Wal-Mart has increased its dividend every year since its first declared
dividend of $0. The company's securities are listed on the New York and
Pacific stock exchanges under the symbol WMT.

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SAN DIEGO, PriceSmart, Inc.

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7 billion to its shareholders in the form of dividends this fiscal year.

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S. Price, Interim Chief
Executive Officer (858) 551-2336; or John M.

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walmart.
(Nasdaq: (http://www.com) today announced that for the month of
January 2005 , net sales increased 13.-style
membership shopping warehouse clubs in Central America, the Caribbean , and
Asia, selling high quality merchandise at low prices to PriceSmart members.

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(NYSE: WMT) has approved an increase in the
annual dividend to $0.

About PriceSmart
PriceSmart , headquartered in San Diego, owns and operates U.

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PriceSmart Announces January Sales

1%.

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. operates Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood
Markets and SAM'S CLUB locations in the United States.com .pricesmart. For the five months ended January 31, 2005, net sales
increased 8 .

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Wal-Mart Increases Annual Dividend By Over 11 Percent

For fiscal year ending January 31,
2007 , the annual dividend of $0.6 million in
January a year earlier.5 million from $262.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
PriceSmart now operates 26 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.

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0% to $283.
territory (four each in Panama and the Philippines; three in Costa Rica; two
each in Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Trinidad;
and one each in Aruba, Barbados, Jamaica, Nicaragua and the United States
Virgin Islands).

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This press release may contain forward-looking statements concerning the
Company's anticipated future revenues and earnings, adequacy of future cash
flow and related matters . We assume no
obligation and expressly disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this
presentation or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the following
risks: the Company had a substantial loss in fiscal 2003, in fiscal 2004 and
the first quarter of fiscal 2005 and may continue to incur losses in future
periods; the Company is required to comply with financial covenants governing
its outstanding indebtedness and is out of compliance with certain covenants,
which gives lenders the right to accelerate the Company's indebtedness; the
Company's financial performance is dependent on international operations; any
failure by the Company to manage its widely dispersed operations could
adversely affect its business; although the Company has taken steps to
significantly improve its internal controls, there may be material weaknesses
or significant deficiencies that the Company has not yet identified; the
Company is currently defending litigation relating to its financial
restatement; the Company faces significant competition; the Company may
encounter difficulties in the shipment of and inherent risks in the
importation of merchandise to its warehouse clubs; the success of the
Company's business requires effective assistance from local business people;
the Company is exposed to weather and other risks associated with
international operations; declines in the economies of the countries in which
the Company operates its warehouse clubs would harm its business; a few of the
Company's stockholders have control over the Company's voting stock, which
will make it difficult to complete some corporate transactions without their
support and may prevent a change in control; the loss of key personnel could
harm the Company's business; the Company is subject to volatility in foreign
currency exchange; the Company faces the risk of exposure to product liability
claims , a product recall and adverse publicity; a determination that the
Company's long-lived or intangible assets have been impaired could adversely
affect the Company's future results of operations and financial position; and
the Company faces increased costs and compliance risks associated with Section
404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; as well as the other risks detailed in
the Company's SEC reports , including the Company's Form 10-Q filed pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on January 14, 2004.

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The Company announced April 5, 2006, as the record date for the annual
shareholders ' meeting that will occur on June 2, 2006.

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, The Board of
Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The company operates
in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Germany,
Guatemala , Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South Korea and
the United Kingdom.

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3% compared to the
same four-week period last year.

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com . For the seventeen weeks ended January 30 ,
2005, comparable warehouse sales for stores open at least 12 full months
increased 8. These forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, statements containing the words "expect ," "believe," "will,"
"may," "should," "project," "estimate," "scheduled," and like expressions, and
the negative thereof.

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Certain
prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period
presentation.

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60 per share
paid during the previous fiscal year.0% to $51.6 million from $45.

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67 per share will be paid in four quarterly
installments of $0. Online merchandise
sales are available at http://www. Heffner, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer (858) 404-8826.

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1675 per share, according to the following record and
payable dates:

Record Date Payable Date

March 17, 2006 April 3, 2006
May 19, 2006 June 5, 2006
August 18, 2006 September 5, 2006
December 15, 2006 January 2, 2007

Based upon this announced increase, the Company plans to return more than
$2. More information about Wal-Mart
can be found by visiting http://www.6 million in the same period last
year.
For the four weeks ended January 30, 2005, comparable warehouse sales for
warehouse clubs open at least 12 full months increased 11.