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Wal-Mart 8-K 2011
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): November 15, 2011
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
702 Southwest 8th Street Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-0215 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code) Registrants 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:
Item 2.02. 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 November 15, 2011 (the Press Release). The Press Release will disclose information regarding our results of operations for the three months and nine months ended October 31, 2011 and our financial condition as of October 31, 2011. The Press Release provides information regarding certain financial measures that may be considered non-GAAP financial measures (each, a Non-GAAP Measure) under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among those Non-GAAP Measures are:
The Press Release provides information that reconciles each of these Non-GAAP Measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Our management believes that the presentation of the Non-GAAP Measures discussed above provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations as to the periods for which they are presented for the following reasons:
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. Exhibit 99.1A copy of the Press Release being furnished pursuant to the foregoing Item 2.02 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 hereunto duly authorized. Dated: November 15, 2011
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