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                                  PRESS RELEASE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                     CONTACT:

CompX International Inc.                                 David A. Bowers
Three Lincoln Centre                                  Chief Executive Officer
5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700                          Tel.:  864.286.1122
Dallas, Texas   75240-2697


                    COMPX DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


     DALLAS, TEXAS . . . February 22, 2006 . . . CompX International Inc. (NYSE:
CIX)  announced  today  that its board of  directors  declared  CompX's  regular
quarterly  dividend of twelve and one-half cents ($0.125) per share on its class
A and class B common stock,  payable on March 23, 2006 to stockholders of record
at the close of business on March 10, 2006.

     CompX is a leading manufacturer of precision ball bearing slides,  security
products and ergonomic computer support systems.

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