Exhibit 11.1 Corporate Express, Inc. Statement Regarding Computation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share Primary Earnings Per Share Year Ended Year Ended February 28, 1995 March 2, 1996 ----------------- ----------------- Income (loss) from continuing operations $ 12,149,000 $ 2,744,000 Preferred stock dividend (432,000) - Discontinued operations - - Extraordinary item 586,000 - ----------------- ----------------- Net income (loss) 12,303,000 2,744,000 ================= ================= Income (loss) per share: Continuing operations 0.24 0.04 Discontinued operations - - Extraordinary item 0.01 - ----------------- ----------------- Net income (loss) per share $ 0.25 $ 0.04 ================= ================= Weighted average shares outstanding 42,274,000 63,893,000 Common Stock Equivalents: Preferred stock 3,192,000 - Stock options and warrants 2,418,000 4,164,000 Convertible notes - (A) Items issued within one year of IPO: Preferred stock 460,500 (B) - Stock options and warrants 318,000 (B) - Common stock 532,500 (B) - ----------------- ----------------- Total weighted average shares outstanding 49,195,000 68,057,000 ================= ================= Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share Fully diluted earnings per share differs from primary earnings per share by less than 3%. - ---------------------------------------------------- (A) Amounts are excluded from the calculation as they are anti-dilutive. (B) Amounts represent stock issued within one year of the initial filing of the registration statement in connection with the initial public offering at below the IPO price and are net of shares repurchased under the treasury stock method. Exhibit 11.1 Corporate Express, Inc. Statement Regarding Computation of Net Income (loss) Per Share Primary Earnings Per Share Three Months Three Months Ended Ended June 1, 1996 May 27, 1995 ---------------- ---------------- Net income $ 9,616,000 $ 6,506,000 ================ ================ Net income per share $ 0.13 $ 0.10 ================ ================ Weighted average shares outstanding 69,111,690 59,086,500 Common Stock Equivalents: Stock options and warrants 6,027,034 3,884,500 ---------------- ---------------- Total weighted average shares outstanding 75,138,724 62,971,000 ================ ================ Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share Fully diluted earnings per share differs from primary earnings per share by less than 3%. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------