COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC - Annual Report: 2006 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    Washington,
      D.C. 20549
    FORM
      10-K
    ANNUAL
      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
    EXCHANGE
      ACT OF 1934 - For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
    Commission
      file number 1-13905
    | COMPX
                INTERNATIONAL INC. | 
| (Exact
                name of Registrant as specified in its
                charter) | 
| Delaware | 57-0981653 | |
| (State
                or other jurisdiction of Incorporation
                or organization) | (IRS
                Employer Identification
                No.) | |
| 5430
                LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700, Three
                Lincoln Centre, Dallas, Texas | 75240-2697 | |
| (Address
                of principal executive offices) | (Zip
                Code) | |
| Registrant’s
                telephone number, including area code | (972)
                448-1400 | |
|         Securities
                registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
                Act: | ||
| Title
                of each class | Name
                of each exchange  on
                which registered | |
| Class
                A common stock ($.01
                par value per share) | New
                York Stock Exchange | |
|         Securities
                registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
                Act:     None. | ||
Indicate
      by check mark:
    If
      the
      Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the
      Securities Act. Yes
      £
      No
S
    If
      the
      Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section
      15(d) of the Act. Yes
      £
      No
S
    Whether
      the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13
      or
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
      (or
      for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports),
      and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
      Yes
      S
      No
£
    If
      disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not
      contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant's
      knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
      reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form
      10-K. S
    Whether
      the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a
      non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Large accelerated
      filer £
      Accelerated filer £
      Non-accelerated filer S
    Whether
      the Registrant is a shell Company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
      Act). Yes
      £
      No
S
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          The
      aggregate market value of the 1.7 million shares of voting stock held by
      nonaffiliates of CompX International Inc. as of June 30, 2006 (the last business
      day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter)
      approximated $31.2 million.
    As
        of
        February 28 2007, 5,271,780
        shares of Class A common stock were outstanding.
Documents
      incorporated by reference
    The
      information required by Part III is incorporated by reference from the
      Registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Commission pursuant
      to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year
      covered by this report.
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          PART
      I
    ITEM
      1. BUSINESS
    General
    CompX
      International Inc. (NYSE:CIX), incorporated in Delaware in 1993, is a leading
      manufacturer of security products, precision ball bearing slides, and ergonomic
      computer support systems used in the office furniture, transportation, postal,
      tool storage, appliance and a variety of other industries. We recently entered
      the performance marine components industry through our acquisition of two
      performance marine components manufacturers in August 2005 and April 2006.
      Our
      products are principally designed for use in medium to high-end product
      applications, where design, quality and durability are critical to our
      customers. We believe that we are among the world's largest producers of
      security products, precision ball bearing slides, and ergonomic computer support
      systems. 
    CompX
      Group, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NL)
      owned
      82% of our outstanding common stock at December 31, 2006. NL owned 82% of CompX
      Group, and Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE: TIE) (“TIMET”) owns the remaining
      18% of CompX Group. At December 31, 2006, (i) NL and TIMET owned an additional
      2% and 3%, respectively, of us, (ii) Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI) holds, directly
      and
      through a subsidiary, approximately 83% of NL’s outstanding common stock and
      approximately 35% of TIMET’s outstanding common stock and (iii) Contran
      Corporation holds, directly or through subsidiaries, approximately 92% of
      Valhi's outstanding common stock. Substantially all of Contran's outstanding
      voting stock is held by trusts established for the benefit of certain children
      and grandchildren of Harold C. Simmons, (for which Mr. Simmons is sole trustee)
      or is held by Mr. Simmons or persons or other entities related to Mr. Simmons.
      Consequently, Mr. Simmons may be deemed to control each company and us.
    Our
      corporate offices are located at Three Lincoln Centre, 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite
      1700, Dallas, Texas 75240. Our telephone number is (972) 448-1400. We maintain
      a
      worldwide website at www.compx.com.
    Unless
      otherwise indicated, references in this report to “we”, “us”, or “our” refer to
      CompX International Inc. and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
    Forward
      Looking Statements
    This
      Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
      Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements
      in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not historical in nature are
      forward-looking in nature about our future, and are not statements of historical
      fact. Such statements are found in this report, including, but not limited
      to,
      statements found in Item 1 - "Business," Item 1A - “Risk Factors,” Item 3 -
      "Legal Proceedings," Item 7 - "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
      Condition and Results of Operations"
      and Item
      7A - "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk." These
      statements are
      forward-looking statements that represent our beliefs and assumptions based
      on
      currently available information. In some cases you can identify these
      forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "believes," "intends,"
      "may," "should," "could," "anticipates," "expects" or comparable terminology
      or
      by discussions of strategies or trends. Although we believe the expectations
      reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know
      if
      these expectations will be correct. Forward-looking statements by their nature
      involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could significantly impact
      expected results. Actual future results could differ materially from those
      predicted. Among the factors that could cause actual future results to differ
      materially from those described herein are the risks and uncertainties discussed
      in this Annual Report and those described from time to time in our other filings
      with the SEC including, but not limited to, the following:
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        | · | Future
                supply and demand for our products,
 | 
| · | Changes
                in our raw material and other operating costs (such as steel and
                energy
                costs),  | 
| · | General
                global economic and political conditions, (such as changes in the
                level of
                gross domestic product in various regions of the
                world), | 
| · | Demand
                for office furniture,  | 
| · | Service
                industry employment levels,  | 
| · | The
                possibility of labor disruptions,  | 
| · | Competitive
                products and prices, including increased competition from low-cost
                manufacturing sources (such as China),
 | 
| · | Substitute
                products,  | 
| · | Customer
                and competitor strategies, | 
| · | Costs
                and expenses associated with compliance with certain requirements
                of the
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 relating to the evaluation of our internal
                control over financial reporting,  | 
| · | The
                introduction of trade barriers,  | 
| · | The
                impact of pricing and production decisions,
 | 
| · | Fluctuations
                in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies (such
                as the
                Canadian dollar and New Taiwan dollar),
 | 
| · | Potential
                difficulties in integrating completed or future acquisitions,
                 | 
| · | Decisions
                to sell operating assets other than in the ordinary course of
                business, | 
| · | Uncertainties
                associated with new product development,
 | 
| · | Environmental
                matters (such as those requiring emission and discharge standards
                for
                existing and new facilities), | 
| · | The
                ability of the Company to comply with covenants contained in its
                revolving
                bank credit facility,  | 
| · | The
                ultimate outcome of income tax audits, tax settlement initiatives
                or other
                tax matters, | 
| · | The
                impact of current or future government
                regulations, | 
| · | Possible
                future litigation, | 
| · | Possible
                disruption of our business or increases in the cost of doing business
                resulting from terrorist activities or global
                conflicts, | 
| · | Operating
                interruptions (including, but not limited to labor disputes, leaks,
                natural disasters, fires, explosions, unscheduled, or unplanned downtime
                and transportation interruptions);
                and | 
| · | Government
                laws and regulations and possible changes
                therein. | 
Should
      one or more of these risks materialize or if the consequences worsen, or if
      the
      underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially
      from those currently forecasted or expected. We disclaim any intention or
      obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result
      of changes in information, future events or otherwise.
    Industry
      Overview
    Currently,
      approximately 36% of our total product sales are to the office furniture
      manufacturing industry,
      which
      has decreased considerably from 51% in 2004 and 43% in 2005, as a result of
      our
      strategy to increase the diversity of our customer base. The remainder of our
      product sales are sales for use in other products and industries, such as
      recreational transportation, mailboxes, tool boxes, appliances, banking
      equipment, vending equipment and computers and related equipment. We
      believe
      that our emphasis on new product development and sales of our products to
      non-office furniture markets has resulted in our potential for higher rates
      of
      growth and diversification of risk. See
      also
      Item 6 - "Selected Financial Data" and Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and
      Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
    Business
      Segments
    We
      currently have three operating business segments - Security Products, Furniture
      Components, and Marine Components. For additional information regarding our
      segments, see “Part II - Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
      Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Note 2 to our Consolidated
      Financial Statements.
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        Manufacturing,
      Operations, and Products
    Security
      Products.
      Our
      Security Products segment, with manufacturing facilities in South Carolina
      and
      Illinois, manufactures locking mechanisms and other security products for sale
      to the postal, transportation, furniture, banking, vending, and other
      industries. We believe that we are a North American market leader in the
      manufacture and sale of cabinet locks and other locking mechanisms. Our security
      products are used in a variety of applications including ignition systems,
      mailboxes, vending and gaming machines, parking meters, electrical circuit
      panels, storage compartments, office furniture and medical cabinet security.
      These products include:
    | · | disc
                tumbler locks which provide moderate security and generally represent
                the
                lowest cost lock to produce; | 
| · | pin
                tumbler locking mechanisms which are more costly to produce and are
                used
                in applications requiring higher levels of security, including our
                KeSet
                high
                security system, which allows the user to change the keying on a
                single
                lock 64 times without removing the lock from its enclosure; and
                 | 
| · | our
                innovative eLock electronic locks which provide stand alone security
                and
                audit trail capability for drug storage and other valuables through
                the
                use of a proximity card, magnetic stripe, or keypad
                credentials. | 
A
      substantial portion of our Security Products’ sales consist of products with
      specialized adaptations to individual manufacturer’s specifications, some of
      which are listed above. We, however, also have a standardized product line
      suitable for many customers which is offered through a North American
      distribution network through our STOCK
      LOCKS
      distribution program to lock distributors and to large original equipment
      manufacturers (“OEMs”). 
    Furniture
      Components.
      Our
      Furniture Components segment, with manufacturing facilities in Michigan, Canada,
      and Taiwan, manufactures a complete line of precision ball bearing slides and
      ergonomic computer support systems for use in applications such as computer
      related equipment, tool storage cabinets, imaging equipment, file cabinets,
      desk
      drawers, automated teller machines, appliances and other applications. These
      products include:
    | · | our
                patented Integrated
                Slide Lock
                which allows a file cabinet manufacturer to reduce the possibility
                of
                multiple drawers being opened at the same
                time; | 
| · | our
                patented adjustable Ball
                Lock
                which reduces the risk of heavily-filled drawers, such as auto mechanic
                tool boxes, from opening while in
                movement; | 
| · | our
                Self-Closing
                Slide,
                which is designed to assist in closing a drawer and is used in
                applications such as bottom mount
                freezers; | 
| · | articulating
                computer keyboard support arms (designed to attach to desks in the
                workplace and home office environments to alleviate possible strains
                and
                stress and maximize usable workspace), along with our patented
                LeverLock
                keyboard arm, which is designed to make ergonomic adjustments to
                the
                keyboard arm easier; | 
| · | CPU
                storage devices which minimize adverse effects of dust and moisture;
                and | 
| · | complimentary
                accessories, such as ergonomic wrist rest aids, mouse pad supports
                and
                flat screen computer monitor support
                arms. | 
Marine
      Components.
      Our
      Marine Components segment, with manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin and
      Illinois, manufactures and distributes marine instruments, hardware, and
      accessories for performance boats. Our specialty marine component products
      are
      high performance components designed to operate in the highly corrosive marine
      environment. These products include:
    | · | original
                equipment and aftermarket stainless steel exhaust headers, exhaust
                pipes,
                mufflers, other exhaust components and billet accessories; and
                 | 
| · | high
                performance gauges and related components such as GPS speedometers,
                throttles, controls, tachometers and
                panels. | 
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        Our
      business segments operated eight manufacturing facilities at December 31, 2006.
      For additional information, see also “Item 2 - Properties”, including
      information regarding leased and distribution-only facilities.
    | Security
                Products | Furniture
                Components | Marine
                Components | ||
| Mauldin,
                SC River
                Grove, IL Lake
                Bluff, IL | Kitchener,
                Ontario Byron
                Center, MI Taipei,
                Taiwan | Neenah,
                WI Grayslake,
                IL | 
Raw
      Materials
    Our
      primary raw materials are:
    | · | zinc
                (used in the Security Products segment for the manufacture of locking
                mechanisms); | 
| · | coiled
                steel (used in the Furniture Components segment for the manufacture
                of
                precision ball bearing slides and ergonomic computer support
                systems); | 
| · | stainless
                steel (used in the Marine Components segment for the manufacture
                of
                exhaust headers and pipes and other components;
                and | 
| · | plastic
                resins (also used in the Furniture Components segment for injection
                molded
                plastics in the manufacturer of ergonomic computer support
                systems). | 
These
      raw
      materials are purchased from several suppliers and are readily available from
      numerous sources.
    We
      occasionally enter into raw material arrangements to mitigate the short-term
      impact of future increases in raw material costs. While these arrangements
      do
      not necessarily commit us to a minimum volume of purchases, they generally
      provide for stated unit prices based upon achievement of specified purchase
      volumes. We utilize purchase arrangements to stabilize our raw material prices
      provided we meet the specified minimum monthly purchase quantities. Raw
      materials
      purchased outside of these arrangements are sometimes subject to unanticipated
      and sudden price increases. Due to the competitive nature of the markets served
      by our products, it is often difficult to recover all increases in raw material
      costs through increased product selling prices or raw material surcharges.
      Consequently, overall operating margins can be affected by such raw material
      cost pressures. Steel and zinc prices are cyclical, reflecting overall economic
      trends and specific developments in consuming industries and are currently
      at
      historically high levels.
    Patents
      and Trademarks
    We
      hold a
      number of patents relating to our component products, certain of which are
      believed to be important to us and our continuing business activity. Patents
      generally have a term of 20 years, and our patents have remaining terms ranging
      from less than one year to 16 years at December 31, 2006. Our major trademarks
      and brand names, include:
    | Furniture
                  Components   | Security
                  Products       | Marine
                  Components        | ||
| CompX
                  Precision Slides® | CompX
                  Security Products® | Custom
                  Marine® | ||
| CompX
                  Waterloo® | KeSet® | Livorsi
                  Marine® | ||
| CompX
                  ErgonomX® | Fort
                  Lock® | CMI
                  Industrial Mufflers™ | ||
| CompX
                  DurISLide® | Timberline® | Custom
                  Marine Stainless  | ||
| Dynaslide® | Chicago
                  Lock® |   Exhaust™ | ||
| Waterloo
                  Furniture    | ACE
                  II® | The
                  #1 Choice in  | ||
|   Components
                  Limited® | TuBar® |   Performance
                  Boating® | ||
| STOCK
                  LOCKS® | Mega
                  Rim™ | |||
| National
                  Cabinet Lock® | Race
                  Rim™ | |||
| CompX
                  Marine™ | 
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          Sales,
      Marketing and Distribution.
    We
      sell
      components directly to large OEM customers through our factory-based sales
      and
      marketing professionals and engineers working in concert with field salespeople
      and independent manufacturers' representatives. We select manufacturers'
      representatives based on special skills in certain markets or relationships
      with
      current or potential customers. 
    A
      significant portion of our sales are also made through distributors. We have
      a
      significant market share of cabinet lock sales as a result of the locksmith
      distribution channel. We support our distributor sales with a line of
      standardized products used by the largest segments of the marketplace. These
      products are packaged and merchandised for easy availability and handling by
      distributors and end users. Due to our success with the STOCK
      LOCKS
      inventory program within the Security Products segment, similar programs have
      been implemented for distributor sales of ergonomic
      computer support systems within the Furniture Components segment.
      
    In
      2006,
      our ten largest customers accounted for approximately 38% of our total sales
      (11% from Security Products’ customers and 27% from Furniture Components’
customers). Overall, our customer base is diverse and the loss of a single
      customer would not have a material adverse effect on our
      operations.
    Competition
    The
      markets in which we participate are highly competitive. We compete primarily
      on
      the basis of product design, including ergonomic and aesthetic factors, product
      quality and durability, price, on-time delivery, service and technical support.
      We focus our efforts on the middle and high-end segments of the market, where
      product design, quality, durability and service are placed at a
      premium.
    Our
      Marine Components segment competes with small domestic manufacturers and is
      minimally affected by foreign competitors. Our Security Products and Furniture
      Components segments compete against a number of domestic and foreign
      manufacturers. Suppliers, particularly the foreign Furniture Components
      suppliers, have put intense price pressure on our products. In some cases,
      we
      have lost sales to these lower cost foreign manufacturers. We have responded
      by
      shifting the manufacture of some products to our lower cost facilities, working
      to reduce costs and gain operational efficiencies through workforce reductions
      and process improvements in all of our facilities and by working with our
      customers to be their value-added supplier of choice by offering customer
      support services which foreign suppliers are generally unable to
      provide.
    International
      Operations 
    We
      have
      substantial operations and assets located outside the United States, principally
      Furniture Component operations in Canada and Taiwan. The majority of our 2006
      non-U.S. sales are to customers located in Canada. Foreign operations are
      subject to, among other things, currency exchange rate fluctuations. Our results
      of operations have in the past been both favorably and unfavorably affected
      by
      fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Political and economic uncertainties
      in
      certain of the countries in which we operate may expose us to risk of loss.
      We
      do not believe that there is currently any likelihood of material loss through
      political or economic instability, seizure, nationalization or similar event.
      We
      cannot predict, however, whether events of this type in the future could have
      a
      material effect on our operations. See Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and
      Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," Item
      7A -
      "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" and Note 1 to
      the
      Consolidated Financial Statements.
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          Regulatory
      and Environmental Matters
    Our
      operations are subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
      relating to the use, storage, handling, generation, transportation, treatment,
      emission, discharge, disposal, remediation of and exposure to hazardous and
      non-hazardous substances, materials and wastes ("Environmental Laws"). Our
      operations also are subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and
      regulations relating to worker health and safety. We believe that we are in
      substantial compliance with all such laws and regulations. To date, the costs
      of
      maintaining compliance with such laws and regulations have not significantly
      impacted our results. We currently do not anticipate any significant costs
      or
      expenses relating to such matters; however, it is possible future laws and
      regulations may require us to incur significant additional expenditures.
    Employees
    As
      of
      December 31, 2006, we employed 1,137 people as follows:
    | United
                States | 711 | |||
| Canada(1) | 278 | |||
| Taiwan | 148 | |||
|      Total | 1,137 | |||
(1)
      Approximately
      73% of our Canadian employees are represented by a labor union covered by a
      collective bargaining agreement that expires in January 2009 which provides
      for
      annual wage increases from 1% to 2.5% over the term of the contract.
We
      believe our labor relations are good.
    Available
      Information
    Our
      fiscal year ends December 31. We furnish our stockholders with annual reports
      containing audited financial statements. In addition, we file annual, quarterly
      and current reports, proxy and information statements and other information
      with
      the SEC. We also make our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
      Form
      10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments thereto, available free of
      charge through our website at www.compx.com
      as soon
      as reasonably practical after they have been filed with the SEC. We also provide
      to anyone, without charge, copies of such documents upon written request.
      Requests should be directed to the attention of the Corporate Secretary at
      our
      address on the cover page of this Form 10-K.
    Additional
      information, including our Audit Committee Charter, our Code of Business Conduct
      and Ethics and our Corporate Governance Guidelines, can also be found on our
      website. Information contained on our website is not a part of this Annual
      Report.
    The
      general public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the
      SEC’s
      Public Reference Room at 100 F. Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public
      may
      obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
      the
      SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. We are an electronic filer. The SEC maintains an Internet
      website at www.sec.gov
      that
      contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
      regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including
      us.
    Item
      1A. RISK
      FACTORS 
    Listed
      below are certain risk factors associated with us and our businesses. In
      addition to the potential effect of these risk factors discussed below, any
      risk
      factor which could result in reduced earnings or operating losses, or reduced
      liquidity, could in turn adversely affect our ability to service our liabilities
      or pay dividends on our common stock or adversely affect the quoted market
      prices for our securities.
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        We
      sell many of our products in mature and highly competitive industries and face
      price pressures in the markets in which we operate, which may result in reduced
      earnings or operating losses. Each
      of
      the markets we serve is highly competitive, with a number of competitors
      offering similar products.
      We
focus
      our
      efforts on the middle and high-end segment of the market, where product design,
      quality and durability are the primary competitive factors.
      Some of
      our competitors may be able to drive down prices for our products because their
      costs are lower than our costs, especially those located in Asia. In addition,
      some of our competitors' financial, technological and other resources may be
      greater than our resources, and such competitors may be better able to withstand
      changes in market conditions. Our competitors may be able to respond more
      quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
      requirements. Further, consolidation of our competitors or customers in any
      of
      the industries in which we compete may result in reduced demand for our
      products. In addition, in some of our businesses new competitors could emerge
      by
      modifying their existing production facilities so they could manufacture
      products that compete with our products. The occurrence of any of these events
      could result in reduced earnings or operating losses.
    Sales
      for certain of our products, principally precision slides and ergonomic
      products, are concentrated in the office furniture industry which has in the
      past experienced significant reductions in demand that could result in reduced
      earnings or operating losses.
      Sales
      of our products to the office furniture manufacturing industry accounted for
      approximately 51%, 43% and 36% for 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. The future
      growth, if any, of the office furniture industry will be affected by a variety
      of macroeconomic factors, such as service industry employment levels, corporate
      cash flows and non-residential commercial construction, as well as industry
      factors such as corporate reengineering and restructuring, technology demands,
      ergonomic, health and safety concerns and corporate relocations. There can
      be no
      assurance that current or future economic or industry trends will not materially
      adversely affect our business.
    Our
      failure to enter into new markets would result in the continued significant
      impact of fluctuations in demand within the office furniture manufacturing
      industry on our operating results. In
      an
      effort to reduce our dependence on the office furniture market for certain
      products and to increase our participation in other markets, we have been
      devoting resources to identifying new customers and developing new applications
      for those products in markets outside of the office furniture industry, such
      as
      home appliances and tool boxes. Developing these new applications for our
      products involves substantial risk and uncertainties due to our limited
      experience with customers and applications in these markets as well as facing
      competitors who are already established in these markets. We may not be
      successful in developing new customers or applications for our products outside
      of the office furniture industry. Significant time may be required for such
      development and uncertainty exists as to the extent to which we will face
      competition in this regard.
    Our
      development of new products as well as innovative features for current products
      is critical to sustaining and growing our sales.
      Historically, our ability to provide value-added custom engineered products
      that
      address requirements of technology and space utilization has been a key element
      of our success. The introduction of new products and features requires the
      coordination of the design, manufacturing and marketing of such products with
      potential customers. The ability to implement such coordination may be affected
      by factors beyond our control. While we will continue to emphasize the
      introduction of innovative new products that target customer-specific
      opportunities, there can be no assurance that any new products we introduce
      will
      achieve the same degree of success that we have achieved with our existing
      products. Introduction of new products typically requires us to increase
      production volume on a timely basis while maintaining product quality.
      Manufacturers often encounter difficulties in increasing production volumes,
      including delays, quality control problems and shortages of qualified personnel.
      As we attempt to introduce new products in the future, there can be no assurance
      that we will be able to increase production volume without encountering these
      or
      other problems, which might negatively impact our financial condition or results
      of operations.
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            We
      have in
      the past pursued, and intend to pursue in the future, a growth strategy through
      acquisitions which could negatively affect operating results if the acquired
      businesses are not successful.
      Our
      ability to successfully grow through acquisitions will depend on many factors,
      including, among others, our ability to identify suitable growth opportunities
      and to successfully integrate acquired businesses. There can be no assurance
      that we will anticipate all of the changing demands that expanding operations
      will impose on our management and management information systems. Any failure
      by
      us to adapt our systems and procedures to those changing demands could have
      a
      material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial
      condition.
    Higher
      costs of our raw materials may decrease our liquidity. Certain
      of the raw materials used in our products are commodities that are subject
      to
      significant fluctuations in price in response to world wide supply and demand.
      Coiled steel is the major raw material used in the manufacture of precision
      ball
      bearing slides and ergonomic computer support systems. Plastic resins for
      injection molded plastics are also an integral material for ergonomic computer
      support systems. Zinc is a principal raw material used in the manufacture of
      security products. These raw materials are purchased from several suppliers
      and
      are generally readily available from numerous sources. We occasionally enter
      into raw material supply arrangements to mitigate the short-term impact of
      future increases in raw material costs. Materials
      purchased outside of these arrangements are sometimes subject to unanticipated
      and sudden price increases. Should
      our vendors not be able to meet their contractual obligations or should we
      be
      otherwise unable to obtain necessary raw materials, we may incur higher costs
      for raw materials or may be required to reduce production levels, either of
      which may decrease our liquidity as we may be unable to offset such higher
      costs
      with increased selling prices for our products.
    ITEM
      1B. UNRESOLVED
      STAFF COMMENTS 
    None.
    ITEM
      2. PROPERTIES
    Our
      principal executive offices are located in approximately 1,000 square feet
      of leased space at 5430 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75240. The following table
      sets forth the location, size, business operating segment and general product
      types produced for each of our operating facilities. 
    | Facility
                Name | Business Segment | Location | Size (square
                feet) | Products
                Produced | |||||||||
| Owned
                Facilities: | |||||||||||||
|   Waterloo | FC | Kitchener,
                Ontario | 276,000 | Slides/ergonomic
                products | |||||||||
|   Durislide | FC | Byron
                Center, MI | 143,000 | Slides | |||||||||
|   National
                 | SP | Mauldin,
                SC | 198,000 | Security
                products | |||||||||
|   Fort
                 | SP | River
                Grove, IL | 100,000 | Security
                products | |||||||||
|   Dynaslide | FC | Taipei,
                Taiwan | 45,500 | Slides | |||||||||
|   Custom | MC | Neenah,
                WI | 95,000 | Specialty
                marine products | |||||||||
|   Livorsi | MC | Grayslake,
                IL | 16,000 | Specialty
                marine products | |||||||||
| Leased
                Facilities: | |||||||||||||
|   Dynaslide | FC | Taipei,
                Taiwan | 36,000 | Slides | |||||||||
|   Dynaslide | FC | Taipei,
                Taiwan | 45,500 | Slides | |||||||||
|   Distribution
                Center | SP/FC | Rancho
                Cucamonga, CA | 12,000 | Product
                distribution | |||||||||
|   Timberline | SP | Lake
                Bluff, IL | 16,000 | Security
                products | |||||||||
______________________________________________
    FC
      -
      Furniture Components business segment
    SP
      -
      Security Products business segment
    MC
      -
      Marine Components business segment
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        The
      Waterloo, Byron Center, National and Fort facilities are ISO-9001 registered.
      The Dynaslide and Neenah facilities are ISO-9002 registered. We believe that
      all
      of our facilities are well maintained and satisfactory for their intended
      purposes.
    ITEM
      3. LEGAL
      PROCEEDINGS
    We
      are
      involved, from time to time, in various environmental, contractual, product
      liability, patent (or intellectual property) and other claims and disputes
      incidental to our business. Currently no material environmental or other
      material litigation is pending or, to our knowledge, threatened. We currently
      believe that the disposition of all claims and disputes, individually or in
      the
      aggregate, should not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated
      financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
    ITEM
      4. SUBMISSION
      OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
    None.
    -11-
          PART
      II
    ITEM
      5. MARKET
      FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
      MATTERS
    Common
      Stock and Dividends.
      Our
      Class A common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange
      (symbol: CIX). As of February 28, 2007, there were approximately 19 holders
      of record of CompX Class A common stock. The following table sets forth the
      high
      and low closing sales prices per share for our Class A common stock for the
      periods indicated, according to Bloomberg, and dividends paid during such
      periods. On February 28, 2007, the closing price per share of our Class A common
      stock according to Bloomberg was $16.32.
    |    High    |    Low    | Dividends    paid    | ||||||||
| Year
                ended December 31, 2005 | ||||||||||
|   First
                Quarter | $ | 18.05 | $ | 16.15 | $ | .125 | ||||
|   Second
                Quarter | 16.98 | 14.45 | .125 | |||||||
|   Third
                Quarter | 19.15 | 15.38 | .125 | |||||||
|   Fourth
                Quarter | 17.46 | 15.01 | .125 | |||||||
| Year
                ended December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||
|   First
                Quarter | $ | 18.36 | $ | 14.62 | $ | .125 | ||||
|   Second
                Quarter | 17.90 | 15.25 | .125 | |||||||
|   Third
                Quarter | 17.66 | 15.44 | .125 | |||||||
|   Fourth
                Quarter | 20.50 | 14.89 | .125 | |||||||
| January
                1, 2007 through February
                28, 2007 | ||||||||||
We
        paid
        regular quarterly dividends of $.125 per share during 2005 and 2006. In February
        of 2007, our board of directors declared a first quarter 2007 dividend of
        $.125
        per share, to be paid on March 26, 2007 to CompX shareholders of record as
        of
        March 9, 2007. However, declaration and payment of future dividends and the
        amount thereof, if any, is discretionary and is dependent upon our results
        of
        operations, financial condition, cash requirements for our businesses,
        contractual requirements and restrictions and other factors deemed relevant
        by
        our board of directors. The amount and timing of past dividends is not
        necessarily indicative of the amount or timing of any future dividends which
        we
        might pay. In this regard, our revolving bank credit facility places certain
        restrictions on the payment of dividends. We are limited to (i) a $.125 per
        share quarterly dividend, not to exceed $8.0 million in any calendar year,
        plus
        (ii) $20.0 million plus 50% of net income since September 30, 2005 over the
        term
        of the credit facility.
    -12-
        Performance
      Graph.
      Set
      forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly change in our cumulative total
      stockholder returns on our Class A common stock against the cumulative total
      return of the Russell 2000 Index and an index of a self-selected peer group
      of
      companies for the period from December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2006.
      The
      old self-selected peer group index is comprised of The Eastern Company,
      Harley-Davidson, Inc., HNI Corporation (formerly HON Industries, Inc.), Knape
      & Vogt Manufacturing Company (included through December 2005), Leggett &
Platt, Incorporated and Steelcase Inc. The new self-selected peer group index
      is
      comprised of The Eastern Company and Leggett & Platt. We believe that the
      new peer group index reflects a better mix of our competitors and customers
      than
      the old peer group index. The graph shows the value at December 31 of each
      year
      assuming an original investment of $100 at December 31, 2001 and reinvestment
      of
      dividends.
    | December
                31, | |||||||||||||||||||
|  | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
| CompX
                International Inc. | $ | 100 | $ | 68 | $ | 53 | $ | 137 | $ | 137 | $ | 178 | |||||||
| Russell
                2000 Index | 100 | 80 | 117 | 139 | 145 | 171 | |||||||||||||
| New
                Peer Group | 100 | 100 | 99 | 133 | 111 | 119 | |||||||||||||
| Old
                Peer Group | 100 | 89 | 96 | 120 | 109 | 135 | |||||||||||||

Equity
      compensation plan information.
      We have
      an equity compensation plan, which was approved by our stockholders, which
      provides for the discretionary grant to our employees and directors of, among
      other things, options to purchase our Class A common stock and stock awards.
      As
      of December 31, 2006, there were 437,000 options outstanding to purchase shares
      of our common stock, and approximately 672,000 shares of our Class A common
      stock were available for future grant or issuance. We do not have any such
      equity compensation plans that were not approved by our stockholders. See Note
      9
      to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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          ITEM
      6. SELECTED
      FINANCIAL DATA
    The
      following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our
      Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and
      Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." 
    Our
      operations are comprised of a 52 or 53-week fiscal year. Excluding 2004, each
      of
      the years 2002 through 2006 consisted of a 52-week year. 2004 was a 53-week
      year. 
    |          Years
                ended December
                31,          | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| ($
                in millions, except per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
| Statements
                of Operations Data: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net
                sales | $ | 166.7 | $ | 174.0 | $ | 182.6 | $ | 186.3 | $ | 190.1 | ||||||
| Gross
                Margin | $ | 29.1 | $ | 31.1 | $ | 39.8 | $ | 43.8 | $ | 46.5 | ||||||
| Operating
                income | $ | 6.1 | $ | 8.8 | $ | 15.4 | $ | 19.1 | $ | 20.3 | ||||||
| Provision
                for income taxes | $ | 3.0 | $ | 3.4 | $ | 7.8 | $ | 18.6 | $ | 9.7 | ||||||
| Income
                from continuing operations | $ | 0.9 | $ | 5.8 | $ | 9.5 | $ | 0.9 | $ | 11.7 | ||||||
| Discontinued
                operations | (0.3 | ) | (4.5 | ) | (12.5 | ) | (0.5 | ) | -
                 | |||||||
|   Net
                income (loss) | $ | 0.6 | $ | 1.3 | $ | (3.0 | ) | $ | 0.4 | $ | 11.7 | |||||
| Diluted
                Earnings Per Share Data: | ||||||||||||||||
| Income
                (loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||
| Continuing
                operations | $ | .06 | $ | .38 | $ | .63 | $ | .06 | $ | .76 | ||||||
| Discontinued
                operations | (.02 | ) | (.30 | ) | (.83 | ) | (.03 | ) | -
                 | |||||||
| $ | .04 | $ | .08 | $ | (.20 | ) | $ | .03 | $ | .76 | ||||||
| Cash
                dividends | $ | .50 | $ | .125 | $ | .125 | $ | .50 | $ | .50 | ||||||
| Weighted
                average common shares   Outstanding | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.3 | |||||||||||
| Balance
                Sheet Data (at year end): | ||||||||||||||||
|   Cash
                and other current assets | $ | 71.3 | $ | 80.2 | $ | 78.3 | $ | 80.8 | $ | 76.2 | ||||||
|   Total
                assets | 200.1 | 210.7 | 186.3 | 188.6 | 192.0 | |||||||||||
|   Current
                liabilities | 22.2 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 20.3 | 17.8 | |||||||||||
|   Long-term
                debt, including current maturities | 31.0 | 26.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | -
                 | |||||||||||
|   Stockholders'
                equity  | 142.0 | 154.4 | 155.3 | 150.1 | 153.7 | |||||||||||
| Statements
                of Cash Flow Data: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash
                provided (used) by: | ||||||||||||||||
|   Operating
                activities | $ | 16.9 | $ | 24.4 | $ | 30.2 | $ | 20.0 | $ | 27.4 | ||||||
|   Investing
                activities | (12.7 | ) | (8.2 | ) | (3.2 | ) | (3.7 | ) | (19.3 | ) | ||||||
|   Financing
                activities | (25.5 | ) | (7.3 | ) | (27.1 | ) | (7.2 | ) | (8.8 | ) | ||||||
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          ITEM
      7. MANAGEMENT'S
      DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
      OPERATIONS
    Business
      Overview
    We
      are a
      leading manufacturer of security products, precision ball bearing slides, and
      ergonomic computer support systems used in the office furniture, transportation,
      postal, tool storage, and appliance and a variety of other industries. We
      recently entered the performance marine components industry through our
      acquisition of two performance marine component manufacturers in August 2005
      and
      April 2006.
    Operating
      Income Overview
    We
      reported operating income of $20.3 million in 2006 compared to operating income
      of $19.1 million in 2005 and $15.4 million in 2004. As more fully described
      below, our operating income increased from 2005 to 2006 primarily due to a
      more
      favorable product mix, the impact of two marine acquisitions, and our on-going
      focus on reducing costs partially offset by the negative impact of changes
      in
      currency exchange rates. Our operating income increased from 2004 to 2005 as
      the
      result of the favorable impact of continued reductions in costs, offset in
      part
      by the negative impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and higher
      raw material costs. 
    Fluctuations
      in foreign currency exchange rates positively impacted sales in 2006 as compared
      to 2005 by $1.1 million, and negatively impacted operating income by $1.1
      million. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates positively impacted
      sales in 2005 as compared to 2004 by $1.5 million, but negatively impacted
      operating income by $2.3 million. The impact on net sales is primarily due
      to
      the strengthening Canadian dollar in relation to the U.S. dollar. The impact
      on
      operating income primarily results from our Canadian operations, where the
      majority of net sales are denominated in U.S. dollars while the majority of
      expenses are denominated in Canadian dollars. 
    Critical
      Accounting Policies and Estimates
    We
      have
      based the accompanying "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
      Condition and Results of Operations" upon our Consolidated Financial Statements.
      We prepared our Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting
      principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). In
      preparing our Consolidated Financial Statements, we are required to make
      estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and
      liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
      of
      the financial statements, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses
      during the reported period. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates,
      including those related to inventory reserves, the recoverability of other
      long-lived assets (including goodwill and other intangible assets) and the
      realization of deferred income tax assets. We base our estimates on historical
      experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable
      under
      the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments
      about the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Our
      actual future results might differ from previously-estimated amounts under
      different assumptions or conditions. 
    We
      believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant
      judgments and estimates, used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial
      Statements and are applicable to all of our operating segments:
    | · | We
                provide reserves for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventories
                equal
                to the difference between the cost of inventories and the estimated
                net
                realizable value using assumptions about future demand for our products
                and market conditions. We also consider the age and the quantity
                of
                inventory on hand in estimating the reserve. If actual market conditions
                are less favorable than those we projected, we may be required to
                recognize additional inventory reserves.
 | 
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        | · | We
                recognize an impairment charge associated with our long-lived assets,
                including property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets,
                whenever we determine that recovery of such long-lived asset is not
                probable. Our determination is made in accordance with applicable
                GAAP
                requirements associated with the long-lived asset, and is based upon,
                among other things, our estimates of the amount of future net cash
                flows
                to be generated by the long-lived asset and our estimates of the
                current
                fair value of the asset. Adverse changes in such estimates of future
                net
                cash flows or estimates of fair value could result in our inability
                to
                recover the carrying value of the long-lived asset, thereby possibly
                requiring us to recognize an impairment charge.  Under
                  applicable GAAP (SFAS No. 142, Goodwill
                  and other Intangible Assets),
                  we are required to review goodwill for impairment at least on an
                  annual
                  basis. We are also required to review goodwill for impairment at
                  other
                  times during each year when impairment indicators, as defined,
                  are
                  present. No goodwill impairments were deemed to exist as a result
                  of our
                  annual impairment review completed during the third quarter of
                  2006, as
                  the estimated fair value of each reporting unit exceeded the net
                  carrying
                  value of the respective reporting unit. See Notes 1 and 4 to the
                  Consolidated Financial Statements. The estimated fair values of
                  these
                  three reporting units are determined based on discounted cash flow
                  projections. Significant judgment is required in estimating such
                  cash
                  flows. Such estimated cash flows are inherently uncertain, and
                  there can
                  be no assurance that such operations will achieve the future cash
                  flows
                  reflected in its projections. In December 2004, our Thomas Regout
                  operations met the criteria under GAAP to be classified as “held for sale”
                  and thus were required to be measured at the lower of its carrying
                  amount
                  or estimated fair value less cost to sell. At such time, we recognized
                  a
                  $14.4 million impairment of the goodwill related to such operations,
                  as
                  the carrying amount of the net assets exceeded the estimated fair
                  value
                  less cost to sell of the operations. The disposal of such operations
                  was
                  completed in January 2005, and therefore we no longer report goodwill
                  attributable to such operations at December 31, 2006. See Note
                  10 to the
                  Consolidated Financial Statements. Under
                  applicable GAAP (SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
                  Disposal
                  of Long-Lived Assets), we do not assess property and equipment
                  for
                  impairment unless certain impairment indicators, as defined, are
                  present.
                  During 2006, no impairment indicators were present with respect
                  to our
                  property and equipment.  | 
| · | We
                record a valuation allowance to reduce our gross deferred income
                tax
                assets to the amount that is believed to be realized under the
                "more-likely-than-not" recognition criteria. While we have considered
                future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning
                strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance, it is
                possible
                that in the future we may change our estimate of the amount of the
                deferred income tax assets that would "more-likely-than-not" be realized
                in the future resulting in an adjustment to the deferred income tax
                asset
                valuation allowance that would either increase or decrease, as applicable,
                reported net income in the period such change in estimate was
                made. In
                  addition, we make an evaluation at the end of each reporting period
                  as to
                  whether or not some or all of the undistributed earnings of our
                  foreign
                  subsidiaries are permanently reinvested (as that term is defined
                  in GAAP).
                  While we may have concluded in the past that some of such undistributed
                  earnings are permanently reinvested, facts and circumstances can
                  change in
                  the future, and it is possible that a change in facts and circumstances,
                  such as a change in the expectation regarding the capital needs
                  of our
                  foreign subsidiaries, could result in a conclusion that some or
                  all of
                  such undistributed earnings are no longer permanently reinvested.
                  In such
                  an event, we would be required to recognize a deferred income tax
                  liability in an amount equal to the estimated incremental U.S.
                  income tax
                  and withholding tax liability that would be generated if all of
                  such
                  previously-considered permanently reinvested undistributed earnings
                  were
                  distributed to us in the U.S. In this regard, during 2005 we determined
                  that certain of the undistributed earnings of our non-U.S. operations
                  could no longer be considered permanently reinvested, and in accordance
                  with GAAP we recognized an aggregate $9.0 million provision for
                  deferred
                  income taxes on such undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries.
                  See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial
                  Statements. | 
| · | We
                record accruals for environmental, legal, income tax and other
                contingencies and commitments when estimated future expenditures
                associated with such contingencies become probable, and we can reasonably
                estimate the amounts of such future expenditures. However, new information
                may become available to us, or circumstances (such as applicable
                laws and
                regulations) may change, thereby resulting in an increase or decrease
                in
                the amount we are required to accrue for such matters (and, therefore,
                decrease or increase our reported net income in the period of such
                change.) | 
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        Results
      of Operations - 2005 Compared to 2006 and 2004 Compared to
      2005
    |   Years
                ended December 31,     |       %
                Change      | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | ||||||||||||
| (Dollars
                in millions) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net
                sales | $ | 182.6 | $ | 186.3 | $ | 190.1 | 2 | % | 2 | % | ||||||
| Cost
                of sales | 142.8 | 142.6 | 143.6 | -
                 | 1 | % | ||||||||||
|   Gross
                margin | 39.8 | 43.7 | 46.5 | 10 | % | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Operating
                costs and expenses | 24.4 | 24.6 | 26.2 | 1 | % | 7 | % | |||||||||
|   Operating
                income | $ | 15.4 | $ | 19.1 | $ | 20.3 | 24 | % | 6 | % | ||||||
| Percent
                of net sales: | ||||||||||||||||
|   Cost
                of sales | 78 | % | 77 | % | 76 | % | ||||||||||
|   Gross
                margin | 22 | % | 23 | % | 24 | % | ||||||||||
|   Operating
                costs and expenses | 13 | % | 13 | % | 14 | % | ||||||||||
|   Operating
                income | 8 | % | 10 | % | 11 | % | ||||||||||
Net
      Sales. Net
      sales
      increased in 2006 as compared to 2005 principally due to new sales volumes
      generated from the August 2005 and April 2006 acquisitions of two marine
      component businesses, which increased sales by $11.3 million in 2006. Other
      factors contributing to the increase in sales include sales volume increases
      in
      security products resulting from improved demand and the favorable effects
      of
      currency exchange rates on furniture component sales, offset in part by sales
      volume decreases for certain furniture components products due to competition
      from lower priced Asian manufacturers. 
    Net
      Sales
      were higher in 2005 as compared to 2004 principally due to increases in selling
      prices for certain products across all segments to recover volatile raw material
      prices, sales volume associated with the August 2005 acquisition of a marine
      components business which increased sales by $4.2 million in 2005, and the
      favorable effect of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, partially offset
      by
      sales volume decreases for certain furniture component products resulting from
      Asian competition.
    Costs
      of Goods Sold and Gross Margin. Cost
      of
      goods sold decreased as a percentage of net sales in 2006 compared to 2005,
      and
      as a result gross margin increased over the same period. The resulting
      improvement in gross margin is primarily due to an improved product mix, with
      a
      decline in lower-margin furniture components sales and an increase in sales
      of
      higher margin security and marine component products, as well as a continued
      focus on reducing costs, offset in part by higher raw material costs and the
      unfavorable effect of changes in currency exchange rates. 
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        Cost
      of
      goods sold as a percentage of net sales decreased in 2005 as compared to 2004
      as
      the favorable impact of continued reductions in manufacturing and overhead
      costs
      more than offset the negative impact of changes in foreign currency exchange
      rates and higher raw material costs.
    Operating
      Costs and Expenses.
      Operating costs and expenses consists primarily of salaries, commissions and
      advertising expenses directly related to product sales, as well as, gains and
      losses on plant, property and equipment and currency gains and losses. As a
      percentage of net sales, operating costs and expenses were comparable in each
      of
      2004, 2005 and 2006.
    Operating
      Income. Operating
      income for 2006 increased $1.2 million, or 6% compared to 2005 and operating
      margins increased to 11% in 2006 compared to 10% for 2005. The favorable change
      in product mix and continued reductions in our manufacturing and overhead costs
      were partially offset by the unfavorable effects of the changes in currency
      exchange rates and higher raw material costs.
    Operating
      income increased in 2005 as compared to 2004 as the favorable impact of
      continued reductions in costs more than offset the negative impact of changes
      in
      currency exchange rates and higher raw material costs.
    Currency.
      Our
      Furniture Components segment has substantial operations and assets located
      outside the United States (in Canada and Taiwan). The majority of sales
      generated from our non-U.S. operations are denominated in the U.S. dollar with
      the remainder denominated in other currencies, principally the Canadian dollar
      and the New Taiwan dollar. Most raw materials, labor and other production costs
      for our non-U.S. operations are denominated primarily in local currencies.
      Consequently, the translated U.S. dollar values of our non-U.S. sales and
      operating results are subject to currency exchange rate fluctuations which
      may
      favorably or unfavorably impact reported earnings and may affect comparability
      of period-to-period operating results. 
    Our
      Furniture Component segment’s net sales were positively impacted while their
      operating income was negatively impacted by currency exchange rates in the
      following amounts as compared to the currency exchange rates in effect during
      the prior year.
    | Increase
                (decrease) -        Year
                ended December
                31,       | |||||||
| 2004
                vs 2005 | 2005
                vs 2006 | ||||||
| Impact
                on: | (In
                thousands) | ||||||
|   Net
                sales | $ | 1,541 | $ | 1,138 | |||
|   Operating
                income  | (2,251 | ) | (1,132 | ) | |||
The
      positive impact on sales relates to sales denominated in non-U.S. dollar
      currencies translating into higher U.S. dollar sales due to a strengthening
      of
      the local currency in relation to the U.S. dollar. The negative impact on
      operating income results from the U.S. dollar denominated sales of non-U.S.
      operations converting into lower local currency amounts due to the weakening
      of
      the U.S. dollar. This negatively impacts margin as it results in less local
      currency generated from sales to cover the costs of non-U.S. operations which
      are denominated in local currency.
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              General
        Our
      profitability primarily depends on our ability to utilize our production
      capacity effectively, which is affected by, among other things, the demand
      for
      our products and our ability to control our manufacturing costs, primarily
      comprised of labor costs and raw materials such as zinc, copper, coiled steel,
      stainless steel and plastic resins. Raw material costs represent approximately
      50% of our total cost of sales. During 2004, 2005 and 2006, worldwide steel
      prices increased significantly. We occasionally enter into raw material supply
      arrangements to mitigate the short-term impact of future increases in raw
      material costs. While these arrangements do not necessarily commit us to a
      minimum volume of purchases, they generally provide for stated unit prices
      based
      upon achievement of specified volume purchase levels. This allows us to
      stabilize raw material purchase prices to a certain extent, provided the
      specified minimum monthly purchase quantities are met. We enter into such
      arrangements for zinc, coiled steel and plastic resins. We anticipate further
      significant changes in the cost of these materials, from their current levels
      for the next year. Materials
      purchased on the spot market are sometimes subject to unanticipated and sudden
      price increases. Due to the competitive nature of the markets served by our
      products, it is often difficult to recover such increases in raw material costs
      through increased product selling prices or raw material surcharges.
      Consequently, overall operating margins may be affected by such raw material
      cost pressures. 
    Other
      non-operating income (expense), net 
    As
      summarized in Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, “other
      non-operating income (expense), net” primarily includes interest income.
      Interest income in 2004 includes interest income on long-term intercompany
      notes
      receivable from our European Thomas Regout operations of $1.5 million. Upon
      the
      sale of our Thomas Regout European operations in January 2005, the intercompany
      notes receivable were extinguished; therefore, no such interest income was
      recorded during 2005 or 2006.
    Interest
      expense 
    Interest
      expense declined $.1 million in 2006 compared to 2005 and declined $.2 million
      in 2005 compared to 2004 due primarily to lower average levels of borrowing
      on
      our revolving bank credit facility, partially offset by higher interest rates.
      Interest expense in 2007 is expected to be comparable to 2006. 
    Provision
      for income taxes
    We
      became
      a member of Contran’s consolidated U.S. federal income tax group (the “Contran
      Tax Group”) in October 2004. As a member of the Contran Tax Group, we compute
      our provision for income taxes on a separate company basis, using the tax
      elections made by Contran. One such election is whether to claim a deduction
      or
      a tax credit against U.S. taxable income with respect to foreign income taxes
      paid. During the first nine months of 2004, and prior to becoming a member
      of
      the Contran Tax Group, we were able to claim a tax credit with respect to
      foreign income taxes paid. Consistent with elections of the Contran Tax Group,
      in 2004, 2005 and 2006 we did not claim a credit with respect to foreign income
      taxes paid but instead we claimed a tax deduction. This resulted in an increase
      in our effective income tax rate. 
    Under
      GAAP, we are required to recognize a deferred income tax liability with respect
      to the incremental U.S. income taxes (federal and state) and foreign withholding
      taxes that we would incur when the undistributed earnings of our non-U.S.
      subsidiaries are subsequently repatriated, unless we determine that those
      undistributed earnings are permanently reinvested for the foreseeable future.
      Prior to the third quarter of 2005, we had not recognized a deferred tax
      liability related to such incremental income taxes on the undistributed earnings
      of certain of our non-U.S. operations, as those earnings were deemed to be
      permanently reinvested.
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        GAAP
      requires us to reassess the permanent reinvestment conclusion on an ongoing
      basis to determine if our intentions have changed. As of September 30, 2005,
      and
      based primarily upon changes in our strategic plans for certain of our non-U.S.
      operations, we determined that the undistributed earnings of such subsidiaries
      could no longer be considered to be permanently reinvested except for the
      pre-2005 earnings in Taiwan. Accordingly, and in accordance with GAAP, in 2005
      we recognized an aggregate $9.0 million provision for deferred income taxes
      on
      the aggregate undistributed earnings of these non-U.S.
      subsidiaries.
    We
      generated a $4.2 million tax benefit in 2004 associated with the U.S. capital
      loss realized in the first quarter of 2005 upon the completion of the sale
      of
      the European Thomas Regout operations. However, we determined that realization
      of such benefit did not meet the more-likely-than not recognition criteria
      and
      therefore, the deferred tax asset was fully offset by a deferred income tax
      asset valuation allowance at December 31, 2005. The deferred income tax benefit
      and the offsetting valuation allowance are both reflected as a component of
      discontinued operations. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial
      Statements.
    Discontinued
      operations
    See
      Note
      10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
    Related
      party transactions
    We
      are a
      party to certain transactions with related parties. It
      is our
      policy to engage in transactions with related parties on terms, in our opinion,
      no less favorable to us than could be obtained from unrelated parties.
See
      Note
      12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
    Recent
      accounting pronouncements
    See
      Note
      14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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          Segment
      Results
    The
      key
      performance indicator for our segments is the level of their operating income
      (see discussion below). For additional information regarding our segments refer
      to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
    Net
      sales
      and operating income
    | Years
                ended December 31, |  
                     % Change   
                    | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2004
                - 2005 | 2005
                - 2006 | ||||||||||||
| (In
                millions) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net
                sales: | ||||||||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 75.9 | $ | 76.7 | $ | 81.7 | 1 | % | 7 | % | ||||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 106.7 | 105.5 | 93.0 | (1 | %) | (12 | %) | |||||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 4.1 | 15.4 | n.m. | 276 | % | ||||||||||
|     Total
                net sales | $ | 182.6 | $ | 186.3 | $ | 190.1 | 2 | % | 2 | % | ||||||
| Gross
                margin: | ||||||||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 20.6 | $ | 22.1 | $ | 23.9 | 7 | % | 8 | % | ||||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 19.2 | 20.8 | 18.9 | 8 | % | (9 | %) | |||||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 0.9 | 3.7 | n.m. | 311 | % | ||||||||||
|     Total
                gross margin | $ | 39.8 | $ | 43.8 | $ | 46.5 | 10 | % | 6 | % | ||||||
| Operating
                income: | ||||||||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 11.6 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 13 | % | 11 | % | ||||||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 8.9 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 24 | % | (8 | %) | |||||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 0.5 | 0.8 | n.m. | 60 | % | ||||||||||
|   Corporate
                operating expenses | (5.1 | ) | (5.5 | ) | (5.2 | ) | 8 | % | (5 | %) | ||||||
|     Total
                operating income | $ | 15.4 | $ | 19.1 | $ | 20.3 | 24 | % | 6 | % | ||||||
| Operating
                income margin: | ||||||||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | 15 | % | 17 | % | 18 | % | ||||||||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 8 | % | 10 | % | 11 | % | ||||||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 12 | % | 5 | % | |||||||||||
|   Total
                operating income margin | 8 | % | 10 | % | 11 | % | ||||||||||
n.m.
      -
      not meaningful
    Security
      Products. Security
      Products net sales increased 7% to $81.7 million in 2006 compared to $76.7
      million in 2005. Gross margin percentage and operating income margin percentage
      in 2006 also improved over 2005 resulting in an 11% increase in operating income
      from the combined sales growth and margin improvement. The margin percentage
      increases were the result of a more favorable product mix and the leveraging
      of
      the fixed cost structure over higher net sales.
    Net
      sales
      for Security Products increased slightly from 2004 to 2005, while gross margin
      percentage improved from 27% to 29%, resulting in an increase in operating
      income margin from 15% in 2004 to 17% in 2005. The gross margin percentage
      improvement was the result of a more favorable product mix as lower margin
      product sales lost to low cost competitors were replaced with highly engineered
      products with higher margins.
    Furniture
      Components. Furniture
      Components net sales decreased 12% to $93.0 million in 2006 from $105.5
      million in
      2005.
      However, operating income margin declined only $.9 million due to reductions
      in
      operating costs and improvements in operational efficiencies through workforce
      reductions and process improvements, and an improved product mix from the
      replacement of high volume, low margin products sales lost to Asian competitors
      with lower volume, higher margin sales.
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        Net
      sales
      for Furniture Components decreased slightly from 2004 to 2005; however, gross
      margin percentage improved from 18% in 2004 to 20% in 2005 and operating income
      margin percentage improved from 8% to 10% over the same period resulting in
      a
      $2.1 million increase in operating income. The improved performance was due
      to
      improved product mix as lower margin product sales to the office furniture
      industry were replaced with higher margin sales to the toolbox and appliance
      industries as well as reductions in operating costs.
    Marine
      Components. Marine
      Components net sales and operating income increased in 2006 from 2005 due to
      the
      impact of acquisitions. We acquired an initial Marine Component company in
      August 2005 with an additional acquisition occurring in April 2006.
    Outlook
    While
      demand has stabilized across most product segments, certain customers continue
      to seek lower cost Asian sources as alternatives to our products. We believe
      the
      impact of this will be mitigated through our ongoing initiatives to expand
      both
      new products and new market opportunities. Asian sourced competitive pricing
      pressures are expected to continue to be a challenge to us as Asian
      manufacturers, particularly those located in China, gain share in certain
      markets. Our strategy in responding to the competitive
      pricing pressure has included reducing production cost through product
      reengineering, improvement in manufacturing processes through lean manufacturing
      techniques and moving production to lower-cost facilities, including our own
      Asian based manufacturing facilities. In addition, we continue to develop
      sources for lower cost components for certain product lines to strengthen our
      ability to meet competitive pricing when practical. We also emphasize and focus
      on opportunities where we can provide value-added customer support services
      that
      Asian based manufacturers are generally unable to provide. As a result of
      pursuing this strategy,
      we will forgo certain segment sales where profitability is not possible in
      favor
      of developing new product and new market opportunities where we believe the
      combination of our cost control initiatives and value added approach will
      produce better results for our shareholders. We also expect raw material cost
      volatility to continue during 2007 which we may not be able to fully recover
      through price increases or surcharges due to the competitive nature of the
      markets we serve. 
    Liquidity
      and Capital Resources
    Summary.
    Our
      primary source of liquidity on an ongoing basis is our cash flow from operating
      activities, which is generally used to (i) fund capital expenditures, (ii)
      repay
      short-term or long-term indebtedness incurred primarily for working capital
      or
      capital expenditure purposes and (iii) provide for the payment of dividends
      (if
      declared). From time-to-time, we will incur indebtedness, primarily for
      short-term working capital needs, or to fund capital expenditures or business
      combinations. In addition, from time-to-time, we may also sell assets outside
      the ordinary course of business, the proceeds of which are generally used to
      repay indebtedness (including indebtedness which may have been collateralized
      by
      the assets sold) or to fund capital expenditures or business
      combinations.
    Consolidated
      cash flows.
    Operating
      activities. Trends
      in
      cash flows from operating activities, excluding changes in assets and
      liabilities, for 2004, 2005 and 2006 have generally been similar to the trends
      in our earnings. Depreciation and amortization expense increased in 2006
      compared to 2005 as the result of increased capital expenditures. Depreciation
      and amortization expense decreased in 2005 compared to 2004 due to the timing
      of
      capital expenditures placed into service during 2005 versus 2004, as well as
      the
      effect of the January 2005 disposal of our Thomas Regout operations in Europe.
      See Notes 1, 4 and 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. 
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        Changes
      in assets and liabilities result primarily from the timing of production, sales
      and purchases. Such changes in assets and liabilities generally tend to even
      out
      over time. However, year-to-year relative changes in assets and liabilities
      can
      significantly affect the comparability of cash flows from operating activities.
      The increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2006 compared to 2005
      is primarily the result of an increase in operating income combined with lower
      cash paid for taxes and a higher amount of cash generated from relative changes
      in accounts receivable, inventories and accounts payable and accrual balances.
      The decrease in our cash provided by operating activities in 2005 as compared
      to
      2004 is primarily the result of higher cash paid for income taxes in 2005 as
      compared to 2004 and a lower amount of cash generated from relative changes
      in
      accounts receivable, inventories and accounts payable and accrued liabilities,
      offset in part by the effect of an increase in operating income. For both years,
      relative changes in the amount of cash paid for income taxes were due primarily
      to differences in the timing of estimated tax payments. 
    Our
      average days’-sales-outstanding (“DSO”) was relatively flat at 40 days for
      December 31, 2005 and 41 days at December 31, 2006. For comparative purposes,
      our average DSO increased from 38 days at December 31, 2004 to 40 days at
      December 31, 2005 due to a slightly higher accounts receivable balance at the
      end of 2005. Our average number of days-in-inventory (“DII”) related to
      continuing operations was 59 days at December 31, 2005 and 57 days at December
      31, 2006. The decrease in DII is primarily due to reductions in raw material
      during 2006 as we utilized the higher than normal balance in ending inventory
      at
      the end of 2005 that was acquired during 2005 as part of our efforts to mitigate
      the impact of volatility in raw material prices. For comparative purposes our
      average DII was 52 days at December 31, 2004 and increased to 59 days at
      December 31, 2005 due to higher raw material quantities and prices, primarily
      steel.
    Investing
      activities.
      Net
      cash used by investing activities totaled $3.2 million, $3.7 million, and $19.3
      million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
      Capital expenditures in the past three years have primarily emphasized
      manufacturing equipment which utilizes new technologies and increases automation
      of the manufacturing process to provide for increased productivity and
      efficiency. Additionally, during 2006, a new facility was constructed for our
      Custom Marine operations subsidiary at a cost of $4.1 million. The new facility
      is expected to provide Custom with sufficient capacity to take advantage of
      sales growth opportunities.
    In
      April
      2006, we completed the acquisition of a marine component products business
      for
      $9.8 million, net of cash acquired. In August 2005, we completed the acquisition
      of our initial marine component product business for $7.3 million, net of cash
      acquired. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
    On
      January 24, 2005, we completed the disposition of all of the net assets of
      our
      European Thomas Regout operations to members of Thomas Regout management for
      net
      proceeds of approximately $22.3 million. The proceeds consisted of cash (net
      of
      costs to sell) of approximately $18.1 million and a subordinated note for
      approximately $4.2 million. The subordinated note requires annual payments
      over
      a period of four years. In April 2006, we collected the first payment of $1.3
      million. Historically, the Thomas Regout European operations have not
      contributed significantly to net cash flows from operations. See Notes 2 and
      10
      to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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        In
      June
      2004, we received approximately $2.1 million from the sale of our surplus
      Trillium facility in Ontario, Canada, which approximated the net carrying value
      of such facility.
    Capital
        expenditures for 2007 are estimated at approximately $14.4 million, $8 million
        of which relates to the expected construction of a new facility in Grayslake,
        Illinois for the purpose of consolidating our three Chicago area facilities
        into
        one in order to gain certain operational efficiencies. As part of the facility
        consolidation project, the Lake Bluff, Illinois facility was sold in 2006
        for
        approximately $1.3 million and the land for the new facility was acquired
        in
        2006 for approximately $1.8 million. The Lake Bluff facility is being leased
        back on a short-term basis. We have also executed a real estate sales contract
        to sell the River Grove, Illinois facility for approximately $3.7 million
        with
        an expected close date of November 2007. Other capital expenditure projects
        in
        2007 emphasize improved production efficiency including replacement of equipment
        that is being retired.
      Financing
      activities. Net
      cash
      used by financing activities totaled $27.1 million, $7.2 million, and $8.8
      million in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Cash dividends paid in 2004
      totaled $1.9 million ($.125 per share) and $7.6 million was paid in each of
      2005
      and 2006 ($.50 per share). We suspended our regular quarterly dividend in the
      second quarter of 2003 and reinstated the regular quarterly dividend in the
      fourth quarter of 2004. We repaid a net $26.0 million in 2004 under our
      revolving bank credit facility, and in 2006 we prepaid $1.6 million of
      indebtedness we assumed in our August 2005 marine components
      acquisition.
    Our
      $50
      million secured revolving bank credit facility is collateralized by 65% of
      the
      ownership interests in our first-tier non-United States subsidiaries. Provisions
      contained in our Revolving Bank Credit Agreement could result in the
      acceleration of outstanding indebtedness prior to its stated maturity for
      reasons other than defaults from failing to comply with typical financial
      covenants. For example, our Credit Agreement allows the lender to accelerate
      the
      maturity of the indebtedness upon a change of control (as defined) of the
      borrower. The terms of the Credit Agreement could result in the acceleration
      of
      all or a portion of the indebtedness following a sale of assets outside of
      the
      ordinary course of business. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial
      Statements.
    Off
      balance sheet financing arrangements.
      Other
      than certain operating leases discussed in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial
      Statements, neither we nor any of our subsidiaries or affiliates are parties
      to
      any off-balance sheet financing arrangements. 
    Other
    We
      believe that cash generated from operations and borrowing availability under
      our
      Credit Agreement, together with cash on hand, will be sufficient to meet our
      liquidity needs for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service and
      dividends (if declared). To the extent that our actual operating results or
      other developments differ from our expectations, our liquidity could be
      adversely affected. 
    We
      periodically evaluate our liquidity requirements, alternative uses of capital,
      capital needs and available resources in view of, among other things, our
      capital expenditure requirements, dividend policy and estimated future operating
      cash flows. As a result of this process, we have in the past and may in the
      future seek to raise additional capital, refinance or restructure indebtedness,
      issue additional securities, repurchase shares of our common stock, modify
      our
      dividend policy or take a combination of such steps to manage our liquidity
      and
      capital resources. In the normal course of business, we may review opportunities
      for acquisitions, joint ventures or other business combinations in the component
      products industry. In the event of any such transaction, we may consider using
      available cash, issuing additional equity securities or increasing our
      indebtedness or that of our subsidiaries.
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        Contractual
      obligations.
      As more
      fully described in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we are
      a
      party to various debt, lease and other agreements which contractually and
      unconditionally commit the Company to pay certain amounts in the future. See
      Notes 6 and 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The following table
      summarizes such contractual commitments as of December 31, 2006 by the type
      and
      date of payment. 
    |      Payments
                due by period       | |||||||||||||
| Total | Less
                than 1
                year | 1 - 3 years | 4 - 5 years | ||||||||||
| (In
                thousands) | |||||||||||||
| Long-term
                debt  | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | |||||
| Operating
                leases | 727 | 611 | 114 | 2 | |||||||||
| Purchase
                obligations Income
                taxes | 19,004 972 | 19,004 972 | -
                 -
                 | -
                 -
                 | |||||||||
| Fixed
                asset acquisitions  | 615 | 615 | -
                 | -
                 | |||||||||
| Total
                contractual cash obligations | $ | 21,318 | $ | 21,202 | $ | 114 | $ | 2 | |||||
The
      timing and amount shown for our commitments related to long-term debt, operating
      leases and fixed asset acquisitions are based upon the contractual payment
      amount and the contractual payment date for such commitments. The timing and
      amount shown for purchase obligations, which consist of all open purchase orders
      and contractual obligations (primarily commitments to purchase raw materials)
      is
      also based on the contractual payment amount and the contractual payment date
      for such commitments. The amount shown for income taxes is the consolidated
      amount of income taxes payable at December 31, 2006, which is assumed to be
      paid
      during 2007. Fixed asset acquisitions include firm purchase commitments for
      capital projects.
    ITEM
      7A.  QUANTITATIVE
      AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 
    General.
      We are
      exposed to market risk from changes in currency exchange rates and interest
      rates. We periodically use currency forward contracts to manage a portion of
      currency exchange rate risk associated with receivables, or similar exchange
      rate risk associated with future sales, denominated in a currency other than
      the
      holder's functional currency.
      Otherwise, we do not generally enter into forward or option contracts to manage
      market risks, nor do we enter into any contract or other type of derivative
      instrument for trading or speculative purposes. Other
      than the contracts discussed below, we were not a party to any material forward
      or derivative option contract related to currency exchange rates or interest
      rates at December 31, 2005 and 2006. See
      Note
      1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
    Interest
      rates.
      We are
      exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates, primarily related to
      indebtedness.
    At
      December 31, 2005 and 2006, we had no amounts outstanding under our secured
      Revolving Bank Credit Agreement. 
    Currency
      exchange rates. We
      are
      exposed to market risk arising from changes in currency exchange rates as a
      result of manufacturing and selling our products outside the United States
      (principally Canada and Taiwan). A portion of our sales generated from our
      non-U.S. operations are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar,
      principally the Canadian dollar and the New Taiwan dollar. In addition, a
      portion of our sales generated from our non-U.S. operations are denominated
      in
      the U.S. dollar. Most raw materials, labor and other production costs for such
      non-U.S. operations are denominated primarily in local currencies. Consequently,
      the translated U.S. dollar value of our non-U.S. sales and operating results
      are
      subject to currency exchange rate fluctuations which may favorably or
      unfavorably impact reported earnings and may affect comparability of
      period-to-period operating results.
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        As
      already mentioned certain of our sales generated by our Canadian operations
      are
      denominated in U.S. dollars. To manage a portion of the currency exchange rate
      market risk associated with receivables, or similar exchange rate risk
      associated with future sales, at December 31, 2005 we had entered into a series
      of short-term forward currency exchange contracts maturing through March 2006
      to
      exchange an aggregate of $6.5 million for an equivalent value of Canadian
      dollars at exchange rates of Cdn. $1.19 per U.S. dollar. At December 31, 2005,
      the actual exchange rate was Cdn. $1.17 per U.S. dollar. The estimated fair
      value of such contracts was not material at December 31, 2005. We had no forward
      currency contracts outstanding at December 31, 2006. At each balance sheet
      date,
      outstanding forward currency contracts are marked-to-market with any resulting
      gain or loss recognized in income currently unless the contract is designated
      as
      a hedge upon which the mark-to-market adjustment is recorded in other
      comprehensive income. 
    Other.
      The
      above
      discussion includes forward-looking statements of market risk which assumes
      hypothetical changes in market prices. Actual future market conditions will
      likely differ materially from such assumptions. Accordingly, such
      forward-looking statements should not be considered to be our projections of
      future events, gains or losses. Such forward-looking statements are subject
      to
      certain risks and uncertainties some of which are listed in
“Business-General.”
    ITEM
      8.  FINANCIAL
      STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
    The
      information called for by this Item is contained in a separate section of this
      Annual Report. See "Index of Financial Statements" (page F-1).
    ITEM
      9. CHANGES
      IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
      DISCLOSURE
    None.
    ITEM
      9A. CONTROLS
      AND PROCEDURES
    Evaluation
      of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We
      maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures. The term "disclosure
      controls and procedures," as defined by regulations of the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), means controls and other procedures that are
      designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports
      that
      we file or submit to the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended (the "Act"), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
      the
      time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and
      procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
      ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that
      we
      file or submit to the SEC under the Act is accumulated and communicated to
      our
      management, including its principal executive officer and its principal
      financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate
      to
      allow timely decisions to be made regarding required disclosure. Each of David
      A. Bowers, the Company's Vice Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
      Executive Officer, and Darryl R. Halbert, the Company's Vice President, Chief
      Financial Officer and Controller, have evaluated our disclosure controls and
      procedures as of December 31, 2006. Based upon their evaluation, these executive
      officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are
      effective as of the date of such evaluation. 
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        Internal
      Control Over Financial Reporting. We
      also
      maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting. The term
“internal control over financial reporting,” as defined by regulations of the
      SEC, means a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal
      executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar
      functions, and effected by our board of directors, management and other
      personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
      financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
      United States of America (“GAAP”), and includes those policies and procedures
      that:
    | · | Pertain
                to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately
                and
                fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
                assets. | 
| · | Provide
                reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
                to permit
                preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and
                that
                receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with
                authorizations of our management and directors, and
                 | 
| · | Provide
                reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
                unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could
                have
                a material effect on our consolidated financial
                statements. | 
Beginning
      with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, we
      will be required to annually assess the effectiveness of our internal control
      over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm
      will
      also be required to annually attest to the effectiveness of our internal control
      over financial reporting, but under the rules of the SEC this attestation is
      not
      required until our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
      2008. 
    Changes
      in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There
      has
      been no change to our system of internal control over financial reporting during
      the quarter ended December 31, 2006 that has materially affected, or is
      reasonably likely to materially affect, our system of internal control over
      financial reporting.
    Certifications.
      Our
      chief
      executive officer is required to annually file a certification with the New
      York
      Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), certifying our compliance with the corporate governance
      listing standards of the NYSE. During 2006, our chief executive officer filed
      such annual certification with the NYSE, indicating we were in compliance with
      such listed standards. Our chief executive officer and chief financial officer
      are also required to, among other things, quarterly file a certification with
      the SEC regarding the quality of our public disclosures, as required by Section
      302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We have filed the certifications for
      the
      quarter ended December 31, 2006 as exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Annual Report
      on Form 10-K.
    ITEM
      9B. 
      OTHER INFORMATION
    Not
      applicable.
    -27-
          PART
      III
    ITEM
      10. DIRECTORS,
      EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
    The
      information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive
      Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
      to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered
      by
      this report (the "CompX Proxy Statement").
    ITEM
      11. EXECUTIVE
      COMPENSATION
    The
      information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy
      Statement.
    ITEM
      12. SECURITY
      OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
      MATTERS
    The
      information required by
      this
      Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement.
    ITEM
      13. CERTAIN
      RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR
      INDEPENDENCE
    The
      information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy
      Statement. See also Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial
      Statements.
    ITEM
      14. PRINCIPAL
      ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
    The
      information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy
      Statement.
    PART
      IV
    ITEM
      15. EXHIBITS,
      FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
    (a)
      and
      (c) Financial
      Statements
    The
      consolidated financial statements listed on the accompanying Index of Financial
      Statements (see page F-1) are filed as part of this Annual Report.
    All
      financial statement schedules have been omitted either because they are not
      applicable or required, or the information
      that
      would be required to be included is disclosed in the notes to the consolidated
      financial statements.
    (b)
       Exhibits
    We
      have
      retained a signed original of any of these exhibits that contain signatures,
      and
      we will provide such exhibits to the Commission or its staff. Included as
      exhibits are the items listed in the Exhibit Index. We, upon request, will
      furnish a copy of any of the exhibits listed below upon payment of $4.00 per
      exhibit to cover our costs of furnishing the exhibits. Instruments defining
      the
      rights of holders of long-term debt issues which do not exceed 10% of
      consolidated total assets will be furnished to the Commission upon request.
      We,
      upon request, will also furnish, without charge, a copy of our Code of Business
      Conduct and Ethics, as adopted by the board of directors on February 24, 2004,
      upon request. Such requests should be directed to the attention of our Corporate
      Secretary at our corporate offices located at 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700,
      Dallas, Texas 75240.
    Item
      No.  Exhibit
      Item
    | 3.1 | Restated
                Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant - incorporated by reference
                to
                Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
                (File
                No. 333-42643). | 
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          Item
      No.  Exhibit
      Item (continued)
    | 3.2 | Amended
                and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted by the Board of Directors
                August 31, 2002 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
                Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                2002. | 
| 10.1 | Share
                Purchase Agreement with Subordinated Loan schedule between the Registrant
                and Anchor Holding B.V. dated January 24, 2005. All related schedules
                and
                annexes will be provided to the SEC upon request. Incorporated by
                reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
                for the year ended December 31, 2004. | 
| 10.2 | Intercorporate
                Services
                Agreement between the Registrant and Contran Corporation effective
                as of
                January 1, 2004 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
                Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                2003. | 
| 10.3* | CompX
                International Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan - incorporated by
                reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant's Registration Statement
                on
                Form S-1 (File No. 333-42643). | 
| 10.4* | CompX
                International Inc. Variable Compensation Plan effective as of January
                1,
                1999 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant's
                Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                1998. | 
| 10.6 | Tax
                Sharing Agreement between the Registrant, NL Industries, Inc. and
                Contran
                Corporation dated as of October 5, 2004. Incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form
                10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. | 
| 10.11 | Agreement
                Regarding Shared Insurance between the Registrant, Contran Corporation,
                Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., Kronos Worldwide, Inc., NL
                Industries, Inc., Titanium Metals Corporation, and Valhi, Inc. dated
                October 30, 2003 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of
                the
                Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                2003. | 
| 10.12 | $50,000,000
                Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, National
                Association, as Agent and various lending institutions dated December
                23,
                2005. Certain exhibits, annexes and similar attachments to this Exhibit
                10.12 have not been filed; upon request, the Registrant will furnish
                supplementally to the SEC a copy of any omitted exhibit, annex, or
                attachment. | 
| 21.1 | Subsidiaries
                of the Registrant. | 
| 23.1 | Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. | 
| 31.1 | Certification | 
| 31.2 | Certification | 
| 32.1 | Certification | 
| 32.2 | Certification | 
| *
                Management contract, compensatory plan or
                agreement. | 
-29-
        SIGNATURES
    Pursuant
      to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
      by
      the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
                                 COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL
      INC.
    Date:
      March 1, 2007                                        By:  /s/
      David A. Bowers_________________
                                            David
      A.
      Bowers
                                            Vice
      Chairman of the Board  
                                                                                                                President
      and Chief
      Executive Officer
                                                                           
 (Principal
      Executive
      Officer)
    Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has
      been
      signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
      indicated.
    | Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/
                Glenn R. Simmons     | Chairman
                of the Board | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Glenn R. Simmons | ||||
| /s/
                David A. Bowers      | Vice
                Chairman of the Board,
                President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
                Officer) | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| David A. Bowers | ||||
| /s/
                Darryl R. Halbert    | Vice
                President, Chief
                Financial Officer and
                Controller  (Principal
                Financial and Accounting Officer) | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Darryl R. Halbert | ||||
| /s/
                Paul M. Bass, Jr.     | Director | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Paul M. Bass, Jr. | ||||
| /s/
                Norman S. Edelcup | Director | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Norman S. Edelcup | ||||
| /s/
                Edward J. Hardin | Director | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Edward J. Hardin | ||||
| /s/
                Ann Manix | Director | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Ann Manix | ||||
| /s/
                Steven L. Watson | Director | March
                1, 2007 | ||
| Steven
                L. Watson | ||||
-30-
        Annual
      Report on Form 10-K
    Items
      8, 15(a) and 15(c)
    Index
      of Financial Statements
    | Financial
                Statements                                            |  Page  | 
| Report
                of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-2 | 
| Consolidated
                Balance Sheets - December 31, 2005 and 2006 | F-3 | 
| Consolidated
                Statements of Operations -  | |
| Years
                ended
                December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 | F-5 | 
| Consolidated
                Statements of Comprehensive Income -  | |
| Years
                ended
                December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 | F-6 | 
| Consolidated
                Statements of Cash Flows -  | |
| Years
                ended
                December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 | F-7 | 
| Consolidated
                Statements of Stockholders' Equity -  | |
| Years
                ended
                December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 | F-9 | 
| Notes
                to Consolidated Financial Statements | F-10 | 
F-1
          REPORT
      OF
      INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
    To
      the
      Board of Directors and Stockholders of CompX International Inc.:
    In
      our
      opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements listed in the
      accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
      position of CompX International Inc. and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2006
      and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each
      of
      the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with
      accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These
      financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
      responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
      on
      our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
      the
      standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
      Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
      assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
      misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
      the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
      accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
      evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
      audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
    PricewaterhouseCoopers
      LLP
    Dallas,
      Texas
    March
      1,
      2007
    F-2
          COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      BALANCE SHEETS
    December
      31, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands, except share data)
    | ASSETS |   2005   |   2006   | |||||
| Current
                assets: | |||||||
|   Cash
                and cash equivalents | $ | 30,592 | $ | 29,688 | |||
|   Accounts
                receivable, less allowance for    doubtful
                accounts of $312 and $682 | 20,609 | 19,986 | |||||
|   Receivables
                from affiliates | 620 | 259 | |||||
|   Refundable
                income taxes | 401 | 42 | |||||
|   Inventories | 22,538 | 21,733 | |||||
|   Prepaid
                expenses and other current assets | 1,496 | 1,130 | |||||
|   Deferred
                income taxes | 1,903 | 2,050 | |||||
|   Current
                portion of note receivable | 2,612 | 1,306 | |||||
|     Total
                current assets | 80,771 | 76,194 | |||||
| Other
                assets: | |||||||
|   Goodwill | 35,678 | 40,759 | |||||
|   Other
                intangible assets | 2,317 | 3,174 | |||||
|   Note
                receivable | 1,567 | 1,567 | |||||
|   Other | 230 | 644 | |||||
|     Total
                other assets | 39,792 | 46,144 | |||||
| Property
                and equipment: | |||||||
|   Land | 7,868 | 8,826 | |||||
|   Buildings | 31,165 | 35,284 | |||||
|   Equipment | 107,333 | 114,207 | |||||
|   Construction
                in progress | 2,015 | 2,559 | |||||
| 148,381 | 160,876 | ||||||
|   Less
                accumulated depreciation | 80,392 | 91,188 | |||||
|     Net
                property and equipment | 67,989 | 69,688 | |||||
| $ | 188,552 | $ | 192,026 | ||||
F-3
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
    December
      31, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands, except share data)
    | LIABILITIES
                AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |   2005   |   2006   | |||||
| Current
                liabilities: | |||||||
|   Accounts
                payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 19,238 | $ | 16,842 | |||
|   Income
                taxes payable to affiliates | 771 | 136 | |||||
|   Income
                taxes | 327 | 836 | |||||
|      Total
                current liabilities | 20,336 | 17,814 | |||||
| Noncurrent
                liabilities: | |||||||
|   Deferred
                income taxes | 16,692 | 20,522 | |||||
|   Long-term
                debt | 1,425 | -
                 | |||||
|      Total
                noncurrent liabilities | 18,117 | 20,522 | |||||
| Stockholders'
                equity: | |||||||
|   Preferred
                stock, $.01 par value; 1,000 shares     authorized,
                none issued | -
                 | -
                 | |||||
|   Class
                A common stock, $.01 par value;     20,000,000
                shares authorized; 5,234,280 and     5,266,980
                shares issued and outstanding | 52 | 53 | |||||
|   Class
                B common stock, $.01 par value;    10,000,000
                shares authorized, issued and outstanding | 100 | 100 | |||||
|   Additional
                paid-in capital | 109,556 | 110,106 | |||||
|   Retained
                earnings  | 31,320 | 35,353 | |||||
|   Accumulated
                other comprehensive income  | 9,071 | 8,078 | |||||
|      Total
                stockholders' equity  | 150,099 | 153,690 | |||||
| $ | 188,552 | $ | 192,026 | ||||
Commitments
        and contingencies (Notes 6, 8 and 13)
See
            accompanying notes to consolidated financial
            statements.
        F-4
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
    Years
      ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands, except per share data)
    |   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| Net
                sales | $ | 182,631 | $ | 186,349 | $ | 190,123 | ||||
| Cost
                of goods sold | 142,807 | 142,594 | 143,649 | |||||||
|      Gross
                margin | 39,824 | 43,755 | 46,474 | |||||||
| Selling,
                general and administrative expense | 24,132 | 24,155 | 26,060 | |||||||
| Other
                operating income (expense): | ||||||||||
|   Currency
                transaction gains (losses), net | 185 | (71 | ) | 145 | ||||||
|   Disposition
                of property and equipment | (479 | ) | (467 | ) | (258 | ) | ||||
|      Operating
                income | 15,398 | 19,062 | 20,301 | |||||||
| Other
                general corporate income, net | 2,419 | 724 | 1,270 | |||||||
| Interest
                expense | (494 | ) | (336 | ) | (219 | ) | ||||
|      Income
                from continuing operations        before
                income taxes  | 17,323 | 19,450 | 21,352 | |||||||
| Provision
                for income taxes | 7,840 | 18,568 | 9,696 | |||||||
|      Income
                from continuing operations | 9,483 | 882 | 11,656 | |||||||
| Discontinued
                operations, net of tax | (12,497 | ) | (477 | ) | -
                 | |||||
|      Net
                income (loss) | (3,014 | ) | 405 | 11,656 | ||||||
| Basic
                and diluted earnings (loss) per    common
                share: | ||||||||||
|      Continuing
                operations | $ | .63 | $ | .06 | $ | .76 | ||||
|      Discontinued
                operations | $ | (.83 | ) | $ | (.03 | ) | $ | - | ||
| $ | (.20 | ) | $ | .03 | $ | .76 | ||||
| Cash
                dividends per share | $ | .125 | $ | .50 | $ | .50 | ||||
| Shares
                used in the calculation of earnings  per
                share amounts for: | ||||||||||
|   Basic
                earnings per share | 15,148 | 15,212 | 15,244 | |||||||
|   Dilutive
                impact of stock options | 18 | 19 | 13 | |||||||
|   Diluted
                earnings per share | 15,166 | 15,231 | 15,257 | |||||||
See
            accompanying notes to consolidated financial
            statements.
        F-5
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
    Years
      ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands)
    |   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| Net
                income (loss) | $ | (3,014 | ) | $ | 405 | $ | 11,656 | |||
| Other
                comprehensive income, net of tax: | ||||||||||
| Currency
                translation adjustment:  Arising
                during the period | 5,036 | 544 | (883 | ) | ||||||
| Disposal
                of business unit | -
                 | 739 | -
                 | |||||||
| 5,036 | 1,283 | (883 | ) | |||||||
| Impact
                from cash flow hedges, net | 75 | 35 | (110 | ) | ||||||
| Total
                other comprehensive income, net | 5,111 | 1,318 | (993 | ) | ||||||
| Comprehensive
                income | $ | 2,097 | $ | 1,723 | $ | 10,663 | ||||
See
            accompanying notes to consolidated financial
            statements.
        F-6
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
    Years
      ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands)
    |   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| Cash
                flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||
|   Net
                income (loss) | $ | (3,014 | ) | $ | 405 | $ | 11,656 | |||
|   Depreciation
                and amortization | 14,200 | 10,924 | 11,797 | |||||||
|   Goodwill
                impairment  | 14,400 | 864 | -
                 | |||||||
|   Deferred
                income taxes: | ||||||||||
|     Continuing
                operations | (394 | ) | 10,120 | 1,536 | ||||||
|     Discontinued
                operations | -
                 | (187 | ) | -
                 | ||||||
|   Other,
                net | 861 | 985 | 1,375 | |||||||
|   Change
                in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||
|     Accounts
                receivable | 2,953 | (133 | ) | 1,035 | ||||||
|     Inventories | (1,300 | ) | (936 | ) | 2,258 | |||||
|     Accounts
                payable and accrued liabilities | (2,742 | ) | (520 | ) | (2,891 | ) | ||||
|     Accounts
                with affiliates | (1,247 | ) | 1,562 | (274 | ) | |||||
|     Income
                taxes | 5,383 | (2,770 | ) | 890 | ||||||
|     Other,
                net | 1,113 | (276 | ) | 63 | ||||||
|      Net
                cash provided by operating activities | 30,213 | 20,038 | 27,445 | |||||||
| Cash
                flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||
|   Capital
                expenditures | (5,348 | ) | (10,490 | ) | (12,044 | ) | ||||
|   Acquisition,
                net of cash acquired | -
                 | (7,342 | ) | (9,832 | ) | |||||
|   Cash
                of disposed business unit | -
                 | (4,006 | ) | -
                 | ||||||
|   Proceeds
                from disposal of assets held for sale | -
                 | 18,094 | -
                 | |||||||
|   Proceeds
                from sale of fixed assets | 2,138 | 27 | 1,316 | |||||||
|   Cash
                collected on note receivable | -
                 | -
                 | 1,306 | |||||||
|      Net
                cash used by investing activities | (3,210 | ) | (3,717 | ) | (19,254 | ) | ||||
| Cash
                flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||
|   Long-term
                debt: | ||||||||||
|     Borrowings | 2,257 | 18 | -
                 | |||||||
|     Principal
                payments | (28,097 | ) | (93 | ) | (1,563 | ) | ||||
|   Issuance
                of common stock | 617 | 639 | 347 | |||||||
|   Dividends
                paid | (1,896 | ) | (7,608 | ) | (7,623 | ) | ||||
|   Tax
                benefit from exercise of stock options | -
                 | -
                 | 111 | |||||||
|   Other,
                net | (28 | ) | (114 | ) | (110 | ) | ||||
|      Net
                cash used by financing activities | (27,147 | ) | (7,158 | ) | (8,838 | ) | ||||
| Net
                increase (decrease) | $ | (144 | ) | $ | 9,163 | $ | (647 | ) | ||
See
            accompanying notes to consolidated financial
            statements.
        F-7
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
    Years
      ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands)
    |   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| Cash
                and cash equivalents: | ||||||||||
|   Net
                increase (decrease) from: | ||||||||||
|    Operating,
                investing and financing activities | $ | (144 | ) | $ | 9,163 | $ | (647 | ) | ||
|    Currency
                translation | (545 | ) | 392 | (257 | ) | |||||
|   Balance
                at beginning of year | 21,726 | 21,037 | 30,592 | |||||||
|   Balance
                at end of year | $ | 21,037 | $ | 30,592 | $ | 29,688 | ||||
| Cash
                and cash equivalents at end of period relate
                to: | ||||||||||
|   
                Continuing operations | $ | 16,803 | $ | 30,592 | $ | 29,688 | ||||
|   
                Assets held for sale | 4,234 | -
                 | -
                 | |||||||
| $ | 21,037 | $ | 30,592 | $ | 29,688 | |||||
| Supplemental
                disclosures: | ||||||||||
|   Cash
                paid for:  | ||||||||||
| Interest | $ | 516 | $ | 259 | $ | 139 | ||||
| Income
                taxes | 4,281 | 9,390 | 7,418 | |||||||
|   Noncash
                investing activities:  Note
                receivable received upon disposal of business unit | $ | - | $ | 4,179 | $ | - | ||||
See
            accompanying notes to consolidated financial
            statements.
        F-8
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONSOLIDATED
      STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Years
      ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
    (In
      thousands)
    | Accumulated
                  other     comprehensive
                  income      | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|   Common
                  stock    | Additional paid-in | Retained | Currency | Hedging | Treasury | Total stockholders' | |||||||||||||||||||
| Class
                  A | Class
                  B |   Capital   | earnings | translation |  derivatives |   stock   |    equity    | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balance
                  at December 31, 2003 | $ | 62 | $ | 100 | $ | 119,437 | $ | 43,433 | $ | 2,642 | $ | - | $ | (11,315 | ) | $ | 154,359 | ||||||||
| Net
                  loss | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (3,014 | ) | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (3,014 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Other
                  comprehensive income | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 5,036 | 75 | -
                   | 5,111 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash
                  dividends | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (1,896 | ) | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (1,896 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Issuance
                  of common stock | 1 | -
                   | 695 | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 696 | |||||||||||||||||
| Retirement
                  of treasury stock | (11 | ) | -
                   | (11,304 | ) | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 11,315 | -
                   | |||||||||||||||
| Balance
                  at December 31, 2004 | 52 | 100 | 108,828 | 38,523 | 7,678 | 75 | -
                   | 155,256 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net
                  income | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 405 | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 405 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other
                  comprehensive income | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 1,283 | 35 | -
                   | 1,318 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash
                  dividends | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (7,608 | ) | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (7,608 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Issuance
                  of common stock | -
                   | -
                   | 728 | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 728 | |||||||||||||||||
| Balance
                  at December 31, 2005 | $ | 52 | $ | 100 | $ | 109,556 | $ | 31,320 | $ | 8,961 | $ | 110 | $ | - | $ | 150,099 | |||||||||
| Net
                  income | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 11,656 | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 11,656 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other
                  comprehensive income | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (883 | ) | (110 | ) | -
                   | (993 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Cash
                  dividends | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (7,623 | ) | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | (7,623 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Issuance
                  of common stock | 1 | -
                   | 550 | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | -
                   | 551 | |||||||||||||||||
| Balance
                  at December 31, 2006 | $ | 53 | $ | 100 | $ | 110,106 | $ | 35,353 | $ | 8,078 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 153,690 | |||||||||
See
            accompanying notes to consolidated financial
            statements.
        F-9
        COMPX
      INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    NOTES
      TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    Note
      1 - Summary
      of significant accounting policies:
    Organization. We
      (NYSE:
      CIX) are 82% owned by CompX Group, a majority owned subsidiary of NL Industries,
      Inc. (NYSE: NL) at December 31, 2006. We manufacture and sell component
      products (security products, precision ball bearing slides, ergonomic computer
      support systems and performance marine components). NL owns 82% of CompX Group,
      and Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE: TIE) (“TIMET”) owns the remaining 18% of
      CompX Group. At December 31, 2006, (i) NL and TIMET
      own
      an additional 2% and 3%, respectively, of us directly, (ii) Valhi, Inc. holds,
      directly and through a subsidiary, approximately 83% of NL’s outstanding common
      stock and approximately 35% of TIMET’s outstanding common stock and (iii)
      Contran Corporation holds, directly or through subsidiaries, approximately
      92%
      of Valhi’s outstanding common stock. Substantially all of Contran's outstanding
      voting stock is held by trusts established for the benefit of certain children
      and grandchildren of Harold C. Simmons (of which Mr. Simmons is sole trustee),
      or is held by Mr. Simmons or persons or other entities related to Mr. Simmons.
      Consequently, Mr. Simmons may be deemed to control each of the companies and
      us.
    Unless
      otherwise indicated, references in this report to “we”, “us”, or “our” refer to
      CompX International Inc. and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
    Management
      estimates. In
      preparing our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
      generally
      accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) we
      are
      required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
      of
      assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
      at
      each balance sheet date and the reported amounts of our revenues and expenses
      during each reporting period. Actual results may differ significantly from
      previously-estimated amounts under different assumptions or
      conditions.
    Principles
      of consolidation.
      Our
      consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CompX International
      Inc. and our majority-owned subsidiaries. We eliminate all material intercompany
      accounts and balances. We have no involvement with any variable interest entity
      covered by the scope of FASB Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation
      of Variable Interest Entities.
    Fiscal
      year. Our
      operations are reported on a 52 or 53-week fiscal year. The year ended December
      31, 2004 consisted of 53 weeks. The years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
      consisted of 52 weeks.
    Translation
      of foreign currencies.
      We
      translate the assets and liabilities of our subsidiaries whose functional
      currency is other than the U.S. dollar at year-end rates of exchange, while
      we
      translate their revenues and expenses at average exchange rates prevailing
      during the year. We accumulate the resulting translation adjustments in
      stockholders' equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive income, net
      of
      related deferred income taxes. We recognize currency transaction gains and
      losses in income.
    Cash
      and cash equivalents.
      We
      classify as cash and cash equivalents bank time deposits and government and
      commercial notes and bills with original maturities of three months or
      less.
    F-10
          Net
      sales.
      We
      record
      sales when products are shipped and title and other risks and rewards of
      ownership have passed to the customer. Our shipping terms are generally F.O.B.
      shipping point, although in some instances, shipping terms are F.O.B.
      destination point (for which sales are recognized when the product is received
      by the customer). Amounts charged to customers for shipping and handling are
      not
      material. Sales are stated net of price, early payment and distributor discounts
      and volume rebates. We report any tax assessed by a governmental authority
      that
      we collect from our customers that is both imposed on and concurrent with our
      revenue producing activities (such as sales, use, value added and excise taxes)
      on a net basis (meaning we do not recognize these taxes either in our revenues
      or in our costs and expenses.)
    Accounts
      receivable. We
      provide an allowance for doubtful accounts for known and estimated potential
      losses rising from our sales to customers based on a periodic review of these
      accounts.
    Inventories
      and cost of sales.
      We
      state inventories
      at the lower of cost or market, net of allowance for obsolete and slow-moving
      inventories. We generally base inventory costs on average cost that approximates
      the first-in, first-out method. Our cost of sales includes costs for materials,
      packing and finishing, utilities, salary and benefits, maintenance and
      depreciation.
    Selling,
      general and administrative expenses; advertising
      costs. Selling,
      general and administrative expenses include costs related to marketing, sales,
      distribution, research and development and administrative functions such as
      accounting, treasury and finance, and includes costs for salaries and benefits,
      travel and entertainment, promotional materials and professional fees. We
      expense advertising and research development costs as incurred. Advertising
      costs were approximately $554,000 in 2004, $686,000 in 2005, and $872,000 in
      2006. 
    Goodwill
      and other intangible assets; amortization expense. Goodwill
      represents the excess of cost over fair value of individual net assets acquired
      in business combinations. Goodwill is not subject to periodic amortization.
      We
      amortize other intangible assets, consisting principally of certain patents
      acquired, using the straight line method over their estimated lives
      (approximately 9 years remaining at December 31, 2006). We assess goodwill
      and
      other intangible assets for impairment in accordance with Statement of Financial
      Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill
      and Other Intangible Assets.
      See Note
      4. Other intangible assets are stated net of accumulated amortization of $2.1
      million at December 31, 2005 and $2.5 million at December 31, 2006. Amortization
      of intangible assets was $231,000 in 2004, $314,000 in 2005, and $441,000 in
      2006, and is expected to be approximately $450,000 in 2007 through
      2011.
    Property
      and equipment; depreciation expense.
      We
      state
      property and equipment, including purchased computer software for internal
      use,
      at cost. We compute depreciation of property and equipment for financial
      reporting purposes principally by the straight-line method over the estimated
      useful lives of 15 to 40 years for buildings and 3 to 10 years for equipment
      and
      software. We use accelerated depreciation methods for income tax purposes,
      as
      permitted. Depreciation expense related to continuing operations was $11.5
      million in 2004, $10.6 million in 2005, and $11.4 million in 2006. Upon sale
      or
      retirement of an asset, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are
      removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is recognized in income
      currently. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are
      expensed; expenditures for major improvements are capitalized. 
    When
      events or changes in circumstances indicate that assets may be impaired, an
      evaluation is performed to determine if an impairment exists. Such events or
      changes in circumstances include, among other things, (i) significant current
      and prior periods or current and projected periods with operating losses, (ii)
      a
      significant decrease in the market value of an asset or (iii) a significant
      change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used. We consider all
      relevant factors. We perform the impairment by comparing the estimated future
      undiscounted cash flows (exclusive of interest expense) associated with the
      asset to the asset's net carrying value to determine if a write-down to market
      value or discounted cash flow value is required. We assess impairment of
      property and equipment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting
      for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. 
    Self-insurance. We
      are
      partially self-insured for workers' compensation and certain employee health
      benefits and self-insured for most environmental issues. We purchase coverage
      in
      order to limit our exposure to any significant levels of workers' compensation
      or employee health benefit claims. We accrue self-insured losses based upon
      estimates of the aggregate liability for uninsured claims incurred using certain
      actuarial assumptions followed in the insurance industry and our own historical
      claims experience.
    Derivatives
      and hedging activities.
      Certain
      of our sales generated by our non-U.S. operations are denominated in U.S.
      dollars. We periodically use currency forward contracts to manage a portion
      of
      currency exchange rate market risk associated with receivables, or similar
      exchange rate risk associated with future sales, denominated in a currency
      other
      than the holder's functional currency. We have not entered into these contracts
      for trading or speculative purposes in the past, nor do we anticipate entering
      into such contracts for trading or speculative purposes in the future. Most
      of
      our currency forward contracts meet the criteria for hedge accounting under
      GAAP
      and are designated as cash flow hedges. For these currency forward contracts,
      gains and losses representing the effective portion of our hedges are deferred
      as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, and are subsequently
      recognized in earnings at the time the hedged item affects earnings.
      Occasionally, we enter into currency forward contracts which do not meet the
      criteria for hedge accounting. For these contracts, we mark-to-market the
      estimated fair value of such contracts at each balance sheet date, with any
      resulting gain or loss recognized in income currently as part of net currency
      transactions. To manage such currency exchange rate risk, at December 31, 2005,
      we held a series of contracts to exchange an aggregate of U.S. $6.5 million
      for
      an equivalent value of Canadian dollars at an exchange rate of Cdn. $1.19 per
      U.S. dollar. These contracts qualified for hedge accounting and matured through
      March 2006. The exchange rate was $1.17 per U.S. dollar at December 31, 2005.
      The estimated fair value of the contracts was not material at December 31,
      2005.
      We had no currency forward contracts outstanding at December 31,
      2006.
    F-11
        Income
      taxes.
      Prior
      to
      October 1, 2004, we were a separate United States federal income taxpayer and
      not a member of Contran’s consolidated United States federal income tax group
      (the “Contran Tax Group”). Effective October 1, 2004, we became a member of the
      Contran Tax Group. We have been and currently are a part of the consolidated
      tax
      returns filed by Contran in certain United States state jurisdictions. As a
      member of the Contran Tax Group, we are jointly and severally liable for the
      federal income tax liability of Contran and the other companies included in
      the
      Contran Tax Group for all periods in which we are included in the Contran Tax
      Group. See Note 13.
    As
      a
      member of the Contran Tax Group, we are a party to a tax sharing agreement
      which
      provides that we compute our provision for U.S. income taxes on a
      separate-company basis. Pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, we make payments
      to or receive payments from NL in amounts we would have paid to or received
      from
      the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or the applicable state tax authority had
      we
      not been a member of the Contran Tax Group. The separate company provisions
      and
      payments are computed using the tax elections made by Contran. Under certain
      circumstances, such tax regulations could require Contran to treat items
      differently than we would on a stand alone basis, and in such instances GAAP
      requires us to conform to Contran’s tax election. We made net cash payments of
      $2.3 million in 2004, $3.5 million in 2005, and $5.6 million in 2006 to Contran.
      
    Deferred
      income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax
      consequences of temporary differences between the income tax and financial
      reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, including undistributed
      earnings of foreign subsidiaries which are not permanently reinvested. Earnings
      of foreign subsidiaries subject to permanent reinvestment plans aggregated
      $5.5
      million at December 31, 2005 and $5.6 million at December 31, 2006.
      Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability on such
      permanent reinvestment plans was not practicable. We periodically evaluate
      our
      deferred tax assets in the various taxing jurisdictions in which we operate
      and
      adjust any related valuation allowance based on the estimate of the amount
      of
      such deferred tax assets which we believe do not meet the "more-likely-than-not"
      recognition criteria. 
    Earnings
      per share.
      Basic
      earnings per share of common stock is based upon the weighted average number
      of
      common shares actually outstanding during each period. Diluted
      earnings per share of common stock includes the impact of outstanding dilutive
      stock options. The weighted average number of outstanding stock options excluded
      from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would
      have been antidilutive aggregated approximately 440,000 in 2004, 404,000 in
      2005
      and 397,000 in 2006.
    Fair
      value of financial instruments. The
      carrying amounts of accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates fair
      value due to their short-term nature. The carrying amount of indebtedness
      approximates fair value due to the stated variable interest rate approximating
      a
      market rate. These estimated fair value amounts have been determined using
      available market information or other appropriate valuation
      methodologies.
    F-12
        Note
      2 - Business and geographic segments:
    Our
      operating segments are defined as components of our operations about which
      separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by
      our
      chief operating decision maker in determining how to allocate resources and
      in
      assessing performance. Our chief operating decision maker is Mr. David A.
      Bowers, our president and chief executive officer. We currently have three
      operating segments - Security Products, Furniture Components and Marine
      Components. The Security Products segment, with manufacturing facilities in
      South Carolina and Illinois, manufactures locking mechanisms and other security
      products for sale to the office furniture, transportation, postal, banking,
      vending and other industries. The Furniture Components segment, with facilities
      in Canada, Michigan and Taiwan, manufactures and distributes a complete line
      of
      precision ball bearing slides and ergonomic computer support systems for use
      in
      office furniture, computer-related equipment, tool storage cabinets, appliances
      and other applications. Our Marine Components segment with facilities in
      Wisconsin and Illinois, manufactures and distributes marine instruments,
      hardware, and accessories for performance boats. 
    In
      August
      2005 and April 2006, we completed acquisitions of two marine component products
      businesses, for aggregate cash consideration of $7.3 million and $9.8 million,
      respectively, net of cash acquired. The purchase price has been allocated among
      tangible and intangible net assets acquired based upon an estimate of
      the
      fair value of such net assets. The pro forma effect to us assuming the
      acquisitions had been completed as of January 1, 2004 and 2005 is not material.
      
    In
      2006,
      we reorganized our internal management structure, and as a result our previously
      separate precision slides and ergonomics products product lines are now
      evaluated as a single Furniture Components operating unit. Our segment
      information reflects our new internal management structure. Additionally, prior
      to 2006, the reported amount of operating income for each of our segments
      included an allocation of corporate operating expenses based upon the amount
      of
      each segment’s net sales. Corporate expenses are now no longer allocated but
      instead are presented as a separate item within operating income. Prior period
      segment information has been restated to conform to the current
      presentation.
    The
      chief
      operating decision maker evaluates segment performance based on segment
      operating income, which is defined as income before income taxes, and interest
      expense, exclusive of certain general corporate income and expense items
      (primarily interest income) and certain non-recurring items (such as gains
      or
      losses on the disposition of business units and other long-lived assets outside
      the ordinary course of business). The accounting policies of the reportable
      operating segments are the same as those described in Note 1. Capital
      expenditures include additions to property and equipment, but exclude amounts
      attributable to business combinations.
    Segment
      assets are comprised of all assets attributable to the reportable segments.
      Corporate assets are not attributable to the operating segments and consist
      primarily of cash, cash equivalents and notes receivable. For geographic
      information, net sales are attributable to the place of manufacture (point
      of
      origin) and the location of the customer (point of destination); property and
      equipment are attributable to their physical location. At December 31, 2005
      and
      2006, the net assets of non-U.S. subsidiaries included in consolidated net
      assets approximated $45 million and $50.2 million, respectively.
    F-13
          |   Years
                ended December 31,   | ||||||||||
|   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| (In
                thousands) | ||||||||||
| Net
                sales: | ||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 75,872 | $ | 76,667 | $ | 81,684 | ||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 106,759 | 105,524 | 92,983 | |||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 4,158 | 15,456 | |||||||
|    Total
                net sales | $ | 182,631 | $ | 186,349 | $ | 190,123 | ||||
| Operating
                income: | ||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 11,604 | $ | 13,141 | $ | 14,620 | ||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 8,885 | 10,985 | 10,036 | |||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 427 | 822 | |||||||
|   Corporate
                operating expenses | (5,091 | ) | (5,491 | ) | (5,177 | ) | ||||
|    Total
                operating income | 15,398 | 19,062 | 20,301 | |||||||
|   Other
                non-operating income, net | 2,419 | 724 | 1,270 | |||||||
|   Interest
                expense | (494 | ) | (336 | ) | (219 | ) | ||||
|    Income
                from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 17,323 | $ | 19,450 | $ | 21,352 | ||||
| Depreciation
                and amortization: | ||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 4,191 | $ | 3,876 | $ | 4,309 | ||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 7,477 | 6,798 | 6,798 | |||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 207 | 666 | |||||||
|   Corporate
                Depreciation | 111 | 43 | 24 | |||||||
|   Thomas
                Regout** | 2,421 | -
                 | -
                 | |||||||
| $ | 14,200 | $ | 10,924 | $ | 11,797 | |||||
| Capital
                expenditures: | ||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 2,432 | $ | 4,909 | $ | 5,335 | ||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 2,521 | 5,549 | 1,504 | |||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 32 | 5,205 | |||||||
|   Thomas
                Regout** | 395 | -
                 | -
                 | |||||||
| $ | 5,348 | $ | 10,490 | $ | 12,044 | |||||
| Goodwill: | ||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 23,742 | $ | 23,742 | $ | 23,742 | ||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 5,270 | 6,594 | 7,135 | |||||||
|   Marine
                Components | -
                 | 5,342 | 9,882 | |||||||
| $ | 29,012 | $ | 35,678 | $ | 40,759 | |||||
F-14
          |   Years
                ended December 31,   | ||||||||||
|   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| (In
                thousands) | ||||||||||
| Net
                sales: | ||||||||||
|   Point
                of origin: | ||||||||||
|     United
                States | $ | 99,807 | $ | 113,510 | $ | 127,620 | ||||
|     Canada | 74,157 | 63,918 | 52,395 | |||||||
|     Taiwan | 16,034 | 14,213 | 15,910 | |||||||
|     Eliminations | (7,367 | ) | (5,292 | ) | (5,802 | ) | ||||
| $ | 182,631 | $ | 186,349 | $ | 190,123 | |||||
|   Point
                of destination: | ||||||||||
|     United
                States | $ | 138,136 | $ | 149,487 | $ | 153,942 | ||||
|     Canada | 33,205 | 25,015 | 19,985 | |||||||
|     Other | 11,290 | 11,847 | 16,196 | |||||||
| $ | 182,631 | $ | 186,349 | $ | 190,123 | |||||
|  |   December
                31,        | |||||||||
| 2004
                 |  |  | 2005
                 |  |  | 2006
                 | ||||
| (In
                thousands)  | ||||||||||
| Total
                assets: | ||||||||||
|   Security
                Products | $ | 72,794 | $ | 76,875 | $ | 74,887 | ||||
|   Furniture
                Components | 77,717 | 77,226 | 77,781 | |||||||
| Marine
                Components | -
                 | 10,614 | 26,607 | |||||||
|   Thomas
                Regout** | 28,921 | -
                 | -
                 | |||||||
|   Corporate
                and eliminations | 6,847 | 23,837 | 12,751 | |||||||
| $ | 186,279 | $ | 188,552 | $ | 192,026 | |||||
| Net
                property and equipment: | ||||||||||
|   United
                States | $ | 41,328 | $ | 42,751 | $ | 47,865 | ||||
|   Canada | 19,114 | 16,978 | 14,144 | |||||||
|   Taiwan | 5,680 | 8,260 | 7,679 | |||||||
| $ | 66,122 | $ | 67,989 | $ | 69,688 | |||||
| **
                Denotes discontinued segment. See Note 10. | ||||||||||
Note
      3 - Inventories:
    |    December
                31,   | |||||||
|   2005  |  2006  | ||||||
| (In
                thousands) | |||||||
| Raw
                materials | $ | 6,801 | $ | 5,892 | |||
| Work
                in process | 9,116 | 8,744 | |||||
| Finished
                products | 6,621 | 7,097 | |||||
| $ | 22,538 | $ | 21,733 | ||||
F-15
          Note
      4 - Goodwill:
    We
      have
      assigned goodwill to each of our reporting
      units (as
      that
      term is defined in SFAS No. 142) which correspond to our operating segments.
      Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill is not considered to be impaired if the estimated
      fair value of the applicable reporting unit exceeds the respective net carrying
      value of the reporting unit, including the allocated goodwill. If the fair
      value
      of the reporting unit is less than carrying value, then a goodwill impairment
      loss would be recognized equal to the excess, if any, of the net carrying value
      of the reporting unit goodwill over its implied fair value (up to a maximum
      impairment equal to the carrying value of the goodwill). The implied fair value
      of reporting unit goodwill would be the amount equal to the excess of the
      estimated fair value of the reporting unit over the amount that would be
      allocated to the tangible and intangible net assets of the reporting unit
      (including unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been
      acquired in a purchase business combination accounted for in accordance with
      GAAP as of the date of the impairment testing. 
    In
      determining the estimated fair value of the reporting units, we use appropriate
      valuation techniques, such as discounted cash flows. In accordance with the
      requirements of SFAS No. 142, we review goodwill for impairment during the
      third
      quarter of each year. Goodwill will also be reviewed for impairment at other
      times during each year when events or changes in circumstances indicate that
      an
      impairment might be present. No goodwill impairments relating to continuing
      operations were deemed to exist as a result of our annual impairment review
      completed during 2004, 2005 or 2006. However, we did recognize an impairment
      of
      goodwill related to our disposed European Thomas Regout operations in December
      2004. See Note 10.
    Changes
      in the carrying amount of goodwill related to continuing operations during
      the
      past three years is presented in the table below. Goodwill was generated
      principally from acquisitions of certain business units during 1998, 1999,
      2000,
      and the Marine Components acquisitions in August 2005 and April 2006. See Note
      2. 
    | Security Products | Furniture Components | Marine Components | Total | ||||||||||
| (In
                millions) | |||||||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2003 | $ | 23.7 | $ | 5.0 | $ | - | $ | 28.7 | |||||
| Changes
                in currency exchange rates | -
                 | .3 | -
                 | .3 | |||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2004 | 23.7 | 5.3 | -
                 | 29.0 | |||||||||
| Goodwill
                acquired during the year | -
                 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 6.9 | |||||||||
| Changes
                in currency exchange rates | -
                 | (.2 | ) | -
                 | (.2 | ) | |||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2005 | 23.7 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 35.7 | |||||||||
| Goodwill
                acquired during the year | -
                 | .4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | |||||||||
| Changes
                in currency exchange rates | -
                 | .1 | -
                 | .1 | |||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2006 | $ | 23.7 | $ | 7.1 | $ | 9.9 | $ | 40.7 | |||||
F-16
          Note
      5 - Accounts
      payable and accrued liabilities:
    |    December
                31,  | |||||||
|  2005  |   2006 | ||||||
| (In
                thousands) | |||||||
| Accounts
                payable | $ | 7,022 | $ | 6,151 | |||
| Accrued
                liabilities: | |||||||
|   Employee
                benefits | 8,179 | 7,549 | |||||
|   Customer
                tooling | 1,319 | 617 | |||||
|   Professional | 720 | 334 | |||||
|   Insurance | 516 | 621 | |||||
|   Taxes
                other than on income | 299 | 302 | |||||
|   Other | 1,183 | 1,268 | |||||
| $ | 19,238 | $ | 16,842 | ||||
Note
      6 - Indebtedness:
    At
      December 31, 2006, we have a $50 million secured revolving bank credit facility
      that matures in January 2009 and bears interest, at our option, at rates based
      on either the prime rate or LIBOR. The credit facility is collateralized by
      65%
      of the ownership interests in our first-tier non-U.S. subsidiaries. The facility
      contains certain covenants and restrictions customary in lending transactions
      of
      this type, which among other things, restricts our ability and that of our
      subsidiaries to incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends or merge or consolidate
      with, or transfer all or substantially all assets to, another entity. The
      facility also requires maintenance of specified levels of net worth (as
      defined). In the event of a change of control, as defined, the lenders would
      have the right to accelerate the maturity of the facility. At December 31,
      2006,
      we had no outstanding draws against the credit facility and the full amount
      of
      the facility was available for borrowing. 
    The
      credit facility
      permits us to pay dividends and/or repurchase common stock in an amount equal
      to
      the sum of (i) a dividend of $.125 per share in any calendar quarter, not to
      exceed $8.0 million in any calendar year, plus (ii) $20.0 million plus 50%
      of
      aggregate net income over the term of the credit facility. In addition to the
      $8.0 million available annually to repurchase common stock and or pay dividends,
      at December 31, 2006, $27 million was available for dividends and/or repurchases
      of our common stock under the terms of the facility.
    Our
      outstanding indebtedness at December 31, 2005, totaling $1.6 million, includes
      certain industrial revenue bonds assumed in connection with the August 2005
      business acquisition discussed in Note 2. We prepaid such indebtedness in
      February 2006 for an amount
      equal to its carrying value. We included the current portion of our outstanding
      indebtedness at December 31, 2005 ($171,000) with “Accounts payable and accrued
      liabilities” in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
    F-17
          Note
      7 - Employee benefit plans: 
    Defined
      contribution plans.
      We
      maintain various defined contribution plans in which we make contributions
      based
      on matching or other formulas. Defined contribution plan expense related to
      continuing operations approximated $1.8 million in 2004, $2.3 million in 2005
      and $2.2 million in 2006.
    Note
      8 - Income taxes:
    The
      components of pre-tax income, the provision for income taxes attributable to
      continuing operations, the difference between the provision for income taxes
      and
      the amount that would be expected using the U.S. federal statutory income tax
      rate of 35%, and the comprehensive provision for income taxes are presented
      below.
    |   Years
                ended December 31,   | ||||||||||
|   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| (In
                thousands) | ||||||||||
| Components
                of pre-tax income from continuing operations: | ||||||||||
|   United
                States | $ | 8,148 | $ | 10,564 | $ | 14,022 | ||||
|   Non-U.S. | 9,175 | 8,886 | 7,330 | |||||||
| $ | 17,323 | $ | 19,450 | $ | 21,352 | |||||
| Provision
                for income taxes: | ||||||||||
|   Currently
                payable: | ||||||||||
|     U.S.
                federal and state | $ | 4,016 | $ | 4,920 | $ | 5,651 | ||||
|     Foreign | 4,732 | 3,528 | 2,509 | |||||||
| 8,748 | 8,448 | 8,160 | ||||||||
|   Deferred
                income taxes (benefit): | ||||||||||
|     U.S.
                federal and state | (273 | ) | 10,215 | 2,074 | ||||||
|     Foreign | (635 | ) | (95 | ) | (538 | ) | ||||
| (908 | ) | 10,120 | 1,536 | |||||||
| $ | 7,840 | $ | 18,568 | $ | 9,696 | |||||
| Expected
                tax expense, at the U.S. federal   statutory income tax rate of
                35% | $ | 6,063 | $ | 6,808 | $ | 7,473 | ||||
| Non-U.S.
                tax rates | (297 | ) | (253 | ) | (298 | ) | ||||
| Incremental
                U.S. tax on earnings of foreign   subsidiaries | 3,206 | 12,006 | 2,138 | |||||||
| State
                income taxes and other, net | (377 | ) | 224 | 535 | ||||||
| Canadian
                tax rate change | -
                 | -
                 | (142 | ) | ||||||
| Tax
                credits | -
                 | -
                 | (432 | ) | ||||||
| Tax
                contingency reserve adjustments, net | (755 | ) | (217 | ) | 422 | |||||
| $ | 7,840 | $ | 18,568 | $ | 9,696 | |||||
| Comprehensive
                provision (benefit) for income tax   benefit allocable
                to: | ||||||||||
|   Income
                from continuing operations | $ | 7,840 | $ | 18,568 | $ | 9,696 | ||||
|   Discontinued
                operations | (410 | ) | (387 | ) | -
                 | |||||
|   Other
                comprehensive income - currency
                    translation | 380 | (223 | ) | 1,210 | ||||||
| $ | 7,810 | $ | 17,958 | $ | 10,906 | |||||
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          The
      components of net deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized
      below.
    |    December
                31,    | |||||||
|  2005  |  2006  | ||||||
| (In
                thousands) | |||||||
| Tax
                effect of temporary differences related to: | |||||||
|   Inventories | $ | 769 | $ | 785 | |||
|   Tax
                on unremitted earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries | (10,472 | ) | (12,490 | ) | |||
|   Property
                and equipment | (5,924 | ) | (5,556 | ) | |||
|   Accrued
                liabilities and other deductible differences | 2,444 | 1,364 | |||||
|   Tax
                loss and credit carryforwards | 4,690 | 4,335 | |||||
|   Other
                taxable differences | (2,061 | ) | (3,009 | ) | |||
|   Valuation
                allowance | (4,235 | ) | (3,901 | ) | |||
| $ | (14,789 | ) | $ | (18,472 | ) | ||
| Net
                current deferred tax assets | 1,903 | 2,050 | |||||
| Net
                noncurrent deferred tax liabilities | (16,692 | ) | (20,522 | ) | |||
| $ | (14,789 | ) | $ | (18,472 | ) | ||
Under
      GAAP, we are required to recognize a deferred income tax liability with respect
      to the incremental U.S. income taxes (federal and state) and foreign withholding
      taxes that would be incurred when undistributed earnings of a foreign subsidiary
      are subsequently repatriated, unless we have determined that those undistributed
      earnings are permanently reinvested for the foreseeable future. Prior to the
      third quarter of 2005, we had not recognized a deferred tax liability related
      to
      such incremental income taxes on the undistributed earnings of certain of our
      non-U.S. operations, as those earnings were subject to specific permanent
      reinvestment plans. GAAP requires us to reassess the permanent reinvestment
      conclusion on an ongoing basis to determine if our intentions have changed.
      In
      September of 2005, and based primarily upon changes in our strategic plans
      for
      certain of our non-U.S. operations, we determined that the undistributed
      earnings of these subsidiaries could no longer be considered to be permanently
      reinvested except for the pre-2005 earnings in Taiwan. Accordingly, and in
      accordance with GAAP, in 2005 we recognized an aggregate $9.0 million provision
      for deferred income taxes on the aggregate undistributed earnings of these
      foreign subsidiaries.
    In
      January 2005, we completed our disposition of our Thomas Regout operations
      in
      Europe. See Note 10. We generated a $4.2 million income tax benefit associated
      with the U.S. capital loss realized in the first quarter of 2005 upon completion
      of the sale of the Thomas Regout operations. Recognition of the benefit of
      such
      capital loss by us was appropriate under GAAP in the fourth quarter of 2004
      at
      the time we classified the operations as held-for-sale. However, we also
      determined, based on the weight of available evidence that realization of the
      benefit of the capital loss did not and continues not to meet the
“more-likely-than-not” recognition criteria. Therefore, we have also recognized
      a deferred income tax asset valuation allowance to fully offset the deferred
      tax
      asset related to the capital loss carryforward. The capital loss carryforward
      discussed above expires in 2010.
    At
      December 31, 2006, we had for U.S. federal income tax purposes net operating
      loss carryforwards of approximately $1.2 million which expire in 2007 through
      2017. Utilization of such net operating loss carryforwards is limited to
      approximately $400,000 per tax year. We utilized approximately $400,000 of
      the
      carryforwards in each of 2005 and 2006, and approximately $800,000 in 2004,
      which included two tax years (See Note 1). We believe it is more-likely-than-not
      that the carryforwards will be utilized to reduce future income tax liabilities,
      and accordingly we have not provided a deferred income tax asset valuation
      allowance to offset the benefit of the carryforwards. 
    F-19
        Note
      9 - Stockholders' equity:
    |           Shares
                of common
                stock           | |||||||||||||
|              Class
                A            |   Class
                B  | ||||||||||||
|    Issued   | Treasury | Outstanding | Issued
                and outstanding | ||||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2003 | 6,228,680 | (1,103,900 | ) | 5,124,780 | 10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Issued | 54,100 | -
                 | 54,100 | -
                 | |||||||||
| Cancelled | (1,103,900 | ) | 1,103,900 | -
                 | -
                 | ||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2004 | 5,178,880 | -
                 | 5,178,880 | 10,000,000 | |||||||||
| Issued | 55,400 | -
                 | 55,400 | -
                 | |||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2005 | 5,234,280 | -
                 | 5,234,280 | 10,000,000 | |||||||||
| Issued | 32,700 | -
                 | 32,700 | -
                 | |||||||||
| Balance
                at December 31, 2006 | 5,266,980 | -
                 | 5,266,980 | 10,000,000 | |||||||||
Class
      A and Class B common stock.
      The
      shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are identical in all
      respects, except for certain voting rights and certain conversion rights in
      respect of the shares of the Class B Common Stock. Holders of Class A Common
      Stock are entitled to one vote per share. CompX Group, which holds all of the
      outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, is entitled to one vote per share
      in
      all matters except for election of directors, for which CompX Group is entitled
      to ten votes per share. Holders of all classes of common stock entitled to
      vote
      will vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the
      stockholders for their vote or approval, except as otherwise required by
      applicable law. Each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
      have
      an equal and ratable right to receive dividends to be paid from our assets
      when,
      and if declared by the board of directors. In the event of the dissolution,
      liquidation or winding up of our operations, the holders of Class A Common
      Stock
      and Class B Common Stock will be entitled to share equally and ratably in the
      assets available for distribution after payments are made to our creditors
      and
      to the holders of any of our preferred stock that may be outstanding at the
      time. Shares of the Class A Common Stock have no conversion rights. Under
      certain conditions, shares of Class B Common Stock will convert, on a
      share-for-share basis, into shares of Class A Common Stock.
    During
      2004, we cancelled approximately 1.1 million shares of our Class A common stock
      that was previously reported as treasury stock. The aggregate $11.3 million
      cost
      of such treasury shares was allocated to common stock at par, additional paid-in
      capital and retained earnings in accordance with GAAP.
    F-20
        Incentive
      compensation plan.
      The
      CompX International Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan provides for the award
      or
      grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance grants and other
      awards to employees and other individuals who provide services to us. Up to
      1.5
      million shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued pursuant to the plan.
      Generally, employee stock options are granted at prices not less than the market
      price of our stock on the date of grant, vest over five years and expire ten
      years from the date of grant. The following table sets forth changes in
      outstanding options during the past three years. 
    | Shares | Exercise price
                per    share    | Amount payable upon exercise | Weighted average exercise  price  | ||||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2003 | 619 | $ | 10.00
                -$20.00 | $ | 10,684 | $ | 17.26 | ||||||
| Exercised | (48 | ) | 10.00
                - 13.00 | (616 | ) | 12.83 | |||||||
| Canceled | (9 | ) | 12.50
                - 13.00 | (116 | ) | 12.89 | |||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2004 | 562 | 10.00
                - 20.00 | 9,952 | 17.71 | |||||||||
| Exercised | (50 | ) | 11.59
                - 14.30 | (638 | ) | 12.76 | |||||||
| Canceled | (42 | ) | 13.00
                - 20.00 | (677 | ) | 16.12 | |||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2005 | 470 | 10.00
                - 20.00 | 8,637 | 18.38 | |||||||||
| Exercised | (27 | ) | 13.00 | (347 | ) | 13.00 | |||||||
| Canceled | (6 | ) | 20.00
                 | (120 | ) | 20.00 | |||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2006 | 437 | $ | 10.00
                - 20.00 | $ | 8,170 | $ | 18.70 | ||||||
Outstanding
      options at December 31, 2006 represent approximately 3% of our total outstanding
      shares of common stock at that date and expire at various dates through 2012
      with a weighted-average remaining term of 2 years. At December 31, 2006, options
      to purchase 435,000 of our shares were exercisable at prices ranging from $10.00
      to $20.00 per share, with an aggregate amount payable upon exercise of $8.1
      million, with a weighted-average exercise price of $18.70 per share. Our market
      price per share at December 31, 2006 was $20.16. Of the total exercisable
      options at December 31, 2006, 435,300 options were exercisable at prices lower
      than the December 31, 2006 market price per share with an aggregate intrinsic
      value (defined as the excess of the market price of our common stock over the
      exercise price) of approximately $635,000. At December 31, 2006, options
      to purchase 2,000 shares are scheduled to become exercisable in 2007 and an
      aggregate of 672,000 shares were available for future grants. Shares issued
      under the incentive stock plan are generally newly-issued shares. The intrinsic
      value of our options exercised aggregate approximately $175,500 in 2004,
      $238,500 in 2005 and $123,900 in 2006, and the related income tax benefit from
      the exercises was $61,500 in 2004, $67,100 in 2005 and $43,500 in 2006.
    F-21
          Note
      10 - Discontinued operations and assets held for sale:
    Prior
      to
      December 2004, our Thomas Regout European operations were classified as held
      for
      use. In December 2004, our board of directors adopted a formal plan of disposal
      which resulted in the reclassification of such operations to held-for-sale.
      We
      have classified the results of operations of Thomas Regout for all periods
      prior
      to the disposal as discontinued operations. We have not reclassified our
      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to separately present the cash flows
      of
      the disposed operations. When we adopted a formal plan of disposal, based upon
      the estimated realizable value (or fair value less costs to sell) of the net
      assets disposed, we determined that the goodwill associated with the assets
      held-for-sale was partially impaired. In determining the estimated realizable
      value of the Thomas Regout operations as of December 31, 2004, we used the
      sales
      price inherent in the definitive agreement reached with the purchaser in January
      2005 and our estimate of the related transaction costs (or costs to sell).
      Therefore, in the fourth quarter of 2004, we recognized a $14.4 million
      impairment charge to write-down our investment in the Thomas Regout operations
      to estimated realizable value.
    In
      January 2005, we completed the sale of such operations for net proceeds (net
      of
      expenses) of approximately $22.3 million. The net proceeds consisted of
      approximately $18.1 million in cash at the date of sale and a $4.2 million
      principal amount note receivable from the purchaser bearing interest at a fixed
      rate of 7% and is payable over four years. The note receivable is collateralized
      by a secondary lien on the assets sold and is subordinated to certain
      third-party indebtedness of the purchaser. The net proceeds from the January
      2005 sale of the European Thomas Regout operations was $864,000 less than the
      net realizable value estimated at the time of the goodwill impairment charge
      (primarily due to higher expenses associated with the sale), and discontinued
      operations in 2005 includes a charge related to the differential ($477,000,
      net
      of income tax benefit). The charge represents an additional impairment of
      goodwill.
    Condensed
      income statement data for the year ended 2004 and 2005 for Thomas Regout is
      presented below. The $14.4 million and $864,000 impairment charges are included
      in Thomas Regout’s operating loss for 2004 and 2005, respectively. Interest
      expense included in discontinued operations represents interest on certain
      intercompany indebtedness with us, which arose at the time of our acquisition
      of
      Thomas Regout prior to 2003 and corresponded to certain third-party indebtedness
      we incurred at the time the operations were acquired. 
    | Years
                ended December 31, | |||||||
|   2004   |   2005   | ||||||
| Net sales | $ | 41,694 | $ | - | |||
| Operating loss | $ | (10,609 | ) | $ | (864 | ) | |
| Other expense, net | (797 | ) | -
                 | ||||
| Interest expense | (1,501 | ) | -
                 | ||||
| Income tax benefit | 410 | 387 | |||||
|     Net loss | $ | (12,497 | ) | $ | (477 | ) | |
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          Note
      11 - Other non-operating income, net:
    |   Years
                ended December 31,   | ||||||||||
|   2004   |   2005   |   2006   | ||||||||
| (In
                thousands) | ||||||||||
| Interest
                income | $ | 1,612 | $ | 613 | $ | 1,278 | ||||
| Other
                income (expense), net | 807 | 111 | (8 | ) | ||||||
| $ | 2,419 | $ | 724 | $ | 1,270 | |||||
Interest
      income in 2004 includes accrued interest income of $1.5 million, on long-term
      notes receivable from our former European Thomas Regout operations. Upon the
      sale of the Thomas Regout European operations in January, 2005, the intercompany
      notes receivable were extinguished and, therefore, no such interest income
      was
      recorded in 2005 or 2006.
    Note
      12 - Related
      party transactions:
    We
      may be
      deemed to be controlled by Harold C. Simmons. See Note 1. Corporations
      that may be deemed to be controlled by or affiliated with Mr. Simmons sometimes
      engage in (a) intercorporate transactions such as guarantees, management and
      expense sharing arrangements, shared fee arrangements, joint ventures,
      partnerships, loans, options, advances of funds on open account, and sales,
      leases and exchanges of assets, including securities issued by both related
      and
      unrelated parties and (b) common investment and acquisition strategies, business
      combinations, reorganizations, recapitalizations, securities repurchases, and
      purchases and sales (and other acquisitions and dispositions) of subsidiaries,
      divisions or other business units, which transactions have involved both related
      and unrelated parties and have included transactions which resulted in the
      acquisition by one related party of a publicly-held minority equity interest
      in
      another related party. We continuously consider, review and evaluate, and
      understand that Contran and related entities consider, review and evaluate
      such
      transactions. Depending upon the business, tax and other objectives then
      relevant, it is possible that we might be a party to one or more such
      transactions in the future.
    Under
      the
      terms of various Intercorporate Service Agreements (“ISAs”) with Contran,
      employees of Contran perform certain management, tax planning, financial and
      administrative services for us on a fee basis. Such fees are based upon
      estimates of time devoted to our affairs by individual Contran employees and
      the
      compensation of such persons. Because of the large number of companies
      affiliated with Contran, we believe we benefit from cost savings and economies
      of scale gained by not having certain management, financial and administrative
      staffs duplicated at each entity, thus allowing certain individuals to provide
      services to multiple companies but only be compensated by one entity. Fees
      pursuant to these agreements aggregated $2.3 million in 2004, $2.6 million
      in
      2005 and $2.7 million in 2006. 
    Tall
      Pines Insurance Company and EWI RE, Inc. provide for or broker certain insurance
      policies for Contran and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including
      us. Tall Pines and EWI are subsidiaries of Valhi. Consistent with insurance
      industry practices, Tall Pines and EWI receive commissions from the insurance
      and reinsurance underwriters and/or assess fees for the policies that they
      provide or broker. The aggregate premiums paid to Tall Pines and EWI were
      approximately $810,000 in 2004, $930,000 in 2005 and $770,000 in 2006. These
      amounts principally included payments for insurance, but also included
      commissions paid to Tall Pines and EWI. Tall Pines purchases reinsurance for
      substantially all of the risks it underwrites. We expect that these
      relationships with Tall Pines and EWI will continue in 2007.
    F-23
        Contran
      and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including us, purchase certain
      of their insurance policies as a group, with the costs of the jointly-owned
      policies being apportioned among the participating companies. With respect
      to
      certain of these policies, it is possible that unusually large losses incurred
      by one or more insureds during a given policy period could leave the other
      participating companies without adequate coverage under that policy for the
      balance of the policy period. As a result, Contran and certain of its
      subsidiaries and affiliates, including us, have entered into a loss sharing
      agreement under which any uninsured loss is shared by those entities who have
      submitted claims under the relevant policy. We believe the benefits in the
      form
      of reduced premiums and broader coverage associated with the group coverage
      for
      such policies justifies the risk associated with the potential for any uninsured
      loss.
    Note
      13 - Commitments
      and contingencies:
    Legal
      proceedings.
      We are
      involved, from time to time, in various contractual, product liability, patent
      (or intellectual property), employment and other claims and disputes incidental
      to our business. We currently believe that the disposition of all claims and
      disputes, individually or in the aggregate, if any, should not have a material
      adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations
      or
      liquidity.
    Environmental
      matters and litigation.
      Our
      operations are governed by various federal, state, local and foreign
      environmental laws and regulations. Our policy is to comply with environmental
      laws and regulations at all of our plants and to continually strive to improve
      environmental performance in association with applicable industry initiatives.
      We believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with applicable
      requirements of environmental laws. From time to time, we may be subject to
      environmental regulatory enforcement under various statutes, resolution of
      which
      typically involves the establishment of compliance programs.
    Income
      taxes. From
      time
      to time, we undergo examinations of our income tax returns, and tax authorities
      have or may propose tax deficiencies. We believe that we have adequately
      provided accruals for additional income taxes and related interest expense
      which
      may ultimately result from such examinations and we believe that the ultimate
      disposition of all such examinations should not have a material adverse effect
      on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or
      liquidity.
    We
      have
      agreed to a policy with Contran providing for the allocation of tax liabilities
      and tax payments as described in Note 1. Under applicable law, we, as well
      as
      every other member of the Contran Tax Group, are each jointly and severally
      liable for the aggregate federal income tax liability of Contran and the other
      companies included in the Contran Tax Group for all periods in which we are
      included in the Contran Tax Group. NL has agreed, however, to indemnify us
      for
      any liability for income taxes of the Contran Tax Group in excess of our tax
      liability previously computed and paid by us in accordance with the tax
      allocation policy.
    Concentration
      of credit risk.
      Our
      products are sold primarily in North America to original equipment
      manufacturers. The ten largest customers accounted for approximately 43% of
      sales in 2004 and 2005, and 38% in 2006. The HON Company accounted for
      approximately $20.5 million (11%) and $19.4 million (10%) of sales from all
      three segments in 2004 and 2005, respectively. 
    Rent
      expense, principally for buildings, was $744,000 in 2004, $738,000 in 2005
      and
      $787,000 in 2006. At December 31, 2006, future minimum rentals under
      noncancellable operating leases are approximately $611,000 in 2007, $66,000
      in
      2008, $35,000 in 2009, $13,000 in 2010 and $1,000 in 2011.
    F-24
          Note
      14 - Recent accounting pronouncements:
    Inventory
      costs -
      Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 151, Inventory
      Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4,
      became
      effective for us for inventory costs incurred on or after January 1, 2006.
      SFAS
      No. 151 requires that allocation of fixed production overhead costs to inventory
      be based on normal capacity of the production facilities, as defined by SFAS
      No.
      151. SFAS No. 151 also clarifies the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle
      facility expense, freight handling costs and wasted material, requiring those
      items be recognized as current-period charges. Our existing production cost
      policies complied with the requirements of SFAS No. 151, therefore the adoption
      of SFAS No. 151 did not affect our Consolidated Financial
      Statements.
    Stock
      options - We
      adopted the fair value provisions of SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based
      Payment,
      on
      January 1, 2006 using the modified prospective application method. SFAS No.
      123R, among other things, requires the cost of employee compensation paid with
      equity instruments to be measured based on the grant-date fair value. That
      cost
      is then recognized over the vesting period. Using the modified prospective
      method, we will apply the provisions of the standard to all new equity
      compensation granted after January 1, 2006 and any existing awards vesting
      after
      January 1, 2006. The number of non-vested equity awards we had issued as of
      December 31, 2005 was not material, and therefore the impact to us of adopting
      the fair value provisions of SFAS No. 123R was not material. Prior to the
      adoption of SFAS No. 123R we accounted for stock-based employee compensation
      related to stock options using the intrinsic value method in accordance with
      Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APBO") No. 25, Accounting
      for Stock Issued to Employees.
      Under
      APBO No. 25, no compensation cost was generally recognized for fixed stock
      options in which the exercise price is greater than or equal to the market
      price
      on the grant date. Recognized compensation cost related to stock options was
      not
      significant during 2004, 2005 and 2006. If we had applied the fair value
      recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting
      for Stock-Based Compensation,
      to
      stock-based employee compensation related to stock options for all options
      granted on or after January 1, 1995, the effect on our results of operations
      would not have been material. 
    Effective
      January 1, 2006, SFAS No. 123R requires the cash income tax benefit resulting
      from the exercise of stock options in excess of the cumulative income tax
      benefit previously recognized for GAAP financial reporting purposes to be
      reflected as a component of cash flows from financing activities in our
      Consolidated Financial Statements. SFAS No. 123R also requires certain expanded
      disclosures regarding equity compensation, and these expanded disclosures are
      provided in our 2006 Annual Report.
    Uncertain
      tax positions -  
      In
      the
      second quarter of 2006 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
      FASB Interpretation No. (“FIN”) 48, Accounting
      for Uncertain Tax Positions, which
      will become effective for us on January 1, 2007.  FIN No. 48 clarifies when
      and how much of a benefit we can recognize in our Consolidated Financial
      Statements for certain positions taken in our income tax returns under SFAS
      No.
      109, Accounting
      for Income Taxes, and
      enhances the disclosure requirements for our income tax policies and
      reserves.
      Among
      other things, FIN No. 48 will prohibit us from recognizing the
      benefits
      of a tax
      position unless we believe it is more-likely-than-not that our position would
      prevail with the applicable tax authorities and limits the amount of the benefit
      to the largest amount for which we believe the likelihood of realization is
      greater than 50%.   FIN No. 48 also requires companies to accrue
      penalties and interest on the difference between tax positions taken on their
      tax returns and the amount of benefit recognized for financial reporting
      purposes under the new standard.  Our current income tax accounting
      policies comply with this aspect of the new standard.  We will also be
      required to classify any reserves we might have for uncertain tax positions
      in a
      separate current or noncurrent liability, depending on the nature of the tax
      position. In January 2007, the FASB indicated that they will issue clarifying
      guidance regarding certain aspects of the new standard by the end of March
      2007.
      We are still in the process of evaluating the impact FIN 48 will have on our
      consolidated financial position and results of operations, and do not expect
      we
      will complete that evaluation until the FASB issues their clarifying
      guidance.
    Quantifying
      Financial Statement Misstatements
      - In
      September 2006 the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108
      expressing their views regarding the process of quantifying financial
statement
      misstatements. The SAB became effective for us in the fourth quarter of 2006.
      According to SAB No. 108 both the “rollover” and “iron curtain” approaches must
      be considered when evaluating a misstatement for materiality. Adoption of SAB
      No. 108 did not have a material effect on our previously reported consolidated
      financial position or results of operations.
    Fair
      Value Measurements -
      In
      September 2006 the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair
      Value Measurements,
      which
      will become effective for us on January 1, 2008. SFAS No. 157 generally provides
      a consistent, single fair value definition and measurement techniques for GAAP
      pronouncements.
      SFAS
      No. 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy for different measurement
      techniques based on the objective nature of the inputs in various valuation
      methods. We will be required to ensure all of our fair value measurements are
      in
      compliance with SFAS No. 157 on a prospective basis beginning in the first
      quarter of 2008. In addition, we will be required to expand our disclosures
      regarding the valuation methods and level of inputs we utilize in the first
      quarter of 2008. We do not expect that the adoption of this standard will have
      a
      material effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
    F-25
          Note
      15 - Quarterly results of operations (unaudited):
    |             Quarter
                ended             | |||||||||||||
| March
                31 | June
                30 | Sept.
                30 | Dec.
                31 | ||||||||||
| (In
                millions, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||
| 2005: | |||||||||||||
|   Net
                sales | $ | 46.8 | $ | 45.7 | $ | 47.1 | $ | 46.7 | |||||
|   Gross
                profit | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | |||||||||
|   Operating
                income  | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | |||||||||
|   Income
                (loss) from continuing     operations | $ | 2.2 | $ | 2.4 | $ | (6.1 | ) | $ | 2.4 | ||||
|   Discontinued
                operations | (.5 | ) | -
                 | -
                 | -
                 | ||||||||
|        Net
                income (loss) | $ | 1.7 | $ | 2.4 | $ | (6.1 | ) | $ | 2.4 | ||||
|   Basic
                and diluted earnings (loss)   per share: | |||||||||||||
|     Continuing
                operations | $ | .14 | $ | .16 | $ | (.40 | ) | $ | .16 | ||||
|     Discontinued
                operations | (.03 | ) | -
                 | -
                 | -
                 | ||||||||
| $ | .11 | $ | .16 | $ | (.40 | ) | $ | .16 | |||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||
|   Net
                sales | $ | 47.0 | $ | 50.1 | $ | 48.8 | $ | 44.2 | |||||
|   Gross
                profit | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 9.7 | |||||||||
|   Operating
                income  | 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 3.5 | |||||||||
|   Income
                (loss) from continuing     operations | $ | 2.5 | $ | 3.8 | $ | 3.8 | $ | 1.6 | |||||
|   Discontinued
                operations | -
                 | (.5 | ) | -
                 | .5 | ||||||||
|        Net
                income | $ | 2.5 | $ | 3.3 | $ | 3.8 | $ | 2.1 | |||||
|   Basic
                and diluted earnings (loss)   per share: | |||||||||||||
|     Continuing
                operations | $ | .16 | $ | .25 | $ | .25 | $ | .10 | |||||
|     Discontinued
                operations | -
                 | (.03 | ) | -
                 | .03 | ||||||||
| $ | .16 | $ | .22 | $ | .25 | $ | .13 | 
The
      sum
      of the quarterly per share amounts may not equal the annual per share amounts
      due to relative changes in the weighted-average number of shares used in the
      per
      share computations.
    F-26
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