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The Champion Athlete Proves Periods Don't Have to Sideline Performance CHICAGO , June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U by Kotex® Brand is taking a shot at period stigma through its new partnership with pickleball champion, Anna Leigh Waters , to challenge the outdated idea that periods hold athletes back.

Suzano has proposed a 51% joint venture with Kimberly-Clark to jointly operate their tissue division outside the U.S. The deal covers Kimberly-Clark's tissue operations in Asia, Oceania, Europe, and Central America, spanning 22 mills in 14 countries. The share's upside is 38%, because the market can understand the JV as a first step for the company to have more diversified businesses.

I focus on four key criteria: long-term profit growth, high profitability, sustainable dividends, and attractive valuations for reliable passive income. Kimberly-Clark, General Mills, and PepsiCo all meet these standards, offering stable earnings, strong margins, and decades of uninterrupted, growing/stable dividends. Current pessimism has pushed their yields and valuations to attractive levels, providing a rare opportunity for both income and potential capital gains.

Dividend Kings like Kimberly-Clark (KMB) and Procter & Gamble (PG) demonstrate financial resilience by increasing dividends for over 50 years, with recent restructurings aimed at enhancing profitability.

SUZ teams up with Kimberly-Clark to form a $3.4B global tissue JV spanning more than 70 countries and 22 facilities.

Kimberly-Clark (KMB) on Thursday announced a partnership with Brazilian pulp and paper producer Suzano (SUZ) to split ownership of Kimberly-Clark's international tissue and paper products business.

Brazilian pulp and paper maker Suzano will hold a majority stake in a new venture.

Kimberly-Clark will sell its international tissue business in a deal valued at about $3.4 billion, including debt, to Brazilian pulp maker Suzano , the Kleenex tissue maker said on Thursday.

Forms Strategic Partnership with Suzano That Will Create Preeminent International Tissue and Professional Products Company Sharpens Kimberly-Clark's Focus on Higher Growth, Higher Margin Personal Care and North America Tissue and Professional Categories  Clears Path to Capture Huge Opportunities Across Kimberly-Clark and Newly Formed Venture to Drive Significant Shareholder Returns DALLAS and SÃO PAULO, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB) ("Kimberly-Clark" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Suzano (NYSE: SUZ) to form a strategic partnership, creating a preeminent international tissue and professional products company and sharpening Kimberly-Clark's focus on its higher growth, higher margin businesses. Kimberly-Clark will own a 49% interest in the new venture, which will include substantially all the assets of its International Family Care and Professional ("IFP") business, and Suzano will own 51%.