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have been sent to multiple stockholders in your household. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of these
documents to you if you write or call our Corporate Secretary at the following address or phone number: 500 Staples
Drive, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702, telephone [phone]. If you want to receive separate copies of the
annual report and proxy statement in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only
one copy for your household, you should contact your bank, broker, or other nominee record holder, or you may
contact us at the above address and phone number.
Electronic Delivery of Shareholder Communications
If you received your annual meeting materials by mail, we encourage you to conserve natural resources, as well as
significantly reduce our printing and mailing costs, by signing up to receive your stockholder communications via
e-mail. To sign up for electronic delivery:
•If you are a registered holder (you hold your Staples shares in your own name through our transfer agent,
Mellon Investor Services), visit www.melloninvestor.com/isd to enroll.
•If you are a beneficial holder (your shares are held by a brokerage firm, a bank or other nominee), visit
www.proxyvote.com to enroll.
Your electronic delivery enrollment will be effective until you cancel it. If you have questions about electronic
delivery, please call our Investor Relations department at [phone].
Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock held as of April 17, 2007 (1) by each
person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, (2) by
each current director and nominee for director, (3) by each of the named executive officers listed in the Summary
Compensation Table for 2006 Fiscal Year included elsewhere in this proxy statement, and (4) by all current directors,
nominees for director and executive officers as a group:
Name of beneficial owner
Number of
shares
beneficially
owned (1)
Shares
acquirable
within 60
days (2)
Percentage of
common
stock
beneficially
owned (3)
5% Stockholders
FMR Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,017,295 (4) 0 10.18%
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Directors, Nominees for Director and Named Executive Officers
Basil L. Anderson................................................ 171,346 389,250 *
Brenda C. Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,800 73,125 *
Arthur M. Blank................................................. 174,800 72,000 *
Mary Elizabeth Burton........................................... 31,350 153,000 *
Gary L. Crittenden............................................... 10,800 37,125 *
Joseph G. Doody................................................ 213,551 390,482 *
John J. Mahoney ................................................ 200,385 986,874 *
Michael A. Miles ................................................ 289,308 375,000 *
Rowland T. Moriarty............................................. 310,823 (5) 164,250 *
Robert C. Nakasone ............................................. 358,862 (6) 164,250 *
Demos Parneros................................................. 228,666 400,536 *
Ronald L. Sargent ............................................... 1,567,150 (7) 4,397,187 *
Martin Trust.................................................... 606,296 (8) 164,250 *
Vijay Vishwanath................................................ 0 (9) 0 *
Paul F. Walsh................................................... 121,699 (10) 164,250 *
All current directors, nominees for director and executive officers as a
group (17 persons)............................................. 4,405,309 8,189,287 1.73%
* Less than 1%