Valhi, Inc. announced Effective November 2, 2023, the registrant?s board of directors elected Gina A. Norris to fill the vacancy on the registrant?s board of directors, to serve as a director until her successor is elected and qualified or her earlier resignation, removal or death. The board of directors also appointed Ms. Norris to serve on its audit committee. Ms. Norris, age 65, has been senior vice president, partner relations at Matthews Southwest, a private real estate development company, since 2013.

She has served as a director of Encore Wire Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer of wire products, since 2020 and serves on that board?s audit committee, sustainability committee (as chair), compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. Ms. Norris also serves as an independent director of Texas Security Bankshares, Inc., a privately held bank holding company, and as a director of the State Fair of Texas, a private nonprofit, where she was board chair from 2019 to 2022. From 2010 to 2012, Ms. Norris was president of Stratford Lending, an affiliate of Stratford Land, a private real estate investment fund based in Dallas, Texas.

From 2000 to 2010, Ms. Norris served as managing director at Crow Holdings, a private investment company, where she was responsible for a portfolio of investments in real estate, industrial manufacturing and real estate-based operating businesses in the U.S. and Europe. Ms. Norris started her career in 1982, spending eighteen years in corporate banking at First Chicago and Bank One. She is also a CFA charterholder.

She was also appointed on November 1, 2023 to the board of directors and audit committee of CompX International Inc., one of the registrant?s publicly traded subsidiaries.