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):

December 5, 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:

[phone]

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:

 

o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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. ¨

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

(a)    On December 5, 2017, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Delaware Secretary of State an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”) to change the legal name of the Company from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to Walmart Inc., effective as of February 1, 2018. When the Company’s new legal name becomes effective, the Company will amend its Amended and Restated Bylaws and compensatory plans in order to conform with the new legal name.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

The following documents are filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:  

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
99.1		PRESS RELEASE

    

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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: December 6, 2017

WAL-MART STORES, INC.
By:	/s/ Gordon Y. Allison
	Gordon Y. Allison
	Vice President and General Counsel, Corporate