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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;14, 2008</B></DIV>
<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Kimberly-Clark Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>39-0394230</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>P.O. Box 619100</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75261-9100</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Dallas, Texas</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan<BR>
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THOMAS J. MIELKE<BR>
Senior Vice President &#151; Law and Government Affairs<BR>
and Chief Compliance Officer<BR>
P.O. Box 619100<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75261-9100<BR>
(972)&nbsp;281-1200</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check
mark whether the
registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,  a non-accelerated
filer, or a

smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated
filer&#148;
and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Large accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $1.25 par
value(1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$58.37 (2)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$583,700,000 (2)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan (the &#147;IIP&#148;) and
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan (the &#147;RCP&#148;) (collectively, the
&#147;Plans&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 457(c) thereunder, based on
$58.37, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November&nbsp;10, 2008, as
reported in the consolidated reporting system.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 10,000,000 additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, $1.25 par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), and related plan interests, to be
offered under the Plans. There are also registered hereunder such additional indeterminate shares
of the Registrant&#146;s common stock as may be required as a result of a stock split, stock dividend,
or similar transaction in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the Plans. The shares of
Common Stock offered under each of the Plans are held in the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Defined
Contribution Plans Trust, as amended.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, June
30, 2008 and September&nbsp;30, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;26, 2008, March&nbsp;12, 2008, March&nbsp;21,
2008 and November&nbsp;14, 2008 (in each case only to the extent filed and not furnished);</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Plans for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Prospectus
constituting a part of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-144828).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant and the Plans pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the
date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of
filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s By-laws (the &#147;By-Laws&#148;) provide, among other things, that the Registrant
shall (i)&nbsp;indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it
presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is a party or witness, or is
threatened to be made a party or witness, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he, or a
person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Registrant,
or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including service with respect
to employee benefit plans), against all liability, loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, and (ii)&nbsp;indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is a party or witness, or
is threatened to be made a party or witness, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"> Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
(including service with respect to employee benefit plans) against all liability, loss suffered and
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action, suit or proceeding was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Registrant is not required to indemnify any director or officer of the Registrant in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such director or
officer against the Registrant or any directors, officers or employees thereof unless (i)&nbsp;the
initiation of such proceeding (or portion thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Registrant or (ii)&nbsp;notwithstanding the lack of such authorization, the person seeking
indemnification is successful on the merits.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The By-Laws further provide that (i)&nbsp;expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by any
current or former officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Registrant, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if
it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant and
(ii)&nbsp;the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided therein shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification shall be entitled, or may thereafter
acquire.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes indemnification
by the Registrant of directors and officers under the circumstances provided in the provisions of
the By-Laws described above, and requires such indemnification for expenses actually and reasonably
incurred to the extent a director or officer is successful in the defense of any action, or any
claim, issue or matter therein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has purchased insurance which purports to insure the Registrant against certain
costs of indemnification which may be incurred by it pursuant to the By-Laws and to insure the
officers and directors of the Registrant, and of its subsidiary companies, against certain
liabilities incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as such officers and directors
except for liabilities resulting from their own malfeasance.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant will submit or has submitted the IIP and the RCP and any amendment thereto
to the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all
changes required by the IRS in order to qualify such Plans.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) &nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 5%; text-indent:-0%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) &nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 5%; text-indent:-0%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) &nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"> Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on November&nbsp;14,
2008.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Thomas J. Falk
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Thomas J. Falk&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Chairman of the Board and
<BR>Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Falk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas J. Falk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
and Director
<BR>
(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark A. Buthman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Buthman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
<BR>
(principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Randy J. Vest
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Randy J. Vest
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and
Controller
<BR>
(principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;14, 2008</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Directors
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">John R. Alm
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">James M. Jenness</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Dennis R. Beresford
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ian C. Read</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">John F. Bergstrom
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Linda Johnson Rice</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Abelardo E. Bru
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Marc J. Shapiro</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert W. Decherd
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">G. Craig Sullivan</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Mae C. Jemison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas J. Mielke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas J. Mielke, Attorney-in-Fact
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;14, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>The Plans</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, as Plan Administrator of the Plans, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of
Texas, on November&nbsp;14, 2008.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 30%; margin-top: 6pt">KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION<BR>
INCENTIVE INVESTMENT PLAN
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 30%; margin-top: 6pt">KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION<BR>
RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PLAN<BR>
(The Plans)
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 30%; margin-top: 6pt">By: <u>/s/ Wesley E. Wada&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Wesley E. Wada<BR>
Vice President &#151; Compensation and Benefits<BR>
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
</DIV>



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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement. Items
marked with an asterisk are filed herewith.
</DIV>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated April&nbsp;17,
2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)a of the Corporation&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws, as amended November&nbsp;12, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;(3)b of the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated November&nbsp;14, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kimberly-Clark Corporation Defined Contribution Plans Trust and
First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Amendments thereto.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
39-0394230
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
P.O. Box 619100
75261-9100
Dallas, Texas
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
THOMAS J. MIELKE
Senior Vice President — Law and Government Affairs
and Chief Compliance Officer
P.O. Box 619100
Dallas, Texas 75261-9100
(972) 281-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check
mark whether the
registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,  a non-accelerated
filer, or a

smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated
filer"
and "smaller reporting company" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
To be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $1.25 par
value(1)
10,000,000 shares
$58.37 (2)
$583,700,000 (2)
$22,939.41
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan (the "IIP") and
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan (the "RCP") (collectively, the
"Plans").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 457(c) thereunder, based on
$58.37, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 10, 2008, as
reported in the consolidated reporting system.
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 10,000,000 additional shares of the
Registrant's common stock, $1.25 par value ("Common Stock"), and related plan interests, to be
offered under the Plans. There are also registered hereunder such additional indeterminate shares
of the Registrant's common stock as may be required as a result of a stock split, stock dividend,
or similar transaction in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the Plans. The shares of
Common Stock offered under each of the Plans are held in the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Defined
Contribution Plans Trust, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007;
2.
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2008, June
30, 2008 and September 30, 2008;
3.
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2008, March 12, 2008, March 21,
2008 and November 14, 2008 (in each case only to the extent filed and not furnished);
4.
Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Plans for the year ended December 31, 2007; and
5.
Description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Prospectus
constituting a part of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-144828).
All documents filed by the Registrant and the Plans pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the
date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of
filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's By-laws (the "By-Laws") provide, among other things, that the Registrant
shall (i) indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it
presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is a party or witness, or is
threatened to be made a party or witness, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he, or a
person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Registrant,
or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including service with respect
to employee benefit plans), against all liability, loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is a party or witness, or
is threatened to be made a party or witness, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the
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Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
(including service with respect to employee benefit plans) against all liability, loss suffered and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action, suit or proceeding was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Registrant is not required to indemnify any director or officer of the Registrant in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such director or
officer against the Registrant or any directors, officers or employees thereof unless (i) the
initiation of such proceeding (or portion thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Registrant or (ii) notwithstanding the lack of such authorization, the person seeking
indemnification is successful on the merits.
The By-Laws further provide that (i) expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by any
current or former officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Registrant, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if
it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant and
(ii) the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided therein shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification shall be entitled, or may thereafter
acquire.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes indemnification
by the Registrant of directors and officers under the circumstances provided in the provisions of
the By-Laws described above, and requires such indemnification for expenses actually and reasonably
incurred to the extent a director or officer is successful in the defense of any action, or any
claim, issue or matter therein.
The Registrant has purchased insurance which purports to insure the Registrant against certain
costs of indemnification which may be incurred by it pursuant to the By-Laws and to insure the
officers and directors of the Registrant, and of its subsidiary companies, against certain
liabilities incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as such officers and directors
except for liabilities resulting from their own malfeasance.
Item 8. Exhibits.
(a) See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request.
(b) The Registrant will submit or has submitted the IIP and the RCP and any amendment thereto
to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all
changes required by the IRS in order to qualify such Plans.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on November 14,
2008.
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Falk
Thomas J. Falk
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
/s/ Thomas J. Falk
Thomas J. Falk
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
November 14, 2008
/s/ Mark A. Buthman
Mark A. Buthman
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
November 14, 2008
/s/ Randy J. Vest
Randy J. Vest
Vice President and
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
November 14, 2008
Directors
John R. Alm
James M. Jenness
Dennis R. Beresford
Ian C. Read
John F. Bergstrom
Linda Johnson Rice
Abelardo E. Bru
Marc J. Shapiro
Robert W. Decherd
G. Craig Sullivan
Mae C. Jemison
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Mielke
Thomas J. Mielke, Attorney-in-Fact
November 14, 2008
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The Plans
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, as Plan Administrator of the Plans, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of
Texas, on November 14, 2008.
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
INCENTIVE INVESTMENT PLAN
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PLAN
(The Plans)
By:
/s/ Wesley E. Wada
Wesley E. Wada
Vice President — Compensation and Benefits
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement. Items
marked with an asterisk are filed herewith.
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 17,
2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)a of the Corporation's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
4.2
By-Laws, as amended November 12, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. (3)b of the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated November 14, 2008.
4.3*
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Defined Contribution Plans Trust and
First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Amendments thereto.
4.4*
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Incentive Investment Plan.
4.5*
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Retirement Contribution Plan.
23*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24*
Powers of Attorney.
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