VALHI INC /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 9, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK: 0000059255
Period of Report: 2010-04-07

Reporting Person: CONTRAN CORP (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: DIXIE RICE AGRICULTURE CORP INC (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: VALHI HOLDING CO (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
2010-04-07	Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	J	40000	$27.14	Acquired	104813316	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	15000	Direct
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	1269943	Indirect
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	366847	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Opern market purchase 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 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.

F3: Directly owned by TIMET Finance Management Company. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship to the persons joining in this filing.

F4: Directly owned by the Contran Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Trust. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship to the persons joining in this filing.