---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-053565"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LXU"
cik: "0000060714"
company_name: "LSB INDUSTRIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:34:35.309185+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LSB Industries names Scott Bemis EVP of Manufacturing, succeeding retiring John Burns

## Summary
- John Burns retires as EVP of Manufacturing after 35+ years; effective May 20, 2024.
- Scott Bemis appointed successor, effective May 20, 2024, joining from Albemarle Energy Storage.
- Burns will remain with LSB to ensure an orderly transition.
- Bemis holds an MBA from University of Houston and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Arizona.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-053565
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LXU
- cik: 0000060714
- company_name: LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60714/000095017024053565/0000950170-24-053565-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60714/000095017024053565/lxu-20240506.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-053565.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Bemis was appointed as Executive Vice President of Manufacturing at LSB INDUSTRIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President of Manufacturing
  source text: the Company announced that, effective May 20, 2024, Scott Bemis will join the Company as the Executive Vice President of Manufacturing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60714/000095017024053565/0000950170-24-053565-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Burns departed as Executive Vice President of Manufacturing at LSB INDUSTRIES, INC..
  - Action: retirement
  - Role: Executive Vice President of Manufacturing
  source text: On May 6, 2024, LSB Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the retirement of John Burns as Executive Vice President of Manufacturing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60714/000095017024053565/0000950170-24-053565-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.