OfficeMax Announces Resignation of Claire Farley From Board of Directors
October 21 2005 - 6:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
ITASCA, Ill., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OfficeMax(R)
Incorporated (NYSE:OMX), a leader in office products and services,
today announced that Claire S. Farley, a board member since 2000,
resigned from the company's Board of Directors effective October
19, 2005. Ms. Farley resigned to fulfill other professional
obligations. "We appreciate Claire's business knowledge,
perspective and many contributions to the OfficeMax Board of
Directors over the past five years," said Sam Duncan, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of OfficeMax. "The OfficeMax Board wishes
Claire only the best in her future endeavors." Ms. Farley, who
currently serves as chief executive officer of Randall & Dewey,
a division of Jefferies & Company said, "I have enjoyed the
opportunity to be part of the OfficeMax Board and to work with its
management in service to its shareholders." Ms. Farley joined the
OfficeMax Board of Directors in 2000. Ms. Farley serves as chief
executive officer of Randall & Dewey, a division of Jefferies
& Company, a leading provider of transaction and advisory
services to the oil and gas industry. She served as the chief
executive officer of Trade-Ranger Inc., a global Internet-based
marketplace dedicated to buying and selling materials and services
used by the energy industry, from 2001 to 2002. Ms. Farley was the
chief executive officer of Intelligent Diagnostics, Inc., an
Internet-based developer of artificial intelligence software used
to diagnose medical conditions, from 1999 to 2000. Ms. Farley
recently served on the Audit and Governance and Nominating
committees as a member of the OfficeMax Board of Directors. All of
the remaining directors of the OfficeMax Board of Directors are
independent, except for Mr. Duncan, OfficeMax's chief executive
officer. In connection with Ms. Farley's resignation from the
Board, the board of directors reduced the size of the board to
thirteen members and Mr. Duncan, whose term would have expired in
2006, was reappointed to the class of directors whose term will
expire in 2007. About OfficeMax OfficeMax is a leader in both
business-to-business and retail office products distribution.
OfficeMax delivers an unparalleled customer experience -- in
service, in product, in time savings, and in value -- through a
relentless focus on its customers. The company provides office
supplies and paper, print and document services, technology
products and solutions, and furniture to large, medium and small
businesses and consumers. OfficeMax customers are served by
approximately 40,000 associates through direct sales, catalogs,
Internet and approximately 950 superstores. OfficeMax trades on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol OMX. More information can
be found at http://www.officemax.com/ . OfficeMax Media Contact
OfficeMax Investor Relations Contact Bill Bonner John Jennings 630
438 8584 630 438 8760 DATASOURCE: OfficeMax CONTACT: Media, Bill
Bonner, +1-630-438-8584, or Investor Relations, John Jennings,
+1-630-438-8760, both of OfficeMax Web site:
http://www.officemax.com/
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