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Exhibit 10.30
STAPLES, INC.
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT
(REQUIRED FOR ALL ASSOCIATES IN LEVELS 34-50)
I, _____________, (SSN# _ _ _-_ _-_ _ _ _) recognize that
Staples,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company", which term includes any affiliates
and subsidiaries thereof), is engaged in
the distribution and sale of office
products, services, supplies, equipment,
and furniture.
I understand that:
A. As
part of my employment by the Company I am expected to make
new contributions of value to the
Company.
B. My
employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust
between me and the Company with respect to
any information applicable to the
business of the Company and applicable to
the business of any client or customer
of the Company, which may be made known to
me by the Company or by any client or
customer of the Company, or learned by me
during the period of my employment.
C. The
Company possesses and will continue to possess
information, goodwill and other assets that
have been created or developed, or
have otherwise become known to the Company
(including, without limitation,
information, goodwill, and other assets
created, developed or made known by or
to me during the period of or arising out
of my employment by the Company),
which information, goodwill and other
assets have commercial value in the
business in which the Company is engaged.
All of the aforementioned information
is hereinafter called "Proprietary
Information." By way of illustration, but not
limitation, Proprietary Information
includes trade secrets, financial
information, marketing plans and
techniques, strategies, forecasts, operations
structures and methods, pricing policies
and information, customer lists,
relationships, goodwill, and other customer
information.
In consideration of my employment and the compensation and
benefits
received by me from the Company from time
to time, I hereby agree as follows:
1. All
Proprietary Information shall be the sole property of the
Company and its assigns, and the Company
and its assigns
