Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On November 15, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the “Corporation”) elected Michael D. Hsu, 52, as President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board, effective January 1, 2017.

Mr. Hsu has served as the Corporation’s Group President – K-C North America since 2013, and is responsible for the Corporation’s consumer business in North America, as well as leading the development of new business strategies for global nonwovens. From 2012 to May 2013, he served as Group President – North America Consumer Products. Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Mr. Hsu served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Kraft Foods, Inc., a North American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate, from January 2012 to July 2012, as President of Sales, Customer Marketing and Logistics from 2010 to 2012 and as President of its grocery business unit from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Hsu served as President and Chief Operating Officer, Foodservice at H. J. Heinz Company, a manufacturer and marketer of food products.

Mr. Hsu’s base salary will be $925,000 per year. As a participant in the Corporation’s annual incentive plan, Mr. Hsu will be eligible for an annual bonus, based on company performance. His target bonus under the plan has been set at 125% of his base salary. Mr. Hsu will be eligible for annual stock-based incentives. He will also participate in the Corporation’s supplemental 401(k) plan, executive severance plan and other benefit plans available to the Corporation’s executive officers and employees, as described in the Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 4, 2016.

On November 16, 2016, the Corporation announced that Elane B. Stock, the Corporation’s Group President – K-C International, will no longer serve in such capacity effective January 1, 2017 as a result of the elimination of the role from the Corporation’s organizational structure. Ms. Stock will remain at the Corporation in a non-executive capacity for a transitional period.

A copy of the press release announcing these organizational changes is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 News release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on November 16, 2016.

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