X0201 4 2003-12-08 0 0000791519 STAPLES INC SPLS 0001005505 TRUST MARTIN C/O TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. ONE STILES ROAD SALEM NH 03079 1 0 0 0 Staples Stock 2003-12-08 4 A 0 2800 0 A 201645 D Staples Stock 24136 I 1999 MTDT Descendants' Trust Staples Stock 17083 I By Spouse Staples Stock 975 I Trust Family Foundation Restricted Stock vesting on February 2, 2008. The reporting person is the investment trustee of the 1999 MTDT Descendants' Trust Jack A. VanWoerkom, attorney-in-fact 2003-12-09