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, 2024, we had 16,019 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 2023, we repurchased 1.8 million shares of our common stock at a cost of $225 through a broker in the open market.

The following table contains information for shares repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2023. None of the shares in this table were repurchased directly from any of our officers or directors.

(a)Share repurchases were made pursuant to share repurchase programs authorized by our Board of Directors on November 13, 2014 (the "2014 Program") and January 22, 2021 (the "2021 Program"). The 2014 Program allowed for the repurchase of 40 million shares in an amount not to exceed $5 billion, and the 2021 Program allows for the repurchase of 40 million shares in an amount not to exceed $5 billion. Purchases on November 1 of 12,292 shares exhausted the 2014 Program's $5 billion limit and, as a result, that program has expired. All remaining purchases in the fourth quarter of 2023 were made pursuant to the 2021 Program.

(b)Includes shares under both the 2014 Program (through November 1, 2023), and the 2021 Program.