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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;18, 2009</B>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><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></TD>
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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: 12pt; 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><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR>
of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>39-0394230</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>P.O. Box 619100<BR>
Dallas, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Kimberly-Clark Shareplus<BR>
Trust Deed and Rules of Kimberly-Clark Shareplus UK<BR>
Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (Jersey)<BR>
Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (UK)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(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 <BR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $1.25 par
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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
$58.18, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on September&nbsp;14, 2009, as
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
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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: 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>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2009 and
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;4, 2009, April&nbsp;22, 2009, May&nbsp;1, 2009,
May&nbsp;29, 2009 and September&nbsp;2, 2009 (in each case only to the extent filed and not
furnished);</TD>
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    <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) filed on July&nbsp;24, 2007.</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 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: 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 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<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, under any statute, provision of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, the
By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action
in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The By-Laws further provide that any repeal or modification of the indemnification provisions
of the By-Laws will not adversely affect any right or protection thereunder of a director or
officer of the Registrant in respect of any action, suit or proceeding (regardless of when such
proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of or relating to any acts or
omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification, and the rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses pursuant to the indemnification provisions of the By-Laws will vest at the
time any such person becomes a director or officer of the Registrant.
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<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.
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<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: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.
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</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: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) 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: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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. 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">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
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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; 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: 3%">&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: 3%">&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 align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</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 September&nbsp;18,
2009.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas J. Falk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Thomas J. Falk</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Chairman of the Board and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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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, 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="26%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="26%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Falk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;18, 2009</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">and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas J. Falk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Director<BR>
(principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark A. Buthman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;18, 2009</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">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark A. Buthman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Randy J. Vest
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;18, 2009</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">Controller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Randy J. Vest
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal accounting officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Directors
</DIV>

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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John R. Alm
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">James M. Jenness</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dennis R. Beresford
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ian C. Read</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John F. Bergstrom
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Linda Johnson Rice</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Abelardo E. Bru
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Marc J. Shapiro</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert W. Decherd
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">G. Craig Sullivan</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mae C. Jemison</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&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>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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">September&nbsp;18, 2009</TD>
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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.
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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;30,
2009, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No. (3)a of the
Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;1, 2009.</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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws, as amended April&nbsp;30, 2009, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;No. (3)b of the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated May&nbsp;1, 2009.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">4.3.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kimberly-Clark Shareplus.</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">4.3.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Trust Deed and Rules of Kimberly-Clark Shareplus UK.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">4.3.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (Jersey).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">4.3.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (UK).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 September 18, 2009
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
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
39-0394230
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
P.O. Box 619100
Dallas, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
75261-9100
(Zip Code)
Kimberly-Clark Shareplus
Trust Deed and Rules of Kimberly-Clark Shareplus UK
Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (Jersey)
Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (UK)
(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)
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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
500,000 shares
$58.18(1)
$29,090,000(1)
$1,623.22
(1)
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
$58.18, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on September 14, 2009, as
reported in the consolidated reporting system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.3.1
EX-4.3.2
EX-4.3.3
EX-4.3.4
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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, 2008;
2.
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2009 and
June 30, 2009;
3.
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2009, April 22, 2009, May 1, 2009,
May 29, 2009 and September 2, 2009 (in each case only to the extent filed and not
furnished);
4.
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) filed on July 24, 2007.
All documents filed by the Registrant 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 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
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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, under any statute, provision of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, the
By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action
in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
The By-Laws further provide that any repeal or modification of the indemnification provisions
of the By-Laws will not adversely affect any right or protection thereunder of a director or
officer of the Registrant in respect of any action, suit or proceeding (regardless of when such
proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of or relating to any acts or
omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification, and the rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses pursuant to the indemnification provisions of the By-Laws will vest at the
time any such person becomes a director or officer of the Registrant.
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.
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.
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. 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
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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 September 18,
2009.
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
Chairman of the Board
September 18, 2009
and Chief Executive Officer
Thomas J. Falk
and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Mark A. Buthman
Senior Vice President and
September 18, 2009
Chief Financial Officer
Mark A. Buthman
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Randy J. Vest
Vice President and
September 18, 2009
Controller
Randy J. Vest
(principal accounting officer)
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
September 18, 2009
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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 30,
2009, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (3)a of the
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 1, 2009.
4.2
By-Laws, as amended April 30, 2009, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. (3)b of the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 1, 2009.
4.3.1*
Kimberly-Clark Shareplus.
4.3.2*
Trust Deed and Rules of Kimberly-Clark Shareplus UK.
4.3.3*
Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (Jersey).
4.3.4*
Trust Deed of the Kimberly-Clark Employee Share Trust (UK).
23*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24*
Powers of Attorney.
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