Kimberly-Clark Announces Schedule For News Release and Related Conference Call DALLAS, December 4, 2002—Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced today that it will issue a news release before the market opens on December 11, 2002, to review its business outlook for 2002 and 2003. A conference call to discuss the outlook will be held at 9 a.m. CT on Wednesday, December 11.

The conference call and presentation slides will be simultaneously broadcast over the World Wide Web. Stockholders and others are invited to listen to the broadcast of the conference call. A link to the broadcast will be provided through the Investors section of Kimberly-Clark’s website at (www.kimberly-clark.com). Following the conclusion of the broadcast, the conference call will also be available for playback for a period of approximately one month through the link provided on Kimberly-Clark’s Web site.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a leading consumer products company. Its global tissue, personal care and health care brands include Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Kimberly-Clark, Safeskin, Tecnol, Kimwipes and WypAll. Other brands well known outside the U.S. include Andrex, Scottex, Page, Popee, and Kimbies. Kimberly-Clark also is a major producer of premium business, correspondence and technical papers. The company has manufacturing operations in 42 countries and sells its products in more than 150 countries.