Exhibit 10.90

OfficeMax Incorporated

2011 Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement

Vice Presidents and Above (U.S.)

This Nonqualified Stock Option Award (the “Award”) is granted on November 14,
2011 (the “Award Date”), by OfficeMax Incorporated (“OfficeMax”) to James Barr
IV (“Awardee” or “you”) pursuant to the 2003 OfficeMax Incentive and Performance
Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), and the following terms
and conditions of this agreement (the “Agreement”):

 

1. Terms and Conditions. Your 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. Award. You are hereby awarded a Nonqualified Stock Option (the “Option”) to
purchase up to 150,000 shares of Stock at a price of $5.51 per share (the “Grant
Price”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.

 

3. Vesting and Exercisability. Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, the Option shall
become vested and exercisable as follows:

 

  a. On each of the first three anniversaries of the Award Date, if you are then
employed with OfficeMax, the Option shall become vested and exercisable with
respect to one-third of the shares of Stock subject to the Option. If you
terminate employment with OfficeMax for any reason before the third anniversary
of the Award Date, any portion of the Option that is not then vested and
exercisable pursuant to the preceding sentence will be forfeited upon your
termination of employment.

 

  b. The Option, to the extent vested, must be exercised on or before the
earliest of the following:

 

  i. the seventh anniversary of the Award Date;

 

  ii. one year after your termination of employment as a result of your
retirement (after attaining age 55 and completing at least 10 years of service
with OfficeMax), death, or total and permanent disability, as determined by
OfficeMax in its sole and complete discretion, provided that you have not, as of
the date of the exercise of the Option, violated the provisions of paragraph 8
below;

 

  iii. three months after your termination of employment for any other reason.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Option may not be exercised due to a
Black-Out Period within the three business days prior to the normal expiration
date of the Option, then the expiration date of the Option shall be extended for
a period of 30 days following the end of the Black-Out Period or such longer
period as permitted by the Committee.

 

4. Termination for Disciplinary Reasons. The Option shall be canceled
immediately (even if the Option had previously vested fully or partially) if you
are terminated for “disciplinary reasons,” as that term is 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.” Additionally, in the event you retire or resign and
OfficeMax determines thereafter that your conduct prior to your retirement or
resignation warranted termination for “disciplinary reasons” after exercise,
OfficeMax shall have the right to repurchase from you at the exercise price the
shares you acquired under this Agreement, or, if you no longer own such shares,
to recover from you the gross profit you earned from the exercise and
disposition of such shares.

 

5. Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the third
anniversary of the Award Date, the continuing entity may either continue this
Award or replace this Award with an award of at least equal value with terms and
conditions not less favorable than the terms and conditions provided in this
Agreement, in which case the new award will vest according to the terms of the
applicable award agreement. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement or
the Plan to the contrary, if the

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OfficeMax Incorporated

2011 Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement

Vice Presidents and Above (U.S.)

 

  continuing entity does not so continue or replace this Award, or if you
experience a “qualifying termination”, the Option shall become fully vested and
exercisable, if you are employed by OfficeMax on the date of the Change in
Control, immediately upon the Change in Control, or, in the case of your
qualifying termination, upon the date of your qualifying termination for a
period of one year from your termination date. “Change in Control” and
“qualifying termination” shall be defined in an agreement providing specific
benefits upon a change in control or in the Plan.

 

6. Exercise. You may exercise the Option upon notice and payment of the Grant
Price by any of the following methods, unless disallowed by law:

 

  a. broker assisted exercise;

 

  b. Stock already owned by you;

 

  c. cash; or

 

  d. such other methods as may be approved from time to time by the Plan
administrator.

If the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the expiration date of the
Option exceeds the exercise price of the Option, the Option will be
automatically exercised upon such expiration date.

 

7. 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
exercise of your Option, provided that you do not satisfy such withholding
requirements in cash or through Stock already owned by you. 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.

 

8. Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete. This paragraph 8 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 8 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 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 and conditions of this
paragraph 8 or any other non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or
other similar agreement during or after your employment with OfficeMax, the
right to exercise this Option with respect to any shares not previously
exercised shall terminate immediately and the Option shall be cancelled
immediately. Without limiting any other remedy available to OfficeMax, OfficeMax
shall be entitled to repurchase from you the Stock you previously purchased
under this Agreement at the Fair Market Value of the shares on the exercise
date, or, if you at such time no longer own such shares, OfficeMax shall be
entitled to recover from you the gross profit you earned upon the purchase and
disposition (whether by sale, gift, donation or otherwise) of such shares, 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 8.

 

  a. “Competitor” means United Stationers, Office Depot, Staples, W.B. Mason,
Best Buy, Amazon, Radio Shack, and/or 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 and for whom
greater than 35% of its North American revenues are comprised of the direct sale
or distribution of office supplies, janitorial/sanitation products, office
furniture, technology-related office products or computer consumables actually
sold by OFFICEMAX, print and document services, or related

 

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OfficeMax Incorporated

2011 Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement

Vice Presidents and Above (U.S.)

 

  office products or services. The parties agree that, other than the
individually listed companies, the term Competitor shall not include any
business entity or person principally engaged in the manufacture and
distribution of computer hardware, software or peripherals. 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.

 

9. Use of Personal Data. By executing this Agreement, you hereby agree freely,
and with your full knowledge and consent, to the collection, use, processing and
transfer (collectively, the “Use”) of certain personal data such as your name,
salary, nationality, job title, position evaluation rating along with details of
all past awards and current awards outstanding under the Plan (collectively, the
“Data”), for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan. You further
acknowledge and agree that OfficeMax and/or any of its Affiliates may make Use
of the Data amongst themselves and/or any other third parties assisting
OfficeMax in the administration and management of the Plan (collectively, the
“Data Recipients”). In keeping therewith, you hereby further authorize any Data
Recipient, including Data Recipients located in foreign jurisdictions, to
continue to make Use of the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes
of administering and managing the Plan, including without limitation, any
necessary Use of such Data as may be required for the subsequent holding of
shares on your behalf by a broker or other third party with whom you may elect
to deposit any shares acquired through the Plan.

OfficeMax shall, at all times, take all commercially reasonable efforts to
ensure that appropriate safety measures shall be in place to ensure the
confidentiality of the Data, and that no Use will be made of the Data for any
purpose other than the administration and management of the Plan. You may, at
any time, review your Data and request necessary amendments to such Data. You
may withdraw your consent to Use of the Data herein by notifying OfficeMax in
writing at the address specified in paragraph 10; however by withdrawing your
consent to use Data, you may affect your eligibility to participate in the Plan.

By executing this Agreement you hereby release and forever discharge OfficeMax
from any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages,
liabilities, costs, losses and expenses arising out of, or in connection with,
the Use of the Data including, without limitation, any and all claims for
invasion of privacy, defamation and any other personal, moral and/or property
rights.

 

10. 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.

 

11. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions. You must sign this Agreement and return
it to OfficeMax’s Compensation Department on or before December 9, 2011 or the
Award will be forfeited. Return your executed Agreement to: Becky Cohen by mail
at OfficeMax, 263 Shuman Boulevard (5E238), Naperville, Illinois 60563 or by fax
at (630)647-3722.

 

OfficeMax Incorporated     Awardee: James Barr IV (423449) /s/ Jeff Johnson    
      Signature:   /s/ James Barr Jeff Johnson       Senior Vice President,    
  Human Resources     Date:   11/21/11

 

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