EX-99 2 f4kro121228hcs.htm ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Exhibit 99

Additional Information



    The following persons directly hold the following percentages of the

outstanding shares of common stock of Kronos Worldwide, Inc. ("Kronos"):



Valhi, Inc. ("Valhi")........................................50.0%

NL Industries, Inc. ("NL")...................................30.4%

Annette C. Simmons............................................0.8%

Harold C. Simmons.............................................0.7%

Contran Corporation ("Contran").....................less than 0.1%



     The following persons directly hold the following percentages of the

outstanding shares of common stock of Valhi:



Valhi Holding Company ("VHC")................................92.6%

Harold Simmons Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation")............0.7%

Harold C. Simmons.............................................0.5%

Contran Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation

  Trust ("CDCT")..............................................0.3%

Annette C. Simmons............................................0.2%

The Combined Master Retirement Trust ("CMRT").................0.1%

The Annette Simmons Grandchildren's Trust

  (the "Grandchildren's Trust") ....................less than 0.1%

Contran.............................................less than 0.1%



     The following persons directly hold the following percentages of the

outstanding shares of common stock of NL:



Valhi........................................................83.0%

Harold C. Simmons.............................................2.2%

Annette C. Simmons............................................0.9%

Kronos..............................................less than 0.1%



     Dixie Rice Agricultural Corporation, Inc. ("Dixie Rice") is the

direct holder of 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of VHC.

Contran is the holder of 100% of the outstanding shares of 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 other entities related

to Mr. Simmons.  As sole trustee of each of the Trusts, Mr. Simmons has

the power to vote and direct the disposition of the shares of Contran

stock held by each of the Trusts.  Mr. Simmons, however, disclaims

beneficial ownership of any shares of Contran stock that the Trusts hold.



     The Foundation is a tax-exempt foundation organized for charitable

purposes.  Harold C. Simmons is the chairman of the board of the Foundation

and may be deemed to control the Foundation.



     Contran sponsors the CMRT as a trust to permit the collective

investment by master trusts that maintain the assets of certain employee

benefit plans Contran and related companies adopt.  Mr. Simmons is the sole

trustee of the CMRT and a member 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.



     U.S. Bank National Association serves as the trustee of the CDCT.

Contran established the CDCT as an irrevocable "rabbi trust" to assist

Contran in meeting certain deferred compensation obligations that it owes to

Harold C. Simmons.  If the CDCT assets are insufficient to satisfy such

obligations, Contran is obligated to satisfy the balance of such obligations

as they come due.  Pursuant to the terms of the CDCT, Contran (i) retains

the power to vote the shares of Valhi's common stock held directly by

the CDCT, (ii) retains dispositive power over such shares and (iii) may be

deemed the indirect beneficial owner of such shares.



     Mr. Harold C. Simmons is chairman of the board of Kronos, Valhi, VHC,

Dixie Rice and Contran, and chairman of the board and chief executive

officer of NL.



     By virtue of the offices held, the stock ownership and his services as

trustee, all as described above, (a) Mr. Simmons may be deemed to control

certain of such entities and (b) Mr. Simmons and certain of such entities

may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of, and a pecuniary

interest in, shares of common stock directly held by certain of such other

entities. However, Mr. Simmons disclaims such beneficial ownership of, and

such pecuniary interest in, such shares beneficially owned, directly or

indirectly, by any of such entities, except to the extent of his vested

beneficial interest, if any, in the shares the CDCT and the CMRT hold

directly.



     The reporting person understands that NL, a subsidiary of NL and Kronos

directly own 10,814,370 shares, 3,558,600 shares and 1,724,916 shares,

respectively, of Valhi common stock as of the date of this statement. As

already stated, Valhi is the direct holder of approximately 83.0% of the

outstanding shares of common stock of NL and 50.0% of the outstanding shares

of Kronos common stock.  As a result of Valhi's direct and indirect

ownership of NL, its subsidiary and Kronos, the reporting person further

understands that, pursuant to Delaware law, Valhi treats the shares of Valhi

common stock that NL, its subsidiary and Kronos own as treasury stock for

voting purposes. For the purposes of this statement, such shares of Valhi

common stock that NL, its subsidiary and Kronos hold directly are not deemed

outstanding.



     Annette C. Simmons is the wife of Harold C. Simmons.  Mr. Simmons may

be deemed to share indirect beneficial ownership of the shares that his wife

holds directly.  Mr. Simmons disclaims beneficial ownership of all

securities that his wife holds directly.  Mrs. Simmons disclaims beneficial

ownership of all shares she does not hold directly.



     The Grandchildren's Trust is a trust of which Harold C. Simmons and his

wife are trustees and the beneficiaries are the grandchildren of his wife.

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.