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72 STAPLES Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
i BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock held as of April 6, 2015 by (1) each person who is
known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, (2) each current director and
nominee of the Staples Board for director; (3) each of the named executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table
included in this proxy statement; and (4) by all current directors and executive officers as a group:
Name of beneficial owner
Shares directly
or indirectly
owned (1)
Shares
acquirable
within
60 days (2)
Total
shares
beneficially
owned (3)
Percentage of
common stock
beneficially
owned (4)
5% Shareholders
Vanguard Group (5)
100 Vanguard Blvd Malvern, PA 19355 49,004,910 — 49,004,910 7.65%
BlackRock, Inc. (6)
40 East 52nd Street New York, NY100222 37,800,765 — 37,800,765 5.90%
FMR, LLC (7)
245 Summer Street Boston, MA 02109 34,127,551 — 34,127,551 5.33%
Directors, Nominees for Director and Named Executive Officers
Basil L. Anderson (8) 216,105 91,367 307,472 *
Joseph G. Doody 344,440 1,143,724 1,488,164 *
Drew G. Faust 48,047 — 48,047 *
Paul-Henri Ferand — — — —
Kunal S. Kamlani 350 — — *
Justin King 51,160 82,367 133,527 *
Christine T. Komola (9) 104,804 187,054 291,858 *
Carol Meyrowitz 71,130 77,867 148,997 *
Rowland T. Moriarty (10) 284,703 109,367 394,070 *
Robert C. Nakasone (11) 325,124 109,367 434,491 *
Demos Parneros (12) 442,025 1,143,724 1,585,749 *
Ronald L. Sargent (13) 2,110,257 4,472,135 6,582,392 1.02%
Robert E. Sulentic (14) 115,293 82,367 197,660 *
Raul Vazquez 21,418 — 21,418 *
Vijay Vishwanath 77,541 86,867 164,408 *
Paul F. Walsh (15) 206,488 109,367 315,855 *
John Wilson 74,547 213,406 287,953
All current directors and executive officers as a group (19 persons) 4,493,082 7,908,979 12,402,061 1.91%
* Less than 1%
(1) Each person listed has sole investment and/or voting power with respect to the shares indicated, except as otherwise noted.
(2) Reflects shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable on April 6, 2015 or within 60 days thereafter, including
options with an exercise price in excess of the stock price on that date.
(3) Reflects shares (i) directly or indirectly owned and (ii) shares acquirable within 60 days after April 6, 2015. The inclusion herein
of any shares as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership.
(4) Number of shares deemed outstanding includes 640,641,660 shares of our common stock outstanding as of April 6, 2015
and any options for shares that are exercisable by such beneficial owner on April 6, 2015 or within 60 days thereafter.
(5) Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2014, as set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 11, 2015. Of
these shares, Vanguard Group reported to have sole dispositive power with respect to 47,956,656 shares and sole voting
power with respect to 1,097,990 shares.
(6) Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2014, as set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 9, 2015. Of
these shares, BlackRock, Inc. reported to have sole dispositive power with respect to 37,800,765 shares and sole voting
power with respect to 31,654,140 shares.
(7) Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2014, as set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 13, 2015. Of
these shares, FMR, LLC reported to have sole dispositive power with respect to 34,127,551 shares and sole voting power
with respect to 1,137,316 shares.