UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 001-10948
Office Depot, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
6600 North
Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33496
(561) 438-4800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of Office Depot, Inc.*
Preferred Share Purchase Rights of Office Depot, Inc.*
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of The ODP Corporation
Preferred Share Purchase Rights of The ODP Corporation
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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Rule 15d-6
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Rule 15d-22(b)
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None*
* On June 30, 2020, Office Depot, Inc., a Delaware corporation (ODI), completed a holding company reorganization pursuant to an Agreement and
Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of June 30, 2020, by and among ODI, The ODP Corporation, a Delaware corporation (ODP), ODP Investment, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of ODP (ODPI), and Office Depot, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ODPI (OD LLC), which resulted in ODP indirectly owning all of the outstanding capital stock of ODI (the
Reorganization). Pursuant to the Reorganization, ODI merged with and into OD LLC (the Merger), with OD LLC surviving such merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of ODPI and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ODP. Each
share of ODI Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger automatically converted into an equivalent corresponding share of ODP Common Stock, having the same designations, rights, powers and preferences
and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as the corresponding share of ODI Common Stock being converted. The Merger constitutes a succession for purposes of Rule 12g-3(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). This Form 15 relates solely to the reporting obligations of ODI and does not affect the reporting obligations of ODP, which is the successor registrant to ODI under the Exchange Act.