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:

 

July 27, 2005

Date of earliest event reported:

 

July 27, 2005

 

 

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.)

 

150 Pierce Road

Itasca, Illinois 60143

(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:

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 2.02                                             Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On July 27, 2005, we issued a Press Release announcing our earnings for the second quarter of 2005.  The earnings release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference to such filing.

 

Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1                                    Press Release, dated July 27, 2005, of OfficeMax Incorporated,  announcing its earnings for the second quarter of 2005.

 

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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.

 

 

 

OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew R. Broad

 

 

 

Matthew R. Broad

 

 

Executive Vice President and General

 

 

Counsel

 

 

Dated:

July 27, 2005

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated July 27, 2005, of OfficeMax Incorporated, announcing its earnings for the second quarter of 2005

 

 

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