As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2017

Registration No. 33-50034

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION No. 33-50034

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

STAPLES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	04-2896127
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(IRS Employer 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)

Michael T. Williams

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

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Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	o
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to Registration Statement No. 33-50034 on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), originally filed by Staples, Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 27, 1992, pertaining to the registration of 3,725,900 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0006 per share.

The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to withdraw and remove from registration the unissued securities issuable by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.

On September 12, 2017, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Arch Parent Inc. (“Parent”) and Arch Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, at which time the Company’s equity securities ceased to be publicly traded.

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof and terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Framingham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on September 12, 2017.

STAPLES, INC.
By:	/s/ Michael T. Williams
	Michael T. Williams
	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

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