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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Announces Cash Tender Offers for Certain of its Outstanding Debt Securities

Jan. 9, 2018

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BENTONVILLE, Ark., January 9, 2018 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) (“Walmart,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”) announced today that it has commenced cash tender offers for:

  • up to $4,000,000,000 aggregate purchase price, including principal, premium and the applicable Early Participation Amount (as defined herein), but excluding Accrued Interest (as defined herein) (the “Maximum Dollar Amount”), of the debt securities listed in Table I below (collectively, the “Dollar Securities”) (such offer to purchase, the “Dollar Tender Offer”); and
  • up to £650,000,000 aggregate purchase price, including principal, premium and the applicable Early Participation Amount, but excluding Accrued Interest (the “Maximum Sterling Amount”), of the debt securities listed in Table II below (collectively, the “Sterling Securities”) (such offer to purchase, the “Sterling Tender Offer”),

in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the applicable series of Dollar Securities and Sterling Securities (collectively, the “Securities”) from, and including, the most recent interest payment date for such series of Securities prior to the applicable Payment Date (as defined herein) to, but not including, the applicable Payment Date (“Accrued Interest”). The Maximum Dollar Amount and the Maximum Sterling Amount (collectively, the “Maximum Amounts”) will not be subject to amendment by Walmart.

Each of the Dollar Tender Offer and the Sterling Tender Offer (each, a “Tender Offer” and together, the “Tender Offers”) is made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated January 9, 2018 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer Documents”).

Capitalized terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.

For complete details, read the full release here.

About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, over 260 million customers and members visit our more than 11,600 stores under nearly 59 banners in 28 countries and eCommerce websites. With fiscal year 2017 revenue of $485.9 billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/walmart.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements. Words, and variations of words, such as “will,” “expect,” “may,” “estimate,” “deliver” and “target” and similar expressions are intended to identify the Company’s forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements about the expected timing, size or other terms of the Tender Offers and the Company’s ability to complete the Tender Offers. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the Company’s forward-looking statements. Please see the Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in the Offer to Purchase, as well as the Company’s risk factors, as they may be amended from time to time, set forth in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2017, and the Company’s subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this press release, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

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