-----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, Mq88gqn6Rr1/lPvq8oVA7oIYXcVdMjZNKUTip4jmFe5W/Z7OZKA6xEZop/cmxQVe efxnmuG4wziCsJ/RmTqxhQ== 0000950135-97-003986.txt : 19970930 0000950135-97-003986.hdr.sgml : 19970930 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-97-003986 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POS AM PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970929 SROS: NASD 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: 333-14421 FILM NUMBER: 97687077 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RESEARCH DR STREET 2: P O BOX 9328 CITY: WESTBOROUGH STATE: MA ZIP: 01581 BUSINESS PHONE: 5083708500 POS AM 1 STAPLES, INC. 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 1997 Registration No. 333-14421 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S E C U R I T I E S A N D E X C H A N G E C O M M I S S I O N WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 STAPLES, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 04-2896127 - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- (State of other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) One Research Drive Westborough, Massachusetts 01581 - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Peter M. Schwarzenbach Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Staples, Inc. 100 Pennsylvania Avenue P.O. Box 9328 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9328 --------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (617) 370-8500 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) --------------------------- The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. 2 Pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 333-14421), Staples, Inc. (the "Company") registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.0006 par value per share, on behalf of certain stockholders of the Company. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of deregistering all of such shares that remained unsold upon the termination of the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement. 3 Pursuant to Rule 478 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereby duly authorized, in the Town of Framingham, Massachusetts, on this 10th day of September, 1997. Staples, Inc. By: /s/ Peter M. Schwarzenbach ----------------------------------- Peter M. Schwarzenbach Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----