DBRS Rates $1 billion Wal-Mart Issue at AA

DBRS has today assigned a rating of AA with a Stable trend to the following senior unsecured issue of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.:

-- $1 billion 3.20% notes due May 15, 2014.

The notes rank pari passu with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s other senior unsecured indebtedness. Proceeds from the notes issues will be used for general corporate purposes.

Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is Rating Merchandisers, which can be found on the DBRS website under Methodologies.

This is a Corporate rating.