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Corporate Information
Registrar and Transfer Agent:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43069
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3069
1-800-438-6278
TDD for hearing-impaired inside the U.S. 1-800-952-9245
Internet: http//www.computershare.com
Dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase available
Listing
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Symbol: WMT
Annual Meeting
Our Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Friday, June 6,
2008, in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus,
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Communication with Shareholders
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. periodically communicates with its shareholders and
other members of the investment community about our operations. For
further information regarding our policy on shareholder and investor
communications refer to our Web site www.walmartstores.com/investors.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
5414 Pinnacle Point Dr., Suite 102
Rogers, AR 72758
The following reports are available without charge upon request by writing
the Company c/o Investor Relations or by calling 479-273-8446. These
reports are also available via the corporate Web site.
Annual Report on Form 10-K
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
Current Sales and Earnings Releases
Current Reports on Form 8-K
Copy of Annual Meeting Proxy Statement
Supplier Standards Report
Market Price of Common Stock
Fiscal year ended January 31,
2008 2007
High Low High Low
1st Quarter $50.42 $45.06 $48.87 $44.52
2nd Quarter 51.44 45.73 50.00 42.31
3rd Quarter 48.42 42.09 52.15 43.48
4th Quarter 51.30 42.50 49.70 44.80
Fiscal year ended January 31,
2009
High Low
1st Quarter $53.49 $47.84
* Through March 21, 2008
Dividends Payable Per Share
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2009
April 7, 2008 $0.2375
June 2, 2008 $0.2375
September 2, 2008 $0.2375
January 2, 2009 $0.2375
Dividends Paid Per Share
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2008
April 2, 2007 $0.22
June 4, 2007 $0.22
September 4, 2007 $0.22
January 2, 2008 $0.22
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2007
April 3, 2006 $0.1675
June 5, 2006 $0.1675
September 5, 2006 $0.1675
January 2, 2007 $0.1675
Stock Performance Chart
This graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on Wal-Mart’s
common stock during the ve scal years ending with scal 2008 to the
cumulative total returns on the S&P 500 Retailing Index and the S&P 500
Index. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on February 1, 2003,
in shares of our common stock and in each of the indices shown and
assumes that all of the dividends were reinvested.
Comparison of 5-Year Cumulative Total Return Among
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S&P 500 Index and S&P 500 Retailing Index
Assumes $100 invested on Feb. 1, 2003
Assumes dividend reinvested scal year ending Jan. 31, 2008
Shareholders
As of March 21, 2008, there were 303,823 holders of record of Wal-Mart’s
common stock.
Certications
The Companys Chief Executive Ocer and Chief Financial Ocer have
filed their certifications as required by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC) regarding the quality of the Company’s public
disclosure for each of the periods ended during the Company’s scal year
ended January 31, 2008, and the eectiveness of internal control over
nancial reporting as of January 31, 2008 and 2007. Further, the Company’s
Chief Executive Ocer has certied to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE)
that he is not aware of any violation by the Company of the NYSE corpo-
rate governance listing standards, as required by Section 303A.12(a) of
the NYSE listing standards.
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52 WAL-MART 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Corporate and Stock Information