---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-035124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMB"
cik: "0000055785"
company_name: "KIMBERLY CLARK CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:16:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:19:01.164025+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimberly-Clark elects all 13 directors; shareholder proposal for independent chair fails

## Summary
- All 13 management director nominees elected with votes ranging from 229.4M to 240.7M for each.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as 2026 auditor passed with 271.5M for vs 17.3M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 227.4M for, 14.6M against.
- Stockholder proposal requiring an independent board chair defeated (81.7M for, 159.9M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-035124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMB
- cik: 0000055785
- company_name: KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:16:55+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026035124/0001628280-26-035124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026035124/pre-20260514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-035124.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KIMBERLY CLARK CORP shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: 4. Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 81,710,364 159,903,197 1,621,025 46,305,035
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026035124/0001628280-26-035124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KIMBERLY CLARK CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditors for 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: 2. Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditors for 2026: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 271,479,168 17,253,057 807,439
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026035124/0001628280-26-035124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KIMBERLY CLARK CORP shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: 3. Advisory Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 227,376,231 14,569,707 1,288,692 46,305,035
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026035124/0001628280-26-035124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KIMBERLY CLARK CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote are as follows: 1. Election of Directors: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Sylvia M. Burwell 240,191,880 2,496,791 545,738 46,305,035
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55785/000162828026035124/0001628280-26-035124-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.