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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100521
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100521
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LSB INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000060714
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810]
		IRS NUMBER:				731015226
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07677
		FILM NUMBER:		10849869

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16 S PENNSYLVANIA
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4052354546

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		STREET 1:		16 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73101
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18, 2010, LSB Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) purchased a total of $2,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 5.5% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Debentures due 2012 (the &#8220;Debentures&#8221;) for&#160;$1,999,000, plus accrued
interest. The Company will incur a nominal loss from this purchase. The purchase
price was funded from the Company&#8217;s working capital.&#160;&#160;This purchase
was unsolicited by the Company and was privately negotiated.</font></div>
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Debentures are convertible by the holders, in whole or in part, into shares of
the Company&#8217;s common stock prior to their maturity at a conversion rate of 36.4
shares of&#160;the Company's&#160;common stock per $1,000 principal amount of
Debentures (representing a conversion price of $27.47 per share of common
stock), subject to adjustment under certain conditions. The closing price of the
Company&#8217;s common stock on May 18, 2010 was $18.29 per share.&#160;&#160;As of
the date of this report, $27.4 million aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures remain outstanding, which includes $5.0 million of the Debentures
being held by our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, members of
his immediate family (spouse and children), including our Vice Chairman and
President, entities owned by them and trusts for which they possess voting or
dispositive power as trustee.</font></div>
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security.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.</font></div>
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