VALHI INC /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2009

Aug 11, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK: 0000059255
Period of Report: 2009-06-16

Reporting Person: CONTRAN CORP (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: SIMMONS HAROLD C (Director, Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-08-07	Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	P	2000	$10.60	Disposed	2000	Direct
2009-08-07	Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	P	1000	$10.6199	Disposed	3000	Direct
2009-08-07	Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	P	4800	$10.65	Disposed	7800	Direct
2009-08-07	Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	P	3000	$10.6899	Disposed	10800	Direct
2009-08-07	Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	P	200	$10.69	Disposed	11000	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	105140163	Indirect
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	1269943	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Directly held by Valhi Holding Company. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

F2: Directly held by TIMET Finance Management Company. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationships among the persons joining in this filing.