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): January 23, 2018
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in 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 72716-0215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(479) 273-4000
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On January 23, 2018, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), issued a press release (the Early Participation Press Release) announcing the results as of the early participation date for (i) its previously announced cash tender offer for outstanding notes of its series of 7.55% notes due 2030, 6.750% debentures due 2023, 4.250% notes due 2021, 3.250% notes due 2020, 1.950% notes due 2018, 6.500% notes due 2037, 6.200% notes due 2038, 5.625% notes due 2041, 5.625% notes due 2040, 5.25% notes due 2035, 5.000% notes due 2040, 4.875% notes due 2040, 4.750% notes due 2043, 5.875% notes due 2027, 4.300% notes due 2044, 4.000% notes due 2043, 4.125% notes due 2019 and 3.625% notes due 2020 (collectively, the Dollar Securities) (such cash tender offer, the Dollar Tender Offer) and (ii) its previously announced cash tender offer for outstanding notes of its series of 4.875% notes due 2039, 5.250% notes due 2035 and 5.750% notes due 2030 (collectively, the Sterling Securities and together with the Dollar Securities, the Securities) (such cash tender offer, together with the Dollar Tender Offer, the Tender Offers). A copy of the Early Participation Press Release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
On January 24, 2018, the Company also issued a press release (the Pricing Press Release) announcing the pricing and the accepted tender amounts for the Securities of each series being purchased in each Tender Offer. A copy of the Pricing Press Release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, does not constitute an offer to sell or an offer to purchase any of the Securities or any other securities of the Company. The Tender Offers are being made only pursuant to the Offers to Purchase for Cash dated January 9, 2018, and a related Letter of Transmittal, which set forth the terms and conditions of each of the Tender Offers. The Company is making each Tender Offer only in those jurisdictions in which the Company is permitted to make that Tender Offer under applicable law.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit 99.1A copy of the Early Participation Press Release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Exhibit 99.2A copy of the Pricing Press Release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.2.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 25, 2018
WAL-MART STORES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Gordon Y. Allison | |||
Name: | Gordon Y. Allison | |||
Title: | Vice President and Division General Counsel, Corporate Division |
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