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15APR200517430512
STAPLES, INC.
500 Staples Drive
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held
on June 13, 2005
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Staples, Inc. will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, 120 East Delaware
Place, Chicago, Illinois, on June 13, 2005 at 8:00 a.m., local time, to consider and act upon the following matters:
(1) To elect four Class 2 Directors to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2008 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders.
(2) To approve Staples’ Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan increasing the total number of shares
of common stock authorized for issuance under the plan.
(3) To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP as Staples’ independent registered
public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.
(4) To act on one shareholder proposal expected to come before the meeting.
(5) 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 19, 2005 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 6, 2005
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 IN STAPLES, INC. AS OF THE RECORD
DATE.