VALHI INC /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2003

Aug 26, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK: 0000059255
Period of Report: 2003-08-25

Reporting Person: SIMMONS HAROLD C (Director, Chairman, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-08-25	Common Stock $.01 par value	J	3300	$11.7	Acquired	3580000	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock $.01 par value	3383	Direct
Common Stock $.01 par value	439400	Indirect
Common Stock $.01 par value	10891009	Indirect
Common Stock $.01 par value	92739554	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Open market purchase by Contran Corporation. See the additional information filed as an exhibit to this statement for a description of the relationship.

F2: Directly held by Contran Corporation. See the additional information filed as an exhibit to this statement for a description of the relationship.

F3: Directly held by the Contran Deferred Compensation Trust No. 2. See the additional information filed as an exhibit to this statement for a description of the relationship.

F4: Directly held by National City Lines, Inc. See the additional information filed as an exhibit to this statement for a description of the relationship.

F5: Directly held by Valhi Group, Inc. See the additional information filed as an exhibit to this statement for a description of the relationship.