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) October
16, 2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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
File
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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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Section
5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
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Effective
October 16, 2008, our Board of Directors appointed Mr. Harold L. Rieker Jr. as
our Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Rieker, age
48, is a certified public accountant and has served as our Vice President of
Financial Reporting since March 2006. From September 1999 until
August 2000, Mr. Rieker first served as our Internal Auditor and then as our
Manager of Financial Reporting from August 2000 to March 2006. Prior
to joining LSB Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), Mr. Rieker served as Audit
Supervisor with the accounting firm of Grant Thornton LLP.
Effective
October 16, 2008, our Board of Directors appointed Mr. Michael G. Adams as our
Vice President and Corporate Controller. Mr. Adams, age 58, is a
certified public accountant and since joining our Company in 1976, has served in
various capacities, including Assistant Vice President of Internal Audit, Vice
President of Internal Audit, and most recently, as our Vice President of
Financial Services. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Adams served as
Senior Auditor with the accounting firm of Arthur Young & Company, a
predecessor to Ernst & Young, LLP.
Neither
Mr. Rieker nor Mr. Adams has relationships or related transactions with the
Company that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
With the
appointment of a new Principal Accounting Officer, Mr. Tony M. Shelby will no
longer serve as our interim Principal Accounting Officer. However,
Mr. Shelby will continue to serve as a director of our Company and our Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
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:
October 22, 2008
LSB INDUSTRIES,
INC.
By: /s/ Jack E. Golsen
Jack
E. Golsen,
Chief
Executive Officer