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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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<font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><b>CURRENT
REPORT</b></font></p>
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<td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Date of Report: &nbsp;
October 25, 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>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="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">Identification
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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<td valign="top" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>75261-9100</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>(972)
281-1200</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Registrant&#146;s telephone
number, including area code)</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">Attached
and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, dated October 25, 2004, reporting the Corporation&#146;s results
of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" 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></p>
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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><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr>
<td valign="top" width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date: October 25, 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&nbsp;&nbsp;</small>A.&nbsp;B<small>UTHMAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</small></font></u>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Mark&nbsp;A. Buthman<br>Senior Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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<td align="right" width="3%"><p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">(99.1)</font></p>
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<td align="left" width="3%"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td><td width="94%">
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on October 25, 2004, regarding
 the Corporation&#146;s results of operations for the quarter ended September 30,
 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:  
October 25, 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 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 October 25, 2004, reporting the Corporation's results
of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 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: October 25, 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 October 25, 2004, regarding
 the Corporation's results of operations for the quarter ended September 30,
 2004.