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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
⌧
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended
January 28, 2006
Commission File Number
0-17586
STAPLES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
04-2896127
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Five Hundred Staples Drive, Framingham,
Massachusetts 01702
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
508-253-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Staples Common Stock, par value $0.0006 per share
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ⌧No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 (d) of the Act.
Yes No ⌧
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports)
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will
not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ⌧
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See
definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer ⌧
Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act) Yes No ⌧
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the last sale price of Staples’
common stock on July 29, 2005, as reported by Nasdaq, was approximately $16.6 billion. In determining the market value of non-
affiliate voting stock, shares of Staples’ common stock beneficially owned by each executive officer and director have been excluded.
This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
The registrant had 728,679,683 shares of Staples’ common stock, par value $.0006, outstanding as of February 24, 2006.
Documents Incorporated By Reference
Listed below is the document incorporated by reference and the part of the Form 10-K into which the document is
incorporated:
Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Part III