_______ _________________________ FORM 4 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission OMB APPROVAL _______ Washington, D.C. 20549 _________________________ [ ] Check this box if no longer OMB Number 3235-0287 subject to Section 16. Form Expires: September 30, 1998 4 or Form 5 obligations may Estimated average burden continue. See Instruction 1(b). hours per response... 0.5 __________________________ STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Person Trading Symbol Jack E. Golsen LSB Industries, Inc. (LSBD) _______________________________________________________________________________ (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security No. of Reporting Person 16 South Pennsylvania (Voluntary) Post Office Box 754 ____________________________________ ###-##-#### (Street) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 _______________________________________________________________________________ (City) (State) (Zip) 4. Statement for Month/Year: July 1999 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year): 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) ___ ___ ___ ___ Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and President ____________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ ___Form filed by More than One Reporting Person _______________________________________________________________________________ Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed Of, or Beneficially Owned _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Title of 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities Acquired Security Date Code (A) or Disposed of (Instr. 3) Month/ (Instr. 8) (D) (Instr. 3, 4, 5) Day/ ________________ ____________________ Year) Code V Amount (A) Price or (D) Common Stock Common Stock Common Stock 7/23/99 P 600 A $2.00 Common Stock 7/23/99 P 74,500 A $1.50 Common Stock 5. Amount of 6. Ownership Form: 7. Nature of Securities Direct (D) or Indirect Beneficially Indirect (I) Beneficial Owned at End (Instr. 4) Ownership of Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 3 & 4) 109,028 D 1,052,250 I By Spouse I By SBL(1) 1,178,399 I By SBL(1) 10,000 I By MG Trust(3) _______________________________________________________________________________ If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each Page 1 of 2 class of securities beneficially SEC 1474 (7/96) owned directly or indirectly (Print or Type Response)FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Title of 2. Conversion 3. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of Derivative or Exercise Date Code Derivative Security Price of (Month/Day/ (Instr. 8) Securities (Instr. 3) Derivative Year) Code V Acquired (A) Security or Disposed of (D) (Inst. (Instr. 3,4,5) (A) (D) Convertible Note (4) Preferred "B" (5) Preferred "B" (5) Preferred "C" $11.55 Incentive Stock $4.5375 Option 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of and Expiration Underlying Securities Derivative Date (Instr. 3 and 4) Security (Month/Day/Year) Amount (Instr. 5) Date Expir- or Exer- ation Number of cisable Date Title Shares (4) (4) Common Stock 4,000 (5) (5) Common Stock 133,333 (5) (5) Common Stock 533,333 (6) (6) Common Stock 39,177 (7) 11/19/01 Common Stock 100,000(7) 9. Number of 10. Ownership Form 11. Nature of Indirect Derivative of Derivative Beneficial Owner- Securities Security: ship (Instr. 4) Beneficially Direct (D) or Owned at End Indirect (I) of Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (4) D 4,000 D 16,000(2) I By SBL(1) 9,050 I By SBL(1) (7) D __________________________ Explanation of Responses: (1) SBL Corporation ("SBL") is wholly owned by Sylvia Golsen (40% owner), Barry Golsen (son and 20% owner), Steven Golsen (son and 20% owner), and Linda Rappaport (daughter and 20% owner). The number of shares beneficially owned by SBL includes shares owned of record by Golsen Petroleum Corporation, the wholly owned subsidiary of SBL. (2) The number of shares includes, as applicable, 60,600 shares of Common Stock or 4,000 shares of Preferred "B" owned of record by Golsen Petroleum Corporation, the wholly-owned subsidiary of SBL. (3) Shares owned of record by the MG Trust, of which Jack Golsen is the sole trustee. (4) Jack Golsen holds a note from the Company payable on demand and convertible, at the option of the holder, at the rate of $2.00 for each share of Common Stock. The principal amount of the note is $8,000. (5) Each share of the Company's Series "B" 12% Cumulative Pre- ferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into 33.3333 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Each share is convertible as long as such is outstanding. (6) Each share of the Company's $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C Preferred Stock, Series 2 is convertible at the option of the holder into 4.329 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Each share is convertible as long as such is outstanding. (7) Incentive Stock Option ("ISO") granted by the Company to Jack E. Golsen under the Company's Incentive Stock Option Plans. Each ISO is for a term of five years from the date of grant. Each ISO vests at the end of year one through year four in the following amounts: 20%, 20%, 30% and 30%. The option is fully vested at the end of year four. The ISO for 100,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $4.5375, with an expiration date of November 19, 2001, was granted on November 19, 1996. Mr. Golsen has acquired no shares under such ISO. As of the date hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock underlying the ISO held by Mr. Golsen is 100,000. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Jack E. Golsen August 9, 1999 _______________________________ _______________ See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and **Signature of Reporting Person Date 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Jack E. Golsen Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2 of 2 K-M\LSB\FORMS345\7-99F4.JEG SEC 1474 (7/96)