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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

February 5, 2004

 

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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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

 

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Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is furnishing this current report on Form 8-K in order to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a press release that we will issue on February 5, 2004, which press release may be deemed to disclose information regarding our results of operations for our fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2004. A copy of the press release being furnished is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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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: February 5, 2004

 

 

 

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