UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                  ---------------------- 
    FORM 4                                        Washington, D.C. 20549                                    |     OMB APPROVAL    | 
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                                                                                                           | OMB Number:         | 
{} Check this box if                STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES             | 3235-0287           | 
     no longer subject to                                                                                  | Expires:            | 
     Section 16.  Form 4 or                                                                                | November 30, 2011   |  
     Form 5 obligations may                                                                                | Estimated average   | 
     continue. See Instruction                                                                             | burden hours per    |  
     1(b).                                                                                                 | response 0.5        | 
                          Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section  ----------------------- 
                           17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the 
(Print or Type Responses)                          Investment Company Act of 1940 


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|1. Name and Address of    | 2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)          | 
|  Reporting Person*       |                                                   |    to Issuer  (Check all applicable)            |
|Torres Russell            |KIMBERLY CLARK CORP                         KMB    | _____ Director          _____ 10% Owner         |
|                          |                                                   | __X__ Officer           _____ Other             | 
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|(Last)    (First) (Middle)|3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)   | (give title below)              (specify  below)|
|                          | 04-29-2024                                        |President, KCNA                                  |
|1400 HOLCOMB BRIDGEWATER R|---------------------------------------------------|                                                 |
|D,                        |                                                   |                                                 |
|     (Street)             |4.If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)|-------------------------------------------------|
|                          |                                                   | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing             |
|ROSWELL    - GA - 30076   |                                                   |     (Check Applicable Line)                     |
| (City)    (State)  (Zip) |                                                   |   _X_  Form filed by One Reporting Person       | 
|                          |                                                   |   ___  Form filed by More than One              |
|                          |                                                   |         Reporting Person                        | 

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                      Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 
                                                                                                                           
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| 1.              |  2.      |  2a.     | 3.           |  4.                     | 5.            |  6.        |   7.             | 
| Title of        |  Trans-  |  Deemed  | Transaction  |  Securities Acquired    | Amount of Sec |  Ownership |   Nature of      | 
| Security        |  action  |  Execut. | Code         |  (A) or Disposed of (D) | Beneficially  |  Form:     |   Indirect       | 
| (Instr. 3)      |  Date    |  Date    | (Instr. 8)   |  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    |Owned Following|  Direct    |   Beneficial     | 
|                 |----------|----------|---------|----|----------|-----|--------| Transaction(s)|  (D) or    |   Ownership      | 
|                 |  (Month/ |  (Month/ |         |    |          | (A) |        |               |  Indirect  |   (Instr. 4)     | 
|                 |  Day/    |  Day/    |         |    |          | or  |        | (Instr. 3 and |  (I)       |                  | 
|                 |  Year)   |  Year)   |   Code  |  V |   Amount | (D) | Price  | 4)            |  Instr. 4) |                  | 
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|Common Stock     |04-29-2024|          |A        |    |3,285     |A    |$0      |35,422         |D           |                  |
|                 |          |          |         |    |#1        |#1   |        |               |            |                  |
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|Common Stock     |04-29-2024|          |F        |    |1,456     |D    |$135.93 |33,966         |D           |                  |
|                 |          |          |#2       |    |          |     |        |               |            |                  |
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                            Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 
                                      (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 
                                                                                                                             
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|1.      |2.      | 3.      | 3a.     |4.     | 5.           |  6.            | 7.           |8.     |9.      |10.     |11.      | 
|Title of|Conver- | Trans-  | Deemed  |Trans- | Number of    | Date           | Title and    |Price  |Number  |Owner-  |Nature of| 
|Deriv-  |sion or | action  | Execu.  |action | Deriv-       | Exercisable    | Amount of    |of     |of      |ship    |Indirect | 
|ative   |Exercise| Date    | Date    |Code   | ative        | and Expira-    | Underlying   |Deriv- |Deriv-  |Form    |Benefici.|  
|Security|Price of| (Month/ | (Month/ |(Instr.| Securities   | tion Date      | Securities   |ative  |ative   |of      |Ownership| 
|(Instr. |Deriv-  | Day/    | Day/    |8)     | Acquired     | (Month/Day/    | (Instr. 3    |Secur- |Secur-  |Deriv-  |(Instr. 4| 
| 3)     |ative   | Year)   | Year)   |       | (A) or       | Year)          |  and 4)      |ity    |ities   |ative   |         | 
|        |Security|         |         |       | Disposed of  |----------------|--------------|(Instr.|Bene-   |Secur-  |         | 
|        |        |         |         |-------| (D) (Instr.  |       |        |      |       | 5)    |ficially|ity     |         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  | 3, 4 and 5)  |       |        |      |Amount |       |Owned   |Direct  |         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  |--------------|       |        |      |or     |       |folowing|(D) or  |         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  |      |       |Date   |Expira- |      |Number |       |reported|Indirect|         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  |      |       |Exer-  |tion    |      |of     |       |tran.(s)|(I)     |         | 
|        |        |         |         |Code| V|  (A) |  (D)  |cisable|Date    |Title |Shares |       |(Inst.4)|Instr. 4|         | 
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|                                      |          Relationships                    |
|  Reporting Owner Name / Address      +----------+----------+----------+-------- -+
|                                      | Director |10% Owner | Officer  |  Other   |
+--------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Torres Russell                        |    .     |    .     |President,|          |
|                                      |          |          | KCNA     |          |
|1400 HOLCOMB BRIDGEWATER RD           |          |          |          |          |
|ROSWELL GA 30076                      |          |          |          |          |
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Explanation of Responses:

 1 Represents performance-based restricted share units that have vested and are paid o
 ut in shares of common stock and includes restricted share units which were accrued b
 ased on dividends paid on the Corporation's common stock.                            
 2 This transaction represents the automatic surrender of shares to the issuer upon ve
 sting of performance-based restricted shares units to satisfy the reporting person's 
 tax withholding obligations.                                                         


Remarks: 



Signatures

Jeffrey S. McFall as attorney-in-fact for Russell Torres     / 05-01-2024
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 ** Signature of Reporting Person                                Date

    
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