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      2.02&#160;&#160;Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Attached
      and incorporated herein by
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Corporation
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">(the
&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Corporation&#8221;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">,
      dated </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">January 24, 2008</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">,
      reporting </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">the Corporation</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">&#8217;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">s
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">results
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">of
      operations </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">for the </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">quarter
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">and
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">full
      year ended December 31,
      2007</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">.</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">The
      information, including exhibits
      attached hereto, in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Item
      2.02 of this </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Current Report
      is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">filed&#8221;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">for
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      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amend</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">ed, or otherwise subject
      to the
      liabilities of that Section. The information in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Item 2.02 of </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">this
      Current Report shall not be
      incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document
      pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">as amended, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">ex</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">cept
      as otherwise expressly stated in
      such filing.</font></font></div>
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      9.01&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">(d)
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Exhibits</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">.</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Exhibit</font>
      99.1 Press release issued
      by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on January 24, 2008.</font></div>
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      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></div>
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kc_8k-4q07.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: January 24, 2008
(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
(the
"
Corporation"
)
,
      dated
January 24, 2008
,
      reporting
the Corporation
'
s
results
of
      operations
for the
quarter
and
full
      year ended December 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 amend
ed, 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,
ex
cept
      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 January 24, 2008.
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:  January
                24, 2008
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 January 24, 2008.