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Vanessa Hudgens, Star of High School Musical, to Help with Unveiling NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate its "Power to the Penny" back-to-school sales promotion, OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE:OMX), a leader in office products and services, is unveiling the World's Largest Penny Tray on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CDT at the Mall of America's Rotunda located at East Broadway Bloomington, MN. Vanessa Hudgens, star of High School Musical, will be on hand to help unveil the giant penny tray and to autograph photos. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/officemax/34185/ The world's largest penny tray will measure 16 feet by 16 feet and will be filled with two million pennies. Kids will be able to collect pennies and purchase a photo of Hudgens for one cent and have her autograph it immediately after the penny tray is unveiled. Hudgens will sign autographs from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. CDT. Kids will also be able to use their pennies to take photos in a photo booth, play penny games and buy candy and fun supplies at a penny store. "We've had a lot of fun with our 'Power to the Penny' promotion and what better way to pay homage to the penny than celebrating it with the world's largest penny tray," said Bob Thacker, senior vice president of marketing for OfficeMax. "It's bringing a little lighthearted fun during these tough economic times when many parents are doing whatever they can to make ends meet and to get everything on their child's back-to-school supply list. By making some basic supplies available for as little as one cent, we feel that we are helping them accomplish this." Throughout the back-to-school season, OfficeMax will offer special single-cent products and special penny bundle offers on key school supplies at all retail locations nationwide. In addition, OfficeMax is lowering the price on more than 100 popular back-to-school supplies on items such as 3-5 subject notebooks, pencils and pocket portfolios for the back-to-school season. Customers can see the weekly specials in OfficeMax's weekly circular advertisements or online at http://www.officemax.com/penny. About OfficeMax OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE:OMX) is a leader in both business-to-business office products solutions and retail office products. The OfficeMax mission is simple. We help our customers do their best work. The company provides office supplies and paper, in-store print and document services through OfficeMax ImPress(R), technology products and solutions, and furniture to consumers and to large, medium and small businesses. OfficeMax customers are served by approximately 32,000 associates through direct sales, catalogs, e-commerce and nearly 1,000 stores. To find the nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX. For more information, visit http://www.officemax.com/. OfficeMax Media Contacts: William Bonner 630-864-6057 Jennifer Rook 630-864-6057 OfficeMax Investor Contact: John Jennings 630-864-6820 http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/officemax/34185DATASOURCE: OfficeMax CONTACT: Media, William Bonner, +1-630-864-6057, or Jennifer Rook, +1-630-864-6057, or Investor, John Jennings, +1-630-864-6820, all of OfficeMax Web site: http://www.officemax.com/ http://www.officemax.com/penny

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