COMMITTEE. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee.

Committee. The Directors and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, or any successor committee of the Board of Directors that is charged with matters relating to the compensation of non-employee directors.

Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) or a committee of two or more members appointed by the Board of Directors (the “Committee”). If the Board of Directors does not appoint a Committee, reference to the Committee hereinbelow, shall mean the Board of Directors. At the time that the Corporation has a class of equity securities which are registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or is a publicly-held corporation under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), membership in the Committee is limited to Non-Employee Directors as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and outside directors as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(e)(3). The Committee shall select one of its members as Chairman and shall appoint a Secretary, who need not be a member of the Committee. The Committee shall hold meetings at such times and places as it may determine and minutes of such meetings shall be recorded. Acts by a majority of the Committee in a meeting at which a quorum is present and acts approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee shall be valid acts of the Committee.

Committee. The Committee shall have the responsibility and authority to control the operation and administration of the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan, except with respect to duties and responsibilities specifically allocated to other Fiduciaries.

“Fees” means the annual retainer, any Committee Chairperson fees, meeting fees and any other fees earned by the Director for the performance of services as a member of the Board.

"Annual Retainer" or "Retainer" means the payments made to Directors for their annual Board service. It includes any additional Retainer paid to Committee Chairpersons or the Board Chairperson. "Base Annual Retainer” means the Annual Retainer without any additional amounts for Committee Chairpersons, Board Chairpersons or otherwise.

Committee Procedures. The Board of Directors shall designate one of the members of the Committee as chairperson. The Committee may hold meetings at such times and places as it shall determine. The acts of a majority of the Committee members present at meetings at which a quorum exists, or acts reduced to or approved in writing (including via email) by all Committee members, shall be valid acts of the Committee.

The fees that will be paid to our non-employee directors for service on the Board, and for service on each committee of the Board on which the director is then a member, and the fees that will be paid to the chairperson of each committee of the Board will be as follows:

Corporation: Kimberly-Clark Corporation and any successor thereto that assumes this Plan and the Agreements pursuant to Section 12 below.

Compensation. Any compensation paid to Employee pursuant to the Agreement shall not be considered “Compensation” as defined in ​ Employee Savings Plan or “Earnings” as defined in ​ Pension Plan. Payments to Employee shall not be considered wages, salary or compensation under any other Company-sponsored employee benefit or compensation plan or program, unless the explicit terms of such plan or program provide otherwise.