4 1 edgar.txt FORM 4 - 12-23-2002 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Martin Trust c/o Trust Investments, Inc. One Stiles Road Suite 202 NH, Salem 03079 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Staples, Inc. (SPLS) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/23/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Staples Stock |12/23/|J | |187895 |D | |10200 |D | | | 2002 |1 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Staples Stock | | | | | | |24136 |I 2 |1999 MTDT Descendants' Trus| | | | | | | | | |t | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Staples Stock | | | | | | |17083 |I |By Spouse | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Staples Stock | | | | | | |2124006 |I |By Trust Investments | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Staples Stock |12/23/|J | |187895 |A | |187895 |I |M.Trust 2002 Irrevocable Tr| | 2002 |1 | | | | | | |ust | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: 1. Change in ownership from Direct to Indirect 2. The reporting person is the investment trustee of the 1999 MTDT Descendants' Trust