Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(a) OnNovember 21, 2019 , Mr.Thomas J. Falk , Executive Chairman ofKimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Corporation"), notified the Corporation of his intention to retire as Executive Chairman and as a member of the Board, effectiveDecember 31, 2019 . In connection withMr. Falk's retirement, the size of the Board will be decreased from fifteen to fourteen members. The Board electedMichael D. Hsu , the Corporation's current Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board effectiveJanuary 1, 2020 .Mr. Hsu will also continue as Chief Executive Officer.
A copy of the related news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 News release issued byKimberly-Clark Corporation onNovember 21, 2019 . 101 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. 104 The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.
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