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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000024240-08-000047.txt : 20080519
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080519160022
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000024240-08-000047
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080515
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080519
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080519

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001257640
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810]
		IRS NUMBER:				760294959
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5430 LBJ FREEWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1700
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75240
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722331700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5430 LBJ FREEWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1700
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75240

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KRONOS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030730

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIMMONS HAROLD C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001037854
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31763
		FILM NUMBER:		08845277

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722331700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE LINCOLN CENTRE
		STREET 2:		5430 LBJ FREEWAY STE 1700
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75240-2697
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-05-15</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001257640</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KRO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001037854</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SIMMONS HAROLD C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>THREE LINCOLN CENTRE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5430 LBJ FREEWAY STE 1700</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75240-2697</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman of the Board &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-05-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>152867</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>28995021</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by Valhi</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>17516132</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by NL</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5203</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by TFMC</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>36356</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by Spouse</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares issued for no cash consideration to nonemployee directors under the Kronos Worldwide, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive
 Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Directly held by Valhi, Inc.  See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the
 relationship to the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Directly held by NL Industries, Inc.  See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description
 of the relationship to the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Directly held by TIMET Finance Management Company.  See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for
 a description of the relationship to the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Directly held by the reporting person's spouse.  The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit Index
Exhibit 99 - Additional Information</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>A. Andrew R. Louis, Attorney-in-fact, for Harold C. Simmons</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-05-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TEXT>
Exhibit 99 Additional Information

     Valhi,  Inc.  ("Valhi"),  NL  Industries,  Inc.  ("NL")  and TIMET  Finance
Management  Company ("TFMC") are the holders of 59.2%, 35.8% and less than 0.1%,
respectively,  of the  outstanding  shares of common stock,  par value $0.01 per
share ("Common Stock"), of the issuer.

     Titanium Metals Corporation ("TIMET") directly owns 100% of the outstanding
common stock of TFMC. Valhi Holding Company ("VHC"),  Harold C. Simmons' spouse,
The Combined Master Retirement Trust (the "CMRT"),  Harold C. Simmons, NL, Valhi
and  the  Harold  Simmons  Foundation  (the  "Foundation")  are the  holders  of
approximately  26.9%, 11.7%, 8.5%, 4.0%, 0.8%, 0.5% and 0.2%,  respectively,  of
the outstanding common stock of TIMET. NL's percentage ownership of TIMET common
stock includes 0.3% directly held by a subsidiary of NL.

     Valhi and TFMC are the  direct  holders  of  approximately  83.1% and 0.5%,
respectively,  of the outstanding  common stock of NL. VHC, the Foundation,  the
TFMC  and  CMRT  are  the  direct  holders  of  92.6%,   0.9%,  0.7%  and  0.1%,
respectively,  of the outstanding common stock of Valhi. Dixie Rice Agricultural
Corporation,  Inc.  ("Dixie Rice") is the direct holder of 100% the  outstanding
common stock of VHC.  Contran  Corporation  ("Contran") is the holder of 100% of
the outstanding common stock of Dixie Rice.

     Substantially all of Contran's  outstanding  voting stock is held by trusts
established for the benefit of certain  children and  grandchildren of Harold C.
Simmons (the "Trusts"),  of which Mr. Simmons is the sole trustee, or is held by
Mr. Simmons or persons or entities  related to Mr.  Simmons.  As sole trustee of
the Trusts,  Mr. Simmons has the power to vote and direct the disposition of the
shares of Contran stock held by the Trusts.  Mr.  Simmons  disclaims  beneficial
ownership of all Contran shares that the Trusts hold.

     Harold C. Simmons is the chairman of the board and chief executive  officer
of each of the  issuer  and NL and the  chairman  of the board of each of Valhi,
TIMET, VHC, Dixie Rice and Contran.

     The Foundation  directly holds approximately 0.2% of the outstanding shares
of TIMET common stock and 0.9% of the outstanding  shares of Valhi common stock.
The Foundation is a tax-exempt  foundation  organized for  charitable  purposes.
Harold C. Simmons is the chairman of the board of the Foundation.

     The CMRT directly holds  approximately  8.5% of the  outstanding  shares of
TIMET common  stock and 0.1% of the  outstanding  shares of Valhi common  stock.
Contran  sponsors the CMRT,  which permits the  collective  investment by master
trusts that  maintain the assets of certain  employee  benefit plans Contran and
related companies adopt. Harold C. Simmons is the sole trustee of the CMRT and a
member of the  trust  investment  committee  for the  CMRT.  Contran's  board of
directors selects the trustee and members of the trust investment  committee for
the CMRT. Mr.  Simmons is a participant  in one or more of the employee  benefit
plans that invest through the CMRT.

     By virtue of the  holding  of the  offices,  the  stock  ownership  and his
services as trustee, all as described above, (a) Harold C. Simmons may be deemed
to control such entities and (b) Mr. Simmons and certain of such entities may be
deemed to possess  indirect  beneficial  ownership  of shares  directly  held by
certain of such other entities.  However,  Mr. Simmons disclaims such beneficial
ownership of the shares beneficially owned directly or indirectly by any of such
entities,  except to the extent of his vested  beneficial  interest,  if any, in
shares held by the CMRT. Mr. Harold Simmons  disclaims  beneficial  ownership of
all shares of Common Stock that Valhi, NL or TFMC directly holds.

     Harold C.  Simmons'  spouse is the direct owner of 36,356  shares of Common
Stock,  269,775  shares of NL common  stock,  21,167,875  shares of TIMET common
stock and 43,400  shares of Valhi  common  stock.  Mr.  Simmons may be deemed to
share indirect  beneficial  ownership of such shares.  Mr. Simmons disclaims all
such beneficial ownership.

     Harold C. Simmons  directly holds 152,867  shares of Common Stock,  879,600
shares of NL common  stock,  7,174,239  shares of TIMET  common  stock and 3,383
shares of Valhi common stock.

     A trust,  of which  Harold C.  Simmons and his spouse are  trustees and the
beneficiaries  are the  grandchildren  of his  spouse,  is the direct  holder of
17,423 of TIMET  common  stock and  36,500  shares of Valhi  common  stock.  Mr.
Simmons,  as  co-trustee  of this  trust,  has the power to vote and  direct the
disposition  of the shares of Valhi common stock the trust  holds.  Mr.  Simmons
disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares that this trust holds.

     NL and a subsidiary of NL directly own  3,522,967  and 1,186,200  shares of
Valhi common stock,  respectively.  Pursuant to Delaware  law,  Valhi treats the
shares of Valhi  common stock that NL and the  subsidiary  of NL own as treasury
stock for voting  purposes.  For the  purposes  of the  percentage  calculations
herein, such shares are not deemed outstanding.
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