8kAnnualMeetingVotingResults

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report: May 2, 2013
(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
(Commission File
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
Number)
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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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a) - (b)    The 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the “Corporation”) was held on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the 2013 Annual Meeting are as follows:

1.
Stockholders elected each of the Corporation’s 12 nominees for director to serve for a term to expire at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.


             Name
Votes
For
Votes
Against

Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
John R. Alm
266,076,744
864,982
717,561
69,535,646
John F. Bergstrom
259,339,090
7,593,724
726,474
69,535,646
Abelardo E. Bru
264,637,216
2,297,589
724,483
69,535,646
Robert W. Decherd
261,020,743
5,955,371
683,174
69,535,646
Thomas J. Falk
257,070,097
8,228,500
2,360,691
69,535,646
Fabian T. Garcia
264,625,808
2,314,194
719,286
69,535,646
Mae C. Jemison, M.D.
263,894,295
3,079,718
680,474
69,535,646
James M. Jenness
266,078,974
852,832
727,482
69,535,646
Nancy J. Karch
244,361,963
22,597,138
700,187
69,535,646
Ian C. Read
264,254,351
2,683,252
721,684
69,535,646
Linda Johnson Rice
262,098,911
4,853,187
707,190
69,535,646
Marc J. Shapiro
263,660,139
3,340,222
658,926
69,535,646

2.
Stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Corporation’s financial statements for 2013, as set forth below.

Votes
For
Votes
Against

Abstentions
 
331,091,368
4,739,565
1,364,001
 

3.
Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Corporation’s named executive officer compensation, as disclosed in its proxy statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting, as set forth below.

Votes
For
Votes
Against

Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
249,551,043
15,997,769
2,110,475
69,535,646


 

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: May 3, 2013
By: /s/ John W. Wesley
 
John W. Wesley
 
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary