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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>UNITED STATES</b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549</b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font></p>
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REPORT</b></font></p>

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"3"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Date of Report: &nbsp;
April 12, 2004</b></font></p>
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<font size="1">(Date of earliest event reported)</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="6"><b>KIMBERLY-CLARK
CORPORATION</b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)</font></p>
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<td valign="top" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=
"2"><b>Delaware</b></font></td>
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"2"><b>1-225</b></font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=
"2"><b>39-0394230</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(State or other jurisdiction
of</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">incorporation)</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Commission File</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">Number)</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(I.R.S. Employer</font></p>
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No.)</font></p>
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<td valign="top" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=
"2"><b>P. O. Box 619100, Dallas, Texas</b></font></td>
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"2"><b>75261-9100</b></font></td>
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"1">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>(972)
281-1200</b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Registrant&#146;s telephone
number, including area code)</font></p>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Item 12&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Results of Operations
and Financial Condition</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attached and incorporated
herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, dated April 12, 2004, regarding the Corporation's earnings for the
quarter ended March 31, 2004.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information, including
exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information
in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=
"2">KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION</font></p>
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<td valign="top" width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size=
"2">Date: April 12, 2004</font></td>
<td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">By:</font>
<u><font face="Times New Roman" size=
"2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M<small>ARK</small>
A.
B<small>UTHMAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</small></font></u>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Mark A. Buthman<br>
Senior Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=
"2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on
April 12, 2004, regarding the Corporation's earnings for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004.</font></p>
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8-K EDGAR Filing
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
Date of Report:  
April 12, 2004
(Date of earliest event reported)
KIMBERLY-CLARK
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-225
39-0394230
(State or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification
No.)
P. O. Box 619100, Dallas, Texas
75261-9100
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(972)
281-1200
(Registrant's telephone
number, including area code)
Item 12
Results of Operations
and Financial Condition
Attached and incorporated
herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, dated April 12, 2004, regarding the Corporation's earnings for the
quarter ended March 31, 2004.
The information, including
exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information
in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
Date: April 12, 2004
By:
/s/    M
ARK
A.
B
UTHMAN
Mark A. Buthman
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
(99.1)
Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on
April 12, 2004, regarding the Corporation's earnings for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004.