8-K EDGAR Filing

UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


 

 


CURRENT REPORT


 

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report:   April 25, 2005

(Date of earliest event reported)


 

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



 

 
Delaware 1-225 39-0394230

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)
P. O. Box 619100, Dallas, Texas   75261-9100
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(972) 281-1200

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, dated April 25, 2005, reporting the Corporation’s results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.

The information, including exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                                     KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION

Date: April 25, 2005 By:    /s/    MARK  A. BUTHMAN        

Mark A. Buthman
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(99.1)

  

Press release issued by Kimberly-Clark Corporation on April 25, 2005, regarding the Corporation’s results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.