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Staples Announces Final Settlement of Its Offer for All Outstanding Securities of Corporate Express

Thursday 24. July 2008 - Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) and its wholly owned subsidiary Staples Acquisition B.V. ("Staples Acquisition") announced today the settlement of the post acceptance period (na-aanmeldingstermijn) of the offer ("Offer") for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares")

Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) and its wholly owned subsidiary Staples Acquisition B.V. (“Staples Acquisition”) announced today the settlement of the post acceptance period (na-aanmeldingstermijn) of the offer (“Offer”) for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”), American depositary shares (“ADSs”) and depositary receipts for preference A shares (“Preference A Shares”) that were validly tendered in the Offer (or otherwise defectively tendered provided that such defect has been waived by Staples Acquisition) in the share capital of Corporate Express N.V. and the two percent subordinated convertible bonds due 2010 (“Bonds”).