Kimberly-Clark Announces $400 Million Financing DALLAS, February 5, 2002 - Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) today announced the public offering of $400 million of 5 5/8% notes due February 15, 2012. The notes were priced at 99.146 percent of the principal amount to yield 5.738 percent. The public offering will be underwritten by Salomon Smith Barney, JPMorgan, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, ABN AMRO Incorporated, HSBC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. 

Proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used principally to reduce short-term debt.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a leading consumer products company. Its global personal care, tissue and health care brands include Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Kimwipes, Kimberly-Clark, WypAll, Safeskin and Tecnol. 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 41 countries and sells its products in more than 150 countries.