Two investors bought 9.2% of Marathon Office.

The Los Angeles company “could be an attractive acquisition candidate,” two outsiders said in a joint filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. They are Guy N. Ramsey, Tell City, Ind., a private investor who acquired 149,400 shares, or 8%, for $670,900, and Edward Y. Albert Jr., a first vice president with Johnson, Lane, Space, Smith & Co., an Atlanta regional brokerage firm, who bought 23,000 shares or, 1.2%, for $93,859. Their 13D filing said they have told the management of Marathon Office Supply that they “may advocate a proposal to sell or merge company and/or may formulate a plan to acquire the company.”