Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Form 4 KIMBERLY CLARK / Thomas J. Mielke ownership change

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^*

Mielke Thomas J.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

P.O. BOX 619100

(Street)

DALLAS TX 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)
SVP - General Counsel

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/22/2016

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/22/2016		M		9,000	A	$75.2203	33,556.7263	D
Common Stock	08/22/2016		S		2,946	D	$127.3527	30,610.7263	D
Common Stock	08/22/2016		S		9,000	D	$127.3748	21,610.7263	D
Common Stock								1,171.8	I	By Wife(1)

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(2)	$75.2203(3)	08/22/2016		M			9,000(3)	(4)	05/02/2022	Common Stock	9,000(3)	$0.0000	17,894(3)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares are held by the trustee of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan and beneficially owned by the reporting person as of recent practicable date.

2. Employee stock option granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2011 Equity Participation Plan.

3. All historical share and stock option exercise price data in this Form 4 have been adjusted to reflect the Corporation's spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary Halyard Health, Inc. on October 31, 2014. The adjustments were made to preserve the intrinsic value of the reporting person's stock options existing prior to the spin-off.

4. In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.

	/s/ Jeffrey S. McFall as attorney-in-fact for Thomas J. Mielke	08/23/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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