UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of the earliest event reported)
November 16, 2004
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Kronos Worldwide, Inc.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-31763 76-0294959
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification
incorporation) No.)
5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas 75240-2697
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(972) 233-1700
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
Effective November 16, 2004 pursuant to the registrant's amended and
restated bylaws, the registrant's board of directors expanded the number of
members of the board of directors and elected Mr. Keith R. Coogan as a director
of the Corporation to fill the newly created vacancy and also appointed him to
the audit committee of the board of directors of the Corporation.
Mr. Coogan, age 52, has served as a director of CompX International, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of the registrant ("CompX"), since 2002
and is the chairman of CompX's audit committee and its "audit committee
financial expert." Mr. Coogan also has served as a director of Keystone
Consolidated Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of the
registrant, since 2003 and is chairman of its audit committee. Mr. Coogan is
chief executive officer of Software Spectrum, Inc., a global
business-to-business software services provider that is currently a wholly owned
subsidiary of Level 3 Communications, Inc., but from 1991 to 2002 was a publicly
traded corporation. From 1990 to 2002, he served in various other executive
officer positions of Software Spectrum, including vice president of finance and
operations and chief operating officer.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Kronos Worldwide, Inc.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Robert D. Graham
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Robert D. Graham
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Date: November 18, 2004