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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating Activities    
Net Income $ 486us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 546us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Depreciation and amortization 194us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 218us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Stock-based compensation 15us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Deferred income taxes 171us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 51us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Equity companies' earnings (in excess of) less than dividends paid (35)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions (43)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions
(Increase) decrease in operating working capital (446)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingCapital (210)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingCapital
Postretirement benefits (414)kmb_PostretirementBenefits (156)kmb_PostretirementBenefits
Charge for Venezuelan balance sheet remeasurement 45kmb_ChargeforVenezuelanBalanceSheetRemeasurement 0kmb_ChargeforVenezuelanBalanceSheetRemeasurement
Other 4us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense 22us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense
Cash Provided by Operations 20us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 437us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Investing Activities    
Capital spending (284)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (258)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Investments in time deposits (46)kmb_InvestmentsInTimeDeposits (38)kmb_InvestmentsInTimeDeposits
Maturities of time deposits 73kmb_MaturitiesOfTimeDeposits 157kmb_MaturitiesOfTimeDeposits
Other (24)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 5us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Cash Used for Investing (281)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (134)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Financing Activities    
Cash dividends paid (310)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (309)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Change in short-term debt 291us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfShortTermDebtMaturingInThreeMonthsOrLess 654us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfShortTermDebtMaturingInThreeMonthsOrLess
Debt proceeds 497us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 1us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Debt repayments (4)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (101)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 41us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 37us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised
Acquisitions of common stock for the treasury (248)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (441)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Shares purchased from noncontrolling interest (151)us-gaap_PaymentsToMinorityShareholders 0us-gaap_PaymentsToMinorityShareholders
Other (12)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities (21)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Cash Used for Financing 104us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (180)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents (45)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents (12)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents (202)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 111us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Year 789us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 1,054us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Period $ 587us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 1,165us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue