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Kimberly-Clark Announces Schedule for Third Quarter Earnings Release And Related Conference Call DALLAS, Oct. 17 -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced today that it will issue a news release regarding its third quarter 2000 results at approximately 3:30 p.m. Central Time on Monday, October 23. A conference call to discuss the earnings release and other matters of interest to stockholders and analysts will be held at 9:00 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, October 24.

The conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the World Wide Web. Stockholders and others are invited to listen to the broadcast of the conference call. The broadcast can be accessed by following the instructions set out in the News and Financial Information section of Kimberly-Clark's website (http://www.kimberly-clark.com/news/). Following the conclusion of the broadcast, the conference call will also be available for playback for a period of approximately one month through the link provided on Kimberly-Clark's website.

Kimberly-Clark intends, in the future, to post the date of future quarterly earnings releases and related conference calls on its website shortly after the completion of each quarter. Interested stockholders and others should monitor Kimberly-Clark's website for such future announcements.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a leading consumer products company. Its global tissue, personal care and health care brands include Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Kimberly-Clark, Safeskin, Tecnol, Kimwipes and WypAll. Other brands well known outside the U.S. include Andrex, Scottex, Page, Popee and Kimbies. Kimberly-Clark also is a major producer of premium business, correspondence and technical papers. The company has manufacturing operations in 40 countries and sells its products in more than 150 countries.