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Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)On Nov 23: 65.68  Up 0.93 (1.44%)  
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation
PO Box 619100
Dallas, TX 75261-9100
United States - Map
Phone: 972-281-1200
Fax: 972-281-1490
Web Site: http://www.kimberly-clark.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Consumer Goods
Industry:Personal Products
Full Time Employees:53,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of health and hygiene products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional & Other, and Health Care. The Personal Care segment provides disposable diapers, training and youth pants, and swimpants; baby wipes; and feminine and incontinence care products, and related products. It offers its products primarily for household use under various brand names, including Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, Kotex, Lightdays, Depend, and Poise. The Consumer Tissue segment offers facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, and related products for household use under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Hakle, and Page brands. The K-C Professional & Other segment offers facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, and a range of safety products for the away-from-home marketplace under Kimberly-Clark, Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, KleenGuard, and Kimcare brand names. The Health Care segment offers disposable health care products, such as surgical gowns, drapes, infection control products, sterilization wraps, face masks, exam gloves, respiratory products, and other disposable medical products under the brand names, including Kimberly-Clark and Ballard. The company sells its products to household market, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, retail outlets, manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, health care establishments, and high volume public facilities. It markets its products through wholesalers, distributors, and direct sales. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Kimberly-Clark Corporation's Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 90.4% of S&P 500 companies and 97.1% of Household & Personal Products companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Thomas J. Falk , 49
    Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres and Member of Exec. Committee
    $ 2.17M $ 0
    Mr. Mark A. Buthman , 48
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 1.01M $ 0
    Mr. Robert Abernathy , 54
    Group Pres of North Atlantic Consumer Products
    $ 955.00K $ 0
    Mr. Robert W. Black , 49
    Group Pres of Developing & Emerging Markets
    $ 1.12M $ 0
    Mr. Anthony J. Palmer , 49
    Chief Marketing Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 776.00K $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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