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Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock held as of April 8, 2005 (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 current 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:
Percentage
Number of Shares of common
shares acquirable stock
beneficially within 60 beneficially
Name of beneficial owner owned (1) days (2) owned (3)
5% Stockholders
FMR Corp. ............................................ 71,009,655 (4) 0 9.59%
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Directors, Nominees for Director and Senior Executives
Ronald L. Sargent ....................................... 1,295,371 5,698,434 *
Basil L. Anderson ....................................... 207,031 477,312 *
Martin Trust ........................................... 412,726 (5) 154,687 *
Robert C. Nakasone ..................................... 333,888 (6) 129,375 *
Rowland T. Moriarty ..................................... 323,989 (7) 154,687 *
Paul F. Walsh .......................................... 114,199 (8) 154,687 *
George J. Mitchell ....................................... 63,130 101,250 *
Mary Elizabeth Burton ................................... 25,350 101,250 *
Arthur M. Blank ........................................ 52,800 36,000 *
Brenda C. Barnes ....................................... 10,800 23,625 *
Richard J. Currie ........................................ 9,600 23,625 *
Gary L. Crittenden ...................................... 3,600 5,625 *
John J. Mahoney ........................................ 226,707 1,920,268 *
Joseph G. Doody ........................................ 193,287 717,091 *
Michael Miles .......................................... 225,652 93,750 *
All current Directors, nominees for Director and executive officers as a
group (18 persons) ..................................... 3,936,078 10,426,572 1.91%
* Less than 1%
(1) Each person has sole investment and/or voting power 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 April 8,
2005 or within 60 days thereafter. Includes unvested performance accelerated restricted stock awards. See
‘‘Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Awards.’’
(2) Reflects the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options available on April 8, 2005 or within
60 days thereafter.
(3) Number of shares deemed outstanding includes 740,646,502 shares of Staples common stock outstanding as of
April 8, 2005 and any options for shares that are exercisable by such beneficial owner within 60 days after April 8,
2005.
(4) Fidelity Management & Research Company (‘‘Fidelity’’), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. (‘‘FMR’’) and
an investment adviser, is the beneficial owner of 67,696,257 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 the Fidelity Funds each has sole power to dispose of the 67,696,257 shares owned by the Fidelity
Funds. Neither FMR nor ECJ has sole power to vote or to direct the voting of the shares owned by the Fidelity
Funds, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds’ Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the
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