Staples Inc. (SPLS)

[Echo20]

10.25. Again .


Echo20

[Echo20]

10.25!!!!!!!

Echo20

[Echo20]

20.25!!!!!!!!!

Echo20

[Echo20]

$10.24!!!!!

[Echo20]

SPLS

Just about to $10.25!

Closer.

Echo20

[Echo20]

Anyone here still?

Echo20

[Echo20]

SPLS

Taking a long time to complete the buyout.

Echo20

[Echo20]

One lawyer group is questioning the $10.25 deal now.

Echo20

[Echo20]

AnG5649


Do you know how long SPLS has been paying dividends of .48?

Echo20

[AnG5640]

Article out the night of 6/21. Gap up on 6/22.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/21/sycamore-partners-reportedly-in-the-lead-to-buy-staples-deal-seen-next-week.html

[AnG5640]

Maybe the market will take it higher than 10.25

[AnG5640]

The buyout wasn't a surprise. It was rumored last week, hence the gap up you see last week on the daily chart. I guess you can say a mere .23 (last trade @ 10.02 in AH's) is a big deal.......if you own a buttload of shares.

[mattp_160]

How can the buyout already be priced in. If it's being bought out out for 10.25 then it should be 10.25

[pennystockaholic]

Ohhhh yeah let's go

[Echo20]

PLAY VIDEO

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Sycamore Partners will buy Staples for $10.25 per share, in a deal which values the office supplier at around $6.9 billion.

Staples' stock surged more than 8 percent into the close Wednesday, leaving its share price at $9.93.

Staples shares were halted during extended trading after rising an additional 1.5 percent following the close.


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[Echo20]

$10.25

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[AnG5640]

Looks like the acquisition is already priced in......

[AnG5640]

Acquisition news out.....

[AnG5640]

Ooohhhh..... I'm sorry, I have no idea. I only started watching SPLS when I caught an article on a potential buyout....

[Echo20]

Anyone know of this motion?

Cerberus completes Staples Europe acquisition
Steve Hilleard, 28 February 2017

Cerberus Capital Management and Staples have completed the sale of a controlling interest in Staples' European operations to a Cerberus affiliate.

Cerberus Capital Management and Staples have completed the sale of a controlling interest in Staples’ European operations to a Cerberus affiliate.
Staples will retain a 15% equity interest in the business, which has been separated into a privately-held company operating under the name Staples Solutions BV and which consists of retail, contract, and online businesses in 17 countries with total annual revenues of about €1.7 billion ($1.8 billion).

Heading up the new entity as Chairman will be former Volvo CEO Olof Persson, an executive with Cerberus’ operations team.

He is joined on the board by someone familiar with Staples Europe and to OPI readers. Peter Ventress, whose most recent executive role was as CEO of Berendsen, enjoyed a long career in office products which culminated in him serving as President of Staples International in 2008/9.

Also joining the board are:
Stassi Anastassov, former CEO of Global Duracell
John Buchta, Senior VP, Tax and Treasurer of Staples
Chan Galbato, CEO of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company
Steven Mayer, Co-Head of Global Private Equity and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management

Mayer commented: "We see great value in Staples Solutions and are confident that the company’s core strengths, when combined with an unwavering commitment to its customers and suppliers and Cerberus’ hallmark operational rigour, will strengthen Staples Solutions’ position as the leading provider of workplace products, services, and solutions to small, mid-sized, and large businesses in Europe.”

"We have spent months getting to know the company and working side-by-side with its management team and its associates. Today, we are even more enthusiastic about our strategy to invest in key growth areas designed to improve the company’s competitiveness, position it for long-term sustainable growth, and capture opportunities that emerge from changes in the workplace products industry."
We’ll bring your more insight into this story shortly.
Framingham, MA and New York, NY (USA)
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AnG5640

How long has SPLS paid a dividend?
Thanks


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[AnG5640]

Sycamore Partners in advanced talks to buy Staples, with deal potentially topping $6 billion

http://www.cnbc.com/id/104543951

[AnG5640]

Buyout rumors....l

[INTL]

SPLS 20% plus move if staples accepts 7 bil offer. Bullish

[INTL]

SPLS potential take over.

[Ignition]

Drone Delivery Canada (CSE:FLT) and Staples Team Up For Drone Delivery Development, Implementation and Commercialization

Highlights:
·         DDC and Staples will collaborate to explore the feasibility of developing, implementing, and commercializing a drone delivery logistics platform
·         DDC is actively advancing further agreements with additional customers

Read PRESS RELEASE

[ValueInvestor15]

Staples trading at a 3% discount to Fair Value before earnings:

Fair Value Details

[pennystockaholic]

It might happen sooner than later.

[INTL]

Up premarket on news

[INTL]

Yes it is. Telegraph is reporting Staples buyout in negotiations with Cerebus for Europe stores.

[BreakoutKing]

??

[T695]

Time to start watching

[Pro-Life]

Antitrust Cops Put Brakes On Two Mergers
Date : 12/08/2015 @ 3:03AM
Source : Dow Jones News
Stock : General Electric Company (GE)

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=69618601

From kitchen stoves to paper clips, U.S. antitrust enforcers are putting the brakes on a series of corporate deals that have tested the government's willingness to let longtime rivals combine two big businesses.

On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to block Staples Inc.'s roughly $6 billion takeover of Office Depot Inc., a deal that would create an office supplier with nearly $40 billion in annual sales.

The lawsuit alleged the combination would mean higher prices for companies that buy office supplies in bulk. Staples and Office Depot said they would contest the suit, but shares of both companies tumbled.

The FTC's unanimous decision came the same day that General Electric Co. abandoned a $3.3 billion agreement to sell its appliances business to Electrolux AB of Sweden. GE walked away from the deal, which it struck 15 months ago, in the middle of a courtroom fight with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Once again, government lawyers argued the combination would reduce competition and raise prices. Shares of Electrolux, whose CEO had testified the deal was "absolutely critical" to its business, lost 15% of their value, while GE shares slipped less than 1%.

Both transactions would have left bigger companies atop industries that have been consolidating for years. Adding Office Depot, which merged with OfficeMax in 2013, would leave Staples with 70% of the market for pens, pads and office essentials that large businesses buy directly, according to the FTC. Combining GE and Electrolux would have created a merged firm that sold two of every three cooking ranges in the U.S., government lawyers said.

"Each horizontal merger raises concentration. And when market concentration goes up, the likelihood that the next merger will be challenged goes up as well," said University of Iowa law professor Herbert Hovenkamp. "The government has been on a decent roll in merger cases the last couple of years. These are both good examples of that."

Cheap debt and a slow-growth economy has helped fuel a record year for mergers and acquisitions -- with $4.35 trillion in global volume and $2.12 trillion in U.S. deals, according to Dealogic. But it has also been a banner year for transactions that have fallen at the hands of antitrust police appointed by President Barack Obama.

Antitrust objections by the Justice Department earlier this year helped derail Comcast Corp.'s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable Inc. The FTC won a court fight in June that blocked the $3.5 billion combination of food-distribution rivals Sysco Corp. and US Foods Inc. Last week, two leading tuna producers -- the owners of Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea brands -- called off a $1.5 billion merger in light of U.S. concerns.

The agencies this year have sought to stop deals in an array of other markets, including movie advertising networks, hospitals and the semiconductor industry. So far this year, Dealogic says companies have abandoned 77 deals worth $263 billion, though that tally includes many deals withdrawn for nonregulatory reasons.

All four current FTC commissioners, three Democrats and a Republican, voted in favor of the Staples lawsuit. Market expansion or new entry by other office-supply vendors wouldn't be timely, likely or sufficient to counter the anticompetitive effects of the merger, the FTC said. Shares of Office Depot fell 16% Monday, while Staples lost 14%.

The companies said the decision was "based on a flawed analysis and misunderstanding of the intense competitive landscape." The lawsuit marks the second time the FTC has intervened to prevent the two companies from combining. The commission in 1997 won a ruling from a federal judge that blocked a Staples-Office Depot merger.

Both companies argued the industry has evolved over the past two decades, including through growing competition from the Internet and big-box retailers. The FTC acknowledged this evolution when it allowed Office Depot to merge with OfficeMax.

"The FTC now contradicts its prior ruling, even though competition has materially intensified in the two years since the commission declared this market highly competitive," the companies wrote in a letter to clients. "This contradiction is not only unfair; it flies in the face of marketplace realities."

The FTC said business-to-business market is distinct from the more competitive retail markets for office supplies sold to consumers.

The companies had sought to ease FTC concerns by offering to shed hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate contracts. FTC staffers weren't enthusiastic about the divestiture offer, and the companies in recent days had offered larger concessions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Both Staples and Electrolux asked the government to take a broader view of markets and give credit to newer, smaller competitors.

The GE transaction was in jeopardy since the summer, when the Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block it.

"This deal was bad for the millions of consumers who buy cooking appliances every year. Electrolux and General Electric could not overcome that reality at trial," Justice Department lawyer David Gelfand said Monday.

Top executives from Electrolux and GE had testified during the trial, which began in early November. Though the court handling the case had yet to render a verdict, GE used its right to terminate the sale after 15 months of talks, which was its first opportunity to walk away from the transaction and collect a breakup fee.

GE said Monday it is entitled to a $175 million breakup fee. Electrolux, though, said it was reviewing the terms of the fee.

"The appliances business is performing well and GE will continue to run the business while it pursues a sale," GE said. GE has been confident it could find another buyer if the Electrolux deal fell through, according to people familiar with the company's thinking.

Electrolux had hoped to create an appliances seller capable of competing with the behemoth of Whirlpool and rising Asian competitors. "We are disappointed but we are certainly not defeated," Electrolux CEO Keith McLoughlin said during a conference call.

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Jens Hansegard contributed to this article.

[Pro-Life]

Staples reports profits and sales drop... big shock, eh???

Staples Reports Profit, Sales Decline
Date : 11/18/2015 @ 1:20PM
Source : Dow Jones News
Stock : Staples, Inc. (MM) (SPLS)

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=69372716

10Q filing:

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=69370206

[stocktrademan]

$SPLS recent news/filings

bullish

## source: finance.yahoo.com

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:35:00 GMT ~ Staples Initiative Lets Students Solve Real Life Problems with Innovative New Program

[Business Wire] - A unique initiative created by Staples, Inc. gives students a chance to help create and design school products that solve real-life problems. Staples’ first Designed by Students program let students from two middle schools, MS88 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/staples-initiative-lets-students-solve-163500770.html
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Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:29:01 GMT ~ Employees Required to be Present in the Workplace, Despite Severe Weather, Staples Survey Reveals

[at noodls] - Survey results show businesses are unprepared to handle severe environmental factors safely FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 2, 2015-- More than half of workers polled (55 percent) said they were ...

read full: http://www.noodls.com/view/E94E2071105DAFF271AD3FEB41BE32DFA12A1C7C
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Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:00:00 GMT ~ Employees Required to be Present in the Workplace, Despite Severe Weather, Staples Survey Reveals

[Business Wire] - More than half of workers polled said they were expected to show up to work in severe weather conditions, according to Staples’ fourth annual safety survey in honor of National Safety Month.

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/employees-required-present-workplace-despite-110000808.html
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Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:01:50 GMT ~ STAPLES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securit


read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/150602/spls8-k.html
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Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:56:07 GMT ~ Staples, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2015 Dividend

[at noodls] - FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 1, 2015-- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Staples, Inc. common stock of $0.12 ...

read full: http://www.noodls.com/view/3F308B16871EF90CDB4EE35BC81E18A4B807F0C8
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$SPLS charts

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$SPLS company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/company-info
Ticker: $SPLS
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000791519
Company name: Staples, Inc.
Company website: http://www.staples.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA

$SPLS share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $10,609,222,854 a/o Jun 03, 2015
Shares Outstanding: 640,653,554 a/o May 18, 2015
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.0006

$SPLS extra dd links

Company name: Staples, Inc.
Company website: http://www.staples.com

## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SPLS+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SPLS+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=SPLS+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=SPLS+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/SPLS/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=SPLS+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/SPLS
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Staples%2C+Inc.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Staples%2C+Inc.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Staples%2C+Inc.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.staples.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.staples.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.staples.com

## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/SPLS
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000791519&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=SPLS&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=SPLS
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=SPLS+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=SPLS+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SPLS
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=SPLS
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=SPLS+Cash+Flow&annual

## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/SPLS/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=SPLS+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/SPLS.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=SPLS
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/insider-transactions

## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/SPLS
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/SPLS
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SPLS:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=SPLS
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=SPLS



$SPLS DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/SPLS

[chmcnfunds]

No longer is SPLS. Wish I was. Was buying and selling when it was depressed in the $11-12 range. Today's price even at a loss would be great. Always felt it was undervalued.

SPLS

[mymonies]

YOU GOT LOTS DD BUT IT'S BOOM TIME

[mymonies]

THEY ARE NOT CUTTING BACK BOOMING FORWARD

[mymonies]

IN A DEAL THAT WILL MAKE AN OFFICE SUPPLY GIANT

[mymonies]

NOW STAPLES IS GOING TO BUY OFFICE DEPOT...barcharts morning news

[stocktrademan]

$SPLS DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/SPLS

bullish
quick trade
longer term still fine

$SPLS recent news/filings

## source: finance.yahoo.com

Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:19:01 GMT ~ Analyzing The Business-To-Business Opportunity—AMZN Versus SPLS


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/analyzing-business-business-opportunity-amzn-151901316.html
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Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:19:29 GMT ~ Staples Is Enhancing Its E-Commerce Presence


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/staples-enhancing-e-commerce-presence-131929452.html
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Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:19:02 GMT ~ Why Online Sales Are A Competitive Advantage For Staples


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-online-sales-competitive-advantage-211902523.html
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Thu, 25 Dec 2014 19:19:01 GMT ~ Online Sales Channels—Staples And Office Depot


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-sales-channels-staples-office-191901274.html
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Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:19:52 GMT ~ Store Strategies For A Leaner And Meaner Retail Environment


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/store-strategies-leaner-meaner-retail-151952333.html
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$SPLS charts

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basic chart ## source: stockscores.com



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big weekly chart ## source: stockcharts.com


$SPLS company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/company-info
Ticker: $SPLS
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000791519
Company name: Staples, Inc.
Company website: http://www.staples.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA


$SPLS share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $11,401,268,611 a/o Dec 24, 2014
Shares Outstanding: 639,801,830 a/o Nov 17, 2014
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.0006
$SPLS extra dd links

Company name: Staples, Inc.
Company website: http://www.staples.com

## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SPLS+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SPLS+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=SPLS+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=SPLS+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/SPLS/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=SPLS+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/SPLS
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Staples%2C+Inc.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Staples%2C+Inc.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Staples%2C+Inc.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.staples.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.staples.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.staples.com

## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/SPLS
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000791519&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=SPLS&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=SPLS
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=SPLS+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=SPLS+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SPLS
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=SPLS
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=SPLS+Cash+Flow&annual

## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/SPLS/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=SPLS+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/SPLS.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=SPLS
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/insider-transactions

## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/SPLS
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/SPLS
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SPLS:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=SPLS
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=SPLS



$SPLS DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/SPLS

[stocktrademan]

$SPLS DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/SPLS

bullish

$SPLS recent news/filings

## source: finance.yahoo.com

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:44:00 GMT ~ Biotechs drag Nasdaq lower


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/video/biotechs-drag-nasdaq-lower-204400061.html
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Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:37:00 GMT ~ One Reason Staples (SPLS) Stock Is Rising Today


read full: http://www.thestreet.com/story/12985883/1/one-reason-staples-spls-stock-is-rising-today.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO
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Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:11:28 GMT ~ B Riley & Co Analyst Scott Tilghman Says A Staples/Office Max Combination Would Probably Look More Like A Merger


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/b-riley-co-analyst-scott-181128097.html
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Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:05:10 GMT ~ B Riley & Co's Scott Tilghman On Possibility Of Staples, Office Depot Merger: 'There's A Lot Of Cost-Savings To Be Had There'


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/b-riley-cos-scott-tilghman-180510498.html
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Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:00:30 GMT ~ B Riley & Co Analyst Scott Tilghman: Staples CEO Has Been Public About Dislike For Office Depot


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/b-riley-co-analyst-scott-180030506.html
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$SPLS charts

basic chart ## source: stockcharts.com



basic chart ## source: stockscores.com



big daily chart ## source: stockcharts.com



big weekly chart ## source: stockcharts.com


$SPLS company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/company-info
Ticker: $SPLS
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000791519
Company name: Staples, Inc.
Company website: http://www.staples.com
Incorporated In: DE, USA


$SPLS share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $10,783,859,845 a/o Dec 15, 2014
Shares Outstanding: 639,801,830 a/o Nov 17, 2014
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 0.0006
$SPLS extra dd links

Company name: Staples, Inc.
Company website: http://www.staples.com

## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SPLS+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SPLS+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=SPLS+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=SPLS+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/SPLS/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=SPLS+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/SPLS
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Staples%2C+Inc.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Staples%2C+Inc.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Staples%2C+Inc.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.staples.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.staples.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.staples.com

## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/SPLS
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000791519&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=SPLS&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=SPLS
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=SPLS+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=SPLS+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SPLS
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=SPLS
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=SPLS+Cash+Flow&annual

## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/SPLS/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=SPLS+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/SPLS.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=SPLS
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/SPLS/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SPLS/insider-transactions

## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/SPLS
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/SPLS
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SPLS:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=SPLS
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=SPLS



$SPLS DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/SPLS

[UpTickMeA$AP]

Sounds like a good time! I love my guns also, but prefer to do my shooting with roosters popping up all around me. craps not my game, but I do fairly well at No-limit. Anything that involves patience, I do well with.



Glta

[maksim]

Don't get me started on that one. =) Although playing craps with the CEO was fun in Vegas. he is an animal.

<--- avid gun guy, competitive shooter

[UpTickMeA$AP]

I can't say I'm a fan of staples.

SWHC would be more attractive to me.



Glta

[maksim]

Well, he is a former SPLS employee, and owned it since it was mid $20's. lol. Fortunately, options writing has worked out nicely over the last 5 years or so..... the only gains that came out of it.

[UpTickMeA$AP]

Sounds good, and I hope you fellas bank nicely.




Glta

[maksim]

I am thinking about buying a few shares myself. I used to work at Staples. Even though I am concerned long term, in the short term, it is rather cheap on an earnings basis.

Right now, in full disclosure, we are long staples, and short covered calls against it at $13. That looks to be the spot for a while here. Great income though.

[UpTickMeA$AP]

It really did shrug that off. I'm also surprised. I'd give it another few days to make sure it doesn't become more newsworthy. I hate to agree with you, but it does seem to have become a norm. Gltu





Glta

[maksim]

Fortunately it has not. Surprisingly. Although I think we are learning to expect data breaches as the norm. lol.