SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

VEST RANDY J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

P.O. BOX 619100

(Street)

DALLAS

75261-9100

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP [ KMB ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Vice President and Controller

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/29/2009

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	04/29/2009		A		937⁽¹⁾	A	$0⁽¹⁾	83,255	D
Common Stock	04/29/2009		F⁽²⁾		248	D	$49.31	83,007	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)⁽³⁾	$49.61	04/29/2009		A		11,422		⁽⁴⁾	04/29/2019	Common Stock	11,422	$0	11,422	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents performance-based restricted share units that vested on April 26, 2009, subject to approval by the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the issuer (the "Committee") of the payout amount, and are paid out in shares of common stock of the issuer. This payout amount, which is 30% of the targeted performance-based restricted share units grant award on April 26, 2006, was approved by the Committee at its meeting on April 29, 2009.

2. This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon the vesting of performance-based restricted share units on the vesting date of April 26, 2009, subject to the approval of the Committee of the payout amount, at its meeting on April 29, 2009, to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations.

3. Employee stock option granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2001 Equity Participation Plan.

4. The option vests in three annual installments of 30%, 30% and 40% beginning on April 29, 2010.

Remarks:

	/s/ Steve W. Milton as attorney-in-fact for Randy J. Vest	05/01/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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