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FORM 4
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b).
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
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BUTHMAN MARK A |
2. Issuer Name
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Ticker or Trading Symbol
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP [ KMB ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior VP & CFO |
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P.O. BOX 619100 |
3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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DALLAS, TX 75261-9100 |
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) |
2. Trans. Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any |
3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) |
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) |
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Trans. Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any |
4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date |
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) |
9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) | $78.5400 | 5/2/2012 | A | 45837.0000 | (2) | 5/2/2022 | Common Stock | 45837.0000 | $0.0000 | 45837.0000 | D | ||||
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Remarks:
buthmanpoa.txt |
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Reporting Owners
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| Reporting Owner Name / Address |
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| Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | ||
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BUTHMAN MARK A
P.O. BOX 619100 DALLAS, TX 75261-9100 |
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Senior VP & CFO |
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Signatures
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| /s/ Steve W. Milton as attorney-in-fact for Mark A. Buthman | 5/4/2012 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date
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| * | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke, John W. Wesley, Steve W. Milton, Catherine A. Paulson, and Robert F. Westover and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and acknowledge Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 (including amendments thereto) with respect to securities of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Company"), and to deliver and file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, to and with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the national securities exchanges and the Company pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, 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 substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned agrees that each of the attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact.
The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any manner by reason of the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by the undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein.
The undersigned agrees and represents to those dealing with any of the attorneys-in-fact herein that this Power of Attorney is for indefinite duration and may be voluntarily revoked only by written notice delivered to such attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of May 2012.
/s/ Mark A. Buthman
Mark A. Buthman
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