Office Depot Inc (ODP): Starboard Value Sells Out of Long Position

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The following constitutes Amendment No. 17 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 17”).  This Amendment No. 17 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
The Shares purchased by each of Starboard V&O Fund, Starboard S LLC and Starboard C LP and held in the Starboard Value LP Accounts were purchased with working capital (which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases.  
The aggregate purchase price of certain call options exercisable into 19,225,000 Shares beneficially owned by Starboard V&O Fund is approximately $14,034,250, excluding brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of certain call options exercisable into 2,175,000 Shares beneficially owned by Starboard S LLC is approximately $1,587,750, excluding brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of certain call options exercisable into 1,225,000 Shares beneficially owned by Starboard C LP is approximately $894,250, excluding brokerage commissions.  The aggregate purchase price of certain call options exercisable into 2,375,000 Shares held in the Starboard Value LP Accounts is approximately $1,733,750, excluding brokerage commissions.  The 45,836 Shares directly owned by Mr. Smith were granted to Mr. Smith by the Issuer in his capacity as a director of the Issuer.
The Shares owned directly by Mr. Siegel were purchased with personal funds in open market purchases.  The aggregate purchase price of the 1,250 Shares directly owned by Mr. Siegel is approximately $5,023, excluding brokerage commissions.
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
 
Item 5 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 548,986,561 Shares outstanding, as of January 23, 2016, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2016.
A.
Starboard V&O Fund
 
(a)
As of the close of business on March 4, 2016, Starboard V&O Fund beneficially owned 19,225,000 Shares underlying certain call options exercisable within 60 days hereof.
Percentage: Approximately 3.5%
 
(b)
1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 19,225,000
 
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0
 
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 19,225,000
 
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
 
(c)
The transactions in the Shares by Starboard V&O Fund during the past sixty days are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

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