SEC Form 4 · accession 0001225208-16-027546

KIMBERLY CLARK CORP · KMB

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman of the Board and CEO · Director

Period of report

Feb 20, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Feb 23, 2016 · 4:22 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000055785

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1	Feb 20, 2016	A	74,936	$0.00	A	74,936	D
Common Stock	Feb 20, 2016	F	31,436	$130.43	D	43,500	D
Common Stock^F3	holding	—	—		—	14,025	I	401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
Common Stock^F4	holding	—	—		—	523,798	I	Held by TKM II, Ltd.
Common Stock^F5	holding	—	—		—	99,411	I	Held by TKM, Ltd.

No Table II lines on this filing.

F1Represents performance-based restricted share units that have vested and are paid out in shares of common stock.
F2This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon vesting of performance-based restricted shares units to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations.
F3Shares are held by the trustee of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan and beneficially owned by the reporting person as of recent practicable date.
F4TKM II, Ltd. is a family limited partnership which is owned by (i) an entity owned by a Trust, controlled by the reporting person and his spouse as general partner, and (ii) a Trust controlled by the reporting person and his spouse as limited partners.
F5TKM, Ltd. is a family limited partnership which is owned by (i) an entity owned by a trust, controlled by the reporting person and his spouse as general partner and (ii) two family trusts previously established for the benefit of the reporting person's son as limited partners.

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