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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * TEPPER MICHAEL DAWE   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LSB INDUSTRIES INC [LXU] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr. VP-Int'l Operations (Last) (First) (Middle) 16 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/30/2008 (Street) OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73107 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               2,000 D   Common Stock 12/30/2008   S   3,873 D $ 7.27 (1) 29,455 I By Trust (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Nonqualified Stock Option (3)

$ 1.25

07/08/1999

07/08/2009

Common Stock

50,000

50,000 (3)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TEPPER MICHAEL DAWE 16 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73107			Sr. VP-Int'l Operations

Signatures

Michael Dawe Tepper		12/31/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On December 30, 2008, the reporting person sold a total of 3,873 shares of the Issuer's common stock at the weighted average price per share of $7.27, which is based on the following sales of the Issuer's common stock at the respective price per share: (a) $7.26 - 100 shares, (b) $7.27 - 2,600 shares, (c) $7.28 - 1,073 shares, and (d) $7.29 - 100 shares.
(2)	These shares are held by the reporting person's revocable trust, of which the reporting person is the trustee and exercises investment and dispositive control over the trust's portfolio securities.
(3)	Nonqualified Stock Option ("NQSO") granted by the Issuer to the reporting person. All NQSOs held by the reporting person are currently exercisable. As of the date of this report, the total number of shares underlying the NQSOs held by the reporting person is 50,000.

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