KMB: Material agreement · New financial obligation · Other company developments

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Senior Notes Offering On October 29, 2026, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the “Corporation”) completed the previously announced sale of $4.9 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes, consisting of: (i)$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.100% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), (ii) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.300% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), (iii) $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.450% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), (iv) $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.650% Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”) and (v) $1,150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.800% Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, collectively with the 2028 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes and the 2034 Notes, the “Notes”) in a private offering (the “Offering”) that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes were issued under the First Amended and Restated Indenture (as amended by the first, second and eighth supplemental indentures dated as of November 6, 1992, May 25, 1994 and October 27, 2021, respectively, the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 1, 1988, by and among the Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago) as trustee (originally executed with Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association) and the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 29, 2026 (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”)), by and among the Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee under the Inde