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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 18, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 39-0394230
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number)
P.O. BOX 619100 75261-9100
DALLAS, TEXAS (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
O. GEORGE EVERBACH
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT -- LAW AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
P.O. BOX 619100
DALLAS, TEXAS 75261-9100
(214) 281-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
MAXIMUM MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $1.25 par value..... 35,000 shares $71.375 $2,498,125 $862
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Preferred Stock Purchase Rights... 35,000 rights (2) (2) (2)
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant
to Rule 457(c) thereunder, based on $71.375, the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock on April 15, 1996, as reported in the
consolidated reporting system.
(2) The Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially are attached to and trade with
the shares of Common Stock being registered hereby. Value attributable to
such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents heretofore filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are incorporated herein by
reference:
1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995;
2. The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated December 12,
1995;
3. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus constituting a part of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 33-64063); and
4. The description of the Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
contained in Registration Statements on Form 8-A and Form 8-A/A filed by
the Registrant with the SEC on June 21, 1988 and June 13, 1995,
respectively.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of
filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Registrant's By-laws (the "By-Laws") provide, among other things, that
the Registrant shall (i) indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a Director or officer of the Registrant, or is or was
serving at the request of the Registrant as a Director or officer of another
corporation, or, in the case of a Director or officer of the Registrant, is or
was serving as an employee or agent of a partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and (ii) indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a Director or officer of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the
request of the Registrant as a
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Director or officer of another corporation, or, in the case of a Director or
officer of the Registrant, is or was serving as an employee or agent of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Registrant and except that no indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or such other court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Registrant is not required to indemnify any Director or officer of the
Registrant in connection with a proceeding (or portion thereof) initiated by
such Director or officer against the Registrant or any Directors, officers or
employees thereof unless (i) the initiation of such proceeding (or portion
thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Registrant or (ii)
notwithstanding the lack of such authorization, the person seeking
indemnification is successful on the merits. The By-Laws further provide that
the indemnification provided therein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
authorizes indemnification by the Registrant of Directors and officers under the
circumstances provided in the provisions of the By-Laws described above, and
requires such indemnification for expenses actually and reasonably incurred to
the extent a Director or officer is successful in the defense of any action, or
any claim, issue or matter therein.
The Registrant has purchased insurance which purports to insure the
Registrant against certain costs of indemnification which may be incurred by it
pursuant to the By-Laws and to insure the officers and Directors of the
Registrant, and of its subsidiary companies, against certain liabilities
incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as such officers and
directors except for liabilities resulting from their own malfeasance.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
(a) The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this
Registration Statement. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy
of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request. Items marked with an asterisk
are filed herewith.
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4.1 -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated April
16, 1987, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (4)e to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Registrant filed with the
SEC on February 16, 1993 (Registration No. 33-58402).
4.2 -- Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant, dated December 12, 1995, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. (3)b to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1995.
4.3 -- By-laws of the Registrant, as amended June 8, 1995, are hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (3) to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995.
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4.4 -- Rights Agreement dated as of June 21, 1988, as amended and restated
as of June 8, 1995, between the Registrant and The First National Bank
of Boston, as Rights Agent, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A of the
Registrant filed with the SEC on June 13, 1995.
4.5* -- Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan.
23.1* -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2* -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.3* -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
24* -- Powers of Attorney.
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(b) Not applicable.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement; and notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to
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Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on April 18, 1996.
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
By: /s/ WAYNE R. SANDERS
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Wayne R. Sanders
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ WAYNE R. SANDERS Chairman of the Board and April 18, 1996
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Wayne R. Sanders Director (principal
executive officer)
/s/ JOHN W. DONEHOWER Senior Vice President and April 18, 1996
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John W. Donehower (principal financial
officer)
/s/ RANDY J. VEST Vice President and Controller April 18, 1996
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Randy J. Vest officer)
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DIRECTORS
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John F. Bergstrom Louis E. Levy
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Pastora San Juan Cafferty Frank A. McPherson
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Paul J. Collins Linda Johnson Rice
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Robert W. Decherd Wolfgang R. Schmitt
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William O. Fifield Randall L. Tobias
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Claudio X. Gonzalez
April 18, 1996
*By: /s/ O. GEORGE EVERBACH
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O. George Everbach
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration
Statement. Items marked with an asterisk are filed herewith.
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4.1 -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated April
16, 1987, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (4)e to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Registrant filed with the
SEC on February 16, 1993 (Registration No. 33-58402).
4.2 -- Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant, dated December 12, 1995, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. (3)b to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1995.
4.3 -- By-laws of the Registrant, as amended June 8, 1995, are hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. (3) to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995.
4.4 -- Rights Agreement dated as of June 21, 1988, as amended and restated
as of June 8, 1995, between the Registrant and The First National Bank
of Boston, as Rights Agent, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A of the
Registrant filed with the SEC on June 13, 1995.
4.5* -- Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan.
23.1* -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2* -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.3* -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
24* -- Powers of Attorney.
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EXHIBIT 4.5
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
OUTSIDE DIRECTORS'
STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
1. INTRODUCTION
The Kimberly-Clark Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan (the "Plan")
specifies the compensation to be paid by Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the
"Company") in the form of shares of restricted common stock, par value $1.25 per
share, of the Company ("Stock") for services performed by Outside Directors (as
hereinafter defined).
The Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Company and its
stockholders by enhancing the Company's ability to attract, motivate and retain
as Outside Directors persons of training, experience and ability, and to
encourage the highest level of Outside Director performance by aligning the
Outside Directors' economic interests more closely with those of the Company's
stockholders.
2. DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise defined in the text of the Plan, capitalized terms herein
shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 2.
(a) "Account" means the internal account maintained by the Company in
which cash dividends and interest thereon are accumulated for the benefit
of each Outside Director pursuant to the Plan.
(b) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board.
(d) "Director" means a member of the Board.
(e) "Effective Date" means January 1, 1996, subject to the Plan being
approved by the stockholders of the Company as provided in Section 7 below.
(f) "Outside Director" means a Director who is not on the date of
grant of Stock pursuant to the Plan, or within one year prior to the date
of such grant, an "employee" of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or
equity companies, within the meaning of Section 3(6) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(g) "Retainer" means the annual retainer payable to an Outside
Director for services rendered as a Director.
(h) "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(i) "Stock" means the restricted shares of the Company's common stock,
par value $1.25 per share, derived from a pool of 35,000 shares available
for grant under the Plan.
(j) "Stock Retainer" means the portion of each Outside Director's
Retainer that is payable in the form of Stock pursuant to the Plan.
3. PARTICIPANTS
Participation in the Plan is limited to Outside Directors. It is intended
that all Outside Directors will be participants in the Plan.
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4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have sole and
complete discretion and authority with respect thereto, except as expressly
limited by the Plan. All action taken by the Committee in the administration and
interpretation of the Plan shall be final and binding on all matters relating to
the Plan. All questions of interpretation, administration and application of the
Plan shall be determined by a majority of the members of the Committee, except
that the Committee may authorize any Directors, officers or employees of the
Company to assist the Committee in the administration of the Plan and to execute
documents on behalf of the Committee. The Committee also may delegate to such
Directors, officers and employees such other ministerial and limited
discretionary duties as it sees fit. No member of the Committee shall be liable
for any act done or omitted to be done by such member, or by any other member of
the Committee, in connection with the Plan, except for such member's own willful
misconduct or as otherwise expressly provided by statute.
All expenses of administering the Plan shall be paid by the Company.
5. TERM OF PLAN
The Plan shall become effective as of the Effective Date, subject to the
Plan being approved by the holders of the Company's common stock as provided in
Section 7 below. The Plan shall remain in effect until all authorized shares of
Stock have been issued, unless sooner amended or terminated by the Committee
pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
6. SHARES TO BE GRANTED; ADJUSTMENTS
(a) Shares To Be Granted
The aggregate maximum number of shares of Stock available for grant under
the Plan shall be 35,000 shares, subject to the adjustment provision set forth
in Section 6(b) below. Shares subject to the Plan will be either authorized and
unissued shares, or shares that were once issued and subsequently reacquired by
the Company in the form of treasury stock.
(b) Adjustments
In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination,
repurchase, share exchange or similar corporate transaction or event affecting
the Stock, the Committee shall make appropriate proportional adjustments as are
necessary to the number of shares of Stock that may be awarded under the Plan in
order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of any rights of any Outside
Director, provided that such adjustment shall not result in the issuance of
fractional shares. Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to
this section shall be canceled and a cash equivalent shall be credited to the
Outside Director's Account.
7. REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL OF SHARES
Prior to the distribution of any shares under the Plan, the Stock must be
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Plan must be
approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of
the Company's common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote
at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Company's stockholders.
8. TERMS OF THE GRANTS
(a) Annual Grant As part of his or her annual Retainer and subject to the
availability of shares under Section 6(a), each Outside Director shall be
granted, without any further action or authorization, 300 shares of Stock on
December 31 of each calendar year during the term of the Plan, commencing on
December 31, 1996. Upon the termination of an Outside Director's service as a
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member of the Board, the Outside Director will be granted, without any further
action or authorization, that number of shares of Stock (rounded to the nearest
whole number) which is equal to 300 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of full and partial calendar months served by the Outside
Director during the applicable year and the denominator of which is 12.
(b) Dividends Each Outside Director will be entitled to receive all cash
dividends and other distributions made with respect to the Stock granted under
the Plan. Cash dividends on the Stock shall be credited to each Outside
Director's Account if, as and when dividends are declared and paid by the
Company with respect to its outstanding shares of common stock. In the case of
dividends paid in property other than cash, the amount of the dividend shall be
deemed to be the fair market value of the property at the time of the payment of
the dividend, as determined in good faith by the Committee. As of the last day
of each calendar quarter, or as of the date the Account is distributed, if
earlier, such Account shall be credited with an additional amount equal to the
product of (a) the daily average balance in such Account during such quarter,
and (b) one-fourth of a rate yielding interest equal to the per annum market
discount rate for six-month U.S. Treasury Bills as published by the Federal
Reserve Board for the seven calendar days immediately prior to January 1 (for
additional amounts to be credited for the subsequent fiscal quarters ending on
March 31 and June 30) or July 1 (for additional amounts to be credited for the
subsequent fiscal quarters ending September 30 and December 31). In no case,
however, shall such interest rate be less than six percent per annum.
The Accounts established for Outside Directors are merely an administrative
convenience and the Company shall not be required to segregate any cash or other
property of the Company. Any amounts which become payable to an Outside Director
shall be paid from the general assets of the Company.
(c) Voting Rights Each Outside Director shall have the right to vote or
execute proxies with respect to the shares of Stock registered in his or her
name.
(d) Registration, Possession, Issuance and Delivery Each grant of Stock
under the Plan shall be immediately registered on the transfer ledgers of the
Company in the name of the Outside Director who receives the grant. Possession
of the certificate representing shares of Stock shall be retained by the
Treasurer of the Company for the benefit of each Outside Director until the
provisions of the Plan relating to removal of restrictions have been satisfied
as to particular shares of Stock. Thereupon, the Treasurer of the Company shall
promptly deliver the certificates for such shares of the Outside Director.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the grant, issuance or delivery
of any shares of Stock may be postponed for such period as may be required to
comply with any applicable requirements of any national securities exchange or
any requirements under any other law or regulation applicable to the grant,
issuance or delivery of such shares. The Company shall not be obligated to
grant, issue or deliver any such shares if the grant, issuance or delivery
thereof would constitute a violation of any provision of any law or of any
regulation of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange.
(e) Transfer Restrictions The shares of Stock granted to an Outside
Director under the Plan may not be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise
transferred or encumbered by the Outside Director, unless and until the
provisions of the Plan relating to removal of restrictions have been satisfied.
Thereafter, an Outside Director may transfer or encumber such shares of Stock
free from any restrictions under the Plan.
(f) Removal of Restrictions All of the shares of Stock granted to an
Outside Director under the Plan, together with all cash dividends and interest
thereon accumulated in the Outside Director's Account, shall become free of
restrictions imposed by this Section 8 and shall be distributed to the Outside
Director entitled thereto upon his or her termination of service as a member of
the Board. None of the shares of Stock granted to an Outside Director under the
Plan shall be subject to forfeiture upon the termination of such Outside
Director's service as a member of the Board prior to completion of his or her
term.
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9. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF RIGHTS
Any distribution under the Plan shall be made only to the applicable
Outside Director or his or her estate. No award, sum or other interest under the
Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt by an Outside
Director or any beneficiary under the Plan to do so shall be void. No interest
under the Plan shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts,
contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Outside Director or his or
her estate.
10. NOTICES; DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES
Any notice required or permitted to be given by the Company or the
Committee pursuant to the Plan shall be deemed given when personally delivered
or deposited in the United States mail, registered or certified, postage
prepaid, addressed to the Outside Director at the last address shown for the
Outside Director on the records of the Company. Delivery of Stock certificates
to persons entitled to receive distributions under the Plan shall be deemed
effected for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the
Company shall have deposited such certificates in the United States mail,
addressed to such person at his or her last known address on file with the
Company.
11. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
The Plan may be amended at any time by the Committee; provided that, except
as provided in Section 6(b), the Committee may not, without Company stockholder
approval: (i) modify the number of shares of Stock to be awarded to an Outside
Director in any given year; (ii) change the times at which, or the period within
which, Stock may be delivered under the Plan, or (iii) adopt any amendment which
would disqualify the Plan for the exemption afforded by Rule 16b-3. Any
modification of any of the terms and provisions of the Plan, including this
Section 11, shall not be made more than once every six (6) months, other than to
comport with changes in the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or the rules
thereunder.
The Plan shall terminate, except with respect to previously awarded grants,
upon the earlier of the following dates or events:
(a) when all Stock available for issuance hereunder has been issued
(or been made subject to a grant of Stock);
(b) upon a date determined by the Committee; or
(c) December 31, 2005
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no termination of the Plan shall materially
or adversely affect any rights of any Outside Director under any grant
previously made pursuant to the Plan.
12. TAXES
The Company shall require the withholding of any and all taxes that the
Company believes to be required to be withheld by any government or agency
thereof. The Company, in its discretion, may withhold Stock, with the Company
remitting to the appropriate tax authorities the fair market value of the Stock
withheld. The Outside Director or his or her estate shall bear all taxes,
irrespective of whether withholding is required.
13. GOVERNING LAW
The terms of the Plan shall be governed, construed, administered and
regulated in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware and applicable
federal law. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be determined to be
illegal or invalid for any reason, the other provisions of the Plan shall
continue in full force and effect as if such illegal or invalid provision had
never been included herein.
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14. DIRECTOR'S SERVICE
Nothing contained in the Plan, or with respect to any grant hereunder,
shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of stockholders of the
Company to remove any Outside Director from the Board, nor confer upon any
Outside Director any right to continue to serve on the Board as an Outside
Director.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of Kimberly-Clark Corporation on Form S-8 of our reports dated January 30, 1996,
appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Kimberly-Clark Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1995.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Dallas, Texas
April 17, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 and in the related Prospectus of Kimberly-Clark Corporation of our
report, which makes reference to the Company adopting the provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 121 in 1995 and that our audit
did include the 1995 provisions for restructuring and other unusual charges
which were audited by other auditors, dated January 30, 1996, on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements of Scott Paper Company as of December 30,
1995 and December 31, 1994 and for the years then ended, appearing in and
incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 of Kimberly-Clark Corporation for the year ended December
31, 1995.
/s/ Coopers & Lybrand
2400 Eleven Penn Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 17, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 and in the related Prospectus of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation of our report dated January 25, 1994, except as to the
classification of S.D. Warren as a discontinued operation, which is as of
December 20, 1994, which appears on page 25 in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Kimberly-Clark Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1995. We also consent
to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement
Schedule, which appears on page 27 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Philadelphia, PA
April 17, 1996
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ JOHN F. BERGSTROM
John F. Bergstrom
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ PAUL J. COLLINS
Paul J. Collins
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ ROBERT W. DECHERD
Robert W. Decherd
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ WILLIAM O. FIFIELD
William O. Fifield
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ LOUIS E. LEVY
Louis E. Levy
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ CLAUDIO X. GONZALEZ
Claudio X. Gonzalez
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ FRANK A. McPHERSON
Frank A. McPherson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ LINDA JOHNSON RICE
Linda Johnson Rice
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ WOLFGANG R. SCHMITT
Wolfgang R. Schmitt
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 35,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value, of the
Corporation, together with the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the
Corporation associated therewith, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Compensation Plan, and to execute any and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,
1996.
/s/ RANDALL L. TOBIAS
Randall L. Tobias
