SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): SEPTEMBER 10, 2002
OFFICEMAX, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
OHIO 1-13380 34-1573735
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
3605 WARRENSVILLE CENTER ROAD
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO 44122
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (216) 471-6900
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
On September 10, 2002, pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission
Order No. 4-460, each of Michael Feuer, who as Chief Executive Officer of
OfficeMax, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), serves as the principal
executive officer of the Company, and Michael F. Killeen, who as Senior
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, serves as the
principal financial officer of the Company, stated and attested as follows:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
covered reports of OfficeMax, Inc., and, except as corrected
or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
material fact as of the end of the period covered by
such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K
or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements in the covered
report, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
Company's audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
on or before the date of this statement, is a covered report:
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
- January 26, 2002 of OfficeMax, Inc. filed with the
Commission on April 17, 2002;
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
all definitive proxy materials of OfficeMax, Inc.
filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of
the Form 10-K identified above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
On September 10, 2002, in connection with the filing of the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended July 27, 2002
(the "Report"), each of Michael Feuer, who as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company serves as the principal executive officer of the Company, and Michael F.
Killeen, who as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, serves as the principal financial officer of the Company, certified,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods
expressed in the Report.
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, INC.
By: /s/ Ross H. Pollock
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Name: Ross H. Pollock
Title: Secretary
Date: September 10, 2002