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2024 Transformation Initiative (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring and Related Costs | The following charges were incurred in connection with the 2024 Transformation Initiative:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Cost of products sold: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charges for workforce reductions |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 46 |
Asset write-offs |  | 7 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 13 |
Incremental depreciation |  | 15 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 104 |  |  | 13 |
Other exit costs |  | 9 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 4 |
Total |  | 34 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 169 |  |  | 76 |
Marketing, research and general expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charges for workforce reductions |  | 1 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 117 |
Other exit costs |  | 27 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 91 |
Total |  | 28 |  |  | 93 |  |  | 89 |  |  | 208 |
Other (income) and expense, net(a) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 75 |
Nonoperating expense |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
Total charges(b) |  | 62 |  |  | 124 |  |  | 261 |  |  | 359 |
Provision for income taxes |  | (12) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (39) |  |  | (102) |
Net charges |  | 50 |  |  | 106 |  |  | 222 |  |  | 257 |
Net charges related to noncontrolling interests |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | (7) |  |  | — |
Net charges attributable to Kimberly-Clark Corporation |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 106 |  |  | $ | 215 |  |  | $ | 257 |
(a)Other (Income) and expense, net includes losses recognized for the exit of certain businesses and markets as part of the 2024 Transformation Initiative. (b)We do not include 2024 Transformation Initiative charges within our segment operating results. Total impact of these charges to the NA and IPC segments were $32 and $36, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2025, $60 and $31, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, $117 and $127, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and $125 and $160, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, with the residual relating to Corporate & Other. See further discussion around our segment operating results in Note 11.
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The following summarizes the 2024 Transformation Initiative liabilities activity:
|  | 2025
2024 Transformation Initiative liabilities as of January 1 |  | $ | 130 |
Charges for workforce reductions and other cash exit costs |  | 126 |
Cash payments |  | (183) |
Currency and other |  | (10) |
2024 Transformation Initiative liabilities as of September 30 |  | $ | 63 |

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