Corporate Express US, Inc. Union 401(k) Retirement Plan

Staples, Inc., Framingham MA. Employer ID 042896127, plan number 003. Annual reports on file for 2009 to 2016.

Where the money went

Plans that moved money into this one:

Filed 2009-2016Corporate Express US, Inc. Union 401(k) Retirement Plan, Staples, Inc.
2016Assets transferred to Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan
TodayStaples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan still files. Empower Annuity Insurance Company O keeps the records. That is where to ask.

Records are kept by Empower Annuity Insurance Company O, per the 2024 filing.

In plan year 2010, active participants fell from 125 to 83 (34%), and 22 people left before they were fully vested. When a plan loses about 20% or more of its participants in a year, the IRS presumes a partial plan termination (Revenue Ruling 2007-43). Everyone who left in that period must then be fully vested in the employer's contributions. Filing

This is a reason to ask the plan, not a finding. The plan decides, and it may show the drop was routine.

Check your years. We show whether the plan merged or moved money while you were there, and draft the letter to the plan that holds it now.

2016: The plan filed its last report: it ended, merged into another plan, or paid everyone out.
2016: At least a quarter of the plan's money moved to another plan this year, usually in a merger or company split.
2016: The employer decided to close the plan.

"Left, still in the plan" counts people who left the employer but still have a benefit in the plan, as reported by the plan.

Plan year	Participants	Left, still in the plan	Source
2009	145	20	Filing
2010	105	22	Filing
2011	106	23	Filing
2012	130	25	Filing
2013	182	25	Filing
2014	187	32	Filing
2015	186	33	Filing
2016	0	0	Filing

Source: U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings. Plan-level facts only; no one's balance. Information only, not legal advice.