EX-24.1 5 exhibit241.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit

EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ John F. Bergstrom
		John F. Bergstrom

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Abelardo E. Bru
		Abelardo E. Bru

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Robert W. Decherd
		Robert W. Decherd

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Thomas J. Falk
		Thomas J. Falk

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Fabian T. Garcia
		Fabian T. Garcia

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Mae C. Jemison
		Mae C. Jemison

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ James M. Jenness
		James M. Jenness

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Nancy J. Karch
		Nancy J. Karch

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Christa S. Quarles
		Christa S. Quarles

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Ian C. Read
		Ian C. Read

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Marc J. Shapiro
		Marc J. Shapiro

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Henry, Michael T. Azbell, and Thomas J. Mielke, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of November, 2016.

By:		/s/ Michael D. White
		Michael D. White