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Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 19, 2003 (i) by each person
who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, (ii) by each Director
and nominee for Director, (iii) by each of the Senior Executives named in the Summary Compensation Table set forth under
the caption “Executive Compensation” below, and (iv) by all current Directors, nominees for Directors 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. ...............................................
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
52,570,843(4) — 11.09%
Deutsche Bank AG .......................................
Taunusanlage 12, D-60325
Frankfurt am Main
Federal Republic of Germany
26,886,121(5) — 5.67%
Directors, Nominees for Director and Senior
Executives
Thomas G. Stemberg ..................................... 2,791,208(6) 3,692,835 1.36%
Ronald L. Sargent ........................................ 543,549 2,960,363 *
Rowland T. Moriarty ..................................... 313,201(7) 98,437 *
Martin Trust .............................................. 239,314(8) 98,437 *
Robert C. Nakasone ...................................... 213,205(9) 136,405 *
Basil L. Anderson ........................................ 113,953 256,333 *
Mary Elizabeth Burton .................................... 47,000 98,437 *
James L. Moody, Jr. ...................................... 39,555 91,125 *
Paul F. Walsh ............................................. 29,165(10) 136,405 *
George J. Mitchell ........................................ 30,607 38,250 *
Arthur M. Blank .......................................... 800 5,250 *
Brenda C. Barnes ......................................... — — —
Richard J. Currie ......................................... — — —
Joseph S. Vassalluzzo ..................................... 291,852 1,252,262 *
John J. Mahoney .......................................... 270,761 1,291,557 *
All current Directors, nominees for Director and
executive officers as a group (18 persons) .............. 5,203,179 10,788,841 3.30%
* Less than 1%
(1) Each person has sole investment and voting power (or shares such power with his or her spouse) with respect to the
shares indicated, except as otherwise noted. The inclusion herein of any shares as beneficially owned does not constitute
an admission of beneficial ownership. Does not reflect the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options
available on March 19, 2003 or within 60 days thereafter.
(2) Reflects the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options available on March 19, 2003 or within 60
days thereafter.
(3) Number of shares deemed outstanding includes 473,991,162 shares of Staples common stock outstanding as of
March 19, 2003 and any options for shares that are exercisable by such beneficial owner within 60 days after March 19,
2003.
(4) Fidelity Management & Research Company (“Fidelity”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. (“FMR”) and an
investment adviser, is the beneficial owner of 50,374,008 shares as a result of acting as investment adviser to various
investment companies. Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR (“ECJ”), FMR, through its control of Fidelity, and
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