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INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
INVESTMENTS | NOTE 6. INVESTMENTS Unconsolidated Joint Ventures From 1994 through the third quarter of 2013, the Company participated in a joint venture that sells office products and services in Mexico and Central and South America and accounted for this investment under the equity method. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company sold its 50 percent investment in Office Depot de Mexico to Grupo Gigante, the joint venture partner. Refer to Note 2 for further details on the disposition. The Company’s proportionate share of Office Depot de Mexico’s net income is presented in Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and totaled $13 million through the date of sale in 2013, $32 million in 2012, and $34 million in 2011. The investment balance at year end 2013 and 2012 was $0 and $242 million, respectively, and is included in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company received dividends of $25 million from this joint venture in 2011. The dividend is included as an operating activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Boise Cascade Holdings, LLC The Company directly owns approximately 20% of the voting equity securities (“Common Units”) of Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C., a building products company that originated in connection with the OfficeMax sale of its paper, forest products and timberland assets in 2004. As of December 28, 2013, Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. owned stock of Boise Cascade Company, a publicly traded entity, which gave the Company the indirect ownership interest of approximately 4% of the shares of Boise Cascade Company. The investment is accounted for under the cost method because the Company does not have the ability to significantly influence the entity’s operating and financial policies. The investment was recorded at fair value on the date of the Merger. At December 28, 2013, the investment of $46 million is included in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 16 for additional information. In November 2013, the Company received a $35 million cash distribution as part of a distribution that Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. made to the holders of its Common Units following an offering of common shares of Boise Cascade Company. This distribution is considered return of investment and is presented as an investing activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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