---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059255-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VHI"
cik: "0000059255"
company_name: "VALHI INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:16:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T21:55:00.182421+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valhi declares $0.08 quarterly dividend, appoints new director after McIlroy death

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share declared, payable June 25, 2026, record June 4, 2026.
- Six directors elected: Barry, Feehan, Herrington, Norris, Simmons, Tidlund; each received ≥93.6% of votes.
- Nonbinding say-on-pay resolution adopted with 93.9% of eligible shares.
- Director W. Hayden McIlroy died April 19; board appointed Randy L. Hill to fill vacancy and audit committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059255-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VHI
- cik: 0000059255
- company_name: VALHI INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:16:15+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925526000027/0000059255-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925526000027/vhl-20260521x8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 13b321500c
  claim: W. Hayden McIlroy departed as Director at VALHI INC /DE/.
  evidence_excerpt: Immediately following the registrant’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders on May 21, 2026, a vacancy existed on the registrant’s board of directors due to the death of W. Hayden McIlroy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925526000027/0000059255-26-000027-index.htm
- claim_id: 51e364b561
  claim: Randy L. Hill was appointed as Director at VALHI INC /DE/.
  evidence_excerpt: Later that same day, the registrant’s board of directors appointed Randy L. Hill to fill the vacancy, to serve as a director until his successor is elected and qualified or his earlier resignation, removal or death.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925526000027/0000059255-26-000027-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.