Question: Free Cash Flow for Kimberley-Clark Corporation (Medium) Below are summary numbers from reformulated balance sheets for 2007 and 2006 for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the paper product s company, along with numbers from the reformulated income statement for 2007 (in millions of dollars).

a. The net payout to shareholders (dividends and share repurchases minus share issues) in 2007 was $3,405.9 million. Calculate free cash flow using Method 1 and Method 2.

b. The firm reported cash flow from operation s of $2,429 million in its 2007 cash flow statement and also reported net interest payments of $142.4 million. It reported $898 million in cash spent on investing activities, but this was after including a net $56 million from liquidating short-term interest-bearing securities. The firm's statutory tax rate is 36.6 percent. Calculate free cash flow from these reported numbers.