<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-18-012421.txt : 20180808
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180808150216
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-18-012421
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180808

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wilkinson Tristram
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001748647

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00225
		FILM NUMBER:		181001014

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 619100
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75261-9100

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000055785
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONVERTED PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODS (NO CONTAINERS/BOXES) [2670]
		IRS NUMBER:				390394230
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		351 PHELPS DRIVE
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722811200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 619100
		STREET 2:		DFW AIRPORT STATION
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75261-9100
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        <footnote id="F1">Shares are held by the trustee of the Kimberly-Clark Shareplus UK Plan (a tax qualified plan) and the Kimberly-Clark Shareplus Plan (UK Top-Up component) and beneficially owned by the reporting person as of recent practicable date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted share units vest in one-third increments on each of the first through third anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents time-based restricted share units payable on a 1-for-1 basis, granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2011 Equity Participation Plan.  Additional restricted share units are accrued based on dividends paid on the Corporation's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Employee stock option granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2011 Equity Participation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Stock option that is fully vested and exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">All historical share and stock option exercise price data in this Form 3 have been adjusted to reflect the Corporation's spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary Halyard Health, Inc. on October 31, 2014.  The adjustments were made to preserve the intrinsic value of the reporting person's stock options existing prior to the spin-off.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>poatristramwilkinson.pdf</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Jeffrey S. McFall as Attorney-in-fact for Tristram Wilkinson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-08-06</signatureDate>
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