UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1


 

 


CURRENT REPORT


 

 

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

 

Date of Report:   June 16, 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)

(IRS 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)



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:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On September 15, 2005, the Board of Directors of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the “Corporation”) appointed Mr. Abelardo E. Bru to the Management Development and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Corporation’s Board of Directors. As previously reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 17, 2005, Mr. Bru was elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors effective September 1, 2005.

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: September 15, 2005 By:    /s/    TIMOTHY  C. EVERETT        
Timothy C. Everett
Vice President and Secretary