SEC Filing | LSB Industries

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For Quarterly period ended March 31, 2000 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For The transition period from to______________ Commission file number 1-7677 LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter DELAWARE 73-1015226 State or other jurisdiction of I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization Identification No. 16 South Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107 Address of principal executive offices (Zip Code) (405) 235-4546 Registrant's telephone number, including area code None Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report. Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES NO X The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's voting Common Stock, as of May 31, 2000 was 11,877,411 shares excluding 3,285,957 shares held as treasury stock. PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION Company or group of companies for which report is filed: LSB Industries, Inc. and all of its wholly owned subsidiaries. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of LSB Industries, Inc. at March 31, 2000, and the condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 have been subjected to a review, in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, whose report with respect thereto appears elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. The financial statements mentioned above are unaudited and reflect all adjustments, consisting only of adjustments of a normal recurring nature, except for the loss provision recognized on firm raw material purchase commitments as discussed in Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2000, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 1999 was derived from audited financial statements as of that date. Reference is made to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, for an expanded discussion of the Company's financial disclosures and accounting policies.

LSB Industries, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Note 11) (Information at March 31, 2000 is unaudited) (Dollars in thousands) March 31, December 31, ASSETS 2000 1999 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,242 $ 3,130 Trade accounts receivable, net 48,052 44,549 Inventories: Finished goods 15,271 15,983 Work in process 6,782 5,503 Raw materials 10,859 8,994 ---------------------- Total inventory 32,912 30,480 Supplies and prepaid items 5,537 4,617 ----------------------- Total current assets 89,743 82,776 Property, plant and equipment, net 82,405 83,814 Other assets, net 21,366 22,045 ----------------------- $ 193,514 $ 188,635 ======================= (Continued on following page)

LSB Industries, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Note 11) (Information at March 31, 2000 is unaudited) (Dollars in thousands) March 31, December 31, LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 2000 1999 Current liabilities: Drafts payable $ 254 $ 360 Accounts payable 21,797 18,791 Accrued liabilities 21,811 18,563 Current portion of long-term debt (Note 6) 33,132 33,359 ------------------------ Total current liabilities 76,994 71,073 Long-term debt (Note 6) 123,810 124,713 Accrued losses on firm purchase commitments and other noncurrent liabilities (Note 12) 6,487 6,883 Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5) - - Redeemable, noncumulative convertible preferred stock, $100 par value; 1,462 shares issued and outstanding 139 139 Stockholders' equity (Notes 2, 3, 5 and 7): Series B 12% cumulative, convertible preferred stock, $100 par value; 20,000 shares issued and outstanding 2,000 2,000 Series 2 $3.25 convertible, exchangeable Class C preferred stock, $50 stated value; 907,525 shares issued in 2000 (920,000 in 1999) 45,376 46,000 Common stock, $.10 per value 75,000,000 shares authorized, 15,162,719 shares issued in 2000 (15,108,716 in 1999) 1,516 1,511 Capital in excess of par value 39,896 39,277 Accumulated deficit (86,423) (86,675) ------------------------ 2,365 2,113 Less treasury stock, at cost: Series 2 Preferred, 5,000 shares 200 200 Common stock, 3,285,957 shares 16,081 16,086 ------------------------ Total stockholders' deficit (13,916) (14,173) ------------------------ $ 193,514 $ 188,635 ======================= (See accompanying notes)

LSB Industries, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2000 1999 Businesses continuing at March 31,: Revenues: Net sales $ 69,621 $ 60,084 Other income 1,262 440 ----------------------- 70,883 60,524 Costs and expenses: Cost of sales 53,691 46,066 Selling, general and administrative 11,649 11,909 Interest 4,082 3,589 Provision for loss on firm purchase commitments (Note 12) 975 - Other expenses 234 688 ----------------------- 70,631 62,252 ----------------------- Income (loss) from continuing operations before business disposed of and provision for income taxes 252 (1,728) Business disposed of (Note 9): Revenues - 2,868 Operating costs, expenses and interest - 3,838 ------------------------ - (970) Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes 252 (2,698) Provision for income taxes - 50 ------------------------ Income (loss) from continuing operations 252 (2,748) Net loss from discontinued operations (Note 10) - (1,062) ------------------------- Net income (loss) $ 252 $ (3,810) ========================= Net loss applicable to common stock (Note 2) $ (543) $ (4,626) ========================= Weighted average common shares (Note 2): Basic and Diluted 11,851,983 11,880,625 Loss per common share (Note 2): Basic and diluted: Net loss from continuing operations $ (.05) $ (.30) Net loss from discontinued operations - (.09) ------------------------ Net loss applicable to common stock $ (.05) $ (.39) ======================== (See accompanying notes)

LSB Industries, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 (Dollars in thousands) 2000 1999 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income (loss) $ 252 $ (3,810) Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows provided(used) by continuing operations: Net loss from discontinued operations - 1,062 Depreciation, depletion and amortization: Property, plant and equipment 1,974 2,512 Other 266 318 Provision for possible losses on receivables and other assets 174 390 Loss on sale of assets - (22) Realization of loss on firm purchase commitments, net of provision of $975 in 2000 (396) - Cash provided (used) by changes in assets and liabilities, (net of effects of discontinued operations): Trade accounts receivable (3,508) (3,825) Inventories (1,717) (1,244) Supplies and prepaid items 533 (1,590) Accounts payable 1,553 (1,441) Accrued liabilities 2,558 2,481 --------------------- Net cash provided (used) by continuing operating activities 1,689 (5,169) Cash flows from investing activities: Capital expenditures (1,798) (2,190) Principal payments on loans receivable - 135 Proceeds from sale of equipment 76 - Decrease in other assets 1,376 1,801 --------------------- Net cash used by investing activities (346) (254) Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from long-term and other debt 2,308 - Payments on long-term and other debt (1,802) (730) Net change in revolving debt facilities (1,631) 10,022 Net change in drafts payable (106) (134) Dividends paid on Preferred Stocks (Note 3) - (816) Purchases of treasury stock (Note 3) - (206) --------------------- Net cash provided (used) by financing activities (1,231) 8,136 Net cash used in discontinued operations - (3,225) ----------------------- Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 112 (512) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 3,130 1,459 ------------------------ Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 3,242 $ 947 ======================== (See accompanying notes)

LSB Industries, Inc. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 1: Income Taxes At December 31, 1999, the Company had regular tax net operating loss ("NOL") carry-forwards for tax purposes of approximately $75.0 million (approximately $40.0 million alternative minimum tax NOLs). Certain amounts of regular-tax NOL expire beginning in 2000. Note 2: Loss Per Share Net loss applicable to common stock is computed by adjusting net income or (loss) by the amount of preferred stock dividends. Basic loss per common share is based upon net loss applicable to common stock and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted income per share, if applicable, is based on the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding, if any, and the assumed conversion of dilutive convertible securities outstanding, if any, after appropriate adjustment for interest, net of related income tax effects on convertible notes payable, as applicable. All potentially dilutive securities were antidilutive for all periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors did not declare and pay the regular quarterly dividend of $.8125 (or $735,170) on the Company's Series 2 $3.25 Convertible Class C preferred stock. Dividends in arrears at March 31, 2000, amounted to approximately $2.2 million. In addition, the Company's Board of Directors did not declare and pay the January 1, 2000 regular dividend on the Company's Series B 12% Convertible, Cumulative Preferred Stock. Dividends in arrears at March 31, 2000, related to the Company's Series B 12% Convertible, Cumulative Preferred Stock, amounted to approximately $.1 million. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted loss per share: (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) March 31, 2000 1999 Numerator: Net income (loss) $ 252 $ (3,810) Preferred stock dividend requirements (795) (816) ---------------------- Numerator for basic and diluted loss per share - loss available to common stockholders $ (543) $ (4,626) ====================== Denominator: Denominator for basic and diluted loss per share - weighted- average share 11,851,983 11,880,625 ======================= Basic and diluted loss per share $ (.05) $ (.39) =======================

LSB Industries, Inc. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 3: Stockholders' Equity The table below provides detail of activity in the stockholders' equity accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2000: Common Stock Non- Capital in Accumulated Treasury Treasury Total redeemable excess of deficit Stock- Stock Par Preferred par value Common Preferred Shares Value Stock (in thousands) Balance at December 31, 15,109 $1,511 $48,000 $39,277 $(86,675) $(16,086) $ (200) $(14,173) Net income - - - - 252 - - 252 Conversion of 12,475 shares of non-redeemable preferred stock to common stock 54 5 (624) 619 - - - - Exchange of 4,000 shares of common stock held in treasury for Board of Director fees - - - - - 5 - 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Balance at March 31, 15,163 $ 1,516 $47,376 $ 39,896 $(86,423) $(16,081) $ (200) $ (13,916) 2000 ==================================================================================== (1) Includes 3,286 shares of the Company's Common Stock held in treasury. Excluding the 3,286 shares held in treasury, the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock at March 31, 2000 were 11,877.

LSB Industries, Inc. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 4: Segment Information Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 1999 (in thousands) Net sales: Businesses continuing: Chemical $ 35,067 $ 30,745 Climate Control 31,630 26,699 Industrial Products (1) 2,924 2,640 --------------------- 69,621 60,084 Business disposed of - Chemical - 2,868 --------------------- $ 69,621 $ 62,952 ===================== Operating profit (loss): Businesses continuing: Chemical $ 3,364 $ 1,446 Climate Control 2,686 2,707 Industrial Products 317 (411) --------------------- 6,367 3,742 Business disposed of - Chemical - (845) ---------------------- 6,367 2,897 General corporate expenses and other income or expenses, net (1,058) (1,881) Interest expense: Business disposed of - (125) Businesses continuing (4,082) (3,589) Provision for loss on firm purchase commitments - Chemical (975) - ---------------------- Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes $ 252 $ (2,698) ======================= (1) Excludes intersegment sales to Climate Control of $494,000 in 2000 ($149,000 in 1999).

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 5: Commitments and Contingencies Debt and Performance Guarantee On October 17, 1997, Prime Financial Corporation ("Prime"), a subsidiary of the Company, borrowed from SBL Corporation, a corporation wholly owned by the spouse and children of Jack E. Golsen, Chairman of the Board and President of the Company, the principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "Prime Loan") on an unsecured basis and payable on demand, with interest payable monthly in arrears at a variable interest rate equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus 2% per annum. The purpose of the loan was to assist the Company by providing additional liquidity. The Company has guaranteed the Prime Loan. During 1999, $150,000 in principal and $280,000 in interest was paid on this Prime Loan, and as of March 31, 2000, the unpaid principal balance on the Prime Loan was $1,950,000. In February 2000, the Company borrowed approximately $500,000 under its key man life insurance policies, and used such proceeds to reduce the principal amount due SBL. In April, 2000, at the request of Prime and the Company, SBL agreed to modify the demand note to make such a term note with a maturity date no earlier than April 1, 2001, unless the Company receives cash proceeds in connection with either (i) the sale or other disposition of KAC Acquisition Corp. and/or Kestrel Aircraft, and/or (ii) the repayment of loans by Co-Energy Group and affiliates, and/or the repayment of amounts in connection with the stock option agreement with the shareholders of Co-Energy Group, and/or (iii) some other source that is not in the Company's projections for the year 2000. From April 1, 2000 until no sooner than April 1, 2001, any demand for repayment of principal under the Prime Loan shall not exceed $1,000,000 from proceeds realized on item (ii) and $950,000 from proceeds realized on items (i) and (iii) discussed above. In order to make the Prime Loan to Prime, SBL and certain of its affiliates borrowed the $3,000,000 from a bank (collectively "SBL Borrowings"), and as part of the collateral pledged by SBL to the bank in connection with such loan, SBL pledged, among other things, its note from Prime. In order to obtain SBL's agreement as provided above, and for other reasons, effective April 21, 2000, a subsidiary of the Company guaranteed on a limited basis the obligations of SBL and its affiliates relating to the unpaid principal amount due to the bank in connection with the SBL Borrowings, and, in order to secure its obligations under the guarantees pledged to the bank 1,973,461 shares of the Company's Common Stock that it holds as treasury stock. Under the limited guaranty, the Company's subsidiary's liability is limited to the value, from time to time, of the Common Stock of the Company pledged to secure obligations under its guarantees to the bank relating to the SBL Borrowings. As of April 15, 2000, the outstanding principal balance due to the bank from SBL as a result of such loan was $1,950,000.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Legal Matters Following is a summary of certain legal actions involving the Company: A. In 1987, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") notified one of the Company's subsidiaries, along with numerous other companies, of potential responsibility for clean-up of a waste disposal site in Oklahoma. In 1990, the EPA added the site to the National Priorities List. Following the remedial investigation and feasibility study, in 1992 the Regional Administrator of the EPA signed the Record of Decision ("ROD") for the site. The ROD detailed EPA's selected remedial action for the site and estimated the cost of the remedy at $3.6 million. In 1992, the Company made settlement proposals which would have entailed a collective payment by the subsidiaries of $47,000. The site owner rejected this offer and proposed a counteroffer of $245,000 plus a reopener for costs over $12.5 million. The EPA rejected the Company's offer, allocating 60% of the cleanup costs to the potentially responsible parties and 40% to the site operator. The EPA estimated the total cleanup costs at $10.1 million as of February 1993. The site owner rejected all settlements with the EPA, after which the EPA issued an order to the site owner to conduct the remedial design/remedial action approved for the site. In August 1997, the site owner issued an "invitation to settle" to various parties, alleging the total cleanup costs at the site may exceed $22 million. No legal action has yet been filed. The amount of the Company's cost associated with the cleanup of the site is unknown due to continuing changes in the estimated total cost of cleanup of the site and the percentage of the total waste which was alleged to have been contributed to the site by the Company. As of March 31, 2000, the Company has accrued an amount based on a preliminary settlement proposal by the alleged potential responsible parties; however, there is no assurance such proposal will be accepted. Such amount is not material to the Company's financial position or results of operations. This estimate is subject to material change in the near term as additional information is obtained. The subsidiary's insurance carriers have been notified of this matter; however, the amount of possible coverage, if any, is not yet determinable. This liability was assumed as of May 4, 2000, by the purchaser of the Automotive Business. In connection with such assumption, certain of the Company's subsidiaries received an indemnification by the purchaser of the Automotive business.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 B. Arch Minerals Corporation, et al. v. ICI Explosives USA, Inc., et al. On May 24, 1996, the plaintiffs filed this civil cause of action against EDC and five other unrelated commercial explosives manufacturers alleging that the defendants allegedly violated certain federal and state antitrust laws in connection with alleged price fixing of certain explosive products. This cause of action is pending in the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana. The plaintiffs are suing for an unspecified amount of damages, which, pursuant to statute, plaintiffs are seeking be trebled, together with costs. Plaintiffs are also seeking a permanent injunction enjoining defendants from further alleged anti-competitive activities. Based on the information presently available to EDC, EDC does not believe that EDC conspired with any party, including, but not limited to, the five other defendants, to fix prices in connection with the sale of commercial explosives. This action has been consolidated, for discovery purposes only, with several other actions in a multi-district litigation proceeding in Utah. Discovery in this litigation is in process. EDC intends to vigorously defend itself in this matter. See "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements." C. ASARCO v. ICI, et al. The U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has granted ASARCO and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit originally brought against various commercial explosives manufacturers in Missouri, and consolidated with other lawsuits in Utah, leave to add EDC as a defendant in that lawsuit. This lawsuit alleges a national conspiracy, as well as a regional conspiracy, directed against explosive customers in Missouri and seeks unspecified damages. EDC has been included in this lawsuit because it sold products to customers in Missouri during a time in which other defendants have admitted to participating in an antitrust conspiracy, and because it has been sued in the Arch case discussed above. Based on the information presently available to EDC, EDC does not believe that EDC conspired with any party, to fix prices in connection with the sale of commercial explosives. EDC intends to vigorously defend itself in this matter. See "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements." The Company, including its subsidiaries, is a party to various other claims, legal actions, and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management after consultation with counsel, all claims, legal actions (including those described above) and complaints are not presently probable of material loss, are adequately covered by insurance, or if not so covered, are without merit or are of such kind, or involve such amounts that unfavorable disposition is not presently expected to have a material effect on the financial position of the Company, but could have a material impact to the net income (loss) of a particular quarter or year, if resolved unfavorably. Other LSB and, thus, the Company has retained certain risks associated with its operations, choosing to self-insure up to various specified amounts under its automobile, workers' compensation, health and general liability programs. LSB reviews such programs on at least an annual basis to balance the cost-benefit between its coverage and retained exposure.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 6: Long-Term Debt In November 1997, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, ClimaChem, Inc. ("ClimaChem"), completed the sale of $105 million principal amount of 10 3/4% Senior Notes due 2007, (the "Notes"). Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, and the principal is payable in the year 2007. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of ClimaChem and rank pari passu in right of payment to all existing senior unsecured indebtedness of ClimaChem and its subsidiaries. The Notes are effectively subordinated to all existing and future senior secured indebtedness of ClimaChem. In April 2000, ClimaChem repurchased $5.0 million of the Notes for approximately $1.2 million. In connection with this transaction, the Company will recognize a gain of approximately $4.0 million in the second quarter of 2000. The Company is also in discussions with the holders of its Senior Notes, in an effort to restructure their terms and conditions. The Company did not make the June 1, 2000 interest payment when due. Under the terms of the indenture governing the Senior Notes, the Company has a grace period of thirty (30) days to make the interest payment or enter into satisfactory agreement with the holders of the Senior Notes before the Senior Notes are in default. The Company currently anticipates achieving satisfactory resolution of this matter. ClimaChem owns substantially all of the companies comprising the Company's Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. ClimaChem is a holding company with no assets other than the notes and accounts receivable from the Company and the Notes origination fees which have a net book value of $3.2 million at March 31, 2000 ($3.3 million at December 31, 1999) or material operations other than its investments in its subsidiaries, and each of its subsidiaries is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ClimaChem. ClimaChem's payment obligations under the Notes are fully, unconditionally and joint and severally guaranteed by all of the existing subsidiaries of ClimaChem (the "Guarantors"), except for one subsidiary, El Dorado Nitrogen Company ("EDNC"). Separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning the guarantors are not presented herein because management has determined they are not material to investors. Summarized consolidated unaudited balance sheet information of ClimaChem and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999 and the results of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 are detailed below.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 March 31, December 31, 2000 1999 (in thousands) Balance sheet data: Cash $ 2,641 $ 2,673 Trade accounts receivable, net 44,679 41,934 Inventories: Finished goods 10,792 11,275 Work in process 6,782 5,503 Raw material 11,373 8,994 -------------------------- Total inventory 28,947 25,772 Supplies and prepaid items 5,236 4,314 Due from LSB and affiliates, net (1) 2,382 1,758 -------------------------- Total current assets 83,885 76,451 Property, plant and equipment, net 74,800 75,667 Notes and interest receivable from LSB and affiliates (1) 14,008 13,948 Other assets, net 17,809 18,012 ------------------------- Total assets $ 190,502 $ 184,078 ========================= Accounts payable $ 19,918 $ 16,312 Accrued liabilities 17,428 13,791 Current portion of long-term debt 27,749 29,644 ------------------------- Total current liabilities 65,095 59,747 Long-term debt 114,311 112,544 Accrued losses on firm purchase commitments 5,256 5,652 Stockholders' equity 5,840 6,135 -------------------------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 190,502 $ 184,078 ==========================

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 1999 (in thousands) Operations data: Total revenues $ 67,438 $ 60,291 Costs and expenses: Cost of sales 52,154 47,171 Selling, general and administrative 10,914 10,603 Interest 3,690 3,618 Provision for loss on firm purchase commitments 975 - ------------------------- 67,733 61,392 ------------------------- Loss before provision for income taxes (295) (1,101) Provision for income taxes - 50 ----------------------- Net loss $ (295) $ (1,151) ======================== (1) Notes and other receivables from LSB and affiliates are eliminated when consolidated with LSB. In December 1994, the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company (the "Borrowing Group") and a bank entered into a series of six asset-based revolving credit facilities which provided for an initial term of three years. The agreement has been amended at various dates since 1994 with the latest being executed on March 1, 2000. In May 1999, the agreement was amended to exclude the Automotive Products Business from the Borrowing Group. The amended agreement provides for a $50.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") with separate loan agreements (the "Loan Agreement"), for ClimaChem and its subsidiaries. Under the Revolving Credit Facility, certain conditions exist which restrict intercompany transfers of amounts borrowed between subsidiaries. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear an annual rate of interest at a floating rate based on the lender's prime rate plus 1.5% per annum or, at the Company's option, on the lender's LIBOR rate plus 3.875% per annum. The outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility of $25.8 million at March 31, 2000 are classified as long-term debt due within one year. As of March 31, 2000, the Borrowing Group, excluding the Automotive Products Business and the "Permanent Reserve" discussed below, had availability of $13.9 million. The agreement will terminate on December 31, 2000 unless the parties to the Revolving Credit Facility agree on acceptable financial covenants for the fiscal year beginning January 2001 on or before October 1, 2000. The Loan Agreements also require a "permanent reserve" of $5.0 million which can reduce the borrowing availability. The Company may terminate the Revolving Credit Facility prior to maturity; however, should the Company do so, it would be required to pay a termination fee of $500,000. The effective interest rate at March 31, 2000 was 10.5%.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 7: Change in Accounting In June, 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 133 ("SFAS #133"), Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which is required to be adopted in years beginning after June 15, 2000. The Statement permits early adoption as of the beginning of any fiscal quarter after its issuance. The Company expects to adopt this statement on January 1, 2001. The Statement will require the Company to recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that do not qualify or are not designated as hedges must be adjusted to fair value through operations. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative's change in fair value will be immediately recognized in earnings. The Company has not yet determined what all of the effects of SFAS #133 will be on the earnings and financial position of the Company; however, the Company expects that the deferred charges associated with the interest rate forward agreement discussed in Note 5, "Nitric Acid Project," will be accounted for as a cash flow hedge upon adoption of SFAS #133, with the effective portion of the hedge being classified in equity in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss. The amount included in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss will be amortized to income over the initial term of the leveraged lease. Note 8: Comprehensive Income The Company presents comprehensive income in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard No. 130 "Reporting Comprehensive Income" ("SFAS 130"). The provisions of SFAS 130 require the Company to classify items of other comprehensive income in the financial statements and display the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income separately from retained earnings and additional paid in capital in the equity section of the balance sheet. Other comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 is detailed below. Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 1999 (in thousands) Net income(loss) $ 252 $ (3,810) Foreign currency translation income - (222) -------------------- Total comprehensive income (loss) $ 252 $ (3,588) =====================

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Note 9: Businesses Disposed of On August 2, 1999, the Company sold substantially all the assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Total Energy Systems Limited and its subsidiaries ("TES"), of the Chemical Business. The loss associated with the disposition was $2.0 million and was comprised of disposition costs of approximately $.3 million, the recognition in earnings of the cumulative foreign currency loss of approximately $1.1 million and approximately $.6 million related to the resolution of certain environmental matters. Note 10: Discontinued Operations On April 5, 2000, the Board of Directors approved a plan of disposal of the Company's Automotive Products Business to allow the Company to focus its efforts and financial resources on its core businesses, Chemical and Climate Control. Accordingly, the Automotive Business has been presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as a discontinued operation. The Company concluded the sale of the Automotive Products Business on May 4, 2000. (As of March 31, 2000, the Company has accrued anticipated operating loss through the date of disposal of approximately $.5 million.) The terms of the sale of the Automotive Products Business calls for no payments of principal on the notes to the Company of approximately $8.7 million for the first two years following closing, and future receipts are entirely dependent upon the buyers' ability to make the business profitable. Accordingly the Company has fully reserved its investment in the net assets (i.e., note receivable from buyer) as of December 31, 1999 and March 31, 2000. The Company remains a guarantor on certain equipment notes of the Automotive Products Business which had outstanding indebtedness of approximately $4.5 million as of March 31, 2000 and on its revolving credit agreement in the amount of $1.0 million (for which the Company has posted a letter of credit as of March 31, 2000). The loss on disposal does not include the loss, if any, which may result if the Company is required to perform on its guarantees described above. Net assets of discontinued operations are as follows: March 31, December 31, 2000 1999 (in thousands) Accounts receivable, net $ 4,888 $ 4,852 Inventories 15,222 15,178 Other current assets 320 502 ------------------------ Total current assets 20,430 20,532 Property and equipment, net 7,197 7,439 Other assets 4,616 2,138 ------------------------ Total noncurrent assets 11,813 9,577 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (5,261) (3,714) Current portion of long-term debt (11,592) (12,096) Accrued loss through estimated disposal date and other current liabilities (545) (2,289) ------------------------ Total current liabilities (17,398) (18,099) Long-term debt due after one year (6,950) (4,115) ------------------------ 7,895 7,895 Valuation allowance (7,895) (7,895) ------------------------ Net assets of discontinued operations $ - $ - ========================

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Operating results of the discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 1999 are as follows: 1999 (in thousands) Revenues $ 10,142 Cost of sales 8,009 Selling, general and administrative 2,417 Interest 778 ------------- Loss from discontinued operations $ (1,062) ============= Revenues of the Automotive Products Business which have been excluded from revenues in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2000 aggregated $7.0 million. Note: 11 Liquidity and Management's Plan The Company is a diversified holding company and, as a result, it is dependent on credit agreements and its ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries in order to pay its debts and obligations. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, ClimaChem, Inc. ("ClimaChem"), through its subsidiaries, owns substantially all of the Company's Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. ClimaChem and its subsidiaries are dependent on credit agreements with lenders and internally generated cash flow in order to fund their operations and pay their debts and obligations. As of March 31, 2000, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, including ClimaChem, are parties to a working capital line of credit evidenced by two separate loan agreements ("Agreements") with a lender ("Lender") collateralized by receivables, inventories and proprietary rights of the parties to the Agreements. The Agreements have been amended from time to time since inception to accommodate changes in business conditions and financial results. This working capital line of credit is a primary source of liquidity for the Company and ClimaChem. The Agreements, as amended, required the Company and ClimaChem to maintain certain financial ratios and contain other financial covenants, including capital expenditure limitations. In 1999, the Company's financial covenants were not required to be met so long as the Company and its subsidiaries, including ClimaChem, that are parties to the Agreements, maintained a minimum aggregate availability under the Revolving Credit Facility of $15.0 million. When the availability dropped below $15.0 million for three consecutive business days, the Company and ClimaChem were required to maintain the financial ratios discussed above and tangible net worth requirements. Due to an interest payment of $5.6 million made by ClimaChem on December 30, 1999, relating to ClimaChem's outstanding $105 million Senior Unsecured Notes, the availability dropped below the minimum aggregate availability level required on January 1, 2000. Because the Company and ClimaChem could not meet the financial ratios required by the Agreements, the Company and ClimaChem entered into a forbearance agreement with the Lender effective January 1, 2000. The forbearance agreement waived the financial covenant requirements for a period of sixty (60) days.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Prior to the expiration of the forbearance agreement, the Agreements were amended, to provide for total direct borrowings of $50.0 million including the issuance of letters of credit. The maximum borrowing ability under the newly amended Agreements is the lesser of $50.0 million or the borrowing availability calculated using advance rates and eligible collateral less $5.0 million. The amendment increased the interest rates on outstanding borrowings from the Lender's prime rate plus .5% per annum to the Lender's prime rate plus 1.5% per annum. Under the Company's LIBOR interest rate option, the interest rate increased to the Lender's LIBOR rate plus 3.875% per annum, from 2.875%. The term of the Agreements is through December 31, 2000, and is renewable thereafter for successive thirteen-month terms if, by October 1, 2000, the Company and Lender shall have determined new financial covenants for the calendar year beginning in January 2001. As of March 31, 2000 the Company, exclusive of ClimaChem, and ClimaChem have a borrowing availability under their existing revolver of $.3 million, and $13.6 million, respectively, or $13.9 million in the aggregate and the effective interest rate was 10.5%. Borrowings under the Revolver outstanding at March 31, 2000, were $25.8 million. The annual interest on the outstanding debt under the Revolver at March 31, 2000, at the rates then in effect would approximate $2.7 million. The Agreements also restrict the flow of funds, except under certain conditions, to subsidiaries of the Company that are not parties to the Agreement. In addition to the credit facilities discussed above, as of March 31, 2000, ClimaChem's wholly-owned subsidiary, DSN Corporation ("DSN"), is a party to three loan agreements with a financial company (the "Financing Company") for three projects. At March 31, 2000, DSN had outstanding borrowings of $7.5 million under these loans. The loans have repayment schedules of principal and interest through maturity in 2002. The interest rate on each of the loans is fixed and range from 8.2% to 8.9%. Annual interest, for the three notes as a whole, at March 31, 2000 at the agreed to interest rates would approximate $.7 million. The loans are secured by the various DSN property and equipment. The loan agreements require the Company to maintain certain financial ratios, including tangible net worth requirements. In March 2000, DSN obtained a waiver from the Financing Company of the financial covenants through April 1, 2001. ClimaChem is restricted as to the funds that it may transfer to the Company under the terms contained in an Indenture ("Indenture") covering the Senior Unsecured Notes issued by ClimaChem. Under the terms of the Indenture, ClimaChem cannot transfer funds to the Company, except for (i) the amount of income taxes that they would be required to pay if they were not consolidated with the Company (the "Tax Sharing Agreement"), (ii) an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of ClimaChem's cumulative net income from January 1, 1998 through the end of the period for which the calculation is made for the purpose of proposing a dividend payment, and (iii) the amount of direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred by the Company on behalf of ClimaChem and ClimaChem's subsidiaries pursuant to a certain services agreement and a certain Management Agreement to which the companies are parties. ClimaChem sustained a net loss of $19.2 million in the calendar year 1999, and

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 $.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2000. Accordingly, no amounts were paid to the Company by ClimaChem under the Tax Sharing Agreement, nor under the Management Agreement during 1999. For the three months ended March 31, 2000, ClimaChem was required to pay the Company $450,000 under the Management Agreement inasmuch as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (" EBITDA") exceeded $6.5 million for the period. There are no assurances that such amount will be earned in future quarters or that this amount earned in the first quarter of 2000 will not be required to be repaid in subsequent periods. Due to these limitations, the Company and its non-ClimaChem subsidiaries have limited resources to satisfy their obligations. In April 2000, a subsidiary of ClimaChem repurchased $5.0 million of the Senior Unsecured Notes for approximately $1.2 million. The subsidiary funded the repurchase of these Senior Unsecured Notes out of the subsidiary's working capital. Due to the Company's and ClimaChem's net losses for the years of 1998 and 1999 and the limited borrowing ability under the Revolver, the Company discontinued payment of cash dividends on its common stock for periods subsequent to January 1, 1999, until the Board of Directors determines otherwise, and the Company has not paid the September 15, 1999, December 15, 1999 and March 15, 2000 regular quarterly dividend of $.8125 on its outstanding $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C Preferred Stock Series 2, totaling approximately $2.2 million. In addition, the Company did not pay the January 1, 2000 regular dividend on the Series B Preferred. The Company does not anticipate having funds available to pay dividends on its stock for the foreseeable future. As of March 31, 2000, the Company and its subsidiaries which are not subsidiaries of ClimaChem and exclusive of the Automotive Products Business had a working capital deficit of approximately $3.4 million, and long-term debt due after one year of approximately $32.9 million including the amount owed to ClimaChem. For the remainder of 2000, the Company has planned capital expenditures of approximately $8.2 million, primarily in the Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. These capital expenditures include approximately $2.0 million, which the Chemical Business plans to spend under consent orders with the State of Arkansas related to environmental control facilities at its El Dorado facility. The Company is currently exploring alternatives to finance these capital expenditures. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 calls for the Company to improve its liquidity and operating results through the liquidation of non-core assets, realization of benefits from its late 1999 and early 2000 realignment of its overhead (which serves to minimize the cash flow requirements of the Company and its subsidiaries which are not subsidiaries of ClimaChem) and through various debt and equity alternatives.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 Commencing in 1997, the Company created a long-term plan which focused around the Company's core operations, the Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. This plan commenced with the sale of the 10 3/4% Senior Unsecured Notes by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, ClimaChem, in November 1997. This financing allowed the core businesses to continue their growth through expansion into new lines of business directly related to the Company's core operations (i.e., completion of the DSN plant which produces concentrated nitric acid, execution of the EDNC Baytown plant agreement with Bayer to supply industrial acids, development and expansion into market-innovative climate control products such as geothermal and high air quality systems and large air handling units). During 1999, the Chemical Business sustained significant losses, primarily as a result of the reduction of selling prices for its nitrate-based products (in large part due to the flood of the market with low-priced Russian ammonium nitrate) while the Company's cost of raw materials escalated under a contract with a pricing mechanism tied to the price of natural gas which increased dramatically. During late 1999, the Company renegotiated this supply contract, extending the cash requirements under its take-or-pay provision to delay required takes to 2000, 2001 and 2002 and to obtain future raw material requirements at spot market prices. The Company was also active in bringing about a favorable preliminary determination from the International Trade Commission and Commerce Department, which has had the current impact of minimizing the dumping of Russian ammonium nitrate in the U.S. market This investigation has been suspended due to the agreement between Russia and the United States to limit volumes and set minimum prices for imported Russian ammonium nitrate. The U.S. industry or Russian exporters may, however, request completion of the investigation. This, and other factors, has allowed the Chemical Business to see marginally improved market pricing for its nitrate-based products in the first three months of 2000 compared to the comparable period in 1999; however, there are no assurances that this improvement will continue. The Company also successfully commenced operations in May 1999 of its EDNC Baytown plant which is selling product to Bayer under a long-term supply contract. The Company's long-range plans also included the addition of expertise related to the Company's core businesses to enhance its leadership team. Beginning in 1998, the Company brought on several new members of its Board of Directors with expertise in certain of the Company's businesses, and individuals with extensive knowledge in the banking industry and financial matters. These individuals have brought business insight to the Company and helped management to formulate the Company's immediate and long-range plans. The plan for the remainder of 2000 calls for the Company to dispose of a significant portion of its non-core assets. As previously discussed, on April 5, 2000, the Board of Directors approved a plan for the sale of its Automotive Products Business, which was concluded on May 4, 2000. Additionally, the Company is presently evaluating alternatives for realizing its net investment in the Industrial Products Business. The Company has had discussions involving the possible sale of the Industrial Products Business; however, no definitive plans are currently in place and any which may arise will require Board of Director approval prior to consummation. The Company is currently continuing the operations of the Industrial Products Business; however, the Company may sell or dispose of the operations in 2000. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 also calls for the realization of the Company's investment in an option to acquire an energy conservation company and advances made to such entity (the "Optioned Company"). In April 2000, the Company received written acknowledgment from the President of the Optioned Company that it had executed a letter of intent to sell to a third party, the proceeds from which would allow repayment of the advances and options payments to the Company in the amount of approximately $2.7 million. As of the date of this report, the Company has received written confirmation from the buyer of the Optioned Company that the transaction is on schedule to close in the month of June. Upon receipt of these proceeds, the Company is required to repay up to $1.0 million of outstanding indebtedness to a related party, SBL Corporation, related to an advance made to the Company in 1997. The remaining proceeds would be available for corporate purposes. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 also identifies specific other non-core assets which the Company will attempt to realize to provide additional working capital to the Company in 2000. See "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements". During 1999 and into 2000, the Company has been restructuring its operations, eliminating businesses which are non-core, reducing its workforce as opportunities arise and disposing of non-core assets. As discussed above the Company has also successfully renegotiated its primary raw material purchase contracts in the Chemical Business in an effort to make that Business profitable again and focused its attention to the development of new, market- innovated products in the Climate Control Business. Although the Company has not planned to receive any dividends, tax payments or management fees from ClimaChem in 2000, it is possible that ClimaChem could pay up to $1.8 million of management fees to its ultimate parent should operating results be favorable (if ClimaChem has EBITDA (as defined) in excess of $26.0 million annually, $6.5 million quarterly, is payable, up to $1.8, million to LSB). For the three months ended March 31, 2000, ClimaChem was required to pay the Company $450,000 under the Management Agreement inasmuch as EBITDA exceeded $6.5 million for the period. There are no assurances that such amount will be earned in future quarters or that this amount earned in the first quarter of 2000 will not be required to be repaid in subsequent periods. As previously mentioned, the Company and ClimaChem's primary credit facility terminates on December 31, 2000, unless the parties to the agreements agreed to new financial covenants for 2001 prior to October 1, 2000. While there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in extending the term of such credit facility, the Company believes it has a good working relationship with the Lender and that it will be successful in extending such facility or replacing such facility from another lender with substantially the same terms during 2000. In March 2000, ClimaChem retained Chanin Capital Partners as its financial advisor to assist in evaluating alternatives relating to ClimaChem's liquidity and determining its alternatives for a financial restructuring. As part of ClimaChem's restructuring, ClimaChem and its financial advisor have begun discussions with a group of holders of the Senior Unsecured Notes ("Senior Notes") to restructure the Senior Notes in order to reduce ClimaChem's leverage and increase its equity capitalization. ClimaChem did not make the June 1, 2000 interest payment of $5.4 million on the Senior Notes (excluding interest on the $5.0 million of Senior Notes repurchased by ClimaChem). Under the terms of the Indenture governing the Senior Notes, ClimaChem has a grace period of thirty (30) days to make the interest payment or enter into satisfactory agreements with the holders of the Senior Notes before the Senior Notes are in default. ClimaChem currently anticipates achieving satisfactory resolution of this matter.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 As discussed above, the Company had planned for up to $8.2 million of capital expenditures for the remainder of 2000, most of which is not presently committed. Further, a significant portion of this is dependent upon obtaining acceptable financing. The Company expects to delay these expenditures as necessary based on the availability of adequate working capital and the availability of financing. Recently, the Chemical Business has obtained relief from certain of the compliance dates under its wastewater management project and expects that this will ultimately result in the delay in the implementation date of such project. Construction of the wastewater treatment project is subject to the Company obtaining financing to fund this project. There are no assurances that the Company will be able to obtain the required financing. Failure to construct the wastewater treatment project could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 involves a number of initiatives and assumptions which management believes to be reasonable and achievable; however, should the Company not be able to execute this plan described above, it may not have resources available to meet its obligations as they come due. Note: 12 Loss on Firm Purchase Commitment During 1999 and the first three months of 2000, the Chemical Business has a firm uncancelable commitment to purchase anhydrous ammonia pursuant to the terms of a supply contract (Note 5 - Commitments and Contingencies, Purchase Commitments). At March 31, 2000, the purchase price the Chemical Business was required to pay for anhydrous ammonia to be purchased under the contract, which was for a significant percentage of the Chemical Business' anhydrous ammonia requirements, exceeded and was expected to continue to exceed the spot market prices throughout the purchase period. Additionally, the market for nitrate based products, while improved for the first quarter of 2000, is expected to decline modestly in the summer and fall months of 2000. Due to the expected sales prices and the cost to produce the nitrate products, including the cost of the anhydrous ammonium to be purchased under the contract, the costs of certain of the Company's nitrate based products are expected to exceed the anticipated future sales prices. As a result, an additional provision for loss on the firm purchase commitment aggregating approximately $1.0 million in excess of the accrued liability for amounts recorded in 1999 was recorded in the first quarter of 2000. At March 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999, the accompanying balance sheets include remaining accrued losses under the firm purchase commitment of $7.8 and $7.4 million, respectively ($2.5 and $1.8 million of which is classified as current in accrued liabilities, respectively). Due to the pricing mechanism in the contract, it is reasonably possible that this loss provision estimate may change in the near term. Based on the purchase price of anhydrous ammonia under the firm purchase commitment and other factors as of May 31, 2000, the Company may be required to recognize an additional loss provision of approximately $.2 million.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") should be read in conjunction with the Company's March 31, 2000 Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Certain statements contained in this "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" may be deemed forward-looking statements. See "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements". All discussions below are that of the Businesses continuing and accordingly exclude the Discontinued operations of the Automotive Products Business and the Australian subsidiary's operations sold in 1999. See Notes 9 and 10 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Overview General For the three months ended March 31, 2000, the Company had a net loss applicable to common stock of approximately $.5 million, as compared to a net loss applicable to common stock of approximately $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 1999. The income for the three months ended March 31, 2000 from continuing operations was approximately $.3 million (loss of $2.7 million in 1999). The Company is pursuing a strategy of focusing on its core businesses and concentrating on product lines in niche markets where the Company has established or believes it can establish a position as a market leader. In addition, the Company is seeking to improve its liquidity and profits through liquidation of selected assets that are on its balance sheet and on which it is not realizing an acceptable return and does not reasonably expect to do so. In this regard, the Company concluded that its Industrial and Automotive Products Businesses are non- core to the Company. On April 5, 2000, the Board of Directors approved a definitive plan to dispose of the Company's Automotive Products Business. On May 4, 2000, the sale of the Automotive Products Business was concluded. Upon the closing of the sale, the Company received notes in the approximate amount of $8.7 million, such notes being secured by a second lien on the assets of the Automotive Products Business. These notes, and any payments of principal and interest, thereon, are subordinated to the buyer's primary lender (which is the same lender that is the current primary lender to the Automotive Products Business). The Company will receive no principal payments under the notes for at least the first two years following the sale of the Automotive Products Business. In addition, the buyer assumed substantially all of the Automotive Products Business' debts and obligations, which at March 31, 2000, totaled approximately $24.3 million. As of March 31, 2000, the Automotive Products Business owes its primary lender approximately $14.0 million. After the sale, the Company remains a guarantor on certain equipment notes of the Automotive Products Business (which equipment notes have an outstanding principal balance of $4.5 million as of March 31, 2000) and continues to guaranty $1.0 million of the revolving credit facility of the buyer, as it did for its Automotive Products Business. There are no assurances that the Company will be able to collect on the notes issued to the Company as consideration for the purchase. The Company has classified its investment in the Automotive Products Business as a discontinued operation, reserving approximately $7.9 million as of March 31, 2000. This reserve does not include the loss, if any, which may result if the Company is required to perform on its guaranties described above. For the three month period ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, the Automotive Products Business had revenues of $7.0 and $10.1 million, respectively and a net loss of $1.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 1999. See Note 10 to Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As of March 31, 2000, the Chemical Business had commitments to purchase 90,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia under a take or pay contract at a minimum volume of 2,000 tons per month of anhydrous ammonia during 2000 and 3,000 tons per month of anhydrous ammonia during 2001 and 2002. The Company's purchase price of anhydrous ammonia under this contract can be higher or lower than the current market spot price of anhydrous ammonia. Pricing is subject to variations due to numerous factors contained in this contract. Based on the pricing index contained in this contract, prices paid during the three months ended March 31, 2000 were higher than the current market spot price. The purchase price(s) the Chemical Business will be required to pay for the remaining 90,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia under this contract currently exceeds and is expected to continue to exceed the spot market prices throughout the purchase period. In addition, under the contract the Company is committed to purchase 50% of its remaining requirements of anhydrous ammonia through 2002 from this third party at prices which approximate market prices. Additionally, the excess supply of nitrate based products, caused, in part, by the import of Russian nitrate, caused a significant decline in the sales prices during 1999; although sales prices have improved in 2000, no improvement in sales margins is expected in the near term due to increased cost of anhydrous ammonia. During the second and third quarters of 1999, this decline in sales price resulted in the cost of anhydrous ammonia purchased under this contract, when combined with manufacturing and distribution costs, to exceed anticipated future sales prices. As a result, in 1999 the Company recorded loss provisions for anhydrous ammonia required to be purchased during the remainder of the contract aggregating approximately $8.4 million. At March 31, 2000, an additional loss provision of approximately $1.0 million was recorded based on the forward contract pricing existing at March 31, 2000 and estimated market prices for certain products to be manufactured and sold during the remainder of the contract. At March 31, 2000, the accrued liability for future payments of the loss provision included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements was approximately $7.8 million. It is reasonably possible that this loss provision estimate may change in the near term. There are no assurances that such estimates will prove to be accurate. Differences, if any, in the estimated future cost of anhydrous ammonia and the actual cost in effect at the time of purchase and differences in the estimated sales prices and actual sales prices of products manufactured could cause the Company's operating results to differ from that estimate. Based on the purchase price of ammonia under the firm purchase commitment as of May 31, 2000, the Company may be required to recognize an additional loss provision of approximately $.2 million in the second quarter of 2000. The Chemical Business is a member of an organization of domestic fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate producers which sought relief from extremely low priced Russian ammonium nitrate. This industry group filed a petition in July 1999 with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce seeking an antidumping investigation and, if warranted, relief from Russian dumping. The International Trade Commission rendered a favorable preliminary determination that U.S. producers of ammonium nitrate have been injured as a result of Russian ammonium nitrate imports. In addition, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative determination that the Russian imports were sold at prices that were 264.59% below their fair market value. On May 19, 2000, the U.S. and Russian governments entered into an agreement to limit volumes and set minimum prices for Russian ammonium nitrate exported to the United States. As a result of this agreement, the antidumping investigation has been suspended. The U.S. industry or Russian exporters may, however, request completion of the investigation. If the investigation is completed with final affirmative findings by the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission, an antidumping order will automatically be put in place in the event of termination or violation of the agreement. The Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been restated to reflect the Automotive Products Business as a discontinued operation for all periods presented. As a result, the Automotive Products Business is no longer presented as a reportable segment. Restated Automotive Products Business results are presented as losses from discontinued operations, net of applicable income taxes, and exclude general corporate overhead and certain interest charges, previously allocated to that business. The discussions and figures below are based on this restated presentation. Certain statements contained in this Overview are forward-looking statements, and future results could differ materially from such statements. The following table contains certain of the information from Note 4 of Notes to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements about the Company's operations in different industry segments for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999. 2000 1999 (in thousands) (unaudited) Net sales: Businesses continuing: Chemical $ 35,067 $ 30,745 Climate Control 31,630 26,699 Industrial Products (4) 2,924 2,640 ---------------------- 69,621 60,084 Business disposed of - Chemical (1) - 2,868 ---------------------- $ 69,621 $ 62,952 ====================== Gross Profit: (2) Businesses continuing: Chemical $ 6,110 4,957 Climate Control 8,959 8,321 Industrial Products 861 740 ---------------------- $ 15,930 $ 14,018 ====================== Operating Profit (loss): (3) Businesses continuing: Chemical $ 3,364 $ 1,446 Climate Control 2,686 2,707 Industrial Products 317 (411) ---------------------- 6,367 3,742 Business disposed of - Chemical (1) - (845) ----------------------- 6,367 2,897 General corporate expenses and other income or expenses, net (1,058) (1,881) Interest expense: Business disposed of (1) - (125) Businesses continuing (4,082) (3,589) Provision for loss on firm purchase commitments - Chemical (975) - ---------------------- Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes $ 252 $ (2,698) ======================= (1) In August 1999, the Company sold substantially all the assets of its wholly owned Australian subsidiary. See Note 9 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. The operating results have been presented separately in the above table. (2) Gross profit by industry segment represents net sales less cost of sales. (3) Operating profit (loss) by industry segment represents revenues less operating expenses before deducting general corporate and other expenses, interest expense, provision for loss on firm purchase commitments and income taxes. (4) Excludes intersegment sales to Climate Control of $494,000 in 2000 ($149,000 in 1999). Chemical Business Net Sales in the Chemical Business (excluding the Australian subsidiary in which substantially all of its assets were disposed of in August, 1999) were $35.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2000 and $30.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 1999. The sales volume from the Chemical Business increased in 2000 from the 1999 level. This increase in sales volume is due largely to the sales from the EDNC Baytown Plant which was completed in May 1999. The gross profit (excluding the Australian subsidiary) increased to $6.1 million (or 17.4% of net sales) in 2000 from $5.0 million (or 16.1% of net sales) in 1999. The increase in the gross profit was primarily a result of increased profit margins for agricultural products due to higher sales prices caused, in part, by an increase in demand due to improved climate conditions and a decrease in imports of Russian nitrate. Sales of blasting products which have higher profit margins also improved in 2000. In May 1999, a subsidiary of the Company completed its obligations, as an agent, pursuant to an agreement to construct a nitric acid plant located within Bayer's Baytown, Texas chemical plant complex. This plant is being operated by a subsidiary and is supplying nitric acid to Bayer under a long-term supply contract. Sales by this subsidiary to Bayer were approximately $7.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2000. Management estimates that, at full production capacity based on terms of the Agreement and, based on the price of anhydrous ammonia as of the date of this report, the plant should generate approximately $35 million in annual gross revenues. Unlike the Chemical Business' regular sales volume, the market risk on this additional volume is much less since the contract provides for recovery of costs, as defined, plus a profit. The Company's subsidiary is leasing the nitric acid plant pursuant to a leverage lease from an unrelated third party for an initial term of ten (10) years which, began on June 23, 1999. See "Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements". The Australian subsidiary revenues for the first quarter of 1999 were $2.9 million and the loss was $1.0 million. (See Note 9 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.) Climate Control The Climate Control Business manufactures and sells a broad range of hydronic fan coil, air handling, air conditioning, heating, water source heat pumps, and dehumidification products targeted to both commercial and residential new building construction and renovation. The Climate Control Business focuses on product lines in the specific niche markets of hydronic fan coils and water source heat pumps and has established a significant market share in these specific markets. Sales of $31.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2000, in the Climate Control Business were approximately 18.5% greater than sales of $26.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 1999. The gross profit was approximately $9.0 million and $8.3 million in 2000 and 1999, respectively. The gross profit percentage decreased to 28.3% for 2000 from 31.2% for 1999. This decrease is primarily due to lower profit margins in the commercial and export heat pump portion of the Climate Control Business due to increased competitive pricing and the costs associated with new start-up product lines. Industrial Products Business As indicated in the above table, during the three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, the Industrial Products Business recorded sales of $2.9 million and $2.6 million respectively, and reported operating profit of $.3 million and operating loss of $.4 million respectively. The net investment in assets of this Business has continued to decrease and the Company expects to realize further reductions in future periods. The Company continues to eliminate certain categories of machines from the product line by not replacing those machines when sold. The Company previously announced that it is evaluating opportunities to sell or realize its net investment in its Industrial Products Business. The terms of sale, if any, have not been finalized. The sale of the Industrial Products Business is a forward looking statement and is subject to, among other things, the Company and potential buyer agreeing to terms, the buyer's and the Company's lending institutions agreeing to the terms of the transaction, including the purchase price, approval of the Company's Board of Directors and negotiation and finalization of definitive agreements. There is no assurance that the Company will sell or realize its net investment in the Industrial Products Business in 2000. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Three months ended March 31, 2000 vs. Three months ended March 31, 1999. Revenues Total revenues of Businesses continuing for the three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 were $70.9 million and $60.5 million, respectively, an increase of $10.4 million. Sales and other income increased $9.5 and $.9 million, respectively. Net Sales Consolidated net sales of Businesses continuing included in total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2000, were $69.6 million, compared to $60.1 million for the first three months of 1999, an increase of $9.5 million. This increase in sales resulted principally from: (i) increased sales in the Climate Control Business of $4.9 million primarily due to increase in modular high rise sales, increased export sales and sales contributed by new start-up companies, (ii) increased sales in the Industrial Products Business of $.3 million due to increased sales of machine tools, and (iii) increased sales in the Chemical Business of $4.3 million primarily due to increased industrial acid sales to third parties including Bayer. Also ammonium nitrate sales increased for agricultural products due to improved climate conditions, higher sales prices, and an increased demand due to a decrease in imports of Russian nitrate. Sales of blasting products also improved in 2000. Gross Profit Gross profit of Businesses continuing as a percent of sales was 22.9% for the first three months of 2000, compared to 23.3% for the first three months of 1999. The decrease in the gross profit percentage was primarily the result of lower profit margins in the commercial and export heat pump portion of the Climate Control Business due to increased competitive pricing and the costs associated with new start-up product lines. This decrease was offset by increased profit margins for agricultural products due to higher sales prices caused, in part, by an increase in demand due to improved climate conditions and a decrease in imports of Russian nitrate. Sales of blasting products which have higher profit margins also improved in 2000. Selling, General and Administrative Expense Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses as a percent of net sales from Businesses continuing at March 31, 2000, were 16.7% in the three-month period ended March 31, 2000, compared to 19.8% for the first three months of 1999. This decrease is primarily the result of higher sales, however, SG&A expenses are lower due to a reduction of expenses caused, in part, by the restructuring of its operations and reducing its workforce as part of the Company's strategy of focusing on its core businesses. Interest Expense Interest expense for continuing businesses of the Company was $4.1 million in the first three months of 2000, compared to $3.6 million for the first three months of 1999. The increase of $.5 million primarily resulted from increased lenders' prime rates. Provision for Loss on Firm Purchase Commitments The Company had a provision for loss on firm purchase commitments of approximately $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2000. See discussion in Note 12 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Business Disposed of The Company sold substantially all the assets of a wholly owned subsidiary in 1999. See discussion in Note 9 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes The Company had income from continuing operations before income taxes of $.3 million in the first three months of 2000 compared to a loss from continuing operations before income taxes of $2.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 1999. The increased profitability of $3.0 million was primarily due to improved profit margins of the Chemical Business offset by the costs associated with new product lines and lower profit margins in the commercial and export heat pump portion of the Climate Control Business. Also the decrease in SG&A expenses offset by increased interest expense and provision for loss on firm purchase commitments as discussed above. Provision for Income Taxes As a result of the Company's net operating loss carryforward for income tax purposes as discussed elsewhere herein and in Note 1 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, no provisions for income taxes were necessary for the three months ended March 31, 2000. The Company's provisions for income taxes were for current state income taxes and federal alternative minimum taxes in 1999. Discontinued Operations On April 5, 2000 the Board of Directors approved a plan of disposal of the Company's Automotive Products Business ("Automotive") which was completed on May 4, 2000. Automotive is reflected as discontinued operations for the periods presented. The net loss from discontinued operations of Automotive of $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2000 was fully accrued for at December 31, 1999. For the same period in 1999, thenet loss from discontinued operations was $1.1 million See discussion in Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Liquidity and Capital Resources Cash Flow From Operations Historically, the Company's primary cash needs have been for operating expenses, working capital and capital expenditures. The Company has financed its cash requirements primarily through internally generated cash flow, borrowings under its revolving credit facilities, the issuance of $105 million of Senior Unsecured Notes by its wholly owned subsidiary, ClimaChem, Inc., in November 1997, and secured equipment financing. Net cash provided by continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2000 was $1.7 million, after noncash depreciation and amortization of $2.2 million, provision for possible losses on receivables and other assets of $.2 million and realization of loss on firm purchase commitments, net of provision of $.4 million and including the following changes in assets and liabilities: (i) accounts receivable increase of $3.5 million; (ii) inventory increase of $1.7 million; (iii) decrease in supplies and prepaid items of $.5 million; (iv) increase in accounts payable of $1.6 million; and (v) increase in accrued liabilities of $2.6 million. The increase in accounts receivable was primarily due to seasonal sales of agricultural products and sales of industrial acids in the Chemical Business and improved sales in the Industrial Products Businesses offset by decreased days of sales outstanding in the Climate Control Business due to improved collections. The increase in inventory was primarily due to the increased production in the Climate Control Business and an increase in inventory in the Chemical Business due to anticipated demands relating to the spring fertilizing season. This increase was offset by the reduction in inventory in the Industrial Products Business. The increase in accounts payable is primarily due to increases in liabilities associated with purchases of raw materials and purchased goods in the Climate Control Business and timing of payments in the Chemical Business. The increase in accrued liabilities is primarily due to the accrual of interest expense related to the Senior Unsecured Notes which is payable semi- annually. Cash Flow From Investing and Financing Activities Net cash used by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2000 included $1.8 million for capital expenditures net of $.1 million from the proceeds of the sale of equipment . The capital expenditures were primarily for the benefit of the Chemical and Climate Control Businesses to enhance production and product delivery capabilities. Net cash used by financing activities included (i) proceeds from long- term debt and other debt of $2.3 million offset by payments of $1.8 million, (ii) net decrease in revolving debt of $1.6 million, and (iii) decrease in drafts payable of $.1 million. No dividends were declared or paid subsequent to June 30, 1999. See discussion in Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Source of Funds Continuing Businesses The Company is a diversified holding company and, as a result, it is dependent on credit agreements and its ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries in order to pay its debts and obligations. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, ClimaChem, Inc. ("ClimaChem"), through its subsidiaries, owns substantially all of the Company's Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. ClimaChem and its subsidiaries are dependent on credit agreements with lenders and internally generated cash flow in order to fund their operations and pay their debts and obligations. As of March 31, 2000, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, including ClimaChem, are parties to a working capital line of credit evidenced by two separate loan agreements ("Agreements") with a lender ("Lender") collateralized by receivables, inventories and proprietary rights of the parties to the Agreements. The Agreements have been amended from time to time since inception to accommodate changes in business conditions and financial results. This working capital line of credit is a primary source of liquidity for the Company and ClimaChem. The Agreements, as amended, required the Company and ClimaChem to maintain certain financial ratios and contain other financial covenants, including capital expenditure limitations. In 1999, the Company's financial covenants were not required to be met so long as the Company and its subsidiaries, including ClimaChem, that are parties to the Agreements, maintained a minimum aggregate availability under the Revolving Credit Facility of $15.0 million. When the availability dropped below $15.0 million for three consecutive business days, the Company and ClimaChem were required to maintain the financial ratios discussed above and tangible net worth requirements. Due to an interest payment of $5.6 million made by ClimaChem on December 30, 1999, relating to the outstanding $105 million Senior Unsecured Notes, the availability dropped below the minimum aggregate availability level required on January 1, 2000. Because the Company and ClimaChem could not meet the financial ratios required by the Agreements, the Company and ClimaChem entered into a forbearance agreement with the Lender effective January 1, 2000. The forbearance agreement waived the financial covenant requirements for a period of sixty (60) days. Prior to the expiration of the forbearance agreement, the Agreements were amended, to provide for total direct borrowings of $50.0 million including the issuance of letters of credit. The maximum borrowing ability under the newly amended Agreements is the lesser of $50.0 million or the borrowing availability calculated using advance rates and eligible collateral less $5.0 million. The amendment increased the interest rates on outstanding borrowings from the Lender's prime rate plus .5% per annum to the Lender's prime rate plus 1.5% per annum. Under the Company's LIBOR interest rate option, the interest rate increased to the Lender's LIBOR rate plus 3.875% per annum, from 2.875%. The term of the Agreements is through December 31, 2000, and is renewable thereafter for successive thirteen-month terms if, by October 1, 2000, the Company and Lender shall have determined new financial covenants for the calendar year beginning in January 2001. As of March 31, 2000 the Company, exclusive of ClimaChem, and ClimaChem has a borrowing availability under the revolver of $.3 million, and $13.6 million respectively, or $13.9 million in the aggregate and the effective interest rate was 10.5%. Borrowings under the Revolver outstanding at March 31, 2000, were $25.8 million. The annual interest on the outstanding debt under the Revolver at March 31, 2000, at the rates then in effect would approximate $2.7 million. The Agreements also restrict the flow of funds, except under certain conditions, to subsidiaries of the Company that are not parties to the Agreement. In addition to the credit facilities discussed above, as of March 31, 2000, ClimaChem's wholly-owned subsidiary, DSN Corporation ("DSN"), is a party to three loan agreements with a financial company (the "Financing Company") for three projects. At March 31, 2000, DSN had outstanding borrowings of $7.5 million under these loans. The loans have monthly repayment schedules of principal and interest through maturity in 2002. The interest rate on each of the loans is fixed and range from 8.2% to 8.9%. Annual interest, for the three notes as a whole, at March 31, 2000, at the agreed to interest rates would approximate $.7 million. The loans are secured by the various DSN property and equipment. The loan agreements require the Company to maintain certain financial ratios, including tangible net worth requirements. In March 2000, DSN obtained a waiver from the Financing Company of the financial covenants through April 1, 2001. During January 2000, a subsidiary of the Company obtained financing up to $3.5 million with the City of Oklahoma City ("Lender") to finance the working capital requirements of Climate Control's new product line of large air handlers ("Interim financing"). The Interim financing agreement does not require principal payments and bears interest at the LIBOR rate plus two- tenths of one percent (.2%) per annum. The Interim financing will be replaced with permanent financing upon the Lender's completion of a public offering at which time the outstanding borrowings will bear interest at LIBOR plus two-tenths of one percent (.2%) per annum, adjusted monthly due semi-annually. Principal payments will be required annually based on a term of sixteen (16) years but based on a twenty (20) year amortization period. The balance of the principal and interest is due at the end of the sixteen year term. The loan is secured by a mortgage on the manufacturing facility and a separate unrelated parcel of land owned by a subsidiary of LSB. ClimaChem is restricted as to the funds that it may transfer to the Company under the terms contained in an Indenture ("Indenture") covering the $105 million Senior Unsecured Notes issued by ClimaChem. Under the terms of the Indenture, ClimaChem cannot transfer funds to the Company, except for (i) the amount of income taxes that they would be required to pay if they were not consolidated with the Company (the "Tax Sharing Agreement"), (ii) an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of ClimaChem's cumulative net income from January 1, 1998 through the end of the period for which the calculation is made for the purpose of proposing a dividend payment, and (iii) the amount of direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred by the Company on behalf of ClimaChem and ClimaChem's subsidiaries pursuant to a certain services agreement and a certain management agreement to which the companies are parties. ClimaChem sustained a net loss of $19.2 million in the calendar year 1999, and $.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2000. Accordingly, no amounts were paid to the Company by ClimaChem under the Tax Sharing Agreement, nor under the Management Agreement during 1999. For the three months ended March 31, 2000, ClimaChem was required to pay the Company $450,000 under the Management Agreement inasmuch as EBITDA exceeded $6.5 million for the period. There are no assurances that such amount will be earned in future quarters or that this amount earned in the first quarter of 2000 will not be required to be repaid in subsequent periods. Due to these limitations, the Company and its non-ClimaChem subsidiaries have limited resources to satisfy their obligations. In April 2000, a subsidiary of ClimaChem repurchased $5.0 million of the Senior Unsecured Notes for approximately $1.2 million. The subsidiary funded the repurchase of these Senior Unsecured Notes out of its working capital. Due to the Company's and ClimaChem's net losses for the years of 1998 and 1999 and the limited borrowing ability under the Revolver, the Company discontinued payment of cash dividends on its Common Stock for periods subsequent to January 1, 1999, until the Board of Directors determines otherwise, and the Company has not paid the September 15, 1999, December 15, 1999 and March 15, 2000 regular quarterly dividend of $.8125 on its outstanding $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C Preferred Stock Series 2 ("Series 2 Preferred"), totaling approximately $2.2 million. In addition, the Company's Board of Directors has decided not to pay the June 15, 2000 dividend payment on its outstanding Series 2 Preferred. If the June 15 dividends on the Series 2 Preferred is not paid, the amount of the total arrearage of unpaid dividend payment on the outstanding Series 2 Preferred will be approximately $3.0 million. Also the Company did not pay the January 1, 2000 regular dividend on the Series B Preferred. The Company does not anticipate having funds available to pay dividends on its stock for the foreseeable future. Whenever dividends on the Series 2 Preferred shall be in arrears and unpaid, whether or not declared, in amount equal to at least six quarterly dividends (whether or not consecutive) (i) the number of members of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") shall be increased by two, effective as of the time of election of such directors as hereinafter provided, and (ii) the holders of the Series 2 Preferred (voting separately as a class) will have the exclusive right to vote for and elect the two additional directors of the Company at any meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected held during the period that any dividends on the Series 2 Preferred remain in arrears. The right of the holders of the Series 2 Preferred to vote for such two additional directors shall terminate, subject to re-vesting in the event of a subsequent similar arrearage, when all cumulative and unpaid dividends on the Series 2 Preferred have been declared and set apart for payment. The term of office of all directors so elected by the holders of the Series 2 Preferred shall terminate immediately upon the termination of the right of the holders of the Series 2 Preferred to vote for such two additional directors, subject to the requirements of Delaware law. As of March 31, 2000, the Company and its subsidiaries which are not subsidiaries of ClimaChem and exclusive of the Automotive Products Business had a working capital deficit of approximately $3.4 million and long-term debt due after one year of approximately $32.9 million including amounts owed to ClimaChem. For the remainder of 2000, the Company has planned capital expenditures of approximately $8.2 million, primarily in the Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. These capital expenditures include approximately $2.0 million, which the Chemical Business plans to spend under consent orders with the State of Arkansas related to environmental control facilities at its El Dorado facility, as previously discussed in this report. The Company is currently exploring alternatives to finance these capital expenditures. There are no assurances that the Company will be able to arrange financing for its capital expenditures or to make the necessary changes to its Indenture in order to borrow the funds required to finance certain of these expenditures. Failure to be able to make a substantial portion of these capital expenditures, including those related to environmental matters, could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 calls for the Company to improve its liquidity and operating results through the liquidation of non-core assets, realization of benefits from its late 1999 and early 2000 realignment of its overhead (which serves to minimize the cash flow requirements of the Company and its subsidiaries which are not subsidiaries of ClimaChem) and through various debt and equity alternatives. Commencing in 1997, the Company created a long-term plan which focused around the Company's core operations, the Chemical and Climate Control Businesses. This plan commenced with the sale of the 10 3/4% Senior Unsecured Notes by the Company's wholly- owned subsidiary, ClimaChem, in November 1997. This financing allowed the core businesses to continue their growth through expansion into new lines of business directly related to the Company's core operations (i.e., completion of the DSN plant which produces concentrated nitric acid, execution of the EDNC Baytown plant agreement with Bayer to supply industrial acids, development and expansion into market-innovative climate control products such as geothermal and high air quality systems and large air handling units). During 1999, the Chemical Business sustained significant losses, primarily as a result of the reduction of selling prices for its nitrate-based products (in large part due to the flood of the market with low-priced Russian ammonium nitrate) while the Company's cost of raw materials escalated under a contract with a pricing mechanism tied to the price of natural gas which increased dramatically. During late 1999, the Company renegotiated this supply contract, extending the cash requirements under its take-or-pay provision to delay required takes to 2000, 2001 and 2002 and to obtain future raw material requirements at spot market prices. The Company was also active in bringing about a favorable preliminary determination from the International Trade Commission and Commerce Department, which has had the current impact of minimizing the dumping of Russian ammonium nitrate in the U.S. market (This investigation has been suspended due to the agreement between Russia and the United States to limit volumes and set minimum prices for imported Russian ammonium nitrate. The U.S. industry or Russian exporters may, however, request completion of the investigation). This and other factors has allowed the Chemical Business to see marginally improved market pricing for its nitrate based products in the first three months of 2000 compared to the comparable period in 1999; however, there are no assurances that this improvement will continue. The Company also successfully commenced operations in May 1999 of its EDNC Baytown plant which is selling product to Bayer under a long-term supply contract. The Company's long-range plans also included the addition of expertise related to the Company's core businesses to enhance its leadership team. Beginning in 1998, the Company brought on several new members of its Board of Directors with expertise in certain of the Company's Businesses, and individuals with extensive knowledge in the banking industry and financial matters. These individuals have brought business insight to the Company and helped management to formulate the Company's immediate and long-range plans. The plan for the remainder of 2000 calls for the Company to dispose of a significant portion of its non-core assets. As previously discussed, on April 5, 2000, the Board of Directors approved a plan for the sale of its Automotive Products Business, which was concluded on May 4, 2000. Additionally, the Company is presently evaluating alternatives for realizing its net investment in the Industrial Products Business. The Company has had discussions involving the possible sale of the Industrial Products Business; however, no definitive plans are currently in place and any which may arise will require Board of Director approval prior to consummation. The Company is currently continuing the operations of the Industrial Products Business; however, the Company may sell or dispose of the operations in 2000. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 also call for the realization of the Company's investment in an option to acquire an energy conservation company and advances made to such entity (the "Optioned Company"). In April 2000, the Company received written acknowledgment from the President of the Optioned Company that it had executed a letter of intent to sell to a third party, the proceeds from which would allow repayment of the advances and options payments to the Company in the amount of approximately $2.7 million. As of the date, the Company has received written confirmation from the buyer of the Optioned Company that the transaction is on schedule to close in the month of June. Upon receipt of these proceeds, the Company is required to repay up to $1.0 million of outstanding indebtedness to a related party, SBL Corporation, related to an advance made to the Company in 1997. The remaining proceeds would be available for corporate purposes. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 also identifies specific other non-core assets which the Company will attempt to realize to provide additional working capital to the Company in 2000. See "Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements." During 1999 and into 2000, the Company has been restructuring its operations, eliminating businesses which are non-core, reducing its workforce as opportunities arise and disposing of non-core assets. As discussed above, the Company has also successfully renegotiated its primary raw material purchase contracts in the Chemical Business in an effort to make that Business profitable again and focused its attention to the development of new, market-innovative products in the Climate Control Business. Although the Company has not planned to receive any dividends, tax payments or management fees from ClimaChem in 2000, it is possible that ClimaChem could pay up to $1.8 million of management fees to its ultimate parent should operating results be favorable with the amount due to the Company related to the advance and option payments and be repaid in the entirety. (if ClimaChem has EBITDA in excess of $26.0 million annually, $6.5 million quarterly, is, payable up to $1.8 million to LSB). For the three months ended March 31, 2000, ClimaChem was required to pay the Company $450,000 under the Managment Agreement inasmuch as EBITDA exceeded $6.5 million for the period. There are no assurances that such amount will be earned in future quarters or that this amount earned in the first quarter of 2000 will not be required to be repaid in subsequent periods. As previously mentioned, the Company and ClimaChem's primary credit facility terminates on December 31, 2000, unless the parties to the agreements agree to new financial covenants for 2001 prior to October 1, 2000. While there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in extending the term of such credit facility, the Company believes it has a good working relationship with the lender and that it will be successful in extending such facility or replacing such facility from another Lender with substantially the same terms during 2000. In March 2000, ClimaChem retained Chanin Capital Partners as its financial advisor to assist in evaluating alternatives relating to ClimaChem's liquidity and determining its alternatives for a financial restructuring. As part of ClimaChem's restructuring, ClimaChem and its financial advisor have begun discussions with a group of holders of the Senior Unsecured Notes ("Senior Notes") to restructure the Senior Notes in order to reduce ClimaChem's leverage and increase its equity capitalization. ClimaChem did not make the June 1, 2000 interest payment of $5.4 million on the Senior Notes (excluding interest on the $5.0 million of Senior Notes repurchased by ClimaChem). Under the terms of the Indenture governing the Senior Notes, ClimaChem has a grace period of thirty (30) days, or until July 1, 2000, to make the interest payment or enter into satisfactory agreements with the holders of the Senior Notes before the Senior Notes are in default. ClimaChem currently anticipates achieving satisfactory resolution of this matter. As discussed above, the Company has planned for up to $8.2 million of capital expenditures for the remainder of 2000, most of which is not presently committed. Further, a significant portion of this is dependent upon obtaining acceptable financing. The Company expects to delay these expenditures as necessary based on the availability of adequate working capital and the availability of financing. Recently, the Chemical Business has obtained relief from certain of the compliance dates under its waste water management project and expects that this will ultimately result in the delay in the implementation date of such project. Construction of the wastewater treatment project is subject to the Company obtaining financing to fund this project. There are no assurances that the Company will be able to obtain the required financing. Failure to construct the wastewater treatment project could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company's plan for the remainder of 2000 involves a number of initiatives and assumptions which management believes to be reasonable and achievable; however, should the Company not be able to execute this plan described above, it may not have resources available to meet its obligations as they come due. Discontinued Business On April 5, 2000, the Board of Directors approved a plan of disposal of the Company's Automotive Products Business ("Automotive"). The sale of Automotive was concluded on May 4, 2000. The Company received notes for its net investment of approximately $8.7 million, and the buyer assumed substantially all of the Automotive Products Business' liabilities which were approximately $24.3 million as of March 31, 2000. These notes are secured by a second lien on substantially all of the assets of the buyer but payment of principal and interest are subordinated to the buyer's primary lender. The losses associated with the discontinuation of this business segment are reflected in the net loss from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 1999 in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The terms of the notes received in the sale call for no payments of principal for the first two years following the close. Interest will accrue at Wall Street Journal Prime + 1.0% but will not be paid until and if Automotive's availability reaches a level of $1.0 million. The Company remains a guarantor on certain equipment notes of Automotive, which had outstanding indebtedness of approximately $4.5 million as of March 31, 2000, and on the Automotive Revolver in the amount of $1.0 million for which the Company has posted a letter of credit at March 31, 2000. In an effort to assist the Automotive Products Business to be in a position to complete the sale described above, on March 9, 2000, the Company closed the acquisition of certain assets of the Zeller Corporation representing its universal joint business. In connection with the acquisition of these assets, the Automotive Products Business assumed an aggregate of approximately $7.5 million (unaudited) in Zeller's liabilities, $4.7 million of which was funded by the Automotive Products Business primary lender. (The balance of the assumed liabilities was funded out of working capital of the Automotive Products Business). For the year ended December 31, 1999, the universal joint business of Zeller had unaudited sales of approximately $11.7 and a net loss of $1.5 million. Joint Ventures and Options to Purchase Prior to 1997, the Company, through a subsidiary, loaned $2.8 million to a French manufacturer of HVAC equipment whose product line is compatible with that of the Company's Climate Control Business in the United States. Under the loan agreement, the Company has the option, which expires June 15, 2005, to exchange its rights under the loan for 100% of the borrower's outstanding common stock. The Company obtained a security interest in the stock of the French manufacturer to secure its loan. Subsequent to 1996, the Company advanced an additional $.9 million to the French manufacturer bringing the total of the loan to $3.7 million. The $3.7 million loan, less a $1.5 million valuation reserve for losses incurred by the French manufacturer prior to 1997, is carried on the books as a note receivable in other assets. As of the date of this report, the decision has not been made to exercise its option to acquire the stock of the French manufacturer. In 1995, a subsidiary of the Company invested approximately $2.8 million to purchase a fifty percent (50%) equity interest in an energy conservation joint venture (the "Project"). The Project had been awarded a contract to retrofit residential housing units at a US Army base, which it completed during 1996. The completed contract was for installation of energy-efficient equipment (including air conditioning and heating equipment) which would reduce utility consumption. For the installation and management, the Project will receive a percent of all energy and maintenance savings during the twenty (20) year contract term. The Project spent approximately $17.9 million to retrofit the residential housing units at the US Army base. The project received a loan from a lender to finance approximately $14.0 million of the cost of the Project. The Company is not guaranteeing any of the lending obligations of the Project. Since the date of acquisition through March 31, 2000, the Company's equity interest in the results of the operations of the Project was not material. During 1995, the Company executed a stock option agreement to acquire eighty percent (80%) of the stock of a specialty sales organization ("Optioned Company"), which owns the remaining fifty percent (50%) equity interest in the Project discussed above, to enhance the marketing of the Company's air conditioning products. The Company has decided not to exercise the Option and has allowed the term of the Option to lapse. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Source of Funds" for discussion of the pending sale of this investment in 2000. Through the date of this report, the Company has made option payments aggregating $1.3 million ($1.0 million of which is refundable) and has advanced the Optioned Company approximately $1.4 million including accrued interest. The Company has recorded reserves of $1.5 million against the loans, accrued interest and option payments. The loans, accrued interest and option payments are secured by the stock and other collateral of the Optioned Company. Debt and Performance Guarantee At December 31, 1998, the Company and one of its subsidiaries had outstanding guarantees of approximately $2.6 million of indebtedness of a startup aviation company in exchange for an ownership interest in the aviation company of approximately 45%. During the first quarter of 1999, the Company was called upon to perform on its guarantees. The Company paid approximately $500,000 to a lender and assumed an obligation for a $2.0 million note, which is due in equal monthly principal payments, plus interest, through August, 2004, in satisfaction of the guarantees. In connection with the demand on the Company to perform under its guarantee, the Company and the other guarantors formed a new company ("KAC") which acquired the assets of the aviation company through foreclosure. The Company and the other shareholders of KAC are attempting to sell the assets acquired in foreclosure. Proceeds received by the Company, if any, from the sale of KAC assets will be recognized in the results of operations when and if realized. As of March 31, 2000, LSB has agreed to guarantee a performance bond of $2.1 million of a start-up operation providing services to the Company's Climate Control Business. On October 17, 1997, Prime Financial Corporation ("Prime"), a subsidiary of the Company, borrowed from SBL Corporation,a a corporation wholly owned by the spouse and children of Jack E. Golsen, Chairman of the Board and President of the Company, the principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "Prime Loan") on an unsecured basis payable on demand, with interest payable monthly in arrears at a variable interest rate equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus 2% per annum. The purpose of the loan was to assist the Company by providing additional liquidity. The Company has guaranteed the Prime Loan. During 1999, $150,000 in principal and $280,000 in interest was paid on this Prime Loan, and as of March 31, 2000, the unpaid principal balance on the Prime Loan was $1,950,000. In February 2000, the Company borrowed approximately $500,000 under its key man life insurance policies, and used such proceeds to reduce the principal amount due SBL. In April, 2000, at the request of Prime and the Company, SBL agreed to modify the demand note to make such a term note with a maturity date no earlier than April 1, 2001, unless the Company receives cash proceeds in connection with either (i) the sale or other disposition of KAC Acquisition Corp. and/or Kestrel Aircraft, and/or (ii) the repayment of loans by Co-Energy Group and affiliates, and/or the repayment of amounts in connection with the stock option agreement with the shareholders of Co-Energy Group, and/or (iii) some other source that is not in the Company's projections for the year 2000. From April 1, 2000 until no sooner than April 1, 2001, any demand for repayment of principal under the Prim Loan shall not exceed $1,000,000 from proceeds realized on item (ii) and $950,000 from proceeds realized on items (i) and (iii) discussed above. In order to make the Prime Loan, SBL and certain of its affiliates borrowed the $3,000,000 from a bank (collectively "SBL Borrowings"), and as part of the collateral pledged by SBL to the bank in connection with such loan, SBL pledged, among other things, its note from Prime. In order to obtain SBL's agreement as provided above, and for other reasons, effective April 21, 2000, a subsidiary of the Company guaranteed on a limited basis the obligations of SBL and its affiliates relating to the unpaid principal amount due to the bank in connection with the SBL Borrowings, and in order to secure its obligations under the guarantees pledged to the bank 1,973,461 shares of the Company's Common Stock that it holds as treasury stock. Under the limited guaranty, the Company's subsidiary's liability is limited to the value, from time to time, of the Common Stock of the Company pledged to secure obligations under its guarantees to the bank relating to the SBL Borrowings. As of April 15, 2000, the outstanding principal balance due to the bank from SBL as a result of such loan was $1,950,000. Availability of Company's Loss Carry-Overs The Company's cash flow in future years may benefit from its ability to use net operating loss ("NOL") carry-overs from prior periods to reduce the federal income tax payments which it would otherwise be required to make with respect to income generated in such future years. Such benefit, if any, is dependent on the Company's ability to generate taxable income in future periods, for which there is no assurance. Such benefit, if any, will be limited by the Company's reduced NOL for alternative minimum tax purposes, which was approximately $40 million at December 31, 1999. As of December 31, 1999, the Company had available regular tax NOL carry-overs of approximately $75 million based on its federal income tax returns as filed or to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service for taxable years through 1999. These NOL carry-overs will expire beginning in the year 2000. Due to its recent history of reporting net losses, the Company has established a valuation allowance on a portion of its NOLs and thus has not recognized the full benefit of its NOLs in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The amount of these carry-overs has not been audited or approved by the Internal Revenue Service and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that such carry-overs will not be reduced as a result of audits in the future. In addition, the ability of the Company to utilize these carry-overs in the future will be subject to a variety of limitations applicable to corporate taxpayers generally under both the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations. These include, in particular, limitations imposed by Code Section 382 and the consolidated return regulations. Contingencies The Company has several contingencies that could impact its liquidity in the event that the Company is unsuccessful in defending against the claimants. Although management does not anticipate that these claims will result in substantial adverse impacts on its liquidity, it is not possible to determine the outcome. The preceding sentence is a forward looking statement that involves a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, such as, among other factors, the following: a court finds the Chemical Business liable for a material amount of damages in the antitrust lawsuits pending against the Chemical Business in a manner not presently anticipated by the Company. See Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk General The Company's results of operations and operating cash flows are impacted by changes in market interest rates and raw material prices for products used in its manufacturing processes. Interest Rate Risk The Company's interest rate risk exposure results from its debt portfolio which is impacted by short-term rates, primarily prime rate-based borrowings from commercial banks, and long-term rates, primarily fixed-rate notes, some of which prohibit prepayment or require substantial prepayment penalties. The Company is also a party to a series of agreements under which it is leasing a nitric acid plant. The minimum lease payments associated therewith, prior to execution in June 1999, were directly impacted by the change in interest rates. To mitigate a portion of the Company's exposure to adverse market changes related to this leveraged lease, in 1997 the Company entered into a interest rate forward agreement whereby the Company was the fixed rate payor on notional amounts aggregating $25 million, net to its 50% interest, with a weighted average of 7.12%. The Company accounted for this forward under the deferral method. As of March 31, 2000, the Company has deferred costs of approximately $2.7 million associated with such agreement, which is being amortized over the initial term of the lease. Reference is made to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended December 31, 1999, for an expanded analysis of expected maturities of long term debt and its weighted average interest rates and discussion related to raw material price risk. As of March 31, 2000, the Company's variable rate and fixed rate debt, which aggregated $156.9 million, exceeded the debt's fair market value by approximately $89.3 million ($79.0 million at December 31, 1999). The fair value of the Company's Senior Notes was determined based on a market quotation for such securities. Raw Material Price Risk The Company has a remaining commitment at March 31, 2000 to purchase 90,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia under a contract. The Company's purchase price can be higher or lower than the current market spot price. As of March 31, 2000, based on the forward contract pricing expected during the remaining contract term and estimated market prices for certain products to be manufactured and sold during the remainder of the contract, a provision for losses during the remainder of the purchase period of approximately $1.0 million was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2000. See Note 12 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Certain statements contained within this report may be deemed "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements in this report other than statements of historical fact are Forward-Looking Statements that are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results and performance of the Company to differ materially from such statements. The words "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "will", and similar expressions identify Forward- Looking Statements. Forward-Looking Statements contained herein relate to, among other things, (i) ability to improve operations and become profitable, (ii) establishing a position as a market leader, (iii) the amount of the loss provision for anhydrous ammonia required to be purchased in that the cost to produce Chemical Business products will improve, (iv) declines in the price of anhydrous ammonia, (v) (obtaining a final ruling as to Russian dumping of anhydrous ammonia) (vi) availability of net operating loss carryovers, (vii) amount to be spent relating to compliance with federal, state and local environmental laws at the El Dorado Facility, (viii) liquidity and availability of funds, (ix) profits through liquidation of assets or realignment of assets or some other method, (x) anticipated financial performance, (xi) ability to comply with general working capital and debt service requirements, (xii) ability to be able to continue to borrow under the Company's revolving line of credit, (xiii) ability to complete the sale of the Optioned Company, (xiv) adequate cash flows to meet its presently anticipated capital requirements, (xv) ability of the EDNC Baytown Plant to generate approximately $35 million in annual gross revenues, (xvi) ability to make required capital improvements, (xvii) ability to carry out its plans for 2000, (xviii) anticipated cost of certain amounts of anhydrous ammonia exceed the market, (xix) no improvements in the sales price of certain nitrate based products of the Chemical Business is expected in the near future due to increased cost of anhydrous ammonia, and (xx) the Company currently anticipates achieving satisfactory resolution of the nonpayment of the June 1, 2000 interest payment on ClimaChem's 10 3/4% Senior Notes due 2007. While the Company believes the expectations reflected in such Forward-Looking Statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance such expectations will prove to have been correct. There are a variety of factors which could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those described in this report, including, but not limited to, (i) decline in general economic conditions, both domestic and foreign, (ii) material reduction in revenues, (iii) material increase in interest rates; (iv) inability to collect in a timely manner a material amount of receivables, (v) increased competitive pressures, (vi) changes in federal, state and local laws and regulations, especially environmental regulations, or in interpretation of such, pending (vii) additional releases (particularly air emissions into the environment), (viii) material increases in equipment, maintenance, operating or labor costs not presently anticipated by the Company, (ix) the requirement to use internally generated funds for purposes not presently anticipated, (x) ability to become profitable, or if unable to become profitable, the inability to secure additional liquidity in the form of additional equity or debt, (xi) the cost for the purchase of anhydrous ammonia decreasing, (xii) changes in competition, (xii) the loss of any significant customer, (xiv) changes in operating strategy or development plans, (xv) inability to fund the working capital and expansion of the Company's businesses, (xvi) adverse results in any of the Company's pending litigation, (xvii) inability to obtain necessary raw materials, (xviii) ability to recover the Company's investment in the aviation company, (x) Bayer's inability or refusal to purchase all of the Company's production at the Baytown nitric acid plant; (xx) continuing decreases in the selling price for the Chemical Business' nitrogen based end products, (xxi) inability to negotiate amendments to the Indenture (xxii) inability to complete the sale of the Optioned Company and (xxiii) other factors described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation" contained in this report. Given these uncertainties, all parties are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such Forward-Looking Statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the Forward-Looking Statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments. PART II OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings There are no additional material legal proceedings pending against the Company and/or its subsidiaries not previously reported by the Company in Item 3 of its Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended December 31, 1999, which Item 3 is incorporated by reference herein. Item 2. Changes in Securities Not applicable. Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities (b) The Company's Board of Directors did not declare and pay the March 15, 2000 dividends on the Company's outstanding $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C Preferred Stock, Series 2 (Series 2 Preferred). Accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series 2 Preferred are cumulative. The amount of the total arrearage of unpaid dividends on the outstanding Series 2 Preferred is $2,222,045 as of the date of this report. In addition, the Company's Board of Directors has decided not to pay the June 15, 2000 dividend payment on its outstanding Series 2 Preferred. If the June 15 dividends on the Series 2 Preferred is not paid, the amount of the total arrearage of unpaid dividend payment on the outstanding Series 2 Preferred will be $2,955,184. Also the Company's Board of Directors did not declare and pay the January 1, 2000 regular dividend on the Company's Series B 12% Convertible, Cumulative Preferred Stock ("Series"). Dividends in arrears at March 31, 2000, related to the Company's Series B amounted to approximately $.1 million. Whenever dividends on the Series 2 Preferred shall be in arrears and unpaid, whether or not declared, in amount equal to at least six quarterly dividends (whether or not consecutive) (i) the number of members of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") shall be increased by two, effective as of the time of election of such directors as hereinafter provided, and (ii) the holders of the Series 2 Preferred (voting separately as a class) will have the exclusive right to vote for and elect the two additional directors of the Company at any meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected held during the period that any dividends on the Series 2 Preferred remain in arrears. The right of the holders of the Series 2 Preferred to vote for such two additional directors shall terminate, subject to re-vesting in the event of a subsequent similar arrearage, when all cumulative and unpaid dividends on the Series 2 Preferred have been declared and set apart for payment. The term of office of all directors so elected by the holders of the Series 2 Preferred shall terminate immediately upon the termination of the right of the holders of the Series 2 Preferred to vote for such two additional directors, subject to the requirements of Delaware law. Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Not applicable. Item 5. Other Information In March 2000, ClimaChem retained Chanin Capital Partners as its financial advisor to assist in evaluating alternatives relating to ClimaChem's liquidity and determining its alternatives for a financial restructuring. As part of ClimaChem's restructuring, ClimaChem and its financial advisor have begun discussions with a group of holders of the Senior Unsecured Notes ("Senior Notes") to restructure the Senior Notes in order to reduce the ClimaChem's leverage and increase its equity capitalization. ClimaChem did not make the June 1, 2000 interest payment of $5.4 million on the Senior Notes (excluding interest on the $5.0 million of Senior Notes repurchased by ClimaChem). Under the terms of the Indenture governing the Senior Notes, ClimaChem has a grace period of thirty (30) days to make the interest payment or enter into satisfactory agreements with the holders of the Senior Notes before the Senior Notes are in default. ClimaChem currently anticipates achieving satisfactory resolution of this matter. On October 17, 1997, Prime Financial Corporation ("Prime"), a subsidiary of the Company, borrowed from SBL Corporation, a corporation wholly owned by the spouse and children of Jack E. Golsen, Chairman of the Board and President of the Company, the principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "Prime Loan") on an unsecured basis and payable on demand, with interest payable monthly in arrears at a variable interest rate equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus 2% per annum. The purpose of the loan was to assist the Company by providing additional liquidity. The Company has guaranteed the Prime Loan. During 1999, $150,000 in principal and $280,000 in interest was paid on this Prime Loan, and as of March 31, 2000, the unpaid principal balance on the Prime Loan was $1,950,000. In February 2000, the Company borrowed approximately $500,000 under its key man life insurance policies, and used such proceeds to reduce the principal amount due SBL. In April, 2000, at the request of Prime and the Company, SBL agreed to modify the demand note to make such a term note with a maturity date no earlier than April 1, 2001, unless the Company receives cash proceeds in connection with either (i) the sale or other disposition of KAC Acquisition Corp. and/or Kestrel Aircraft, and/or (ii) the repayment of loans by Co-Energy Group and affiliates, and/or the repayment of amounts in connection with the stock option agreement with the shareholders of Co-Energy Group, and/or (iii) some other source that is not in the Company's projections for the year 2000. From April 1, 2000 until no sooner than April 1, 2001, any demand for repayment of principal under the Prime Loan shall not exceed $1,000,000 from proceeds realized on item (ii) and $950,000 from proceeds realized on items (i) and (iii) discussed above. In order to make the Prime Loan to Prime, SBL and certain of its affiliates borrowed the $3,000,000 from a bank (collectively "SBL Borrowings"), and as part of the collateral pledged by SBL to the bank in connection with such loan, SBL pledged, among other things, its note from Prime. In order to obtain SBL's agreement as provided above, and for other reasons, effective April 21, 2000, a subsidiary of the Company guaranteed on a limited basis the obligations of SBL and its affiliates relating to the unpaid principal amount due to the bank in connection with the SBL Borrowings, and, in order to secure its obligations under the guarantees pledged to the bank 1,973,461 shares of the Company's Common Stock that it holds as treasury stock Under the limited guaranty, the Company's subsidiary's liability is limited to the volume, from time to time, of the Common Stock of the Company pledged to secure obligations under its guarantees to the bank relating to the SBL Borrowings. As of April 15, 2000, the outstanding principal balance due to the bank from SBL as a result of such loan was $1,950,000. Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K (A)Exhibits. The Company has included the following exhibits in this report: 2.1 Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 4, 2000 by L&S Automotive Products Co., L&S Bearing Co., LSB Extrusion Co., Rotex Corporation and DriveLine Technologies, Inc., which is incorporated from Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to the 1999 Form 10-K. This agreement includes certain exhibits and schedules that are not included with this exhibit, and will be provided upon request by the Commission. 10.1 Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2000, between L&S Automotive Products Co. and The Zeller Corporation, which the Company hereby incorporates by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Form 8K dated March 9, 2000. 10.2 Covenant Waiver Letter, dated April 10, 2000, between The CIT Group and DSN Corporation, which the Company incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.50 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. 10.3. Letter, dated April 1, 2000, executed by SBL to Prime amending the Promissory Note, which the Company incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.52 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. 10.4 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2000, by Prime to Stillwater National Bank & Trust relating to that portion of the SBL Borrowings borrowed by SBL, which the Company incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.50 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. Substantial similar guarantees have been executed by Prime in favor of Stillwater covering the amounts borrowed by the following affiliates SBL relating to the SBL Borrowings (as defined in " Relationships and Related Transactions") listed in Exhibit A attached to the Guaranty Agreement with the only material differences being the name of the debtor and the amount owing by such debtor. Copies of which will provided to the Commission upon request. 10.5 Security Agreement, dated effective April 21, 2000, executed by Prime in favor of Stillwater National Bank and Trust, which the Company incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.54 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. 10.6 Limited Guaranty, effective April 21, 2000, executed by Prime to Stillwater National Bank and Trust, which the Company incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.55 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. 10.7 Subordination Agreement, dated May 4, 2000, by and among Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest), a Texas corporation (Lender), LSB Industries Inc. (Subordinated Creditor), DriveLine Technologies, Inc., (formerly known as Tribonetics Corporation),an Oklahoma corporation and L&S Manufacturing Corp, which the Company incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.56 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. 10.8 Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 1, 2000, by and between Bank of America, N.A. and Climate Master, Inc., International Environmental Corporation, El Dorado Chemical Company, and Slurry Explosive Corporation, which the Company hereby incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K dated December 30, 1999. 10.9 First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 1, 2000, by and between Bank of America, N.A. and LSB Industries, Inc., Summit Machine Tool Manufacturing Corp., and Morey Machinery Manufacturing Corporation, which the Company hereby incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 8-K dated December 30, 1999. 10.10 Amendment to Anhydrous Ammonia Sales Agreement, dated January 4, 2000, to be effective October 1, 1999, between Koch Nitrogen Company and El Dorado Chemical Company, which is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.43 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10- K. CERTAIN INFORMATION WITHIN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AS IT IS THE SUBJECT OF A REQUEST BY THE COMPANY FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. THE OMITTED INFORMATION HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR PURPOSES OF SUCH REQUEST. 10.11 Anhydrous Ammonia Sales Agreement, dated January 12, 2000, to be effective October 1, 1999, between Koch Nitrogen Company and El Dorado Chemical Company, which is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.44 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to its 1999 Form 10-K. CERTAIN INFORMATION WITHIN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AS IT IS THE SUBJECT OF A REQUEST BY THE COMPANY FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. THE OMITTED INFORMATION HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR PURPOSES OF SUCH REQUEST. 10.12 Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 1, 2000, with Bank of America, N.A., which the Company hereby incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K dated March 1, 2000. 10.13 Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 1, 2000 by and between Bank of America, N.A. and LSB Industries Inc., Summit Machine Tool Manufacturing Corp., and Morey Machinery Manufacturing Corporation, which the Company hereby incorporates by reference from Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 8-K dated March 1, 2000. 10.14 Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 31, 2000 by and between Bank of America, N.A. and LSB Industries Inc., Summit Machine Tool Manufacturing Corp., and Morey Machinery manufacturing Corporation. 15.1 Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information 27.1 Financial Data Schedule (B) Reports of Form 8-K. The Company filed the following reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended March 31, 2000: (i) Form 8-K, dated March 1, 2000 (date of event: Mach 1, 2000). The item reported was Item 5, "Other Information", discussing the amendments to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreements with Bank of America, N.A. (ii) Form 8-K, dated March 9, 2000 (date of event: March 6, 2000). The item reported was Item 2 "Acquisition or Disposition of Assets" discussing the acquisition of substantially all of the assets, except for real estate, of the Zeller Corporation and a Non- Competition Agreement with a shareholder and former President of the Zeller Corporation. (iii) Form 8-K/A, dated March 9, 2000 (date of event: March 6, 2000). The item reported was Item 2 "Acquisition or Disposition of Assets" amending the Form 8-K discussion of the acquisition of substantially all of the assets, except for real estate, of the Zeller Corporation and a Non-Competition Agreement with a shareholder and former President of the Zeller Corporation. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has caused the undersigned, duly authorized, to sign this report on its behalf on this 7 day of June 2000. LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. By: /s/ Tony M. Shelby Tony M. Shelby, Senior Vice President of Finance (Principal Financial Officer) By: /s/ Jim D. Jones Jim D. Jones Vice President, Controller and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)

Independent Accountants' Review Report Board of Directors LSB Industries, Inc. We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of LSB Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000, and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial data, and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States, which will be performed for the full year with the objective of expressing an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. We have previously audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States, the consolidated balance sheet of LSB Industries, Inc. as of December 31, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated March 17, 2000, except for Note 4, as to which the date is April 6, 2000, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1999, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived. ERNST & YOUNG LLP Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 30,2000

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