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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 10/31/22 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 55785 |
| Issuer Name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: KMB |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1946526 |
| | Owner Name: Fenske Tamera |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: P.O. BOX 619100 |
| | Owner Street 2: |
| | Owner City: DALLAS |
| | Owner State: TX |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 75261-9100 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Officer Title: Chief Supply Chain Officer |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Restricted Share Units 10/31/22(w/Dividends reinvested) |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 10/31/22 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 12,052.0000 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0.0000 |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 12,052.0000 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 12,052.0000 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Stock Option (Right to Buy) |
| | | Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Value: 124.4600 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 10/31/22 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 24,104.0000 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0.0000 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F4 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Value: 10/31/32 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 24,104.0000 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 24,104.0000 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Represents restricted share units payable on a 1-for-1 basis, granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Equity Participation Plan. Additional restricted share units are accrued based on dividends paid on the Corporation's common stock and will be paid in shares at the end of the vesting period. |
| Footnote - F2: The restricted share units vest in one-third increments on each of the first through third anniversaries of the grant date. |
| Footnote - F3: Employee stock option granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Equity Participation Plan. |
| Footnote - F4: In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised. |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: Jeffrey S. McFall as attorney-in-fact for Tamera Fenske |
| Signature Date: 11/1/22 |
