Kimberly-Clark Increases Quarterly Dividend DALLAS, Feb. 22 -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) today increased its quarterly dividend 3.7 percent to 28 cents per share. The board of directors declared the dividend payable on April 3, 2001, to stockholders of record on March 9, 2001. This is the 29th consecutive year Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend.

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 40 countries and sells its products in more than 150 countries.