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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.5

                           KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
                        DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS TRUST



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                           KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION

                        DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS TRUST
                      (Amended and Restated November 1997)

THIS AGREEMENT, made as of October 1, 1996, by and between KIMBERLY-CLARK
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, with its principal offices at 351 Phelps
Drive, Irving, Texas 75038 (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and FIRST
TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a Minnesota corporation, with its principal offices
at 180 East Fifth Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Trustee"),


                                   WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Salaried
Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Hourly
Employees Incentive Investment Plan, and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan (hereinafter referred to individually as the
"Salaried Plan," the "Hourly Plan," and the "Retirement Contribution Plan,
respectively, and collectively as the "Plans") for the exclusive benefit of such
of its eligible employees and eligible employees of its affiliates and
subsidiaries as become participants therein; and

WHEREAS, the Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees are merged into the Salaried Plan, and the Kimberly-Clark Tissue
Company Investment Plan for Hourly Employees are merged into the Hourly Plan, as
of January 1, 1998, and

WHEREAS, a Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "IIP Committee") has been
created to administer the Plans pursuant to the terms thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Retirement Trust Committee of the Company (hereinafter referred to
as the "Retirement Trust Committee"), which shall be the named fiduciary for the
Plans, has the authority to direct the investment of assets held under the
Plans; and

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Salaried
Employees Incentive Investment Plan Trust (the "Salaried Trust") to hold the
assets of the Salaried Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Hourly Employees
Incentive Investment Plan Trust (the "Hourly Trust") to hold the assets of the
Hourly Plan; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to delegation of authority from the Chief Executive Officer,
the Retirement Trust Committee appointed First Trust National Association as
successor trustee of the Salaried Trust and the Hourly Trust, effective July 1,
1996; and

WHEREAS, the Retirement Trust Committee, pursuant to delegation of authority
from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has determined that the
Salaried Trust and the Hourly Trust shall be merged into a master trust to hold,
collectively, the assets of the Salaried Plan and the Hourly Plan, with First
Trust National Association acting as trustee thereof, effective as of October 1,
1996; and


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WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted under the terms of the Retirement
Contribution Plan, the Chief Executive Officer has appointed First Trust
National Association to serve as Trustee of the Retirement Contribution Plan and
has authorized the addition of the Retirement Contribution Plan to the Trust
Fund hereunder, effective January 1, 1997; and

WHEREAS, funds have been contributed and additional funds will from time to time
be contributed under the Plans, all of which funds, as and when received by the
Trustee, will constitute a trust fund to be held for the benefit of the
participants under the Plans or their beneficiaries; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Trustee to hold, administer, invest and
distribute such funds and the Trustee is willing to hold, manage, administer,
invest and distribute such funds pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants
herein contained, the Company and the Trustee do hereby covenant and agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   Trust Fund

All contributions and other property received by the Trustee in accordance with
the Plans, including the sums of money and other property transferred to the
Trustee, together with the income therefrom and any other increment thereon
(hereinafter referred to as the "Trust Fund") shall be held, managed,
administered, invested, and distributed by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement without distinction between principal and income and without
liability for the payment of interest thereon. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for the collection of any contributions to the Plans.

All transfers to, withdrawals from, and other transactions regarding the Trust
Fund shall be conducted in such a way that the proportionate interest in the
Trust Fund of each Plan and the fair market value of that interest may be
determined at any time. The undivided interest of each Plan shall be debited or
credited, as the case may be, for (i) the entire amount of all contributions and
loan repayments received on behalf of that Plan, all benefit payments, or
expenses attributable solely to that Plan; (ii) its proportionate share of each
item of income, gain or loss, and other expenses; and (ii) other transactions
attributable to the Trust Fund as a whole. As of each date for which the reports
specified in Article IX are provided by the Trustee, the Trustee shall adjust
the value of each Plan's undivided interest in the Trust Fund to reflect the net
increase or decrease in such values since the last such date.

                                   ARTICLE II

               Distributions and Participant Loans From Trust Fund

Subject to the provisions of Article III hereof, the Trustee shall from time to
time at the direction of the IIP Committee or the recordkeeper make
distributions and participant loans out of the Trust Fund to such persons,
including the IIP Committee or any member thereof, in such manner, in such
amounts and for such purposes as may be specified in the direction of the IIP


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Committee or the recordkeeper, in accordance with those specifications as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee. All promissory notes
evidencing participant loans from the Plans shall constitute assets of the Trust
Fund and shall be held by the Trustee in a separate fund for such participant
loans. The IIP Committee or the recordkeeper shall provide the Trustee with such
information as may from time to time be required for the Trustee to exercise its
rights under the documents evidencing such participant loans, including but not
limited to the occurrence of events of default.

The Trustee shall deduct, withhold and transmit to the proper taxing authorities
any such federal and state tax which it may be permitted or required to deduct
and withhold in accordance with applicable laws, and the Plan account to be
distributed or from which the loan is made in such case shall be correspondingly
reduced. The Trustee shall prepare all necessary federal and state tax reporting
required on any distribution or participant loan from the Fund, and shall
reconcile all federal and state tax withholdings with each Plan's records,
provided that the recordkeeper shall be responsible for preparing, filing, and
furnishing to participants all federal and state tax statements (i.e., IRS Form
1099-R or other similar tax form) required on any distribution or participant
loan from the Fund, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the parties.

If any payment of benefits directed to be made from the Trust Fund by the
Trustee is not claimed, the Trustee shall notify the Company of that fact
promptly as mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee
shall dispose of such payments as the IIP Committee shall direct. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any payment made by it in good faith without actual
knowledge of the changed status or condition of any recipient thereof.


                                   ARTICLE III

                             Diversion of Trust Fund

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, or in any
amendment hereto, it shall be impossible for any part of the Trust Fund, other
than such part as is required to pay taxes and administration expenses, to be
used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the
participants under the Plans or their beneficiaries.

In making a distribution upon a direction as authorized herein, the Trustee may
accept such direction as a certification that such payment complies with the
provisions of this Article and need make no further investigation.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                            Investment of Trust Fund

Subject to the restrictions set forth in the following paragraphs, the Trustee
shall, in its sole discretion, invest and reinvest the Trust Fund in any
securities or other property or part interest therein, wherever situated,
including specifically obligations or stock of the Company. Such investments
shall not be restricted to property and securities of the character authorized
for investment by trustees under any present or future state laws.


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The Trust Fund shall consist of ten investment funds: the Money Market Fund, the
Stable Income Fund, the Bond Index Fund, the Medium-Term Managed Fund, the
Long-Term Managed Fund, the Stock Index Fund, the Growth Stock Fund, the
International Index Fund, the K-C Stock Fund, and the SMI Stock Fund. The SMI
Stock Fund shall not apply under the Retirement Contribution Plan.

     Money Market Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Money Market Fund shall be invested at the direction of
     the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed pursuant
     to Article VI, directly or through a common or collective trust fund,
     mutual fund, or other similar investment facility, in short-term
     obligations issued or fully guaranteed as to the payment of principal and
     interest by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
     thereof.

     Stable Income Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Stable Income Fund shall be invested at the direction of
     the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed pursuant
     to Article VI, directly or through a common or collective trust fund,
     mutual fund, or other similar investment facility, in investment contracts
     issued by legal reserve life insurance companies, banks, or other financial
     institutions; individual or group annuity contracts or insurance policies
     issued by legal reserve life insurance companies; money market securities;
     or any combination thereof.

     Bond Index Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Bond Index Fund shall be invested at the direction of the
     Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed pursuant to
     Article VI, directly or through a common or collective trust fund, mutual
     fund, or other similar investment facility, in obligations issued or fully
     guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the United States
     of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, investment grade bonds
     issued by one or more corporations domiciled in the United States,
     asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, and other similar
     securities, with the objective to track the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond
     Index, an unmanaged broad-based index which is designed to reflect the
     composition of the United States bond market and which includes most
     intermediate and long-term fixed rate bonds in the United States, or such
     other similar bond index as may be selected by the Retirement Trust
     Committee from time to time.

     Medium-Term Managed Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Medium-Term Managed Fund shall be invested at the
     direction of the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager
     appointed pursuant to Article VI, directly or through a common or
     collective trust fund, mutual fund, or other similar investment facility,
     in investments in which the Money Market Fund or Bond Index Fund could
     invest, as well as a diversified portfolio of common and preferred stocks
     of corporations and other issues convertible into such common and preferred
     stocks, which may include growth and income, growth, and/or emerging growth
     stocks, consistent with the medium-term investment horizon of the fund.


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     Long-Term Managed Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Long-Term Managed Fund shall be invested at the direction
     of the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed
     pursuant to Article VI, directly or through a common or collective trust
     fund, mutual fund, or other similar investment facility, in investments in
     which the Bond Index Fund could invest and money market securities, as well
     as a diversified portfolio of common and preferred stocks of corporations
     and other issues convertible into such common and preferred stocks, which
     may include growth and income, growth, emerging growth, and/or
     international stocks, consistent with the long-term investment horizon of
     the fund.

     Stock Index Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Stock Index Fund shall be invested at the direction of
     the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed pursuant
     to Article VI, directly or through a common or collective trust fund,
     mutual fund, or other similar investment facility, in a diversified
     portfolio of common and preferred stocks of corporations and other issues
     convertible into such common and preferred stocks, with the objective to
     track the Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 Stock Index, an unmanaged index which
     tracks the performance of 500 industrial, transportation, utility, and
     financial companies whose stocks are public traded, or such other similar
     stock index as may be selected by the Retirement Trust Committee from time
     to time.

     Growth Stock Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the Growth Stock Fund shall be invested at the direction of
     the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed pursuant
     to Article VI, directly or through a common or collective trust fund,
     mutual fund, or other similar investment facility, in common and preferred
     stocks of medium to large corporations and other issues convertible into
     such common and preferred stocks, which may include securities identified
     as having above average growth potential, and in money market securities.

     International Index Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the International Index Fund shall be invested at the
     direction of the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager
     appointed pursuant to Article VI, directly or through a common or
     collective trust fund, mutual fund, or other similar investment facility,
     in common and preferred stocks of corporations in Europe, Australia, and
     the Far East, and other issues convertible into such common and preferred
     stocks, with the objective to track the Morgan Stanley Capital
     International EAFE Index, an unmanaged market-value weighted index of about
     1,000 stocks from Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East, or such
     other similar international index as may be selected by the Retirement
     Trust Committee from time to time.

     K-C Stock Fund

     Funds designated by the IIP Committee pursuant to Participant direction for
     investment in the K-C Stock Fund, shall be invested in common stock of the
     Company, although such may not be a legal investment for trustees under
     state laws applicable hereto, and short term securities and other similar
     investments for liquidity. Such stock shall be acquired by the Trustee in
     the open market, or from private sources (other than officers or directors
     of the Company); whether to acquire such shares in the open market or to
     acquire such shares from private sources and the time and prices and the
     quantities to be acquired shall be within the sole discretion of the
     Trustee. The Trustee may also acquire such shares through withdrawals,
     distributions and forfeitures under the Plans, or contributions of shares
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     participants (including officers and directors) or the Company under the
     Plan; provided, however, that any shares contributed by the Company shall
     be from shares held in the treasury of the Company. With respect to the K-C
     Stock Fund, the Trustee shall exercise or sell any rights to purchase
     shares of common stock of the Company only as directed by the Retirement
     Trust Committee. The Trustee shall manage the liquidity of the K-C Stock
     Fund consistent with guidelines established by the Retirement Trust
     Committee and communicated to the Trustee.

     SMI Stock Fund

     Funds may be designated by the IIP Committee for investment by the Trustee
     in the SMI Stock Fund, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
     herein. The SMI Stock Fund shall consist of shares of the common stock of
     Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SMI"),
     distributed to the Plans in connection with the pro rata distribution of
     100 percent of the outstanding shares of SMI stock to each holder of record
     of Company stock on or about November 30, 1995, and such additional shares
     of SMI stock acquired by the Trustee through dividends or stock splits
     declared by SMI, as well as short term securities and other similar
     investments for liquidity. No contributions shall be invested by the
     Trustee in the SMI Stock Fund, and no transfers shall be made by the
     Trustee to the SMI Stock Fund, unless otherwise directed by the Retirement
     Trust Committee. Forfeitures under the Plans with respect to amounts
     invested in the SMI Stock Fund shall be invested in the K-C Stock Fund,
     unless otherwise directed by the Retirement Trust Committee. To the extent
     that it becomes necessary to purchase additional shares of SMI stock to be
     held in the SMI Stock Fund (e.g., through reinvestment of interest,
     dividends or other income or cash received from the sale of exchange of
     securities or other property with respect to the SMI Stock Fund), the
     Trustee is directed to acquire such stock in the open market, or from
     private sources (other than officers or directors of the Company); whether
     to acquire such shares in the open market or to acquire such shares from
     private sources and the time and prices and the quantities to be acquired
     shall be within the sole discretion of the Trustee. The Trustee may also
     acquire such shares through withdrawals and distributions under the Plans.
     The Trustee shall manage the liquidity of the SMI Stock Funds consistent
     with guidelines established by the Retirement Trust Committee and
     communicated to the Trustee.

Any monies of the investment funds comprising the Trust Fund may, to facilitate
investment, transfers or distributions hereunder, be invested in short term
securities or in other investments commonly referred to as short-term investment
funds or facilities ("STIF").

The Company shall notify the Trustee of contributions designated for investment
in each of the above investment Funds in accordance with procedures and within
the time periods mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall notify the Investment Managers of such contributions in accordance
with procedures and within the time periods established by the Investment
Manager or as mutually agreed upon by the Trustee and the Investment Manager.
The Company shall transfer such contributions to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall transmit such contributions to the Investment Managers for investment, in
accordance with procedures and within the time periods mutually agreed upon by
the Company and the Trustee, and as established by the Investment Manager or as
mutually agreed upon by the Trustee and the Investment Manager. It is
contemplated that the Trustee will transmit funds to the Investment Managers for
investment on the same business day of receipt of such funds from the Company,
provided that the Company transfers such funds to the Trustee within the time
period mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee.


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The Trustee is further authorized to hold, for the purpose of administration or
distribution thereof, a portion of the Trust Fund uninvested whenever and for so
long as is required for the payment in cash of Plans accounts normally expected
to mature in the near future; to hold uninvested reasonable amounts of cash
whenever it is deemed advisable to do so to facilitate disbursements, pending
investments or for other operational reasons; and to deposit the same, without
any liability for interest earned thereon, in the banking department of any
corporate Trustee serving hereunder or of any other bank, trust company or other
financial institution including those affiliated in ownership with the Trustee,
notwithstanding the banking department's or other affiliate's receipt of "float"
from such uninvested cash.

All interest, dividends or other income as well as any cash received from the
sale or exchange of securities or other property, produced by each such
investment fund shall be reinvested in the same investment fund which produced
such interest, dividends and other income.

The Trustee shall make transfers among the investment funds in accordance with
the directions of the IIP Committee pursuant to participant direction and may
dispose of such investments in any of the investment funds as may be necessary
to enable it to make any such transfers.

The Retirement Trust Committee shall have the authority to terminate an
investment Fund, to direct that an investment Fund be established, to appoint or
terminate the Investment Manager for a fund pursuant to Article VI hereof, to
withdraw or limit participation in a particular investment Fund, and to
consolidate any separate investment Fund with any other separate investment Fund
having the same investment objectives which are established under any other
retirement plan or trust of the Company or its affiliates and which are managed
by the same Investment Manager, provided that the records of the Trustee shall
reflect the relative interests of the separate trusts in such commingled fund.


                                    ARTICLE V

                         Powers and Authority of Trustee

Subject to the provisions set forth in Article IV, this Article V, and Article
VI, the Trustee shall have full power and authority in its sole discretion, to
do all acts and to exercise any and all powers which would be lawful for it were
it in its own right the actual owner of the Trust Fund, including by way of
illustration, but not limitation, the following:

5.1 To purchase or subscribe for any securities or other property and to retain
in trust such securities or other property, including but not limited to
securities of the Company which are "qualifying employer securities" within the
meaning of section 407(d)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time ("ERISA"), which are held in the K-C Stock
Fund;

5.2 To sell for cash or on credit, to grant options, convert, redeem, exchange
for other securities or other property, or otherwise to dispose of any
securities or other property at any time held by it.

5.3 To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration, any claims, debts or
damages, due or owing to or from the Trust, to commence or defend suits or legal
proceedings and to represent the Trust in all suits or legal proceedings,
provided that the Trustee shall be indemnified against all reasonable expenses
and liabilities sustained by it by reason thereof (including reasonable
attorneys' fees).


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5.4 To exercise any conversion privileges and/or subscription right available in
connection with any securities or other property at any time held by it; to
oppose or to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, or
readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company or association or to
the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company
or association any of the securities of which may at any time be held by it and
to do any act with reference thereto, including the exercise of options, the
making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments
or subscriptions, which may be deemed necessary or advisable in connection
therewith, and to hold and retain any securities or other property which it may
so acquire.

5.5 To enter into a line of credit or establish a credit facility with, or
borrow money from, any lender in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions
as shall be deemed advisable or proper to carry out the purposes of the Trust,
and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of such loan.

5.6 To employ suitable agents, experts and counsel (which may be counsel to the
Company) and to pay their reasonable expenses and compensation in accordance
with the provisions of Article VII. The Trustee may act in reliance upon the
advice, opinions, records, statements, and computations of any agents, experts
and counsel, and shall be fully protected in relying in good faith on such
advice, opinions, records, statements and computations, except to the extent
provided otherwise under ERISA.

5.7 To register any securities held by it hereunder in its own name or in the
name of a nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such
securities are held in a fiduciary capacity and to hold any securities in bearer
form.

5.8 To form corporations and to create trusts to hold title to any securities or
other property, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable.

5.9 To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any and all deeds, leases,
mortgages, conveyances, contracts, waivers, releases or other instruments in
writing necessary or proper for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing
powers.

5.10 Except as provided in Sections 5.13 and 5.14, to exercise, personally or by
general or by limited power of attorney, any right, including the right to vote,
appurtenant to any securities or other property held by it at any time.

5.11 Only when and if so directed by the Retirement Trust Committee or the
Investment Manager appointed pursuant to Article VI, to purchase from legal
reserve life insurance companies individual and group annuity contracts and
insurance policies of such kind and in such amount as the Retirement Trust
Committee or the Investment Manager in its discretion may deem proper for the
purposes of the Stable Income Fund, and to use funds of the Stable Income Fund
to maintain such contracts and policies in force. Title to and all rights and
privileges under such annuity contracts and insurance policies shall be vested
in the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into the terms and
provisions of any such annuity contracts and insurance policies purchased by it
upon the direction of the Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager.

5.12 To transfer, at any time and from time to time, such part or all of the
investments Funds designated in Article IV to any trust which is invested in
property of the kind specified for the respective investment funds, and which is
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under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time (the "Code"), maintained as a medium for the collective investment of
funds of pension, profit sharing or other employee benefit trusts, whether
maintained by the Trustee or any Investment Manager, including but not limited
to (i) THE PLANS AND DECLARATION OF TRUST - FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
COLLECTIVE AND POOLED INVESTMENT FUNDS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUSTS, (ii) 1995
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST - AMERICAN EXPRESS TRUST COLLECTIVE
INVESTMENT FUNDS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUSTS, and (iii) such collective
investment trust maintained by BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A., as amended from
time to time, and to withdraw any part or all of the Trust Fund so transferred.
The provisions of any such declaration of trust shall be deemed to be a part of
this Agreement.

5.13 The Trustee shall vote the common stock of SMI held by the Trustee in the
SMI Stock Fund. The Trustee shall also respond to a tender or exchange offer for
any or all shares of SMI stock held by the Trustee in the SMI Stock Fund.

5.14 The Trustee shall vote the common stock of the Company held in the K-C
Stock Fund, only in accordance with the directions of the IIP Committee. In the
event that the IIP Committee informs the Trustee in writing that it is not able
to direct the Trustee as to the voting of any non-directed shares of common
stock of the Company held in the K-C Stock Fund for which direction has not been
received from participants for any reason, then the Trustee shall vote such
shares in the same manner and proportion as the shares of common stock of the
Company with respect to which it received direction from participants. Each
participant under the Plans (or in the event of his death, his beneficiary)
shall have the right to direct the Trustee in writing how to respond to a tender
or exchange offer for any or all whole shares of common stock of the Company
held by the Trustee and attributable to his accounts in the K-C Stock Fund as of
the last day of the month preceding such offer. The IIP Committee shall notify
each participant (or beneficiary) and exert its best efforts to timely
distribute or cause to be distributed to him such information as will be
distributed to stockholders of the Company in connection with any such tender or
exchange offer. Upon timely receipt of such instructions, the Trustee shall
tender such shares of common stock of the Company as and to the extent so
instructed. If the Trustee shall not receive instructions from a participant (or
beneficiary) regarding any such tender or exchange offer for such shares of
common stock of the Company, such participant or beneficiary shall be deemed to
have timely instructed the Trustee not to tender or exchange such shares, and
the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter and shall take no action
with respect thereto. With respect to shares of common stock of the Company in
the K-C Stock Fund for which the Trustee is not subject to receiving such
instruction, whether because such shares are unallocated or as otherwise
provided by the Plans or by law, the Trustee shall tender such shares in the
same ratio as the number of shares for which it receives instructions to tender
bears to the total number of shares for which it is subject to receiving
instructions, and shall have no discretion in such matter and shall take no
action with respect thereto other than as specifically provided in this
sentence. The instructions received by the Trustee from participants shall be
held by the Trustee in strict confidence and shall not be divulged or released
to any person, including employees, officers and directors of the Company;
provided, however, that to the extent necessary for the operation of the Plans,
such instructions may be released by the Trustee to a recordkeeper, auditor or
other person providing services to the Plans.

The Trustee in the acquisition, disposition and management of investments for or
under the Trust may acquire and hold any securities or other property even
though the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, shall have invested
or may thereafter invest, its own or other funds in the same or related
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which may be payable at different rates or different times or may have a
different rank or priority; and may acquire and hold any securities or other
property even though in connection therewith the Trustee, in its individual or
any other capacity, may receive compensation reasonably and customarily due in
the course of its regular activities; and may make investments even though the
proceeds thereof may directly or indirectly be used to pay off loans made by the
Trustee in its individual capacity.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                 Company Directed or Investment Manager Accounts

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Retirement Trust
Committee or any Investment Manager appointed by the Retirement Trust Committee
shall have the right from time to time to direct the Trustee with respect to the
acquisition, retention, management and disposition of the assets from time to
time comprising the Trust Fund (such assets so acquired to be referred to as the
"Company Directed" or "Investment Manager Accounts"). The Trustee shall follow
all such directions of the Retirement Trust Committee or any Investment Manager
appointed by the Retirement Trust Committee and shall have no duty or obligation
to review the assets from time to time so acquired, nor to make any
recommendations with respect to the investment, reinvestment or retention
thereof. Except as otherwise provided in section 5.13 and 5.14 of Article V of
this Agreement, the Trustee shall vote the proxies thereon as directed by the
Retirement Trust Committee for Company Directed Accounts or any Investment
Manager appointed by the Retirement Trust Committee for Investment Manager
Accounts. With respect to Company Directed or Investment Manager Accounts, the
Trustee shall have no liability to the Company, administrative committee or
other authorized person, or any Participant or Beneficiary under the Trust for
acting without question on the direction of, or for failure to act in the
absence of directions from, the Retirement Trust Committee or any Investment
Manager appointed by the Retirement Trust Committee, as applicable. The Trustee
shall be indemnified and held harmless from and against any and all liability or
expense to which the Trustee shall be subjected by reason of carrying out any
directions of the Retirement Trust Committee or any Investment Manager appointed
by the Retirement Trust Committee made pursuant to this paragraph, including all
expenses reasonably incurred in its defense if the Company fails to provide such
defense.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Trustee, at the direction of the
Retirement Trust Committee or the Investment Manager appointed by the Retirement
Trust Committee, shall have the power, right and authority to invest cash
balances held by it from time to time which are part of the funds managed by the
Retirement Trust Committee or any Investment Manager appointed by the Retirement
Trust Committee in investments commonly referred to as short-term investment
funds of facilities ("STIF"), and the Trustee, without prior approval or
direction, shall have the power, right and authority to sell such short-term
investments as may be necessary to carry out the instructions of the Retirement
Trust Committee or any Investment Manager appointed by the Retirement Trust
Committee with respect to investing the funds managed by the Retirement Trust
Committee or any Investment Manager appointed by the Retirement Trust Committee.
In addition, pending receipt of the directions from the Retirement Trust
Committee, or any Investment Manager appointed by the Retirement Trust
Committee, reasonable amounts of cash received by the Trustee may be retained by
the Trustee, in its discretion, in cash, without any liability for interest for
any funds managed by the Retirement Trust Committee or any Investment Manager
appointed by the Retirement Trust Committee.


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                                   ARTICLE VII

                      Taxes and Expenses of Administration

The expenses incurred by the Trustee in the performance of its duties, including
fees for legal services rendered to the Trustee and other expenses described in
Section 5.6 hereof, such compensation to the Trustee as may be agreed upon in
writing from time to time between the Company and the Trustee and all other
proper charges and disbursements of the Trustee, shall be paid from the Trust
Fund in accordance with procedures as are mutually agreed upon by the Company
and the Trustee, unless paid by the Company and until so paid shall constitute a
charge upon the Fund. Brokerage fees and other direct costs of investment shall
be paid by the Trustee out of the Fund to which such costs are attributable. All
taxes of any and all kinds whatsoever, including interest and penalties, that
may be levied or assessed under existing or future laws upon or in respect of
any of the Funds or the income thereof shall be paid from the respective Fund.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article II hereof, all payments under this
Article VII may be made without the approval or direction of the IIP Committee.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                              Valuation of Accounts

The Trustee shall value each investment Fund as of the close of each business
day (the "Valuation Date"), which valuation shall reflect the then fair market
value of the assets comprising such investment Fund (including income
accumulations therein). A "business day" shall mean a day in which securities
are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. In making such valuations, the
Trustee may rely on information supplied by any Investment Manager having
investment responsibility over the particular investment Fund, provided however
that the Trustee shall be responsible for valuing the K-C Stock Fund and the SMI
Stock Fund. The Trustee shall adjust those values provided by each Investment
Manager in accordance with procedures which have been mutually agreed upon by
the Company and the Trustee to include those Plan expenses (exclusive of
investment management and brokerage fees which are applied by the Investment
Manager appointed pursuant to Article VI) which are to be charged to the Trust,
if any, as designated by the Company, and taking into account any revenue
sharing amounts applicable to an investment Fund. The Trustee shall timely
transmit the value of each investment Fund on each Valuation Date to the Company
and the recordkeeper. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the
Plan's recordkeeper of any error which shall have occurred in the valuation of
an investment Fund (regardless of whether such error may be considered material)
and, upon notice to the Company, shall promptly correct such error in accordance
with procedures which have been mutually agreed upon by the Trustee and the
Company.


                                   ARTICLE IX

                             Accounts of the Trustee

The Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed accounts of all investments,
receipts, disbursements and other transactions hereunder and such other records
as the Company shall from time to time direct, and all accounts, books, and
records relating thereto shall be open to inspection and audit at all reasonable
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Committee or the Company. The Trustee shall file with the Retirement Trust
Committee, the Company, and the Plan's recordkeeper from time to time such
reports as may be required for the administration of the Plans. No person other
than the Company or the Retirement Trust Committee may require an accounting.

                                    ARTICLE X

                 Reliance on Certificates; Liability of Trustee

The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon a certification of the
Retirement Trust Committee with respect to any instruction, direction or
approval of the Retirement Trust Committee, and upon a certification by a member
of the IIP Committee with respect to any instruction, direction or approval of
the IIP Committee, and protected also in relying upon a certification of the
Company as to the membership of the Retirement Trust Committee or the IIP
Committee as it then exists and as to the authority of any person authorized to
act for the Retirement Trust Committee or the IIP Committee, and in continuing
to rely upon such certification until a subsequent certification is filed with
the Trustee.

The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon any instrument, certificate,
or paper believed by it to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the
Retirement Trust Committee or the IIP Committee or any person or entity
designated in writing by the Retirement Trust Committee or the IIP Committee,
and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as
to any statement contained in any such writing but may accept the same as
conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of the statements therein
contained.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for the proper application of any part of
the Trust Fund if distributions are made in accordance with the written
directions of the IIP Committee as herein provided, shall not be under any duty
to make inquiries as to whether any distribution directed by the IIP Committee
is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plans, and shall not be responsible
for the adequacy of the Trust Fund to meet and discharge any and all
distributions and liabilities under the Plans. All persons dealing with the
Trustee are released from inquiry into the decision or authority of the Trustee
and from seeing to the application of any moneys, securities or other property
paid or delivered to the Trustee.

No Trustee, or member of the Retirement Trust Committee or member of the IIP
Committee shall be liable hereunder except for his or its failure to exercise
the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing
that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters
would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like
aims. Nothing contained herein shall preclude any member of the Retirement Trust
Committee or any member of the IIP Committee from any indemnification to which
he, they or it may be entitled under the Company's By-Laws or otherwise. No
Trustee shall be or become liable for any act or omission of a prior Trustee
serving hereunder, it being the purpose and intent that each Trustee shall be
liable only for the Trustee's own acts or omissions during the Trustee's term of
service as Trustee hereunder, except to the extent that liability is imposed
under ERISA.

Except as prohibited by law, the Trustee shall be held harmless and indemnified
by the Company from and against any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses
(including legal fees reasonably incurred by the Trustee in its defense) arising
out of any action taken by such Trustee with respect to the Plans or the Fund in
carrying out any direction of the Company, the Retirement Trust Committee, the
IIP Committee, or other authorized person made in accordance with this
Agreement, provided that the Trustee has used reasonable care in


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carrying out such direction. This indemnification shall continue as to the
Trustee after such Trustee ceases to be a Trustee.

The Trustee shall take any and all actions necessary and appropriate to correct
any error with respect to the Fund promptly upon discovery or notification of
such error, including but not limited to, reimbursement of the Fund or the
Company for the cost of correcting such error where the error is caused by the
Trustee's failure to use reasonable care in the performance of its duties under
this Agreement and under procedures mutually agreed upon by the Company and the
Trustee under this Agreement. The Trustee shall use reasonable diligence to
identify any errors with respect to the Fund and shall promptly notify the
Company and the Plan's recordkeeper of such error (regardless of whether the
error might be considered material).

                                   ARTICLE XI

                 Trustee: Removal, Resignation, Successor, etc.

The Trustee may be removed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at any
time upon thirty days' notice in writing to the Trustee and the Company,
provided that the Trustee may agree to a shorter period. The Trustee may resign
at any time upon sixty days' notice in writing to the Company and the IIP
Committee, provided that the Company and the Retirement Trust Committee may
agree to a shorter period. Upon such removal or resignation of the Trustee, the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall appoint a successor trustee or
trustees and, upon acceptance of such appointment by the successor trustee or
trustees, the Trustee shall assign, transfer, pay over and deliver to such
successor trustee or trustees the funds and properties then constituting the
Trust Fund.

                                   ARTICLE XII

                                   Amendments

Subject to the first paragraph of Article III, this Agreement may be amended by
the Board of Directors of the Company or the Retirement Trust Committee at any
time or from time to time and in any manner, and the provisions of any such
amendment may be made applicable to the Trust Fund as constituted at the time of
the amendment as well as to the part of the Trust Fund subsequently acquired;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall increase the duties or change
the compensation of the Trustee without its consent. Any such amendment shall be
by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee.

Any action permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Retirement Trust Committee under the foregoing provision may be taken by the IIP
Committee if such action

        (1)    is required by law, or

        (2)    is required by an action of the IIP Committee pursuant to the
               Plans, or

        (3)    is estimated  not to increase the annual cost of the Plans by
               more than the amounts set forth in the Plans.

Any action taken by the Board or IIP Committee shall be made by or pursuant to a
resolution duly adopted by the Board or IIP Committee and shall be evidenced by
such resolution or by a


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written instrument executed by such persons as the Board or IIP Committee shall
authorize for such purpose.

The IIP Committee shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company by
January 31 of each year all action taken by it hereunder during the preceding
calendar year.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                                   Termination

This Agreement and the Trust created hereby may be terminated at any time by the
Board of Directors of the Company or the Retirement Trust Committee and upon
such termination or upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or in
the event that a successor to the Company by operation of law or by the
acquisition of its business interests shall not elect to continue the Plans and
this Trust, or a successor Trust, the Trust Fund shall be paid out by the
Trustee as and when directed by the IIP Committee in accordance with the
provisions of Article II hereof. Upon termination of this Trust the Trustee
shall first reserve such reasonable amount as it may deem necessary to provide
for the payment of any expenses or fees then or thereafter chargeable against
the Trust Fund.

                                   ARTICLE XIV

                          Governing Law; Interpretation

To the extent not prevented by law, this Agreement and the Trust created hereby
shall be construed, regulated and administered under the laws of the State of
Minnesota. The Trustee may at any time initiate an action or proceedings for the
settlement of its accounts or for the determination of any questions of
construction which may arise or for instructions, and the only necessary parties
defendant to such action shall be the Company and the IIP Committee, except that
the Trustee may, if it so elects, bring in as parties defendant any other person
or persons.

Whenever appropriate, words used herein in the singular may be read in the
plural, or words used herein in the plural may be read in the singular; the
masculine may include the feminine; and the words "hereof," "herein" or
"hereunder" or other similar compounds of the word "here" shall mean and refer
to the entire Agreement and not to any particular paragraph or section of this
Agreement unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. The titles given
to the various sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not part of this Agreement, and they shall not be
considered in determining the purpose, meaning or intent of any provision
hereof. Any reference in this Agreement to a statute or regulation shall be
considered also to mean and refer to any subsequent amendment or replacement of
that statute or regulation.


                                   ARTICLE XV

                            Segregation of Trust Fund

Any company which is a subsidiary of the Company may, with the approval of the
Board of Directors of the Company by resolution of its own Board of Directors
adopt the Trust if such subsidiary shall have adopted the Plans.



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Any such subsidiary may at any time segregate from further participation in the
Trust under this Trust Agreement. Such subsidiary shall file with the Trustee a
document evidencing its segregation from the Trust Fund and its continuance of a
trust in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement as though such
subsidiary were the sole creator thereof. In such event, the Trustee shall
deliver to itself as Trustee of such Trust such part of the Trust Fund as may be
determined by the IIP Committee to constitute the appropriate share of the Trust
Fund then held in respect of the participating members of such subsidiary. Such
former subsidiary may thereafter exercise in respect of such Trust Agreement all
the rights and powers reserved to the Company, to the Retirement Trust Committee
and to the IIP Committee under the provisions of this Trust Agreement.

In a similar manner, the appropriate share of the Trust Fund determined by the
IIP Committee to be then held in respect of employees in any division, plant,
location or other identifiable group or unit of the Company or of any subsidiary
may be segregated, and the Trustee shall hold such segregated assets in the same
manner and for the same purpose as provided above in the event of segregation of
a subsidiary and the Company or any successor owner of the segregated unit shall
have the rights hereinabove provided for a segregated subsidiary.

The Trustee may, as directed by the IIP Committee, transfer such assets and
liabilities of the Trust as determined by the IIP Committee relating to a
division, plant, location or other identifiable group or unit of the Company or
of any subsidiary, to a trust which is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of
the Code, as constituting a part of a plan intended to qualify under Section
401(a) of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE XVI

                                  Name of Trust

This Trust shall be known as the "Kimberly-Clark Corporation Defined
Contribution Plans Trust."

                                  ARTICLE XVII

                                  Miscellaneous

Any action required or permitted to be taken hereunder by the Board of Directors
of the Company may be taken by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors or any other duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors
designated under the By-Laws of the Company. Any action required or permitted to
be taken hereunder by the Company may be taken by any officer of the Company.
The Trust is intended to be tax exempt under Section 501(a) as constituting a
part of a plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) respectively, of the
Code, and to satisfy the requirements of the ERISA, as these laws may be amended
from time to time. Until advised otherwise, the Trustee may conclusively assume
that the Plans is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and that this
Trust is exempt from federal income tax.

Neither the creation of this Trust nor anything contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as giving any person entitled to benefits hereunder or other
employee of the Company any equity or other interest in the Trust Fund or in the
assets, business, or affairs of the Company.

Neither the Trustee, the Retirement Trust Committee, the IIP Committee, the
Company, nor any of its officers, employees, agents, or members of the Board of
Directors in any way guarantees


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the Trust Fund against loss or depreciation nor do they guarantee the payment of
any benefit or amount which may become due and payable to any Participant or
Beneficiary hereunder.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of the Plans and of any
amendments thereto for convenience of reference, and the rights, powers and
duties of the Trustee shall be governed only by the terms of this Trust
Agreement without reference to the provisions of the Plans.

All contributions to the Trust shall be deemed to take place in the State of
Minnesota. No contribution shall be subject to process either before or after it
is received by the Trustee.


                                  ARTICLE XVIII

                                    Execution

This Agreement shall be executed in any number of counterparts, each one of
which shall be deemed to be the original although the others shall not be
produced.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION and FIRST TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.


                                      KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION



                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                             L. Robert Frazier
                                             Assistant Treasurer


                                      FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION



                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                             Ronald E. Jensen
                                             Vice President



                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                             Scott C. Curtiss
                                             Vice President


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