Company:  STAPLES INC (SPLS)
Form Type:  10-K
Filing Date:  3/11/2009 
CIK:  0000791519 
Address:  500 STAPLES DRIVE
P O BOX 9328
 
City, State, Zip:  FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts 01702 
Telephone:  (508) 253-5000 
Fiscal Year:  02/27 
Last Trade
Last Trade: 
$22.72  
Change: 
0.07 (0.31%)  
Trade Time: 
Nov 20  
Market Cap: 
$16.41B
Description of Business
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  FORM 10-K
    PART I
      Item 1. Business
      Item 1A. Risk Factors
      Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
      Item 2. Properties
      Item 3. Legal Proceedings
      Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
    PART II
      Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related ...
      Item 6. Selected Financial Data
      Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial ...
      Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about ...
      Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
      Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on ...
      Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
      Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
      Item 9B. Other Information
    PART III
      Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
      Item 11. Executive Compensation
      Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and ...
      Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and ...
      Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
    PART IV
      Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
    Signatures
    Results of Operations
    Liquidity and Capital Resources
    Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    BALANCE SHEET
    INCOME STATEMENT
    STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
    CASH FLOW
    Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
      INCOME STATEMENT
    VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
    EXHIBIT INDEX
  EXHIBIT 3.2
    BY-LAWS
  EXHIBIT 10.15
  EXHIBIT 10.16
  EXHIBIT 10.18
  EXHIBIT 10.31
  EXHIBIT 10.34
  EXHIBIT 10.37
  EXHIBIT 10.39
  EXHIBIT 10.41
  EXHIBIT 12
    RATIO COMPUTATION
  EXHIBIT 21.1
    SUBSIDIARIES
  EXHIBIT 23.1
    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  EXHIBIT 31.1
  EXHIBIT 31.2
  EXHIBIT 32.1
  EXHIBIT 32.2