Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 11, 2020, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Corporation") issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.050% Notes due 2027 (the "Notes") pursuant to its effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-229547) (the "Shelf Registration Statement"). On September 8, 2020, the Corporation entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives for the several underwriters named therein, for the issuance and sale by the Corporation of the Notes. The Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

The Notes were issued under an Indenture (as amended and supplemented, the "Indenture"), dated as of March 1, 1988, by and among the Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago) as Trustee (originally executed with Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of September 11, 2020, between the Corporation and the Trustee with respect to the Notes (the "Seventh Supplemental Indenture").

In the event that the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Softex Indonesia (the "Softex Indonesia Acquisition") has not occurred on or prior to the earlier of (i) March 31, 2021 and (ii) the date the Softex Indonesia Acquisition purchase agreement is terminated according to its terms, the Corporation will be required to redeem all outstanding Notes on a special mandatory redemption date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such documents, which are attached as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits.



    Exhibit     Underwriting Agreement, by and among the Corporation and the
  1.1         representatives for the several underwriters named therein, dated as
              of September 8, 2020.

    Exhibit     Form of 1.050% Notes due September 15, 2027.
  4.1

    Exhibit     First Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of March 1, 1988,
  4.2         between the Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
              Company, N.A.(as successor in interest to The First National Bank of
              Chicago) as Trustee (originally executed with Bank of America
              National Trust and Savings Association) (incorporated by reference
              to Exhibit No. 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
              on February 2, 1998 (File No. 333-45399)).

    Exhibit     Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 11, 2020,
  4.3         between the Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
              Company, N.A., as Trustee.

    Exhibit     Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
  5.1

    Exhibit     Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1
  23.1        hereto).

  104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and
              contained in Exhibit 101).

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