form_8k.htm
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) July 8,
2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-7677
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73-1015226
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
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Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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16 South Pennsylvania, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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73107
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Registrant's telephone number,
including area code (405) 235-4546
(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 5
– Corporate Governance and Management
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or
Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) Effective
August 15, 2008, Jimmie D. Jones has resigned as our Principal Accounting
Officer and Corporate Controller. Mr. Jones will continue to serve as
Senior Vice President of the Company in charge of lending compliance and cash
management and be involved in our banking relationships, acquisitions and
corporate planning functions. Upon the effective date of the resignation, Mr.
Jones will no longer supervise the preparation of our financial statements and
will not supervise or be responsible for the preparation of our reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) Tony M. Shelby,
a director of our Company and our Executive Vice President and Principal
Financial Officer, was appointed to also serve on an interim basis as our
Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Shelby will serve as interim
Principal Accounting Officer until we appoint a permanent replacement for that
position. Mr. Shelby, age 66, is a certified public accountant and
has held the position of Executive Vice President and Principal Financial
Officer of our Company for more than five years and has been a director of our
Company since 1971. Prior to becoming our Chief Financial Officer,
Mr. Shelby served as the chief financial officer of a subsidiary of our Company
and was with the accounting firm of Arthur Young and Co., a predecessor to Ernst
& Young, LLP. Mr. Shelby is a graduate of Oklahoma City
University.
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:
July 24, 2008
LSB INDUSTRIES,
INC.
By:
/s/ Jack E. Golsen
Jack E.
Golsen,
Chief
Executive Officer