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Investment provides major foothold in key Train ticket South American marketBENTONVILLE, Ark and SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) confirmed today as successful its Train tickets tenderoffer to acquire Distribucion y Servicio D&S S.A (DYS), Chile's largest foodretailer. The offer will result in the acquisition by Wal-Mart of approximately 58.2percent of the issued and outstanding shares Maroon 5 tickets of D&S, including sharesrepresented as American Depository Shares in the United States.Felipe IbanezScott and Nicolas Ibanez Scott will collectively retain approximately 40.1percent of the shares of D&S, leaving approximately 1.7 percent held by thepublic.The tender offer period commenced Dec. 24 and closed at midnight Jan.22 local Santiago time.The final results of the tender offer, including the actual number of sharestendered to Wal-Mart, will be published in a Notice of Results in Chile thisSunday, Jan. 25.As was provided in the prospectus, payment for shares thathave been tendered and accepted is expected to begin this Thursday, Jan 29. According to Craig Herkert, Wal-Mart Executive Vice President and CEO of theAmericas, "Partnering with D&S, with its strong brands and its position asChile's largest food retailer, is an important step in implementing Wal-Mart'sinternational strategy.We continue to focus on portfolio optimization,global leverage Train and winning in Elton John ticket every market."With 2007 net revenues in excess of US $3.8 billion, D&S has more than 180stores, 10 shopping centers and 85 PRESTO financial services branches.D&Sbegan as a family-owned operation led by Manuel Ibanez Ojeda in 1957 with itsfirst supermarket called Almac.The business was expanded by his sons, FelipeIbanez Scott and Nicolas Ibanez Scott, who will remain engaged in thebusiness.

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With headquarters in Santiago, D&S has more than 34,500associates.The company operates under a number of different formatsincluding hypermarkets Hiper de LIDER, supermarkets tickets for Maroon 5 Express de LIDER, SuperBodega Acuenta and Ekono convenience stores. According to Enrique Ostale, Chief Executive Officer of D&S, "This partnershipwill allow us to reach even higher levels of excellence in our operations andcustomer service. By combining our local retailing knowledge with tickets for Elton John Wal-Mart'sglobal expertise, we will create additional growth opportunities for ourcompany and for our associates.We will also be able to deliver to ourcustomers a broader selection, better quality and lower prices.We are verypleased the tender Maroon 5 ticket offer was successful."Herkert agreed."With the finalization of this transaction, we are bringingtogether two strong and similar cultures to create an even stronger D&Sorganization," he said."We share similar structures, formats and feature asimilar broad range of products.More importantly, we share similar values:integrity, sustainability, care for the associate, local supplier developmentand saving people money, so they can live better." According to Herkert, the transaction will bring additional investment toChile, not only in upgraded and new stores, but in associate and supplierdevelopment.Wal-Mart already has a global procurement office in Santiago andcurrently exports Chilean products to its stores in the United States andthroughout the world."Chile is already a growing global source for seafood, fruits and vegetables. Our investment will further strengthen Chile as a world-class supplier.Notonly do we provide local suppliers additional global opportunities throughWal-Mart's Elton John tickets global network of stores, we also have a history of collaboratingwith suppliers to enhance their productivity, product innovation, quality,packaging and environmental friendliness." About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE: WMT)Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, supercenters,Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States. TheCompany operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the UnitedKingdom and, through a partnership, in India. More informationabout Wal-Mart can be found by visiting Onlinemerchandise sales are available at and Distribucion y Servicio S.A.D&S is a Chilean company whose stock is traded in the national andinternational Stock Exchanges and whose core business is food retail throughthe different retail formats such as Express de LIDER supermarkets, Hiper deLIDER hypermarkets and the Ekono and Acuenta discount formats.In addition toits retail business, D&S also operates a real estate division, Saitec, whichdevelops and manages supermarkets and shopping centers and also operates afinancial services division, PRESTO, which provides credit to consumers and anumber of other products and services.

More information about D&S can befound by visiting Stores, Inc.In the U.S., Kevin Gardner of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 1-479-204-6143,, or in Chile, Barbara Rochefort ofBurson-Marsteller, 1-562-751-7140, , or GonzaloMaffei, 1-562-751-7144, ; or Wal-Mart InvestorRelations, Carol Schumacher, 1-479-277-1498, or Mike Beckstead,1-479-277-9958. In anon-line report the Buffalo Bills have decided to go Maroon 5 against the no-huddle offense which has been highly unsuccessful in the first five weeks of football.The Bills no-huddle attack was not very successful in preseason and that trend is continuing into the regular season. The Bills first string offense failed to score a touchdown in all four preseason games and Elton John now QB Trent tickets for Train Edwards has thrown five interceptions in the last three games. The organization as a whole is starting to fall fast and fans are antsy to improve quickly Recent trade talk of T.O.