Exhibit No. (21) CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES AND EQUITY COMPANIES Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Subsidiaries The following list includes certain companies that were owned directly or indirectly by Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Dallas, Texas, as of December 31, 1999. This list includes all significant subsidiaries and equity companies. The place of incorporation or organization is the same as the location of the company except as shown parenthetically. Consolidated Subsidiaries Avent, Inc. and subsidiaries (Delaware), Tucson, Arizona Ballard Medical Products and subsidiaries, Draper, Utah Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel S.A. and subsidiaries, Medellin, Colombia (69%) Ecuapel, S.A., Guayaquil, Ecuador (69%) Hakle-Kimberly Switzerland GmbH and subsidiaries, Reichenburg, Switzerland Hakle-Kimberly Deutschland GmbH and subsidiaries, Koblenz, Germany Housing Horizons, LLC, Dallas, Texas K-C Hanoi Co. Ltd., Hanoi, Vietnam (70%) Kimberly Bolivia S.A., Santa Cruz, Bolivia (42%) Kimberly-Clark Argentina Holdings S.A. and subsidiaries, Buenos Aires, Argentina Kimberly-Clark a.s., Czech Republic Kimberly-Clark Australia Holdings Pty. Ltd. and subsidiaries, Milsons Point, Australia Kimberly-Clark B.V., Ede, The Netherlands Kimberly-Clark CBG Hygienic Products Company Limited, Chengdu, Handan, Kunming and Nanjing, China Kimberly-Clark Canada Inc. and subsidiaries, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Kimberly-Clark Central American Holdings, S.A., Panama (81%) Kimberly-Clark de Centro America, S.A. and subsidiaries, Sitio del Nino, El Salvador (81%) Kimberly-Clark Chile, S.A., Santiago, Chile Kimberly-Clark do Brasil Limitada and subsidiaries, Sao Paulo, Brazil Kimberly-Clark Holding Ltd. and subsidiaries, Kent, United Kingdom Kimberly-Clark (Hong Kong) Limited, Kowloon, Hong Kong Kimberly-Clark International, S.A., Panama City, Panama Kimberly-Clark Japan Limited, Tokyo, Japan Kimberly-Clark Kenko Industria e Commercio Ltda. and subsidiaries, Sao Paulo, Brazil (51%) Kimberly-Clark Lda., Lisbon, Portugal Kimberly-Clark Luxembourg S.A.R.L. and subsidiaries, Luxembourg Kimberly-Clark Malaysia Sendirian Berhad, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Kimberly-Clark N.V., Duffel, Belgium Kimberly-Clark ooo, Moscow, Russia Kimberly-Clark Paper (Guangzhou) Company Ltd., Guangzhou, China Kimberly-Clark Paper (Shanghai), Ltd., Shanghai, China Kimberly-Clark Paraguay, S.A., Asuncion, Paraguay Kimberly-Clark Personal Hygienic Products Co., Ltd., Beijing, China Kimberly-Clark Personal Hygienic Products (Nanjing) Co. Ltd., Nanjing, China Kimberly-Clark Philippines Inc., Makati, Philippines (87%) Kimberly-Clark Poland Sp. z o.o, Warsaw, Poland Kimberly-Clark Printing Technology, Inc. (California) and subsidiaries, Roswell, Georgia Kimberly-Clark Products (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Kluang, Malaysia Kimberly-Clark Pudumjee Limited, Pune, India (51%) Kimberly-Clark Puerto Rico, Inc. (Delaware), San Juan, Puerto Rico Kimberly-Clark, S.L. and subsidiaries, Madrid, Spain Kimberly-Clark - SID, S.A., Dominican Republic (80%) Kimberly-Clark Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore Kimberly-Clark S.N.C., Saint Cloud, France Kimberly-Clark Southern Africa (Holdings) (Pty) Ltd. and subsidiaries, Johannesburg, South Africa (50% plus one share) Kimberly-Clark S.p.A. and subsidiaries, Turin, Italy Kimberly-Clark Technical Paper, Inc. (New Hampshire), East Ryegate, Vermont Kimberly-Clark Thailand Limited, Bangkok, Thailand Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company (Pennsylvania), Dallas, Texas Kimberly-Clark Ukraine LLC, Kiev, Ukraine Kimberly-Clark Uruguay, S.A., Montevideo, Uruguay Kimberly-Clark Vietnam Co, Inc., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. (Delaware), Dallas, Texas KIMNICA, S.A., Managua, Nicaragua MIMO S.A., Guayaquil, Ecuador (69%) MIMO S.A., Lima, Peru (55%) Papelera Guaicaipuro, C.A., Maracay, Venezuela (69%) Papeles Absorbentes, S.A., Guatemala City, Guatemala (66%) P.T. Scott Paper Indonesia, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia Scott Paper Company de Costa Rica, S.A. and subsidiaries, San Jose, Costa Rica (81%) Scott Paper Company - Honduras, S.A. de C.V., San Pedro, Honduras (81%) Scott, S.A. and subsidiaries, Saint Cloud, France Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan (67%) Tecnol, Inc. and subsidiaries (Delaware), Fort Worth, Texas Venekim, C.A., Caracas, Venezuela (69%) YuHan-Kimberly, Limited, Seoul, Korea (70%) Equity Companies Hogla-Kimberly, Limited and subsidiaries, Hadera, Israel (49.9%) KCK Tissue S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina (50%) Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty. Limited, Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia (50%) Kimberly-Clark Lever, Ltd., Pune, India (50%) Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries, Mexico City, Mexico (47.9%) Klabin Kimberly S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil (50%) Olayan Kimberly-Clark Arabia Company, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (49%) Olayan Kimberly-Clark (Bahrain) WLL, Manama, Bahrain (49%) Ovisan Turkey, Pendik, Turkey (49.9%) P.T. Kimsari Paper Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia (50%) Tenosur S.A., Colombia (34%)