---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072162-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T00:08:20.722746+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Industries amends Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to add ESG section and update waivers

## Summary
- Board adopted amended Code on February 23, 2023, effective same date.
- Added introductory paragraph to Principles section.
- Expanded former Sustainability section into an Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) section.
- Updated provisions regarding waivers and made various wording changes.
- Full text filed as Exhibit 14.1 and available on company website.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072162-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000008/0000072162-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000008/nl-20230223x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  NL INDUSTRIES INC: The Registrant's board of directors adopted amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, including adding an introductory paragraph, expanding the Sustainability section into an ESG section, updating waiver provisions, and making other wording changes (effective 2023-02-23).
  - Change: code of ethics
  - Effective: 2023-02-23
  source text: On February 23, 2023, the registrant’s board of directors adopted and approved certain amendments to the registrant’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as reflected in an amended and restated version of the code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”). ​ The Code was revised and updated to add an introductory paragraph to the Principles section, to expand the former Sustainability section into an Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) section, to update the provisions regarding waivers, and to make other various wording changes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000008/0000072162-23-000008-index.htm

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