Edgar Filing: LSB INDUSTRIES INC

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

/s/ Tony M. Shelby

Tony M. Shelby,

Executive Vice President of Finance,

Chief Financial Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2012

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-7677

73-1015226

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

16 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (405) 235-4546

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Section 8 – Other Events

Item 8.01. Other Events

On January 26, 2012, LSB Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) declared cash dividends payable on March 31, 2012, on its outstanding Series B Preferred and Series D Preferred as follows: (a) $12.00 per share on the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred, representing an aggregate dividend of $240,000; and (b) $.06 per share on the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred, representing an aggregate dividend of $60,000. The amount of the dividend declared for each series of preferred was pursuant to the terms of such preferred. The record date for each dividend is March 17, 2012. The Company intends to fund the payment of these dividends using its working capital. Upon the payment of these dividends, the Company will have no accrued and unpaid dividends due on its Series B Preferred and Series D Preferred.

All outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred and Series D Preferred are owned by Jack E. Golsen, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and CEO, members of his immediate family (spouse and children), including Barry H. Golsen, the Company’s Vice Chairman and President, entities owned by them and trusts for which they possess voting or dispositive power as trustee.

On January 26, 2012, the Company set the date for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders as May 24, 2012, with a record date of April 11, 2012.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant 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.

Dated: January 31, 2012