Officemax 10-Q 2001 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 12.2

BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
and Preferred Dividend Requirements

																Six Months Ended
	Year Ended December 31															June 30
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	1996			1997			1998			1999			2000			2000			2001
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	(thousands)
Interest costs	$	128,360		$	137,350		$	159,870		$	146,124		$	152,322		$	75,017		$	66,928
Interest capitalized during the period		17,778			10,575			1,341			238			1,458			352			651
Interest factor related to noncapitalized leases (a)		12,982			11,931			11,308			13,065			13,394			5,994			6,102
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Total fixed charges		159,120			159,856			172,519			159,427			167,174			81,363			73,681
Preferred stock dividend requirements -- pretax		65,207			44,686			19,940			17,129			16,019			8,021			7,688
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Combined fixed charges and preferred    dividend requirements	$	224,327		$	204,542		$	192,459		$	176,556		$	183,193		$	89,384		$	81,369
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Income (loss) before income taxes,    minority interest, and cumulative effect    of accounting change	$	31,340		$	(28,930	)	$	(16,878	)	$	355,940		$	298,331		$	124,453		$	(23,883	)
Undistributed (earnings) losses of less than 50%    owned entities, net of distributions received		(1,290	)		5,180			3,791			(6,115	)		(2,061	)		(4,036	)		4,023
Total fixed charges		159,120			159,856			172,519			159,427			167,174			81,363			73,681
Less interest capitalized		(17,778	)		(10,575	)		(1,341	)		(238	)		(1,458	)		(352	)		(651	)
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Total earnings before fixed charges	$	171,392		$	125,531		$	158,091		$	509,014		$	461,986		$	201,428		$	53,170
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Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and    preferred dividend requirements		- -			- -			- -			2.88			2.52			2.25			- -
Excess of combined fixed charges and preferred    dividend requirements over total earnings    before fixed charges	$	52,935		$	79,011		$	34,368		$	- -		$	- -		$	- -		$	28,199

(a) Interest expense for operating leases with terms of one year or longer is based on an imputed interest rate for each lease.