secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK:        0000059255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-22-000083
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Valhi CEO Robert D. Graham to retire Dec 31; Michael S. Simmons named successor
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- Robert D. Graham to retire as director, vice chairman and CEO of Valhi effective Dec 31, 2022.
- Graham also retiring from affiliate roles at Kronos Worldwide, NL Industries, and CompX; remains at parent Contran.
- Michael S. Simmons, currently president and director, elected vice chairman, president and CEO effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Board size reduced from 8 to 7 members upon Graham's retirement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925522000083/0000059255-22-000083-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925522000083/vhl-20221212x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000083

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