SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K/A
                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
         ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 - For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

         Commission file number 1-13905

                            COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                            57-0981653
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(State or other jurisdiction of                              (IRS Employer
 incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

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

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:          (972) 233-1700
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                     Name of each exchange on
      Title of each class                                 which registered
     Class A common stock                            New York Stock Exchange
  ($.01 par value per share)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                  None.

Indicate by check mark 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 and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes X No

Indicate by check mark 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.

Indicate  by check mark  whether  the  registrant  is an  accelerated  filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes No X --- ---

The  aggregate  market  value of the 4.7 million  shares of voting stock held by
nonaffiliates of CompX International Inc. as of June 30, 2002 approximated $62.7
million.

As of March 7, 2003, 5,115,780 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.



The  undersigned   Registrant  hereby  amends  the  following  items,  financial
statements, exhibits or other portions of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year  ended  December  31,  2002 as set forth  below  and in the pages  attached
hereto:

Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES,
         AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
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          Exhibit No. 99.1, Annual Report of the CompX  Contributory  Retirement
          Plan (Form  11-K) for the year ended  December  31,  2002 (filed as an
          amendment to the Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
          ended December 31, 2002).







                                    SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  amendment  to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                                         COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC.
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                                               (Registrant)



Dated:  June 23, 2003         By:      /s/Darryl R. Halbert
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                                       Darryl R. Halbert
                                       Vice President, Chief
                                       Financial Officer and Controller






                                  CERTIFICATION

I,  David A.  Bowers,  the Vice  Chairman  of the  Board,  President  and  Chief
Executive Officer of CompX International Inc., certify that:

1)   I have  reviewed  this annual  report on Form 10-K/A  (Amendment  No. 1) of
     CompX International Inc.; and

2)   Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  report  does not  contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to
     make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such
     statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this annual report.


Date:  June 23, 2003

/s/ David A. Bowers
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David A. Bowers
Vice Chairman of the Board, President
 and Chief Executive Officer







                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Darryl R. Halbert, the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller
of CompX International Inc., certify that:

1)   I have  reviewed  this annual  report on Form 10-K/A  (Amendment  No. 1) of
     CompX International Inc.; and

2)   Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  report  does not  contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to
     make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such
     statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this annual report.


Date:  June 23, 2003

/s/ Darryl R. Halbert
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Darryl R. Halbert
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller