LSB Industries Inc.

Executive Vice President of Operations and Director. Mr. Goss, age 66, first became a director in 1971. His term will expire in 2009. Mr. Goss, a certified public accountant, is our Executive Vice President of Operations and has served in substantially the same capacity for more than five years. Mr. Goss is a graduate of Rutgers University.

Kent C. McCarthy, as the manager and sole member of Jayhawk Capital Management, L.L.C. ( Jayhawk Capital ), a Delaware limited liability company, and as Jayhawk Capital s investment advisor, is deemed to beneficially own, and has sole voting and dispositive power over, the shares of our Series 2 Preferred and common stock beneficially owned by Jayhawk Capital, as well as the shares that Mr. McCarthy personally owns. Jayhawk Capital is deemed to have beneficial ownership of our Series 2 Preferred and common stock held in the portfolios of (a) Jayhawk Institutional Partners, L.P. ( Jayhawk Institutional ), a Delaware limited partnership, and (b) Jayhawk Investments, L.P. ( Jayhawk Investments ), a Delaware limited partnership. Jayhawk Capital is the general partner and manager of Jayhawk Institutional and Jayhawk Capital Investments and, as such, has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares. Mr. McCarthy disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares other than his personal holdings. Mr. McCarthy s address is 5410 West 61 st Place, Suite 100, Mission, Kansas 66205.

Bernard G. Ille, age 82. Mr. Ille first became a director in 1971. His term will expire in 2011. Mr. Ille served as President and Chief Executive Officer of United Founders Life from 1966 to 1988. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of First Life Assurance Company from 1988, until it was acquired by another company in 1994. During his tenure as President of these two companies, he served as Chairman of the Oklahoma Guaranty Association for ten years and was President of the Oklahoma Association of Life Insurance Companies for two terms. He is a director of Landmark Land Company, Inc., which was the parent company of First Life. He is also a director for Quail Creek Bank, N.A. Mr. Ille is currently President of BML Consultants and a private investor. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

John A. Shelley , age 58. Mr. Shelley first became a director in 2005. His term will expire in 2009. Mr. Shelley is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Union ("Bank of Union") located in Oklahoma. He has held this position since 1997. Prior to 1997, Mr. Shelley held various senior level positions in financial institutions in Oklahoma including the position of President of Equity Bank for Savings, N.A., a savings and loan that was owned by the Company prior to 1994. Mr. Shelley is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

Robert A. Butkin , age 55. Mr. Butkin first became a director in August 2007. His term will expire in 2010. Mr. Butkin is currently a Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. He was Dean of the Tulsa College of Law from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Butkin also serves as President of BRJN Capital Corporation a private investment company. Mr. Butkin served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma from 1987 to 1993, and served from 1995 to 2005 as the State Treasurer of Oklahoma. He has served in various organizations, including holding the presidency of the Southern State Treasurers Association. He chaired the Banking, Collateral and Cash Management Committee for the National Association of State Treasurers. In addition, from 1981 to 1995, he served on the Board of Citizens Bank of Velma, Oklahoma, and he served as Chairman of the Board of that bank from 1991 to 1994. He attended and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia in 1978.