Susan E. Alderton
Chief Financial Officer
(281) 423-3332
Houston, Texas – April 16, 2001 – NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NL) will host a conference call for the investment community to discuss its first quarter earnings report on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). Mr. J. Landis Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer, will host the call.
Participants can access the call by dialing (800) 450-0819 (domestic) and (612) 332-1020 (international). The passcode is NL Earnings.
A taped replay will be available at 2:30 p.m. on April 23, 2001 through 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2001 (EDT) by calling (800) 475-6701 (domestic) and (320) 365-3844 (international). The access code for the replay is 582103.
This call will also be broadcast live on the Internet at StreetEvents.com. In order to listen to the call, your computer must have RealPlayer installed which can be downloaded prior to the call from the StreetEvents website. An online replay will be available approximately one hour after the call.
NL Industries, Inc. is a major international producer of titanium dioxide pigments.
Statements made in the conference call relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that represent management's beliefs and assumptions based on currently available information. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "intends," "may," "will," "should," "anticipates," "expects," or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy or trends. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot give any assurances that these expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the cyclicality of the titanium dioxide industry, global economic conditions, global productive capacity, customer inventory levels, changes in product pricing, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, competitive technology positions, operating interruptions (including, but not limited to, labor disputes, leaks, fires, explosions, unscheduled downtime and transportation interruptions), recoveries from insurance claims, the ultimate resolution of pending or possible future lead pigment litigation and legislative developments related to the lead paint litigation, the outcome of other litigation, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Should one or more of these risks materialize (or the consequences of such a development worsen), or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from those forecasted or expected. The Company assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.