Kimberly-Clark to leave the NYSE for Nasdaq.

GREEN BAY, WI—(WGBW)— Kimberly-Clark announced Monday that it is leaving the New York Stock Exchange and will transfer its U.S. stock exchange listing (KMB) to the Nasdaq Global Select Market. 

The ticker symbol for the company will remain KMB.

The global consumer staples company expects to cease common trading on the New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading on Thursday, May 29th, and will start trading on Nasdaq on Friday, May 30th.

Kimberly-Clark was founded in Neenah in 1872. While its headquarters are now in Irving, Texas, the company still has offices and production facilities in the Fox Valley. A retirement group recently purchased the campus of its former headquarters. The global powerhouse is behind major brands such as Huggies, Kleenex, and Scott tissue products.