3. ESTUDIO TÉCNICO
3.3 INGENIERÍA DEL PROYECTO
3.3.2 Identificación y selección de procesos
Mr. Walton is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Linda S. Wolf
Ms. Wolf is the retired Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc., an advertising agency and division of Publicis Groupe S.A.
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Corporate and Stock Information
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Listing
New York Stock Exchange Stock Symbol: WMT
Corporate information
Stock Registrar and Transfer Agent: Computershare Trust Company, N.A. P.O. Box 43069
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3069 1-800-438-6278
TDD for hearing-impaired inside the U.S. 1-800-952-9245 Internet: http://www.computershare.com
Annual meeting
Our Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Friday, June 5, 2015, at 7:30 a.m. (Central Time) in the Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Communication with shareholders
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. periodically communicates with its shareholders and other members of the investment community about our operations. For further information regarding our policy on shareholder and investor communications refer to our website, www.stock.walmart.com. The following reports are available without charge upon request by writing the Company c/o Investor Relations or by calling (479) 273-8446. These reports are also available via the corporate website.
Annual Report on Form 10-K Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Earnings Releases
Current Reports on Form 8-K
Annual Shareholders' Meeting Proxy Statement Global Responsibility Report
Diversity and Inclusion Report (Includes the content previously reported in the "Workforce Diversity Report")
Independent registered public accounting firm
Ernst & Young LLP
5417 Pinnacle Point Dr., Suite 501 Rogers, AR 72758
Market price of common stock
The high and low market price per share for the Company's common stock in fiscal 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
2015 2014
High Low High Low
1st Quarter $ 79.99 $ 72.27 $ 79.50 $ 68.13
2nd Quarter 79.76 73.54 79.96 72.90
3rd Quarter 79.37 72.61 79.00 71.51
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The high and low market price per share for the Company's common stock for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 , were as follows:
Dividends payable per share
For fiscal 2016 , dividends will be paid based on the following schedule:
Dividends paid per share
For fiscal 2015 , dividends were paid based on the following schedule:
For fiscal 2014 , dividends were paid based on the following schedule:
64 2016 High Low 1st Quarter (1) $ 88.00 $ 80.43 (1) Through April 1, 2015 . April 6, 2015 $ 0.49 June 1, 2015 $ 0.49 September 8, 2015 $ 0.49 January 4, 2016 $ 0.49 April 1, 2014 $ 0.48 June 2, 2014 $ 0.48 September 3, 2014 $ 0.48 January 5, 2015 $ 0.48 April 1, 2013 $ 0.47 June 3, 2013 $ 0.47 September 3, 2013 $ 0.47 January 2, 2014 $ 0.47
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Stock Performance Chart
This graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on Walmart's common stock during the five fiscal years ending with fiscal 2015 to the cumulative total returns on the S&P 500 Retailing Index and the S&P 500 Index. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on
February 1, 2010, in shares of our common stock and in each of the indices shown and assumes that all of the dividends were reinvested.
Shareholders
As of March 30, 2015 , there were 249,876 holders of record of Walmart's common stock.
Exhibit 21 Significant Subsidiaries of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The following list details certain of the subsidiaries of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Subsidiaries not included in the list are omitted because, in the aggregate, they are insignificant as defined by Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K.
Subsidiary Organized or Incorporated Percent of Equity Securities Owned Name Under Which Doing Business Other Than Subsidiary's
Wal-Mart Stores East, LP Delaware, U.S. 100% Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC Delaware, U.S. 100% Walmart
Wal-Mart Property Company Delaware, U.S. 100% NA
Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust Delaware, U.S. 100% NA
Sam's West, Inc. Delaware, U.S. 100% Sam's Club
Sam's East, Inc. Delaware, U.S. 100% Sam's Club
Sam's Property Company Delaware, U.S. 100% NA
Sam's Real Estate Business Trust Delaware, U.S. 100% NA
ASDA Group Limited England 100% ASDA
Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. Mexico 70% Walmex
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. Canada 100% Walmart
Wal-Mart Japan Holdings G.K. Japan 100% Seiyu
Walmart Chile S.A. (1) Chile 100% Walmart Chile
Massmart Holdings Ltd South Africa 52% Massmart
Exhibit 23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for the year ended January 31, 2015 of our reports dated April 1, 2015 , with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., included in the 2015 Annual Report to Shareholders of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
of our reports dated April 1, 2015 , with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., incorporated by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for the year ended January 31, 2015 .
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP Rogers, Arkansas April 1, 2015
(1) Stock Option Plan of 1984 of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as amended Form S-8 File Nos. 2-94358 and 1-6991 (2) Stock Option Plan of 1994 of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as amended Form S-8 File No. 33-55325
(3) Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Form S-3 File No. 333-02089 (4) Director Compensation Plan of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Form S-8 File No. 333-24259 (5) 401 (k) Retirement Savings Plan of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Form S-8 File No. 333-29847 (6) 401 (k) Retirement Savings Plan of Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc. Form S-8 File No. 333-44659 (7) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Associate Stock Purchase Plan of 1996 Form S-8 File No. 333-62965 (8) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan of 2010, which amended and restated the
2005 and 1998 plans Form S-8 File No. 333-60329
(9) The ASDA Colleague Share Ownership Plan Form S-8 File No. 333-84027 The ASDA Group Long Term Incentive Plan
The ASDA Group PLC Sharesave Scheme
The ASDA 1984 Executive Share Option Scheme The ASDA 1994 Executive Share Option Scheme
(10) The ASDA Colleague Share Ownership Plan 1999 Form S-8 File No. 333-88501 (11) Wal-Mart Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan Form S-8 File No. 333-109421 (12) Associate Stock Purchase Plan of 1996 Form S-8 File No. 333-109417 (13) Wal-Mart Puerto Rico Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan Form S-8 File No. 333-109414 (14) ASDA Colleague Share Ownership Plan 1999; ASDA Sharesave Plan 2000 Form S-8 File No. 333-107439 (15) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan of 2010, which amended and restated the
2005 and 2008 plans Form S-8 File No. 333-128204
(16) The ASDA Sharesave Plan 2000 Form S-8 File No. 333-168348 (17) Walmart Deferred Compensation Matching Plan Form S-8 File No. 333-178717 (18) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Common Stock Form S-3 ASR File No. 333-178385
(19) Walmart 401(k) Plan Form S-8 File No. 333-187577
Exhibit 31.1
I, C. Douglas McMillon , certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (the "registrant");
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, based on such evaluations; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the Audit Committee of registrant's Board of Directors:
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 1, 2015 /s/ C. Douglas McMillon
C. Douglas McMillon
Exhibit 31.2
I, Charles M. Holley, Jr. , certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (the "registrant");
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, based on such evaluations; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the Audit Committee of registrant's Board of Directors:
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 1, 2015 /s/ Charles M. Holley, Jr.
Charles M. Holley, Jr.
Exhibit 32.1 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 (AS ADOPTED