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STAPLES, INC.




ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS
500 STAPLES DRIVE
FRAMINGHAM, MA 01702

Meeting Information

 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
 For holders as of: April 6, 2015
 Date: June 1, 2015 Time: 4:00 PM, local time
 Location:    Umstead Hotel
100 Woodland Pond Drive
Cary, North Carolina 27513
 

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Voting Items    
 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ALL DIRECTOR NOMINEES LISTED BELOW IN ITEM 1 AND "FOR" ITEMS 2, 3 AND 4.

 
1.        Election of eleven directors to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
 
Nominees:
 
1a. Basil L. Anderson
 
1b. Drew G. Faust
 
1c. Paul-Henri Ferrand
 
1d. Kunal S. Kamlani
 
1e. Carol Meyrowitz
 
1f. Rowland T. Moriarty
 
1g. Ronald L. Sargent
 
1h. Robert E. Sulentic
 
1i. Raul Vazquez
 
1j. Vijay Vishwanath
 
1k. Paul F. Walsh


2.        Approval of an amendment to the 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
 
3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation.
 
4. Ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP as Staples' independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.
 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE "AGAINST" ITEMS 5 AND 6.

 
5. Non-binding stockholder proposal regarding senior executive severance agreements.
 
6. Non-binding stockholder proposal regarding Independent Board Chairman.




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