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STAPLES, INC.
500 Staples Drive
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held
on June 9, 2003
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Staples, Inc. will be held at the offices of Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, on June 9, 2003 at 4:00 p.m., local time, to consider and act upon the following matters:
(1) To elect five Class 3 Directors to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
(2) To approve Staples’ Executive Officer Incentive Plan.
(3) To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Staples’ independent auditors for the current fiscal year.
(4) To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 11, 2003 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting
or any adjournment thereof. The stock transfer books will remain open.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Jack A. VanWoerkom, Secretary
Framingham, Massachusetts
May 5, 2003
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. THEREFORE, WHETHER
OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PROXY (1) OVER THE
INTERNET, (2) BY TELEPHONE OR (3) BY MAIL. FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE REFER TO THE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEGINNING ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND THE
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD.
“STREET NAME” HOLDERS WHO PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING WILL NEED TO BRING A COPY OF
A BROKERAGE STATEMENT REFLECTING STOCK OWNERSHIP AS OF THE RECORD DATE.