UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
| PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of Report: April 12, 2004
(Date of earliest event reported)
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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | 1-225 | 39-0394230 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| P. O. Box 619100, Dallas, Texas | 75261-9100 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(972) 281-1200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
| Item 12 | Results of Operations and Financial Condition | |
| Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, dated April 12, 2004, regarding the Corporation's earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. | ||
| The information, including exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
| Date: April 12, 2004 | By:
/s/ MARK
A.
BUTHMAN
Mark A. Buthman |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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(99.1) |
Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on April 12, 2004, regarding the Corporation's earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. |