WALMART

Corporate OfficeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.702 SW 8th StreetBentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611479-273-4000

About WALMART

• PurposeSave people money so they can live better. Find out what we're passionate about, our strengths, and our reason for being.

• HistoryBegan in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. And it’s been one incredible journey.

Operations

• Today, 7,390 Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Club locations in 14 markets employ more than 2 million associates, serving more than 200 million customers per year.

• Wal-Mart Logistics has approximately 88,000 associates, 7,200 tractors, and 53,000 trailers.

WAL-MART LOGO Time Line

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WALMART Stores

Wal-Mart Discount Stores - stores feature wide, clean, brightly-lit aisles and shelves stocked with a variety of quality, value-priced general merchandise

Wal-Mart Supercenters - 1988 to meet the growing demand for

convenient, one-stop family shopping featuring our famous Every Day Low Prices.

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International

• In 1991, Wal-Mart became an international company when they opened a Sam's Club near Mexico City. Just two years later, Wal-Mart International was created.

• Today, it serve more than 49 million customers per week, and employ more than 620,000 associates at 3,192 stores, in 13 markets.

Argentina

Brazil

Canada

Central America

Japan

Mexico

Puerto Rico

United Kingdom

History Timeline

2000Appointment of H. Lee Scott Jr. as the third CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 2000.

Fortune magazine ranked the company fifth in its "Global Most Admired All-Stars" list and named Wal-Mart the third most admired company in America.

H Lee Scott Jr. (CEO) Walmart

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2002Hispanic Business magazine ranked Wal-Mart one of the "Top 25 Diversity Recruitment Programs" for its aggressive program to hire and promote Latinos. In 2002, Wal-Mart received the 2002 Ron Brown Award, the highest Presidential Award recognizing outstanding achievement in employee relations and community initiatives.

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2003-2004• Fortune magazine also placed Wal-Mart in the top

spot on its “Most Admired Companies” list two years in a row, in 2003 and 2004.

• In 2004, Wal-Mart was also presented the "Corporate Patriotism Award," which is presented to a company that exhibits exceptional dedication to supporting of U.S. service members and their families.

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2005• Wal-Mart lead the corporate drive to assist in U.S.

hurricane relief efforts with $18 million in cash donations.

• Wal-Mart created experimental stores that save energy, conserve natural resources, and reduce pollution.

• Launched the Acres for America program, which conserves critical wildlife habitats for future generations.

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• As of 2005, Wal-Mart employed more than 1.6 million associates in more 6,200 facilities around the world – including 3,800 U.S. stores and 3,800 international units – with $312.4 billion in sales for the year.

• Served more than 138 million weekly customers in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica,Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South Korea and the United Kingdom

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2006• Number of weekly customers grew to more than 176

million around the world, with 6,779 locations. Wal-Mart had record net sales of $345 billion.

• The company increased its ownership stake in Seiyu in Japan, to 53.3 percent, and increased its ownership of CARHCO to 51 percent, renaming the company Wal-Mart Central America.

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• Through the Wal-Mart Foundation, charitable partners, and donations from customers and associates, Wal-Mart contributed more than $415 million in cash and in-kind merchandise to 100,000 organizations worldwide.

• Wal-Mart also launched a new $4 generic prescription drug program to help customers in its U.S. pharmacies save money on health care.

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2007• Wal-Mart also launched a new $4 generic

prescription drug program to help customers in its U.S. pharmacies save money on health care for achieving a new American health care system by 2012.

• Wal-Mart expanded its successful $4 generic program, which as of 2007 had saved customers more than $396 million on prescription drug costs.

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• In August, Wal-Mart and Bharti Enterprises announced an agreement to establish Bharti Wal-Mart Private Limited, a joint venture for wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply chain management operations in India.

• The 3000th international store, a Supercenter in Sao Paulo, Brazil, opened in November 2007.

• In December, Wal-Mart successfully completed a tender offer to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Seiyu in Japan, which raised Wal-Mart’s ownership to 95.1 percent

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2008• On April 10, 2008, Sam's Club celebrated its 25th

anniversary. In 2008, Sam's Club operates more than 590 locations nationwide and more than 100 locations internationally.

Awards & Recognition (2008)

• Top 50 Companies for Diversity – DiversityInc. Magazine

• Top 50 Companies for People with Disabilities – CAREERS and the disabled magazine

• Best 15 Companies for Diversity Marketing – Black Enterprise Magazine

• Top Companies for Multicultural Women – Working Mother Magazine

• Top 50 Companies for Latinas – LatinaStyle Magazine • Top 100 Employers for the Class of 2008 –The Black

Collegian

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• Top Companies for Female Executives – National Association of Female Executives

• Top Companies for Asian Americans – Asian Enterprise Magazine

• Top 50 Employers of Women Engineers – Woman Engineer Magazine

• Top Organizations for Multicultural Business – DiversityBusiness.com

• Best Green Companies – Working Mother Media

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