Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Kimberly-Clark common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The ticker symbol is KMB.

Quarterly dividends have been paid continually since 1935. Dividends have been paid on or about the second business day of January, April, July and October.

As of January 31, 2020, we had 18,719 holders of record of our common stock.

For information relating to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, see Part III, Item 12 of this Form 10-K.

We repurchase shares of Kimberly-Clark common stock from time to time pursuant to publicly announced share repurchase programs. During 2019, we repurchased 6.2 million shares of our common stock at a cost of $800 through a broker in the open market.

The following table contains information for shares repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2019. None of the shares in this table were repurchased directly from any of our officers or directors.



Period (2019)	Total Number of Shares Purchased(a)	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
October 1 to October 31	715,700	$	136.22	29,215,144	10,784,856
November 1 to November 30	595,700	132.65		29,810,844	10,189,156
December 1 to December 31	550,500	136.59		30,361,344	9,638,656
Total	1,861,900


(a)	Share repurchases were made pursuant to a share repurchase program authorized by our Board of Directors on November 13, 2014. This program allows for the repurchase of 40 million shares in an amount not to exceed $5 billion.



	9	KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION - 2019 Annual Report

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