"For the past few years, the Office Depot Board has worked extremely hard to set a new strategic course for the Company, which led to the agreement earlier this year for our planned merger with OfficeMax. This Board has remained steadfastly dedicated to protecting shareholders' investments and seeing the merger completed and integrated in the right way - right down to the offer we made to Starboard this weekend. In the timing and substance of its response to our offer, we believe that Starboard has put its own interests ahead of Office Depot's shareholders and clearly demonstrated that it is not seriously interested in a settlement. We urge all Office Depot shareholders to vote the WHITE proxy card today."