UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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STAPLES, INC.

** IMPORTANT NOTICE **

Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on June 9, 2008.

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above company, and the materials you should review before you cast your vote are now available.

This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. The Proxy Statement and 2007 Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.

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Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders Meeting Information

Meeting Type:		Annual
Meeting Date:		06/09/08
Meeting Time:		3:30 P.M. MDT
For holders as of:		04/14/08

Meeting Location:

The Ritz-Carlton, Denver

1881 Curtis Street

Denver, CO 80202

Meeting Directions:

For Meeting Directions Please Call: 1-800-468-7751

How To Vote

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Voting items

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” ALL DIRECTOR NOMINEES LISTED BELOW, “FOR” ITEMS 2, 3, 4 AND 5, AND “AGAINST” ITEM 6.

1.           To elect twelve directors to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Nominees:
1a.		Basil L. Anderson
1b.		Arthur M. Blank
1c.		Mary Elizabeth Burton
1d.		Justin King
1e.		Carol Meyrowitz
1f.		Rowland T. Moriarty
1g.		Robert C. Nakasone
1h.		Ronald L. Sargent
1i.		Robert E. Sulentic
1j.		Martin Trust
1k.		Vijay Vishwanath
1l.		Paul F. Walsh

2.		To approve an amendment to Staples’ certificate of incorporation deleting Article XII in order to remove provisions that require holders of at least two-thirds of Staples’ outstanding voting stock to approve certain significant corporate transactions.
3.		To approve Staples’ Executive Officer Incentive Plan for the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
4.		To approve an amendment to Staples’ Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan increasing the total number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 15,100,000 shares, from 62,330,000 shares to 77,430,000 shares.
5.		To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP as Staples’ independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.
6.		To act on a shareholder proposal regarding stockholders’ ability to call special meetings expected to come before the meeting.
7.		In the discretion of the persons named in the proxy, to act upon such other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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