Current Report Filing (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):

October 6, 2017

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

(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:



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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 6, 2017, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing the commencement of a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for its outstanding 6.500% Notes due 2037, 6.200% Notes due 2038, 5.625% Notes due 2040, 5.625% Notes due 2041, 5.25% Notes due 2035, 5.000% Notes due 2040, 4.875% Notes due 2040, 4.750% Notes due 2043, 4.30% Notes due 2044, 4.00% Notes due 2043, 5.875% Notes due 2027, 4.125% Notes due 2019, and 3.625% Notes due 2020 (the "Securities"). Pursuant to the Tender Offer, the Company will pay total consideration (excluding accrued interest payable) of up to $8.5 billion for the Securities purchased in the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on November 3, 2017, unless extended or earlier terminated.

A copy of the Press Release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 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 Offer is being made only pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated October 6, 2017 and a related Letter of Transmittal, which set forth the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. The Company is making the Tender Offer only in those jurisdictions in which the Company is permitted to make the Tender Offer under applicable law.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		PRESS RELEASE

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: October 6, 2017