfficeMax’s named executive officers

 

THREE YEARS

 

TWO YEARS

 

ONE YEAR

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTE

12,241,941

  22,529   61,382,033   49,271   4,582,374

In accordance with the wishes of its stockholders, OfficeMax will hold an annual vote on the compensation of named executive officers.


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.

Dated: April 18, 2011

 

OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Matthew R. Broad

  Matthew R. Broad
  Executive Vice President and General Counsel