Exhibit 4(a)
WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
Series Terms
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 3.01 of
the Indenture
Relating to 3.20% Notes Due
2014
Pursuant to Section 3.01 of the
Indenture, dated as of July 19, 2005, as amended and
supplemented (the “Indenture”), made between Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
(the “Trustee”), M. Brett Biggs, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Finance and Assistant Treasurer of the Company (the
“Certifying Authorized Officer”), hereby certifies as
follows, and Anthony D. George, Associate General Counsel, Finance
and Assistant Secretary of the Company, attests to the following
certification. Any capitalized term used herein shall have the
definition ascribed to that term as set forth in the Indenture
unless otherwise defined herein.
A. This certificate is a Series
Terms Certificate contemplated by Section 3.01 of the
Indenture and is being executed to evidence the establishment and
approval of the terms and conditions of the Series that was
established pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture by means
of a Unanimous Written Consent of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Company, dated May 14, 2009 (the
“Series Consent”), which Series is designated as the
“3.20% Notes Due 2014” (the “2014 Series”),
by the Certifying Authorized Officer pursuant to the grant of
authority under the terms of the Series Consent.
B. Each of the undersigned has read
the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 1.02 and 3.01
and the definitions relating thereto, and the resolutions adopted
in the Series Consent. In the opinion of the undersigned, the
undersigned have made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion
as to whether or not all conditions precedent provided for in the
Indenture relating to the execution and delivery by the Trustee of
the Indenture, to the creation, establishment and approval of the
title, the form and the terms of a Series under the Indenture, and
to the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of promissory
notes of a Series, have been complied with. In the opinion of the
undersigned, (i) all such conditions precedent have been
complied with and (ii) there are no Events of Default, or
events which, with the passage of time, would become an Event of
Default under the Indenture that have occurred and are continuing
at the date of this certificate.
C. Pursuant to the Series Consent,
the Company is authorized to issue initially $1,000,000,000
aggregate principal amount of promissory notes of the 2014 Series.
A copy of the Series Consent is attached hereto as Annex A .
Any promissory notes that the Company issues that are a part of the
2014 Series (the “2014 Notes”) shall be issued in
registered book-entry form and shall be represented by one or more
global securities substantially in the form attached hereto as
Annex B (the “Form of 2014 Note”). The aggregate
original principal amount of the 2014 Notes to be issued and sold
initially by the Company (the “Initial 2014 Notes”) was
approved to be and set at $1,000,000,000 by the Series
Consent.
D. Pursuant to Section 3.01 of
the Indenture, the terms and conditions of the 2014 Series and the
2014 Notes are established and approved to be the
following:
The Series established by the Series
Consent is designated as the “3.20% Notes Due
2014”.
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Aggregate
Principal Amount :
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The 2014 Series is not limited as to
the aggregate principal amount of all the promissory notes of the
2014 Series that the Company may issue. The Company is initially
issuing the Initial 2014 Notes in an aggregate original principal
amount of $1,000,000,000.
Final maturity of the 2014 Notes
will be May 15, 2014.
The 2014 Notes will bear interest at
the rate of 3.20% per annum, which interest shall commence
accruing from and including May 21, 2009. Additional Amounts
(as defined in Section 4(a) of the Form of 2014 Note), if any,
will also be payable on the 2014 Notes.
Interest will be payable on the 2014
Notes semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15
of each year, commencing on November 15, 2009, to the person
or persons in whose name or names the 2014 Notes are registered at
the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 or
November 1, as the case may be. Interest on the 2014 Notes
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
The principal and interest payable
with respect to the 2014 Notes shall be payable in United States
dollars.
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All payments of principal of, any
Tax Redemption Price with respect to, and interest on, the 2014
Notes shall be made as set forth in Section 5 of the Form of
2014 Note.
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Optional
Redemption Features :
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The Company may redeem the 2014
Notes upon the occurrence of certain tax events as set forth in
Section 4(b) of the Form of 2014 Note.
There is no sinking fund with
respect to the 2014 Notes.
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8.
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Special
Redemption Features, etc. :
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None.
$2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof for the 2014 Notes.
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10.
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Principal
Repayment :
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100% of the principal amount of the
2014 Notes.
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11.
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Registrar,
Paying Agent and Transfer Agent :
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A. will be the registrar, paying agent and transfer
agent for the 2014 Notes.
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12.
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Payment of
Additional Amounts:
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The Company shall pay additional
amounts as set forth under Section 4(a) of the Form of 2014
Note.
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13.
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Book-Entry
Procedures :
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The 2014 Notes shall initially be
issued in the form global notes registered in the name of
Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company,
and will be issued in certificated form only in limited
circumstances, in each case, as set forth under Sections 11
and 12 of the Form of 2014 Note. The Initial 2014 Notes shall be
initially issued in the form of two or more global notes in the
aggregate original principal amount of $1,000,000,000.
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Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Form of 2014 Note shall also
apply to the 2014 Notes.
The 2014 Notes will not have any
terms or conditions of the type contemplated by clause (ii), (iii),
(vi), (vii), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xvi), (xvii), (xix) or
(xx) of Section 3.01 of the Indenture.
E. The 2014 Notes will be issued
pursuant to and governed by the Indenture. To the extent that the
Indenture’s terms apply to the 2014 Notes specifically or
apply to the terms of all Securities of all Series established
pursuant to and governed by the Indenture, such terms shall apply
to the 2014 Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has hereunto
executed this Certificate as of May 14, 2009.
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M. Brett
Biggs
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Senior Vice
President, Corporate Finance and Assistant Treasurer
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ATTEST:
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Anthony D.
George
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Associate
General Counsel, Finance and Assistant Secretary
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ANNEX A
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ACTION
IN LIEU OF SPECIAL
MEETING
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF
THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
OF WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
May 14, 2009
The undersigned, being all of the
members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), do hereby consent to the adoption of the
following resolutions in accordance with the provisions of
Section 141(f) of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware:
WHEREAS , the Company has registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules
promulgated thereunder, the offer and sale in one or more offerings
of an indeterminate amount of its debt securities, which debt
securities are to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture,
dated as of July 19, 2005, between the Company and The Bank of
New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking
association, as trustee under the Indenture (the “Indenture
Trustee”), as supplemented to date (the
“Indenture”); and
WHEREAS , the Company desires to issue and sell in an
underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) its debt
securities denominated in United States dollars and having an
aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, which debt securities
are to be offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration
No. 333-156724) (the “Registration Statement”); it
is
RESOLVED , that a series of senior, unsecured promissory
notes of the Company that shall mature on or about the fifth
anniversary of the initial issuance of promissory notes of such
series (the “May 2009 Notes”) shall be, and it hereby
is, created, established and authorized for issuance and sale
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; and be it
RESOLVED , that the May 2009 Notes shall have such terms,
including the rate at which interest will accrue on the Promissory
Notes (as defined below) of the May 2009 Notes and the maturity
date thereof, and shall be in such form as shall be established and
approved by one or more of the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice Chairman, the Chief Financial
Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President,
any Vice President, the Controller and the Treasurer of the Company
(each an “Authorized Officer”) in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01 of the Indenture pursuant to the
authority granted by these resolutions, which approval will be
conclusively evidenced by that Authorized Officer’s or those
Authorized Officers’ execution of a Series Terms Certificate
(as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the May 2009 Notes;
and be it
RESOLVED , that the Authorized Officers shall be, and
each of them hereby is, authorized, in the name and on behalf of
the Company, to establish and to approve the terms and conditions
of the May 2009 Notes and to approve the form, terms and conditions
of the promissory notes representing notes in the May 2009 Notes
(the “Promissory Notes”); and be it
RESOLVED , that the Authorized Officers shall be, and
each of them hereby is, authorized, in the name and on behalf of
the Company, to execute Promissory Notes having an aggregate
principal amount of $1,000,000,000, all as provided in the
Indenture, and to deliver those Promissory Notes to the Indenture
Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture; and be it
RESOLVED , that the Indenture Trustee shall be, and it
hereby is, authorized and directed to authenticate and deliver
Promissory Notes having an aggregate principal amount of
$1,000,000,000 to or upon the written order of the Company, as
provided in the Indenture; and be it
RESOLVED , that the Company shall be, and it hereby is,
authorized to enter into, execute and deliver, and perform its
obligations under, and each Authorized Officer is authorized to
execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the Company, a Pricing
Agreement and an Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the
“Underwriting Agreement”) between the Company and
Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, and BBVA Securities
Inc. and the other underwriters and managers, if any, named therein
(collectively, the “Underwriters”), providing for the
sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters of
Promissory Notes having an aggregate principal amount of
$1,000,000,000, and any other agreements necessary to effectuate
the intent of these resolutions, the Underwriting Agreement and any
other such agreements to be in the forms and to contain the terms,
including the price to be paid to the Company by the Underwriter
for the Promissory Notes being purchased pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, and conditions as the Authorized Officer
executing the same approves, such approval to be conclusively
evidenced by that Authorized Officer’s execution and delivery
of the Underwriting Agreement or other agreement; and be
it
RESOLVED , that the Company shall be, and it hereby is,
authorized to sell the Promissory Notes to the Underwriters
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at the price set forth in,
and pursuant to the other terms of and subject to the conditions
set forth in, the Underwriting Agreement and to perform otherwise
its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement; and be
it
RESOLVED , that the Company shall be, and it hereby is,
authorized to perform its obligations under the Promissory Notes
issued and sold by the Company and its obligations under the
Indenture, as those obligations relate to those Promissory Notes;
and be it
RESOLVED , that the Company shall be, and it hereby is,
authorized to issue global certificates to represent the Promissory
Notes authorized in accordance with these resolutions and not
otherwise issue the Promissory Notes in certificated form, and to
permit each global certificate representing Promissory Notes to be
registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”) and beneficial interests in the global
certificates representing the Promissory Notes to be otherwise
shown on, and transfers of such beneficial interests effected
through, records maintained by DTC and its participants; and be
it
RESOLVED , that the signatures of the Authorized Officers
executing any Promissory Note may be the manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future Authorized Officers and may
be imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon, and any such
facsimile signature shall be binding upon the Company,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Promissory Notes are
authenticated and delivered and disposed of, the person signing the
facsimile signature shall have ceased to be an Authorized Officer;
and be it
RESOLVED , that, without in any way limiting the
authority heretofore granted to any Authorized Officer, the
Authorized Officers shall be, and each of them individually is,
authorized and empowered to do and perform all such acts and things
and to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the Company, any
and all documents and instruments and to take any and all such
actions as they may deem necessary, desirable or proper in order to
carry out the intent and purpose of the foregoing resolutions and
fully to establish the May 2009 Notes, to perform the provisions of
the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Promissory Notes
and to incur on behalf of the Company all such expenses and
obligations in connection therewith as they may deem
proper.
Dated this 14th day of May
2009
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Michael T.
Duke
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S. Robson
Walton
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/s/ Christopher J.
Williams
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H. Lee Scott,
Jr.
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Christopher J.
Williams
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ANNEX B
FORM OF GLOBAL
NOTES
This Note is a global security and
is registered in the name of CEDE & CO., as nominee of the
Depositary, The Depository Trust Company. Unless and until this
Note is exchanged for Notes in definitive form, this Note may not
be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary or a nominee of
the Depositary to the Depositary or another depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor depositary or a
nominee of such successor depositary.
Unless this Note is presented by an
authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New
York corporation (“DTC”), to the issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co.
or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as
the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
W AL -M ART S TORES , I NC .
3.20% NOTES DUE
2014
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Number
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$500,000,000
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CUSIP No.: 931142 CQ4
ISIN No.: US931142CQ45
Common Code: 043021869
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WAL-MART STORES, INC., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and any successor corporation pursuant to the Indenture
(herein referred to as the “Company”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or
registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS on May 15, 2014 in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest,
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
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