Exhibit 10.7

(Executive officers other than Messrs.

Saligram, Barr, Kenning, Lalla and Lewis)

OfficeMax Incorporated

2013 Performance-Based RSU Award Agreement

This Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Award (the “Award”) is
granted on February 19, 2013 (the “Award Date”) by OfficeMax Incorporated
(“OfficeMax”) to Name (“Awardee” or “you”) pursuant to the 2003 OfficeMax
Incentive and Performance Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), and
the following terms and conditions of this agreement (the “Agreement”):

 

1. Terms and Conditions. The Award is subject to all the terms and conditions of
the Plan. All capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the
meaning stated in the Plan. If there is any inconsistency between the terms of
this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control
unless this Agreement expressly states that an exception to the Plan is being
made.

 

2. Target Award. You are hereby awarded a target grant of xx,xxx
Performance-Based RSUs (your “Target Award”) at no cost to you, subject to the
terms and conditions, including adjustments, set forth in the Plan and this
Agreement.

 

3. Definitions –

 

  a. EBIT. EBIT shall mean OfficeMax’s earnings from continuing operations,
excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation, before
interest and taxes adjusted for special items as disclosed and discussed in the
earnings release for the Performance Period, as calculated by OfficeMax,
consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, in its sole and complete discretion.

 

  b. Net Sales. Net Sales shall mean OfficeMax’s net sales, excluding the impact
of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation, for the Performance Period as
calculated by OfficeMax, consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, in its sole
and complete discretion.

 

  c. Operating Margin (ROS). Operating Margin (ROS) means the Company’s EBIT
divided by Net Sales. Specifically, the ratio of the Company’s EBIT to Net
Sales, expressed as a percentage, for the award period as calculated by the
Company, consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, in its sole and complete
discretion.

 

  d. Performance Period. The Performance Period shall mean the three consecutive
fiscal years commencing with the fiscal year in which the Award Date occurs.

 

4. Minimum Performance Measurement. As a condition of vesting under paragraph 5,
OfficeMax’s net income from operations available to its common shareholders
(adjusted for special items, as disclosed and discussed in the earnings release)
for the Performance Period must be positive.

 

5. Vesting and Additional Performance Measurement Adjustments. Subject to
paragraphs 4 and 6, your Award will vest and be adjusted as follows:

Your Award shall vest on February 19, 2016 if you are actively employed by
OfficeMax on that date, and shall be payable as soon as practical thereafter,
but not later than March 15, 2016.

Your Target Award shall be adjusted based on 2013-2015 Operating Margin (ROS) in
accordance with the following chart:

 

2013-2015 Operating Margin (ROS)

 

Payout as a Percentage of Target Award

  125%   100%   20%   0%

 

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2013 Performance-Based RSU Award Agreement

 

At the end of the Performance Period, the Committee will review OfficeMax’s
2013-2015 Operating Margin (ROS) and determine the adjustments to your Target
Award (subject to paragraph 6 of this Agreement regarding termination of
employment during the Performance Period). Where actual performance falls
between the amounts outlined in the left column above, the payout as a
percentage of your Target Award shall be calculated using straight-line
interpolation.

 

6. Termination of Employment During Performance Period.

 

  a. If your employment with OfficeMax terminates at any time on or after the
Award Date and before the end of the Performance Period, your Award will both
vest (subject to paragraphs 4 and 5) and be payable in accordance with this
paragraph 6.

If your termination of employment occurs before the end of the Performance
Period and:

 

  i. you terminate employment as a result of your death or total and permanent
disability, as determined by OfficeMax in its sole and complete discretion,

 

  ii. you are involuntarily terminated in a situation qualifying you for
severance payments under an OfficeMax plan, or

 

  iii. you voluntarily terminate employment and at the time of your termination
you are at least age 55 and have completed at least 10 years of employment with
OfficeMax,

then your Award shall vest (subject to paragraphs 4 and 5) on your employment
termination date in a pro rata manner based on the number of whole months that
you were employed with OfficeMax since the Award Date divided by 36 months.

The vested portion of your Award, as determined above, shall be payable in
accordance with the general payment timing provisions of paragraph 5, as
applicable.

 

  b. Six-Month Minimum Employment and Plan Participation Requirement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to be eligible for the pro rata vesting
described in paragraphs 6.a, you must be employed with OfficeMax prior to July 1
of the first fiscal year in the Performance Period and have been a participant
in the Plan for a minimum of six continuous months during the 2013 fiscal year.

 

  c. Other Terminations. Upon your voluntary or involuntary termination for any
reason not meeting the criteria specified in paragraph 6.a. for pro rata
vesting, all unvested Performance-Based RSUs relating to your Award as of the
date of your termination of employment with OfficeMax shall be immediately
forfeited and canceled. Additionally, if your employment is terminated for
“disciplinary reasons” as defined in the Executive Officer Severance Pay Policy
(or any successor policy) or if you retire or resign and OfficeMax determines
within six months thereafter that your conduct prior to your retirement or
resignation warranted termination for “disciplinary reasons,” then (a) any
vested or unvested Performance-Based RSUs in this Award will be forfeited and
cancelled and (b) OfficeMax shall have the right to recover from you the amount
of the value of the Stock at the time of the determination or, if disposed prior
to the determination, at the time of disposition.

 

  d. Payment Upon Termination Due to Death. If your termination occurs as a
result of your death, payment with respect to your vested Performance-Based RSUs
relating to your Award shall be made only to your beneficiary, executor or
administrator of your estate or the person or persons to whom the rights to
payment of such Performance-Based RSUs shall pass by will or the laws of descent
and distribution, as determined by OfficeMax in its sole and complete
discretion.

 

7. Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control prior to February 19,
2016, except as otherwise determined by OfficeMax in its sole and complete
discretion, this Award will vest as described below.

 

  a. If the continuing entity assumes this Award, except as described below,
your Target Award will fully vest, without regard to the adjustment specified in
paragraph 5, on February 16, 2016 if you are actively employed by the continuing
entity on that date (or will vest on a pro rata basis if your employment
terminates earlier as described in paragraph 6.a in which case any reference to
OfficeMax will be deemed to refer to OfficeMax or the continuing entity, as
applicable). Payment of your Award will be made in accordance with the general
payment timing provisions of paragraph 5.

 

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2013 Performance-Based RSU Award Agreement

 

  b. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the continuing entity assumes this Award,
and you subsequently experience a “qualifying termination” as defined in the
Plan or you are deemed to have a “qualifying termination” as of the Change in
Control pursuant to Section 24.2 of the Plan, you will be immediately vested in
your Target Award, without regard to the adjustment specified in paragraph 5, as
of your qualifying termination, and your Target Award will paid within 2-1/2
months after your “qualifying termination.”

 

  c. If the continuing entity does not assume this Award as of the Change in
Control, you will be immediately fully vested in your Target Award, without
regard to the adjustment specified in paragraph 5, as of the Change in Control,
and your Target Award will be paid within 2-1/2 months after the Change in
Control. However, if you terminated employment with OfficeMax before the Change
in Control and were vested in a portion of your Award pursuant to paragraph 6.a
above, then such portion will be paid within 2-1/2 months after the Change in
Control.

 

8. Nontransferability. The Performance-Based RSUs awarded pursuant to this
Agreement cannot be sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, transferred, or
otherwise encumbered prior to vesting. Any attempt to transfer your rights in
the awarded Performance-Based RSUs prior to vesting will result in the immediate
forfeiture and cancellation of such units. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
subject to the approval of OfficeMax in its sole and complete discretion,
Performance-Based RSUs awarded pursuant to this Agreement may be transferable to
members of your immediate family and to one or more trusts for the benefit of
such family members, partnerships in which such family members are the only
partners, or corporations in which such family members are the only
stockholders.

 

9. Stockholder Rights. You will not receive dividends or dividend units on the
Performance-Based RSUs awarded pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to the
Performance-Based RSUs awarded hereunder, you are not a shareholder and do not
have any voting rights until such units vest and shares are recorded as issued
on OfficeMax’s official stockholder records.

 

10. Share Payment; Code Section 162(m). Vested Performance-Based RSUs relating
to your Target Award will be paid to you in whole shares of Stock. Partial
shares, if any, will be paid in cash. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan
or this Agreement to the contrary, if in OfficeMax’s good faith determination,
some or all of the remuneration attributable to this payment is not deductible
by OfficeMax for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Code Section 162(m),
then payment of such units will occur on the date OfficeMax anticipates, or
should reasonably anticipate, that payment would qualify for deduction under
Code Section 162(m).

 

11. Tax Withholding. The amount of shares of Stock to be paid to you will be
reduced by that number of shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to
the required minimum federal and state withholding amounts triggered by the
vesting of your Performance-Based RSUs. To the extent a fractional share of
Stock is needed to satisfy such tax withholding, the number of shares of Stock
withheld will be rounded up to the next whole number. Alternatively, you may
elect within 60 calendar days from the Award Date to satisfy such withholding
requirements in cash.

 

12.

Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete. This paragraph 12 shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to choice of law rules. If Delaware law, for whatever reason, is not applied,
then this paragraph 12 shall be enforced to the maximum extent allowable under
otherwise applicable state law. For the period beginning on the Award Date and
ending one year following your termination of employment with OfficeMax, you
will not (i) directly or indirectly employ, recruit or solicit for employment
any person who is (or was within six (6) months prior

 

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  to your employment termination date) an employee of OfficeMax, an Affiliate or
Subsidiary; or (ii) commence Employment with a Competitor in a substantially
similar capacity to any position you held with OfficeMax during the last 12
months of your employment with OfficeMax and having the responsibility within
the same geographic area(s) for which you had responsibility during the last 12
months of your employment with OfficeMax. If you violate the terms of this
paragraph 12 or of any other confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation
or other similar agreement during or after your employment with OfficeMax, you
will forfeit, as of the first day of any such violation, all right, title and
interest to the Performance-Based RSUs and any shares of Stock you own in
settlement of your Performance-Based RSUs on or after such date. Without
limiting any other remedy available to OfficeMax, OfficeMax shall have the right
to issue a stop transfer order and other appropriate instructions to its
transfer agent with respect to these Performance Units, OfficeMax shall have the
right to recover from you the amount of the value of the Stock at the time of
the violation or, if disposed prior to the violation, at the time of
disposition, and OfficeMax further will be entitled to reimbursement of any fees
and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by or on behalf of OfficeMax
in enforcing its rights under this paragraph 12. By accepting this Award, you
consent to a deduction from any amounts OfficeMax, an Affiliate or Subsidiary
owes to you (including wages or other compensation, fringe benefits, or vacation
pay, as well as other amounts owed to you), to the extent of any amounts that
you owe to OfficeMax under this paragraph 12. If OfficeMax does not recover by
means of set-off the full amount owed to OfficeMax, you agree to pay immediately
the unpaid balance to OfficeMax.

 

  a. “Competitor” means any business, foreign or domestic, which is engaged, at
any time relevant to the provisions of this Agreement, in the sale or
distribution of products, or in the provision of services in competition with
the products sold or distributed or services provided by OfficeMax, an
Affiliate, Subsidiary, partnership, or joint venture of OfficeMax. The
determination of whether a business is a Competitor shall be made by OfficeMax’s
General Counsel, in his or her sole and complete discretion.

 

  b. “Employment with a Competitor” means providing services as an employee or
consultant, or otherwise rendering services of a nature for remuneration, to a
Competitor, as determined by OfficeMax’s General Counsel, in his or her sole and
complete discretion.

 

12. No Special Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Plan
shall be construed or deemed under any circumstances to bind OfficeMax to
continue your employment for any particular period of time.

 

13. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions. You must sign this Agreement and return
it to OfficeMax’s Compensation Department on or before              or the Award
will be forfeited. Return your executed Agreement to: Becky Rios by mail at
OfficeMax, 263 Shuman Boulevard (5E238), Naperville, Illinois 60563 or by fax at
(630) 647-3722.

 

OfficeMax Incorporated     Awardee: Name Steve Parsons     Signature:  

 

Executive Vice President,

Chief Human Resources Officer

    Date:  

 

 

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