---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055785-23-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T19:34:13.741244+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark elects Deeptha Khanna to board, board increases to 13

## Summary
- Deeptha Khanna elected as independent director effective September 13, 2023.
- Board size increased from 12 to 13 members; Khanna appointed to Audit Committee.
- Khanna is EVP & Chief Business Leader, Personal Health at Royal Philips.
- Previously held leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055785-23-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578523000057/0000055785-23-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578523000057/pre-20230913.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-23-000057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-23-000057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055785-23-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deeptha Khanna was elected as Director at KIMBERLY CLARK CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 13, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the “Corporation”) elected Deeptha Khanna, 47, as an independent member of the Board, and also appointed her to the Board’s Audit Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000005578523000057/0000055785-23-000057-index.htm

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