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LSB Industries Announces Extension of Securities Trading

30 June 1999

LSB Industries, Inc. Announces Extension of Securities Trading on New York Stock Exchange Until Prior to Opening of Trading on July 6, 1999

    OKLAHOMA CITY, June 29 -- LSB Industries, Inc.
announced today that it has been advised by the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE") that the NYSE has extended trading to allow the American Stock
Exchange ("Amex") to complete its consideration of LSB's application to list
LSB's securities for trading on the Amex.
    LSB had previously been notified that LSB's common stock and
$3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C preferred stock would be suspended from
trading on the NYSE prior to the opening of the market on Tuesday, June 29,
1999.  The NYSE has advised LSB that the trading of LSB securities on the NYSE
has been extended until prior to opening of trading on the NYSE on Tuesday,
July 6, 1999.
    LSB is a manufacturing, marketing, and engineering company with activities
on a worldwide basis.  LSB's principal business activities consist of the
manufacture and sale of chemical products for the mining, agricultural and
industrial markets, the manufacture and sale of commercial and residential
climate control products, the provision of specialized engineering services,
and other activities.