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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&#160;&#160;Results
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                Condition.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 48pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Attached
      and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press
      release of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, dated April 23, 2007, reporting the
      Corporation&#8217;s results of operations for the quarter ended March 31,
      2007.</font></div>
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      information, including exhibits attached hereto, in Item 2.02 of this Current
      Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; 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 Item 2.02 of
      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></div>
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                Exhibits.</font></div>
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<u>Exhibits</u>.</font></div>
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                99.1&#160;&#160;Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on
                April 23, 2007, regarding the Corporation&#8217;s results of operations for the
                quarter ended March 31, 2007.</font></div>
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      duly authorized.</font></div>
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kc_8k-1q07.htm
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 23, 2007
(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
(Commission
                File
(IRS
                Employer
of
                incorporation)
Number)
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)
Check
      the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
[  ]
Written
                communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                CFR
                230.425)
[  ]
Soliciting
                material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.14a-12)
[  ]
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
[  ]
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.13e-4(c))
Item
                2.02
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 23, 2007, reporting the
      Corporation's results of operations for the quarter ended March 31,
      2007.
The
      information, including exhibits attached hereto, in Item 2.02 of 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 Item 2.02 of
      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.
Item
                9.01  Financial Statements and
                Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
                99.1  Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on
                April 23, 2007, regarding the Corporation's results of operations for the
                quarter ended March 31, 2007.
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
                23, 2007
By:
/s/
                Mark A. Buthman
Mark
                A.
                Buthman
Senior
                Vice President
                and
Chief
                Financial
                Officer
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
(99.1)
Press
                release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on April 23, 2007, regarding
                the Corporation's results of operations for the quarter ended March 31,
                2007.