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15
Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on Staples' common stock, the Standard & Poor's
500 Index and the Standard & Poor's Retail Index during our 2008 through 2012 fiscal years, assuming the investment of $100.00
on February 2, 2008 with dividends being reinvested.
TOTAL RETURN TO STOCKHOLDERS
2-Feb-08 31-Jan-09 30-Jan-10 29-Jan-11 28-Jan-12 2-Feb-13
Staples, Inc. $ 100.00 $ 67.57 $ 101.01 $ 97.72 $ 71.94 $ 62.81
S&P 500 Index $ 100.00 $ 61.37 $ 81.71 $ 99.84 $ 104.05 $ 121.51
S&P Retail Index $ 100.00 $ 65.03 $ 103.04 $ 133.58 $ 154.73 $ 196.83
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about our purchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal
2012:
Fiscal Period
Total Number of
Shares
Purchased(1)
Average Price
Paid per Share
(2)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs(3)
Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs(3)
October 28, 2012 - November 24, 2012 2,420,331 $ 11.58 2,420,300 $ 927,336,000
November 25, 2012 - December 29, 2012 3,090,982 11.61 3,076,468 891,623,000
December 30, 2012 - February 2, 2013 1,891,550 12.33 1,891,400 868,311,000
Total for fourth quarter of 2012 7,402,863 $ 11.78 7,388,168 $ 868,311,000
(1) Includes a total of 14,695 shares of our common stock withheld during the fourth quarter of our 2012 fiscal year to satisfy
minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards granted pursuant
to our equity incentive plans.
(2) Average price paid per share includes commissions paid in connection with our publicly announced share repurchase
programs and is rounded to the nearest two decimal places.
(3) On September 13, 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors approved the repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of
common stock in both open market and privately negotiated transactions. Our repurchase program has no expiration
date and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
Other Information
For information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans, please see Note M -
Equity Based Employee Benefit Plans in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
At March 4, 2013, we had 4,957 holders of record of our common stock.