Staples Inc. to Broadcast First Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call via Live Webcast

Staples Inc., Framingham, Mass., will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter 2010 results on May 20 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Central Time).

This call is being webcast by Thomson Reuters and can be accessed at Staples’ Web site at http://investor.staples.com.

The Webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson Reuters’ individual investor portal. Institutional investors can access the call via StreetEvents, Thomson Reuters’ password-protected event management site, at www.streetevents.com.

About Staples

With 2009 sales of $24 billion and 91,000 associates worldwide, Staples operates in 25 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia serving businesses of all sizes and consumers. Staples invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today ranks second worldwide in e-commerce sales.

For more information on Staples, visit www.staples.com/media.