Boise Cascade Corporation

Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, provides solutions to help customers work more efficiently, build more effectively, and create new ways to meet business challenges. We own or control more than 2 million acres of timberland, primarily in the United States, to support our manufacturing operations. Boise's sales were $10.6 billion in the first nine months 2004. Boise Office Solutions, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, is a division of Boise and a premier multinational contract and, under the OfficeMax® brand, retail distributor of office supplies and paper, technology products, and office furniture. Boise Office Solutions had sales of $6.6 billion in the first nine months ( www.boisecascade.com )