FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

February 5, 2004

 


 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   001-06991   71-0415188

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

702 S.W. 8th Street

Bentonville, Arkansas 72716

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(479) 273-4000

 



Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is furnishing this current report on Form 8-K in order to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a press release that we will issue on February 5, 2004, which press release may be deemed to disclose information regarding our results of operations for our fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2004. A copy of the press release being furnished is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: February 5, 2004

 

WAL-MART STORES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Thomas M. Schoewe


   

Name: Thomas M. Schoewe

   

Title:   Executive Vice President

            and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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