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Directors of Staples
Set forth below are the names and certain information with respect to each of our current Directors (other than the
nominees).
Directors Serving a Term Expiring at the 2004 Annual Meeting (Class 1 Directors)
Served as a
Director
Since
Arthur M. Blank, age 60
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta
Falcons since February 2002. Mr. Blank has also been Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of AMB Group, LLC since
February 2001 and Chairman of The Arthur M. Blank Family
Foundation since it was founded in 1995. Mr. Blank is a co-founder
of The Home Depot, Inc., served as its Co-Chairman of the Board
of Directors from December 2000 until his retirement in May 2001
and was a Director of Home Depot from 1978 until May 2001.
Mr. Blank served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Home Depot from 1997 to May 2000 and as its President and Chief
Operating Officer from 1978 to 1997. Mr. Blank is also a
Director of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Post Properties, Inc. and several
non-profit organizations.
August
2001
James L. Moody, Jr., Lead Director, age 71
Chairman of the Board of Hannaford Bros. Co., a food retailer,
from May 1984 until his retirement in May 1997. Mr. Moody is also
a Director of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. and Empire Company
Limited, a publicly traded Canadian company.
1995
Martin Trust, age 68
Senior Advisor to Limited Brands since August 2001. Prior to that,
he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mast
Industries, Inc., a contract manufacturer, importer and wholesaler
of women’s apparel and wholly-owned subsidiary of Limited
Brands from 1970 to August 2001. Mr. Trust is also a Director of
Limited Brands.
1987
Paul F. Walsh, age 54
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of eFunds Corporation, a
transaction processing and risk management company, since
September 2002. Prior to joining eFunds, Mr. Walsh was Chairman
and CEO of Clareon Corporation, a privately held electronic
payments provider based in Portland, Maine, from March 2000 to
September 2002. From January 1999 to March 2000, Mr. Walsh
served as Chairman of iDeal Partners, a private equity firm funded
in part by Bank Boston Capital and Berkshire Partners. From
February 1995 to September 1998, Mr. Walsh was President and
CEO of Wright Express Corporation, an information and financial
services company.
1990
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