S-8 POS 1 a2058157zs-8pos.txt S-8 POS As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2001 Registration No. 333-90671 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------------------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 STAPLES, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware -------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 04-2896127 ----------------------------------- (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 500 Staples Drive, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702 -------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Staples, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Full title of the plan) 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) Copy to: Mark G. Borden, Esq. Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617) 526-6000 DEREGISTRATION OF STAPLES.COM COMMON STOCK On November 10, 1999, Staples, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-90671 (the "Registration Statement"), for the sale of 2,400,000 shares of Staples.com Common Stock, par value $0.0006 (the "Staples.com Stock"), of the Company under the Staples, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). On August 27, 2001, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to effect a recapitalization (the "Recapitalization") by eliminating the Registrant's existing two separate series of common stock and reclassifying each issued and outstanding share of Staples.com Stock (after giving effect to the one-for-two reverse split of the Staples.com Stock effected by a share exchange on April 5, 2000, and including treasury shares) into 0.4396 shares of Staples Common Stock, and providing further, that the Registrant may no longer issue common stock in series. As a result of the Recapitalization, no further shares of Staples.com Stock are issuable under the Plan. As no shares of Staples.com Stock have been issued under the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement is hereby amended to remove from registration all 2,400,000 shares of Staples.com Stock which remain unissued thereunder. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Framingham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on August 27, 2001. STAPLES, INC. By: /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, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the 27th day of August, 2001. SIGNATURE CAPACITY Chairman of the Board and /s/ Thomas G. Stemberg Chief Executive Officer ------------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) Thomas G. Stemberg Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and John J. Mahoney* Chief Administrative Officer ------------------------------------ (Principal Financial Officer) John J. Mahoney Senior Vice President and /s/ Patrick Hickey Corporate Controller ------------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer) Patrick Hickey Basil L. Anderson* Director ------------------------------------ Basil L. Anderson Director ------------------------------------ Arthur M. Blank Mary Elizabeth Burton* Director ------------------------------------ Mary Elizabeth Burton George J. Mitchell* Director ------------------------------------ George J. Mitchell James L. Moody, Jr.* Director ------------------------------------ James L. Moody, Jr. Rowland T. Moriarty* Director ------------------------------------ Rowland T. Moriarty Robert C. Nakasone* Director ------------------------------------ Robert C. Nakasone W. Mitt Romney* Director ------------------------------------ W. Mitt Romney /s/ Ronald L. Sargent Director ------------------------------------ Ronald L. Sargent Martin Trust* Director ------------------------------------ Martin Trust Paul F. Walsh* Director ------------------------------------ Paul F. Walsh Margaret C. Whitman* Director ------------------------------------ Margaret C. Whitman * By: /s/ THOMAS G. STEMBERG --------------------------- Thomas G. Stemberg ATTORNEY-IN-FACT