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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
፤ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
or
អTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended Commission File Number
February 2, 2008 0-17586
STAPLES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
04-2896127
Delaware (I.R.S. Employer
(State of Incorporation) Identification No.)
Five Hundred Staples Drive,
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
508-253-5000
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0006 per share The NASDAQ Global Select Market
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ፤No អ
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 អNo ፤
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 អ
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. អ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or
a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of ‘‘large accelerated filer,’’ ‘‘accelerated filer’’ and ‘‘smaller reporting
company’’ in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ፤Accelerated filer អNon-accelerated filer អSmaller reporting company អ
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act) Yes អNo ፤
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 August 3, 2007, as reported by NASDAQ, was approximately $16.5 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 700,981,803 shares of common stock, par value $0.0006, outstanding as of February 29, 2008.
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 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Part III