NL Industries, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

NL Industries, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

HOUSTON, Oct 22, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NL) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of twenty cents per share on its common stock, payable December 23, 2002, to shareholders of record December 9, 2002.

NL Industries, Inc. is a major international producer of titanium dioxide pigments.

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SOURCE NL Industries, Inc.

CONTACT:          Robert D. Hardy, Chief Financial Officer of NL Industries,
                  Inc., +1-281-423-3332

URL:              http://www.nl-ind.com 
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