*NEWS*MAX’s NEW DIST CTR IN PUERTO RICO

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Date: Tuesday June 20, 2006 11:12:00 am
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    OfficeMax Opens New Distribution Center in Puerto Rico
    JUNE 
    2006 — OfficeMax Inc., Itasca, Ill., announced that it will open a new
    100,000-sq.-ft. distribution center in Carolina, Puerto Rico in October
    2006. The center will provide more immediate access to office supply,
    technology, paper and furniture products and new, responsive delivery
    options for all OfficeMax retail stores and business customers in
    Puerto Rico. “We will be able to better serve our current customers,
    but will also start serving new categories of customers,” said Jose
    Torres, vice president and managing director of OfficeMax Puerto Rico
    & USVI Operations. The distribution center personnel will bring the
    number of local Puerto Rico employees to more than 500. OfficeMax has
    served Puerto Rico since 1994 and now operates 10 retail store
    locations with hundreds of business contract customers in the area.

    ‘Max strengthens Puerto Rican operation
    June 2006 – Carolina (PR): OfficeMax is to open a 100,000 sq ft distribution centre in Puerto Rico in October this year.
    ‘Max
    said the centre will provide more immediate access to office supply,
    technology, paper and furniture products and “new, responsive delivery
    options for all OfficeMax retail stores and business customers” in the
    country. OfficeMax Print and Document Solutions will also use the
    expanded space and technology at the centre to increase its offering to
    local businesses. The centre, which creates more than 500 new jobs,
    will stock 5,000 items from the major product categories including
    products sourced from Puerto Rican providers.’Max has been operating a
    contract business in Puerto Rico for since 1994 and has ten retail
    outlets in the country.

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