UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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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):

July 28, 2006

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

702 Southwest 8th Street

Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-0100

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(479) 273-4000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

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Item 8.01.     Other Events ..

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. issued a press release on July 28, 2006 relating to its agreement to sell its German retail operations to Metro AG. A copy of that press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1--Press Release of the Company dated July 28, 2006

 

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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: August 1, 2006

WAL-MART STORES, INC.

By:	/s/ Jeffrey J. Gearhart
	Name:   Jeffrey J. Gearhart
	Title:     Vice President and General Counsel Corporate Division

 

 

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