Staples 2014 Annual Report Download - page 95

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark one)
:ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
or
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
For the fiscal year ended:
January 31, 2015
Commission File Number:
0-17586
STAPLES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
Five Hundred Staples Drive,
Framingham, MA 01702
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)
04-2896127
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
508-253-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0006 per share The NASDAQ Global Select Market
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes : No 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes  No :
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes : No 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes : No 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of
this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer :Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  No :
The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the last sale price of Staples’ common
stock on August 1, 2014, as reported by NASDAQ, was approximately $7.3 billion. In determining the market value of non-affiliate voting
stock, shares of Staples’ common stock beneficially owned by each executive officer and director have been excluded. This determination
of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
The registrant had 640,487,106 shares of common stock, par value $0.0006, outstanding as of March 4, 2015.
Documents Incorporated By Reference
Listed below is the document incorporated by reference and the part of the Form 10-K into which the document is incorporated:
Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Part III