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 29, 2005
                               ------------------

                                   Valhi, Inc.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                         1-5467                      87-0110150
-------------------             ------------------           -----------------
  (State or other                 (Commission                   (IRS Employer
  jurisdiction of                 File Number)                 Identification
  incorporation)                                                     No.)

  5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas                 75240-2697
----------------------------------------------               ------------
   (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

                                 (972) 233-1700
                                 --------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

             (Former name or 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):

[   ]   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))


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Item 8.01           Other Events.

         Section  303A.03(4) of the corporate  governance  rules of the New York
Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Listed Company Manual requires NYSE-listed  companies to
disclose in their annual proxy statements:

         O        the    non-management    director    who   presides   at   all
                  regularly scheduled  executive  sessions of the non-management
                  members of the board of directors; and

         O        a  method  by  which   interested   parties  may  be  able  to
                  communicate   concerns  to  the  presiding   director  of  the
                  non-management directors.

         On November 1, 2005, the  registrant's  board of directors  amended and
restated the registrant's  corporate governance  guidelines to provide, in part,
as follows.

                  The non-management directors of the Company (as defined by the
         rules of the New York Stock Exchange) are entitled to meet on a regular
         basis  throughout  the  year,  and will  meet at least  once  annually,
         without management  participation.  If the non-management directors are
         not all independent directors of the Company, the independent directors
         should meet at least once annually at a meeting of only the independent
         directors.  The chairman of the audit  committee shall be the presiding
         director at all of these meetings.

The registrant  has posted,  among other  corporate  governance  documents,  its
corporate governance guidelines (amended and restated as of November 1, 2005) on
the corporate governance section of the registrant's website at www.valhi.net.

         The  registrant  has also  undertaken  with the NYSE to  provide in the
registrant's 2006 proxy statement language similar to the following.

                  Stockholders  and  other   interested   parties  who  wish  to
         communicate with the Board of Directors or its non-management directors
         may do so through the following  procedures.  Such  communications  not
         involving  complaints  or  concerns  regarding   accounting,   internal
         accounting  controls and auditing matters related to Valhi ("Accounting
         Complaints  or  Concerns")  may be sent  to the  attention  of  Valhi's
         corporate  secretary at Valhi,  Inc.,  Three Lincoln  Centre,  5430 LBJ
         Freeway,  Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas 75240-2697.  Provided that any such
         communication relates to the business or affairs of Valhi and is within
         the function of the Board of Directors or its committees,  and does not
         relate to insignificant or inappropriate  matters, such communications,
         or summaries of such communications,  will be forwarded to the chairman
         of the audit  committee,  who also serves as the presiding  director of
         Valhi's non-management and independent director meetings.

                  Accounting   Complaints   or  Concerns,   which  may  be  made
         anonymously, should be sent to the attention of Valhi's general counsel
         with a copy to Valhi's chief  financial  officer at the same address as
         the  corporate  secretary.  Accounting  Complaints  or Concerns will be
         forwarded  to the  chairman  of the audit  committee.  Valhi  will keep
         Accounting  Complaints or Concerns  confidential and anonymous,  to the
         extent feasible, subject to applicable law. Information contained in an
         Accounting  Complaint  or Concern  may be  summarized,  abstracted  and
         aggregated for purposes of analysis and investigation.

         On November 21, 2005,  the NYSE  notified the  registrant  that it must
publicly   disclose  the  procedure  by  which  a  presiding   director  of  the
non-management  directors is chosen and how interested  parties may  communicate
concerns to the presiding director.


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                                    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.

                                              VALHI, INC.
                                              (Registrant)




                                               By:    /s/ A. Andrew R. Louis
                                                      --------------------------
                                                      A. Andrew R. Louis
                                                      Secretary




Date:  November 29, 2005
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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 29, 2005
                               ------------------

                                   Valhi, Inc.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                         1-5467                      87-0110150
-------------------             ------------------           -----------------
  (State or other                 (Commission                   (IRS Employer
  jurisdiction of                 File Number)                 Identification
  incorporation)                                                     No.)

  5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas                 75240-2697
----------------------------------------------               ------------
   (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

                                 (972) 233-1700
                                 --------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

             (Former name or 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):

[   ]   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 8.01           Other Events.

         Section  303A.03(4) of the corporate  governance  rules of the New York
Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Listed Company Manual requires NYSE-listed  companies to
disclose in their annual proxy statements:

         O        the    non-management    director    who   presides   at   all
                  regularly scheduled  executive  sessions of the non-management
                  members of the board of directors; and

         O        a  method  by  which   interested   parties  may  be  able  to
                  communicate   concerns  to  the  presiding   director  of  the
                  non-management directors.

         On November 1, 2005, the  registrant's  board of directors  amended and
restated the registrant's  corporate governance  guidelines to provide, in part,
as follows.

                  The non-management directors of the Company (as defined by the
         rules of the New York Stock Exchange) are entitled to meet on a regular
         basis  throughout  the  year,  and will  meet at least  once  annually,
         without management  participation.  If the non-management directors are
         not all independent directors of the Company, the independent directors
         should meet at least once annually at a meeting of only the independent
         directors.  The chairman of the audit  committee shall be the presiding
         director at all of these meetings.

The registrant  has posted,  among other  corporate  governance  documents,  its
corporate governance guidelines (amended and restated as of November 1, 2005) on
the corporate governance section of the registrant's website at www.valhi.net.

         The  registrant  has also  undertaken  with the NYSE to  provide in the
registrant's 2006 proxy statement language similar to the following.

                  Stockholders  and  other   interested   parties  who  wish  to
         communicate with the Board of Directors or its non-management directors
         may do so through the following  procedures.  Such  communications  not
         involving  complaints  or  concerns  regarding   accounting,   internal
         accounting  controls and auditing matters related to Valhi ("Accounting
         Complaints  or  Concerns")  may be sent  to the  attention  of  Valhi's
         corporate  secretary at Valhi,  Inc.,  Three Lincoln  Centre,  5430 LBJ
         Freeway,  Suite 1700, Dallas, Texas 75240-2697.  Provided that any such
         communication relates to the business or affairs of Valhi and is within
         the function of the Board of Directors or its committees,  and does not
         relate to insignificant or inappropriate  matters, such communications,
         or summaries of such communications,  will be forwarded to the chairman
         of the audit  committee,  who also serves as the presiding  director of
         Valhi's non-management and independent director meetings.

                  Accounting   Complaints   or  Concerns,   which  may  be  made
         anonymously, should be sent to the attention of Valhi's general counsel
         with a copy to Valhi's chief  financial  officer at the same address as
         the  corporate  secretary.  Accounting  Complaints  or Concerns will be
         forwarded  to the  chairman  of the audit  committee.  Valhi  will keep
         Accounting  Complaints or Concerns  confidential and anonymous,  to the
         extent feasible, subject to applicable law. Information contained in an
         Accounting  Complaint  or Concern  may be  summarized,  abstracted  and
         aggregated for purposes of analysis and investigation.

         On November 21, 2005,  the NYSE  notified the  registrant  that it must
publicly   disclose  the  procedure  by  which  a  presiding   director  of  the
non-management  directors is chosen and how interested  parties may  communicate
concerns to the presiding director.
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.

                                              VALHI, INC.
                                              (Registrant)

                                               By:    /s/ A. Andrew R. Louis
                                                      --------------------------
                                                      A. Andrew R. Louis
                                                      Secretary

Date:  November 29, 2005