Editing OfficeMax (section)

===Merger with Office Depot===
It was announced on February 20, 2013, that OfficeMax and [[Office Depot]] would combine in an all-stock deal, creating the largest U.S. office-supplies chain.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web |title=Office Depot, OfficeMax to Merge to Compete With Staples |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-20/office-depot-officemax-to-merge-to-compete-with-staples.html |access-date=20 February 2013 |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> However, as of May 2, 2013, a lawsuit filed by a stockholder, Hollander v. OfficeMax Inc et al., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, No. 13-3330 was filed to block the merger, which would pay all OfficeMax shareholders 2.69 shares of Office Depot in exchange for a single share in OfficeMax. Eric Hollander said in a statement "OfficeMax, if properly exposed to the market for corporate control, would bring a price materially in excess of the amount offered in the proposed transaction..."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-officedepot-officemax-idUSBRE94203I20130503 | work=Reuters | title=OfficeMax investor sues to block merger with Office Depot | date=May 2, 2013 | access-date=October 23, 2016 | last=Baynes | first=Terry | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181011/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/us-officedepot-officemax-idUSBRE94203I20130503 | url-status=live }}</ref> Office Depot said on May 5, 2013, that it would hold a special meeting with shareholders after the staff of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] finished reviewing documents relating to its merger with OfficeMax.

The merger with Office Depot closed on November 5, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/office-depot-and-officemax-complete-merger-2013-11-05|title=Office Depot and OfficeMax Complete Merger|work=MarketWatch|date=November 5, 2013|access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> On December 10, Office Depot, Inc. announced that it had chosen [[Boca Raton, Florida]] for its global headquarters post-merger, closing the OfficeMax headquarters in [[Naperville, IL|Naperville, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9355601/|title=Office Depot moving OfficeMax HQ from Naperville to FL|publisher=[[WLS-TV]]|date=December 10, 2013}}</ref>

Following the merger, the two chains integrated, though many retain the OfficeMax name. Some have since closed, while others rebranded as Office Depot following renovations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ewoldt |first=John |title=Twin Cities' Office Depot/Office Max store closings start to leak out |url=https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-office-depot-office-max-store-closings-start-to-leak-out/270383341/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> The first OfficeMax closed permanently on May 16, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dorn |first=Sara |date=2015-12-04 |title=Fresh Thyme to open in 2016 in Mayfield Heights |url=https://www.cleveland.com/hillcrest/2015/12/fresh_thyme_farmers_market_to.html |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref>