Office Depot to Broadcast First Quarter 2005 Earnings Live Over the In

    Business Editors

    DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2005--Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, will host its First Quarter 2005 earnings conference call in a live Webcast on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 9:00 am (Eastern Time).

    This Webcast may be accessed from the Office Depot Website at http://investor.officedepot.com.

    The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

    About Office Depot

    With annual sales approaching $14 billion, Office Depot provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company. Incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., Office Depot conducts business in 23 countries and employs 47,000 people worldwide. The Company operates under the Office Depot(R), Viking Office Products(R), Viking Direct(R), Guilbert(R), and Tech Depot(R) brand names.
    Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel - from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. With $3.1 billion in online sales in FY'04, the Company is the world's number three Internet retailer. As of December 25, 2004, Office Depot has 969 retail stores in North America in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers and more than 60 local sales offices. Internationally, the Company conducts wholly-owned operations in 14 countries via 78 retail stores and 25 distribution centers, and operates 153 retail stores under joint venture and license arrangements in another seven countries.
    The company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com/.

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CONTACT: Office Depot Sean McHugh, 561-438-0385 smchugh@officedepot.com

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