Staples 2015 Annual Report Download - page 70

66 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 18, 2016 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 54,180,373 — 54,180,373 8.38%
FMR, LLC (6)
245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02109 40,744,904 — 40,744,904 6.30%
BlackRock, Inc. (7)
55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055 38,917,225 — 38,917,225 6.02%
Pzena Investment Management, LLC (8)
320 Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022 33,304,711 — 33,304,711 5.15%
Directors, Nominees for Director and Named Executive Officers
Basil L. Anderson (9) 228,606 91,367 319,973 *
Joseph G. Doody 396,165 1,180,740 1,576,905 *
Drew G. Faust 58,615 — 58,615 *
Curtis Feeny — — — —
Paul-Henri Ferrand 19,626 — 19,626 *
Deborah A. Henretta — — — —
Kunal S. Kamlani 19,976 — 19,976 *
Christine T. Komola (10) 146,885 194,035 340,920 *
John F. Lundgren — — — —
Carol Meyrowitz 81,698 77,867 159,565 *
Rowland T. Moriarty (11) 296,238 86,867 383,105 *
Demos Parneros (12) 494,913 1,180,740 1,675,653 *
Ronald L. Sargent (13) 2,260,679 4,368,905 6,629,584 1.02%
Robert E. Sulentic (14) 128,277 82,367 210,644 *
Raul Vazquez 42,218 — 42,218 *
Vijay Vishwanath 90,042 86,867 176,909 *
Paul F. Walsh (15) 218,989 86,867 305,856 *
John Wilson 92,955 320,109 413,064 *
All current directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons) (16) 4,345,247 7,405,775 11,751,022 1.80%
* 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 18, 2016 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 18, 2016. The inclusion
herein of any shares as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership.
(4) Number of shares deemed outstanding includes 646,269,516 shares of our common stock outstanding as of April 18, 2016
and any options for shares that are exercisable by such beneficial owner on April 18, 2016 or within 60 days thereafter.
(5) Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2015, as set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 10, 2016. Of
these shares, Vanguard Group reported to have shared dispositive power with respect to 1,270,033 shares, sole dispositive
power with respect to 52,910,340 shares, shared voting power with respect to 62,600 shares, and sole voting power with
respect to 1,188,969 shares.
(6) Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2015, as set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 12, 2016. Of
these shares, FMR, LLC reported to have sole dispositive power with respect to 40,744,904 shares and sole voting power
with respect to 2,758,324 shares.
(7) Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2015, as set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on January 27, 2016. Of
these shares, BlackRock, Inc. reported to have sole dispositive power with respect to 38,917,225 shares and sole voting
power with respect to 33,119,265 shares.