---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059255-25-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VHI"
cik: "0000059255"
company_name: "VALHI INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:17:01.518509+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valhi VP and Controller Patty Brinda to retire; Edward Moore appointed successor effective Jan 1, 2026

## Summary
- Patty S. Brinda notified Valhi of retirement as VP and controller effective December 31, 2025.
- Board elected Edward R. Moore as vice president and controller effective January 1, 2026; Moore will be principal accounting officer.
- Moore, age 37, served since 2024 as director of reporting and control for Valhi and Contran; previously at PwC (2011-2024) as assurance director.
- Moore is a Contran employee providing services to Valhi under an intercorporate services agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059255-25-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VHI
- cik: 0000059255
- company_name: VALHI INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925525000081/0000059255-25-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925525000081/vhl-20251209x8k.htm

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