-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HPJEXzMdrA1UJA0P3DbB0FjIKPka1tRCjCZhHuSmj4jDHixxZ9OjuYhec0il6VP2 eIh62Z+2QmL2aKNnMFqItg== 0000912057-00-054060.txt : 20001220 0000912057-00-054060.hdr.sgml : 20001220 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000912057-00-054060 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POS AM PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001219 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STAPLES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000791519 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES [5940] IRS NUMBER: 042896127 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0127 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POS AM SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-31249 FILM NUMBER: 791565 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 STAPLES DRIVE STREET 2: P O BOX 9328 CITY: FRAMINGHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 01702 BUSINESS PHONE: 5082535000 POS AM 1 a2033244zposam.txt POS AM As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2000 Registration Statement No. 333-31249 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------- STAPLES, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 04-2896127 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) ---------------------- 500 STAPLES DRIVE FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01702 (508) 253-5000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ---------------------- JOHN J. MAHONEY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAPLES, INC. 500 STAPLES DRIVE FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01702 (508) 253-5000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------------------- COPIES TO: MARK G. BORDEN, ESQ. Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617) 526-6000 If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ] If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES Staples, Inc. (the "Registrant") previously issued $200,000,000 principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2007 (the "Notes") on Form S-3 (File No. 333-31249) (the "Registration Statement") which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 1997. The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement is to terminate the Registration Statement and to deregister the $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities (as defined in the Registration Statement) which remain unissued as of such termination. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Framingham, Massachusetts, on this 19th day of December, 2000. STAPLES, INC. /s/ Thomas G. Stemberg Thomas G. Stemberg CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated above.
SIGNATURE CAPACITY /s/ Thomas G. Stemberg Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer - --------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) Thomas G. Stemberg /s/ Basil L. Anderson Director - --------------------------------- Basil L. Anderson /s/ Mary Elizabeth Burton Director - --------------------------------- Mary Elizabeth Burton /s/ W. Lawrence Heisey Director - --------------------------------- W. Lawrence Heisey
SIGNATURE CAPACITY /s/ George J. Mitchell Director - --------------------------------- George J. Mitchell /s/ James L. Moody, Jr. Director - --------------------------------- James L. Moody, Jr. /s/ Rowland T. Moriarty Director - -------------------------------- Rowland T. Moriarty /s/ Robert C. Nakasone Director - -------------------------------- Robert C. Nakasone /s/ W. Mitt Romney Director - -------------------------------- W. Mitt Romney /s/ Ronald L. Sargent Director - --------------------------------- Ronald L. Sargent /s/ Martin Trust Director - --------------------------------- Martin Trust /s/ Paul F. Walsh Director - --------------------------------- Paul F. Walsh /s/ Margaret C. Whitman Director - --------------------------------- Margaret C. Whitman
SIGNATURE CAPACITY /s/ John J. Mahoney Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and - ------------------------------- Chief Administrative Officer (Principal Financial John J. Mahoney Officer) /s/ Patrick Hickey Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller - ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer) Patrick Hickey
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