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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i35ebf07b3e534298b6313c6a1bd87450_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&#160;29, 2021 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.071%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. __________</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:113%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:113%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Washington, D.C. 20549&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:113%">Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:108%">Kimberly-Clark Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:121%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:276.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:159.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:7.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:103.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">39-0394230</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(State or Other Jurisdiction</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(I.R.S. Employer</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">of Incorporation or Organization)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Identification Number)</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">P.O. Box 619100</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">75261-9100</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Dallas, Texas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Zip Code)</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:121%">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Grant B. McGee</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Senior Deputy General Counsel</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">P.O. Box 619100</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Dallas, Texas 75261-9100</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(972) 281-1200</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:121%">(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. 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style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The securities to be registered include shares of common stock, par value $1.25 per share, of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) and options and rights to acquire Common Stock issuable under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(the &#8220;2021 Plan&#8221;).</font></div><div style="padding-left:15.95pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-15.95pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of the Registrant&#8217;s  common stock as may be required as a result of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the 2021 Plan.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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) and (h) thereunder, based on $129.60, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on April&#160;27, 2021, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">____________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is filed by Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221; or &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), to register 2,100,000 shares of its Common Stock issuable under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan, which was approved by stockholders on April 29, 2021 (the &#8220;Approval Date&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The 2021 Plan provides (i) for the issuance of 2,100,000 newly available shares of Common Stock, (ii) that no new awards may be granted under the Registrant&#8217;s 2011 Equity Participation Plan (the &#8220;Prior Plan&#8221;) after the Approval Date (although awards granted under the Prior Plan prior to the Approval Date will remain outstanding in accordance with their terms), and (iii) that the number of shares previously authorized for awards under the Prior Plan but not reserved for outstanding awards as of the Approval Date, plus any shares corresponding to awards under the Prior Plan that are forfeited, terminated or converted without being settled in Common Stock after the Approval Date (collectively, the &#8220;Prior Plan Shares&#8221;) will become available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the 2021 Plan.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In connection with the Prior Plan, the Registrant has previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) Form S-8 Registration Statements on June 6, 2001 (File No. 333-62358), May 10, 2004 (File No. 333-115347) and April 26, 2011 (File No. 333-173725) (the &#8220;Prior Registration Statements&#8221;). Concurrently with the filing of this Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing a Post-Effective Amendment to the Prior Registration Statements to cover the issuance of the Prior Plan Shares under the 2021 Plan if and when they are available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART II</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:46.8pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.67pt">Annual report on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000055785/000005578521000016/kmb-20201231.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the &#8220;2020 Annual Report&#8221;)&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:46.8pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.67pt">Our quarterly report on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000055785/000005578521000037/kmb-20210331.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-Q</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> for the quarter ended March 31, 2021&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:46.8pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.67pt">Current reports on Form 8-K filed on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000019/pre-20210414.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">April 14</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000019/pre-20210414.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">, 2021</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000043/pre-20210429.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">April 29, 2021</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, (in each case, except for any information contained therein which is furnished rather than filed)&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:46.8pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.67pt">The information in our </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000120677421000631/kc3839821-def14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">definitive </a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000120677421000631/kc3839821-def14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">proxy statement</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> filed on March 8, 2021 that is incorporated by reference in the 2020 Annual Report&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:46.8pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.67pt">Description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578520000016/kmb10k2019exhibit4e.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit&#160;(4)e</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), 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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The opinion of counsel as to the legality of the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder (constituting Exhibit&#160;5) has been rendered by Grant B. McGee, who is a full-time employee of the Registrant and who, as such, is eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan. Mr.&#160;McGee beneficially owns or has options to acquire an aggregate of less than one percent of Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Common Stock. These shares and options include awards under the Registrant&#8217;s other employee benefit plans, subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Registrant&#8217;s By-laws (the &#8220;By-Laws&#8221;) provide, among other things, that the Registrant shall (i)&#160;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&#8217; 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&#8217; 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 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. </font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The By-Laws further provide that (i) expenses (including attorneys&#8217; 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&#8217;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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8. Exhibits.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.013%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:81.787%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No.  4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000043/kmbexno3ak-ccertificateofi.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 29, 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (3)a of the Corporation&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2021.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No. 4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000043/kmbexno3bk-cbyxlaws4x1x21.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">By-Laws, as amended April 29, 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No.&#160;(3)b of the Corporation&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April&#160;29, 2021.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No. 5*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibitno51-opinionofgrant.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Grant B. McGee.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No. 23.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit231consentofdeloitt.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Deloitte &#38; Touche LLP.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No. 23.2*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibitno51-opinionofgrant.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Grant B. McGee is contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit No 5.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No. 24*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibitno24-powersofattorn.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Powers of Attorney.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit No. 99.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578521000043/kmbex10o-kimberlyclarkcorp.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (10)o of the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2021.</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:14.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">* Filed herewith. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9. 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Document
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2021
Registration No. __________
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
39-0394230
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
P.O. Box 619100
75261-9100
Dallas, Texas
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Grant B. McGee
Senior Deputy General Counsel
P.O. Box 619100
Dallas, Texas 75261-9100
(972) 281-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered (1)
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $1.25 par value
2,100,000 shares(2)
$129.60(3)
$272,160,000(3)
$29,693
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(1)    The securities to be registered include shares of common stock, par value $1.25 per share, of Kimberly-Clark Corporation ("Common Stock") and options and rights to acquire Common Stock issuable under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan
(the "2021 Plan").
(2)    This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of the Registrant's  common stock as may be required as a result of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the 2021 Plan.
(3)    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) and (h) thereunder, based on $129.60, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on April 27, 2021, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is filed by Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Corporation" or "Registrant"), to register 2,100,000 shares of its Common Stock issuable under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan, which was approved by stockholders on April 29, 2021 (the "Approval Date").
The 2021 Plan provides (i) for the issuance of 2,100,000 newly available shares of Common Stock, (ii) that no new awards may be granted under the Registrant's 2011 Equity Participation Plan (the "Prior Plan") after the Approval Date (although awards granted under the Prior Plan prior to the Approval Date will remain outstanding in accordance with their terms), and (iii) that the number of shares previously authorized for awards under the Prior Plan but not reserved for outstanding awards as of the Approval Date, plus any shares corresponding to awards under the Prior Plan that are forfeited, terminated or converted without being settled in Common Stock after the Approval Date (collectively, the "Prior Plan Shares") will become available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the 2021 Plan.
In connection with the Prior Plan, the Registrant has previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") Form S-8 Registration Statements on June 6, 2001 (File No. 333-62358), May 10, 2004 (File No. 333-115347) and April 26, 2011 (File No. 333-173725) (the "Prior Registration Statements"). Concurrently with the filing of this Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing a Post-Effective Amendment to the Prior Registration Statements to cover the issuance of the Prior Plan Shares under the 2021 Plan if and when they are available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.
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 are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
Annual report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the "2020 Annual Report");
2.
Our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2021;
3.
Current reports on Form 8-K filed on
April 14
, 2021
and
April 29, 2021
, (in each case, except for any information contained therein which is furnished rather than filed);
4.
The information in our
definitive
proxy statement
filed on March 8, 2021 that is incorporated by reference in the 2020 Annual Report; and
5.
Description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Exhibit (4)e
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
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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 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The opinion of counsel as to the legality of the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder (constituting Exhibit 5) has been rendered by Grant B. McGee, who is a full-time employee of the Registrant and who, as such, is eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan. Mr. McGee beneficially owns or has options to acquire an aggregate of less than one percent of Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock. These shares and options include awards under the Registrant's other employee benefit plans, subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances.
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 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.
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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.
Exhibit No.  4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 29, 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (3)a of the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2021.
Exhibit No. 4.2
By-Laws, as amended April 29, 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (3)b of the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2021.
Exhibit No. 5*
Opinion of Grant B. McGee.
Exhibit No. 23.1*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Exhibit No. 23.2*
Consent of Grant B. McGee is contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit No 5.
Exhibit No. 24*
Powers of Attorney.
Exhibit No. 99.1
Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2021 Equity Participation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (10)o of the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2021.
* Filed herewith.
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:
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(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 the Commission 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 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission 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 Section 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 Commission 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
The Registrant
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 April 29, 2021.
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Michael D. Hsu
Michael D. Hsu
Chief Executive Office
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/ Michael D. Hsu
Michael D. Hsu
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
April 29, 2021
/s/ Maria Henry
Maria Henry
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
April 29, 2021
/s/ Andrew Drexler
Andrew Drexler
Vice President and
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
April 29, 2021
Directors
John W. Culver
Christa S. Quarles
Robert W. Decherd
Ian C. Read
Mae C. Jemison
Dunia A. Shive
S. Todd Maclin
Mark T. Smucker
Sherilyn S. McCoy
Michael D. White
By:
/s/ Grant B. McGee
April 29, 2021
Grant B. McGee
Attorney-in-Fact
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