---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072162-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:17:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:18:34.530060+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Industries declares $0.10 quarterly dividend; shareholders approve reincorporation to Delaware

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.10/share, payable June 23, 2026 to holders of record June 4, 2026.
- Shareholders approved reincorporation from New Jersey to Delaware (95.1% of shares); merger effective ~May 26, 2026.
- All eight director nominees elected with at least 89.1% of shares voting for each.
- Nonbinding say-on-pay resolution approved with 89.1% of shares in favor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072162-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:17:29+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/0000072162-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/nl-20260514x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-26-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-26-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-26-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Opt Out Proposal at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 46,446,223 43,704 14,101 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/0000072162-26-000028-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Adjournment Proposal at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 46,327,847 166,856 9,225 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/0000072162-26-000028-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Reincorporation Proposal at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 46,457,955 36,434 9,639 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/0000072162-26-000028-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Each director nominee received votes “For” his or her election from at least 89.1% of the shares eligible to vote at the annual meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/0000072162-26-000028-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Say-on-Pay, Nonbinding Advisory Vote Approving Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The registrant’s shareholders adopted a resolution, on a nonbinding advisory basis, approving the compensation of the registrant’s named executive officers as described in the registrant’s 2026 proxy statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000028/0000072162-26-000028-index.htm

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