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STAPLES, INC.
500 Staples Drive
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held
on June 11, 2007
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Staples, Inc. will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, 1435 Brickell
Avenue, Miami, Florida, on June 11, 2007 at 4:00 p.m., local time, to consider and act upon the following matters:
(1) To elect ten members of the Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders
or until their respective successors have been elected or appointed.
(2) To approve an amendment to Staples’ by-laws to change the voting standard for election of directors in
uncontested elections from plurality to majority.
(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 17, 2007 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, Corporate Secretary
Framingham, Massachusetts
May 3, 2007
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 THE 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.