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                of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
                of
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Effective
      October 15, 2007, the board of directors of the registrant approved the
      following promotions:</font></div>
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                D. O&#8217;Brien, the registrant&#8217;s executive vice president and chief financial
                officer, was promoted to president.&#160;&#160;Charles H. Entrekin, Ph.D
                will continue to serve as the registrant&#8217;s chief operating officer and
                will assume the new title of president &#8211; global operations;
                and</font></div>
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                W. Brown, the registrant&#8217;s vice president, corporate finance, was promoted
                to chief financial officer.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Messrs.
      O&#8217;Brien and Brown are employees of Contran Corporation, a privately held parent
      corporation of the registrant (&#8220;<em>Contran</em>&#8221;), and provide their services
      to the registrant under an intercorporate services agreement with the
      registrant.&#160;&#160;For a description of the intercorporate services
      agreement, see &#8220;Certain Relationships and Transactions&#8221; in the registrant&#8217;s 2007
      Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April
      20, 2007, which description is incorporated herein by reference.&#160;&#160;In
      addition, for a discussion of potential conflicts of interest of officers who
      serve more than one corporation, see &#8220;Certain Relationships and Transactions&#8221; in
      the Proxy Statement, which discussion is also incorporated herein by
      reference.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Mr.
      O&#8217;Brien, age 50, </font>served as the registrant&#8217;s executive vice president and
      chief financial officer since May 2006.&#160;&#160;He served as the registrant&#8217;s
      vice president from 2004 to 2006. Mr. O&#8217;Brien has served as chief financial
      officer of Valhi since 2002 and vice president of Valhi and Contran since prior
      to 2002.&#160;&#160;From prior to 2002 until 2005 and 2004, he served as
      treasurer of Valhi and Contran, respectively.&#160;&#160;Mr. O&#8217;Brien has served
      in financial and accounting positions with various companies related to the
      registrant and Contran since 1988.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dr.
      Entrekin, age 58, served as the registrant&#8217;s president and chief operating
      officer since January 2007.&#160;&#160;He served from 2003 to December 2006 as
      senior advisor to Safeguard International Fund, a private equity fund that
      specialized in investing in technology-oriented, industrial businesses in
      Western Europe and North America in the metallurgical, chemical, energy and
      environmental industries.&#160;&#160;As part of his duties with Safeguard, he
      served from 2003 to 2004 as managing director of London &amp; Scandinavian
      Metallurgical Co. Ltd., a multi-location company engaged in primary and
      secondary metals manufacturing and from September 2005 to December 2006, as
      president and chief executive officer of Timminco Ltd. (TSX:&#160;&#160;TIM), an
      international producer and marketer of specialty magnesium and engineered
      magnesium extrusions, silicon metal and specialty ferrosilicon, calcium and
      strontium alloys.&#160;&#160;From 1983 to 2002, Dr. Entrekin held various
      positions of increasing responsibility with the registrant, the last of which
      was executive vice president &#8211; commercial.</font></div>
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      Brown, age 50, served as the registrant&#8217;s vice president, corporate finance
      since May 2006.&#160;&#160;From 2003 to May 2006, he served as vice president
      and controller of NL Industries, Inc. and Kronos Worldwide, Inc., each a
      publicly held subsidiary of Contran.&#160;&#160;From 1998 to 2002, he served as
      vice president and chief financial officer of Software Spectrum,
      Inc.&#160;&#160;From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Brown served as vice president, corporate
      accounting of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a provider of business process
      and information technology outsourcing solutions.</font></div>
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                7.01</strong></font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Regulation
                FD Disclosure.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      registrant hereby furnishes the information set forth in its press release
      issued on October 17, 2007, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
      and incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      exhibit the registrant furnishes in this report is not deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for
      purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
      or
      otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. &#160;Registration
      statements or other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
      Commission shall not incorporate this information by reference, except as
      otherwise expressly stated in such filing.</font></div>
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      9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial
      Statements and Exhibits.</strong></font></div>
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timet8k101507.htm
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)
October
      15, 2007
Titanium
      Metals Corporation
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-14368
13-5630895
(State
                or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
File
                Number)
(IRS
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
5430
                LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas
75240-2697
(Address
                of principal executive offices)
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code
(972)
      233-1700
(Former
                name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions (see General Instruction A.2):
o
Written
                communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                CFR
                230.425)
¨
Soliciting
                material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.13e-4(c))
Item
                5.02
Departure
                of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
                of
                Principal Officers.
(c)           Effective
      October 15, 2007, the board of directors of the registrant approved the
      following promotions:
·
Bobby
                D. O'Brien, the registrant's executive vice president and chief financial
                officer, was promoted to president.  Charles H. Entrekin, Ph.D
                will continue to serve as the registrant's chief operating officer and
                will assume the new title of president – global operations;
                and
·
James
                W. Brown, the registrant's vice president, corporate finance, was promoted
                to chief financial officer.
Messrs.
      O'Brien and Brown are employees of Contran Corporation, a privately held parent
      corporation of the registrant ("
Contran
"), and provide their services
      to the registrant under an intercorporate services agreement with the
      registrant.  For a description of the intercorporate services
      agreement, see "Certain Relationships and Transactions" in the registrant's 2007
      Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April
      20, 2007, which description is incorporated herein by reference.  In
      addition, for a discussion of potential conflicts of interest of officers who
      serve more than one corporation, see "Certain Relationships and Transactions" in
      the Proxy Statement, which discussion is also incorporated herein by
      reference.
Mr.
      O'Brien, age 50,
served as the registrant's executive vice president and
      chief financial officer since May 2006.  He served as the registrant's
      vice president from 2004 to 2006. Mr. O'Brien has served as chief financial
      officer of Valhi since 2002 and vice president of Valhi and Contran since prior
      to 2002.  From prior to 2002 until 2005 and 2004, he served as
      treasurer of Valhi and Contran, respectively.  Mr. O'Brien has served
      in financial and accounting positions with various companies related to the
      registrant and Contran since 1988.
Dr.
      Entrekin, age 58, served as the registrant's president and chief operating
      officer since January 2007.  He served from 2003 to December 2006 as
      senior advisor to Safeguard International Fund, a private equity fund that
      specialized in investing in technology-oriented, industrial businesses in
      Western Europe and North America in the metallurgical, chemical, energy and
      environmental industries.  As part of his duties with Safeguard, he
      served from 2003 to 2004 as managing director of London & Scandinavian
      Metallurgical Co. Ltd., a multi-location company engaged in primary and
      secondary metals manufacturing and from September 2005 to December 2006, as
      president and chief executive officer of Timminco Ltd. (TSX:  TIM), an
      international producer and marketer of specialty magnesium and engineered
      magnesium extrusions, silicon metal and specialty ferrosilicon, calcium and
      strontium alloys.  From 1983 to 2002, Dr. Entrekin held various
      positions of increasing responsibility with the registrant, the last of which
      was executive vice president – commercial.
Mr.
      Brown, age 50, served as the registrant's vice president, corporate finance
      since May 2006.  From 2003 to May 2006, he served as vice president
      and controller of NL Industries, Inc. and Kronos Worldwide, Inc., each a
      publicly held subsidiary of Contran.  From 1998 to 2002, he served as
      vice president and chief financial officer of Software Spectrum,
      Inc.  From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Brown served as vice president, corporate
      accounting of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a provider of business process
      and information technology outsourcing solutions.
Item
                7.01
Regulation
                FD Disclosure.
The
      registrant hereby furnishes the information set forth in its press release
      issued on October 17, 2007, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
      and incorporated herein by reference.
The
      exhibit the registrant furnishes in this report is not deemed "filed" for
      purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
      or
      otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.  Registration
      statements or other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
      Commission shall not incorporate this information by reference, except as
      otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item
      9.01                      Financial
      Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Item
                  No.
Description
99.1
Press
                release dated October 17, 2007 issued by the
                registrant.
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.
Titanium
                Metals Corporation
(Registrant)
By:       /s/
                A. Andrew R. Louis
Date:  October
                19, 2007
A.
                Andrew R. Louis, Secretary
INDEX
      TO EXHIBITS
Item
                  No.
Description
99.1
Press
                release dated October 17, 2007 issued by the
                registrant.