10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

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 incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3503 NW 63rd Street, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	73116
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) (405) 235-4546

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par Value $.10 Preferred Stock Purchase Rights	LXU N/A	New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange

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

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).

☒  Yes    ☐  No

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

☐  Yes    ☒  No

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's common stock was 29,317,168 shares as of October 30, 2020.

FORM 10-Q OF LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	PART I – Financial Information	Page
Item 1.	Financial Statements	3
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	36
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	36
	PART II – Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	41
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	41
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	41
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	41
Item 4.	Mining Safety Disclosures	41
Item 5.	Other Information	41
Item 6.	Exhibits	41

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Information at September 30, 2020 is unaudited)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	42,094		$	22,791
Accounts receivable		39,945			40,203
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(392	)		(261	)
Accounts receivable, net		39,553			39,942
Inventories:
Finished goods		17,637			21,738
Raw materials		1,565			1,573
Total inventories		19,202			23,311
Supplies, prepaid items and other:
Prepaid insurance		1,478			11,837
Precious metals		7,179			5,568
Supplies		25,174			24,689
Other		3,349			2,735
Total supplies, prepaid items and other		37,180			44,829
Total current assets		138,029			130,873
Property, plant and equipment, net		899,613			936,474
Other assets:
Operating lease assets		25,356			15,330
Intangible and other assets, net		6,927			5,812
		32,283			21,142
	$	1,069,925		$	1,088,489

(Continued on following page)

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LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)

(Information at September 30, 2020 is unaudited)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	41,192		$	58,477
Short-term financing		751			9,929
Accrued and other liabilities		40,957			25,484
Current portion of long-term debt		15,203			9,410
Total current liabilities		98,103			103,300
Long-term debt, net		470,751			449,634
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		19,249			11,404
Other noncurrent accrued and other liabilities		5,596			6,214
Deferred income taxes		32,663			35,717
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Redeemable preferred stocks:
Series E 14% cumulative, redeemable Class C preferred stock, no par value,    210,000 shares issued; 139,768 outstanding; aggregate liquidation preference    of $268,685,000 ($242,800,000 at December 31, 2019)		262,295			234,893
Series F redeemable Class C preferred stock, no par value, 1 share issued and    outstanding; aggregate liquidation preference of $100		—			—
Stockholders' equity:
Series B 12% cumulative, convertible preferred stock, $100 par value; 20,000    shares issued and outstanding; aggregate liquidation preference    of $3,205,000 ($3,025,000 at December 31, 2019)		2,000			2,000
Series D 6% cumulative, convertible Class C preferred stock, no par value;    1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding; aggregate liquidation preference    of $1,297,000 ($1,252,000 at December 31, 2019)		1,000			1,000
Common stock, $.10 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized,    31,283,210 shares issued		3,128			3,128
Capital in excess of par value		198,013			196,833
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		(9,989	)		57,632
		194,152			260,593
Less treasury stock, at cost:
Common stock, 1,966,042 shares (2,009,566 shares at December 31, 2019)		12,884			13,266
Total stockholders' equity		181,268			247,327
	$	1,069,925		$	1,088,489

See accompanying notes.

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LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Net sales	$	73,969		$	75,495		$	262,413		$	291,174
Cost of sales		75,028			85,228			241,900			273,912
Gross profit (loss)		(1,059	)		(9,733	)		20,513			17,262
Selling, general and administrative expense		7,068			9,115			25,578			24,705
Other expense, net		875			383			240			372
Operating loss		(9,002	)		(19,231	)		(5,305	)		(7,815	)
Interest expense, net		12,554			12,007			38,509			34,309
Non-operating other expense (income), net		216			39			(587	)		(605	)
Loss before benefit for income taxes		(21,772	)		(31,277	)		(43,227	)		(41,519	)
Benefit for income taxes		(1,370	)		(483	)		(3,008	)		(5,816	)
Net loss		(20,402	)		(30,794	)		(40,219	)		(35,703	)
Dividends on convertible preferred stocks		75			75			225			225
Dividends on Series E redeemable preferred stock		8,889			7,764			25,885			22,609
Accretion of Series E redeemable preferred stock		508			500			1,517			1,493
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(29,874	)	$	(39,133	)	$	(67,846	)	$	(60,030	)
Basic and dilutive net loss per common share	$	(1.06	)	$	(1.39	)	$	(2.41	)	$	(2.14	)

See accompanying notes.

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LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

	Common Stock Shares		Treasury Stock- Common Shares			Non- Redeemable Preferred Stock		Common Stock Par Value		Capital in Excess of Par Value			Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)			Treasury Stock- Common			Total
	(In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2019		31,283		(2,010	)	$	3,000	$	3,128	$	196,833		$	57,632		$	(13,266	)	$	247,327
Net loss														(19,452	)					(19,452	)
Dividend accrued on redeemable    preferred stock														(8,307	)					(8,307	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock														(504	)					(504	)
Stock-based compensation											495									495
Other				30							(356	)					292			(64	)
Balance at March 31, 2020		31,283		(1,980	)		3,000		3,128		196,972			29,369			(12,974	)		219,495
Net loss														(365	)					(365	)
Dividend accrued on redeemable    preferred stock														(8,689	)					(8,689	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock														(505	)					(505	)
Stock-based compensation											684									684
Other				14							(90	)					90			—
Balance at June 30, 2020		31,283		(1,966	)		3,000		3,128		197,566			19,810			(12,884	)		210,620
Net loss														(20,402	)					(20,402	)
Dividend accrued on redeemable    preferred stock														(8,889	)					(8,889	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock														(508	)					(508	)
Stock-based compensation											447									447
Balance at September 30, 2020		31,283		(1,966	)	$	3,000	$	3,128	$	198,013		$	(9,989	)	$	(12,884	)	$	181,268

Balance at December 31, 2018	31,283	(2,438	)	$	3,000	$	3,128	$	198,482		$	153,773		$	(16,186	)	$	342,197
Net loss												(11,540	)					(11,540	)
Dividend accrued on redeemable    preferred stock												(7,256	)					(7,256	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock												(496	)					(496	)
Stock-based compensation									612									612
Other		(76	)						(144	)					(546	)		(690	)
Balance at March 31, 2019	31,283	(2,514	)		3,000		3,128		198,950			134,481			(16,732	)		322,827
Net income												6,631						6,631
Dividend accrued on redeemable    preferred stock												(7,589	)					(7,589	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock												(497	)					(497	)
Stock-based compensation									686									686
Balance at June 30, 2019	31,283	(2,514	)		3,000		3,128		199,636			133,026			(16,732	)		322,058
Net loss												(30,794	)					(30,794	)
Dividend accrued on redeemable    preferred stock												(7,764	)					(7,764	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock												(500	)					(500	)
Stock-based compensation									501									501
Other		13							(92	)					87			(5	)
Balance at September 30, 2019	31,283	(2,501	)	$	3,000	$	3,128	$	200,045		$	93,968		$	(16,645	)	$	283,496

See accompanying notes.

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LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited) 

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(40,219	)	$	(35,703	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Deferred income taxes		(3,054	)		(5,797	)
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment		51,957			51,575
Amortization of intangible and other assets		946			936
Stock-based compensation		1,626			1,799
Other		3,630			2,951
Cash provided (used) by changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(1,860	)		15,511
Inventories		3,661			8,852
Prepaid insurance		10,359			9,446
Accounts payable		(11,269	)		(15,257	)
Accrued interest		12,083			10,886
Other assets and other liabilities		(3,145	)		(4,227	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		24,715			40,972
Cash flows from investing activities
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment		(22,230	)		(20,455	)
Proceeds from vendor settlements associated with    property, plant and equipment		1,647			—
Other investing activities		364			97
Net cash used by investing activities		(20,219	)		(20,358	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from revolving debt facility		30,000			5,000
Payments on revolving debt facility		(30,000	)		(15,000	)
Net proceeds from 9.625% senior secured notes		—			35,086
Proceeds from other long-term debt		42,570			16,830
Payments on other long-term debt		(18,397	)		(12,065	)
Payments of debt-related costs		(124	)		(1,065	)
Payments on short-term financing		(9,178	)		(7,970	)
Taxes paid on equity awards		(64	)		(695	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		14,807			20,121
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		19,303			40,735
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		22,791			26,048
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	42,094		$	66,783

See accompanying notes.

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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

For a complete discussion of our significant accounting policies, refer to the notes to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (“2019 Form 10-K”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 25, 2020.

Basis of Consolidation – LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB”) and its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  LSB is a holding company with no significant operations or assets other than cash, cash equivalents, and investments in its subsidiaries.  All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.  Certain prior period amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Nature of Business – We are engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemical products.  The chemical products we primarily manufacture, market and sell are ammonia, fertilizer grade AN (“HDAN”) and UAN for agricultural applications, high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity AN, sulfuric acids, concentrated, blended and regular nitric acid, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluid for industrial applications, and industrial grade AN (“LDAN”) and solutions for the mining industry.  We manufacture and distribute our products in four facilities; three of which we own and are located in El Dorado, Arkansas (the “El Dorado Facility”); Cherokee, Alabama (the “Cherokee Facility”); and Pryor, Oklahoma (the “Pryor Facility”); and one of which we operate on behalf of a global chemical company in Baytown, Texas (the “Baytown Facility”).  

Sales to customers include farmers, ranchers, fertilizer dealers and distributors primarily in the ranch land and grain production markets in the United States (“U.S.”); industrial users of acids throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada; and explosive manufacturers in the U.S. and parts of Mexico.

In our opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company as of September 30, 2020 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 include all adjustments and accruals, consisting of normal, recurring accrual adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods.  These interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year due, in part, to the seasonality of our sales of agricultural products and the timing of performing our major plant maintenance activities.  Our selling seasons for agricultural products are primarily during the spring and fall planting seasons, which typically extend from March through June and from September through November.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.  These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in connection with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2019 Form 10-K.

Use of Estimates – The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Income Taxes – Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statement of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.  We establish valuation allowances if we believe it is more-likely-than-not that some or all of deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Significant judgment is applied in evaluating the need for and the magnitude of appropriate valuation allowances against deferred tax assets.

In addition, we do not recognize a tax benefit unless we conclude that it is more likely than not that the benefit will be sustained on audit by the relevant taxing authorities based solely on the technical merits of the associated tax position.  If the recognition threshold is met, we recognize a tax benefit measured at the largest amount of the tax benefit that, in our judgment, is greater than 50% likely to be realized.

Income tax benefits associated with amounts that are deductible for income tax purposes are recorded through the statement of operations.  These benefits are principally generated from exercises of restricted stock.  We reduce income tax expense for investment tax credits in the period the credit arises and is earned.

See Note 7 regarding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

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1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Contingencies – Certain conditions may exist which may result in a loss, but which will only be resolved when future events occur.  We and our legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment.  If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a loss has been incurred, we would accrue for such contingent losses when such losses can be reasonably estimated.  If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed.  Estimates of potential legal fees and other directly related costs associated with contingencies are not accrued but rather are expensed as incurred.  Loss contingency liabilities are included in current and noncurrent accrued and other liabilities and are based on current estimates that may be revised in the near term.  In addition, we recognize contingent gains when such gains are realized or when the contingencies have been resolved (generally at the time a settlement has been reached).  

In June 2020, one of our subsidiaries, El Dorado Chemical Company (“EDC”), and certain vendors mediated settlements for EDC to recover certain costs associated with a nitric acid plant at our El Dorado Facility.  The construction of this plant was completed and the plant began production in 2016.  As a result of the settlements, the vendors paid EDC $4.3 million and will provide services and parts totaling $2.8 million, which amount, or portion thereof, may be paid in cash at the option of the vendors (amount included in noncurrent accounts receivable, which is classified as a noncurrent other asset at September 30, 2020).  As part of the settlements, EDC paid the vendors $2.7 million to settle $3.2 million of invoices that were held in our accounts payable.  As a result, the recovery from these settlements recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes approximately $5.7 million classified as a reduction to cost of sales and approximately $1.9 million classified as a reduction to property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”).  

Redeemable Preferred Stocks – Our redeemable preferred stocks that are redeemable outside of our control are classified as temporary/mezzanine equity.  The redeemable preferred stocks were recorded at fair value upon issuance, net of issuance costs or discounts.  In addition, certain embedded features included in the Series E Redeemable Preferred required bifurcation and are classified as derivative liabilities.  The carrying values of the redeemable preferred stocks are being increased by periodic accretions (including the amount for dividends earned but not yet declared or paid) using the interest method so that the carrying amount will equal the redemption value as of October 25, 2023, the earliest possible redemption date by the holder.  The accretion was recorded to retained earnings. However, this accretion will change if the expected redemption date changes.

Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments – Derivatives are recognized in the balance sheet and are measured at fair value.  Changes in fair value of derivatives are recorded in results of operations unless the normal purchase or sale exceptions apply, or hedge accounting is elected.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified using the following hierarchy, which is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date:

Level 1 - Valuations of contracts classified as Level 1 are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical contracts.

Level 2 - Valuations of contracts classified as Level 2 are based on quoted prices for similar contracts and valuation inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for these contracts

Level 3 - Valuations of assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement

Revenue Recognition

We determine revenue recognition through the following steps:

• Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

• Determination of the transaction price;

• Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

• Recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.

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1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account.  A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.  Generally, satisfaction occurs when control of the promised goods is transferred to the customer or as services are rendered or completed in exchange for consideration in an amount for which we expect to be entitled.  Generally, control is transferred when the preparation for shipment of the product to a customer has been completed.  Most of our contracts contain a single performance obligation with the promise to transfer a specific product.

Most of our revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied at a point in time, however, we have a performance obligation to perform certain services that are satisfied over a period of time.  Revenue is recognized from this type of performance obligation as services are rendered and are based on the amount for which we have a right to invoice, which reflects the amount of expected consideration that corresponds directly with the value of the services performed.  

For most of our contracts with customers, the transaction price from the inception of a contract is constrained to a short period of time (generally one month) as these contracts contain terms with variable consideration related to both price and quantity.  These contract prices are often based on commodity indexes (such as NYMEX natural gas index) published monthly and the contract quantities are typically based on estimated ranges.  The quantities become fixed and determinable over a period of time as each sale order is received from the customer.

The nature of our contracts also gives rise to other types of variable consideration, including volume discounts and rebates, make-whole provisions, other pricing concessions, and short-fall charges.  We estimate these amounts based on the expected amount to be provided to customers, which result in a transaction price adjustment reducing revenue (net sales) with the offset increasing contract or refund liabilities.  These estimates are based on historical experience, anticipated performance, and our best judgment at the time.  We reassess these estimates on a quarterly basis.

The aforementioned constraints over transaction prices in conjunction with the variable consideration included in our material contracts prevent a practical assignment of a specific dollar amount to performance obligations at the beginning and end of the period.  Therefore, we have applied the variable consideration allocation exception.

Future revenues to be earned from the satisfaction of performance obligations will be recognized when control transfers as goods are loaded and weighed or services are performed over the remaining duration of our contracts.  

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2020-06 - In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This ASU addresses the complexity associated with applying GAAP to certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. The ASU includes amendments to the guidance on convertible instruments and the derivative scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity and simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments which include beneficial conversion features or cash conversion features by removing certain separation models. Additionally, the ASU requires entities to use the “if-converted” method when calculating diluted earnings per share for convertible instruments. This ASU will be effective for us on January 1, 2024, however early adoption is permitted beginning January 1, 2021. We are evaluating the timing and the effect of our pending adoption of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures at this time.

ASU 2020-04 – In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates such as LIBOR that are expected to be discontinued.  This ASU provides exceptions and optional expedients for applying GAAP to contract modifications, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates to be discontinued as a result of reference rate reform.  They do not apply to modifications made or hedges entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, unless the hedging relationships existed as of that date and optional expedients for them were elected and retained through the end of the hedging relationship.  This ASU became effective upon issuance.  We continue to evaluate the effect of this ASU and plan to utilize this relief for our debt agreements that include LIBOR rates.

ASU 2019-12 – In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which affects general principles within Topic 740, Income Taxes.  The amendments of ASU 2019-12 are meant to simplify and reduce the cost of accounting for income taxes.  The ASU removes certain exceptions to the general framework and also seeks to simplify and/or clarify accounting for income taxes by adding certain requirements that would simplify GAAP for financial statement preparers.  We plan to adopt this new standard on January 1, 2021, which is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

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2. Loss Per Common Share

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(20,402	)	$	(30,794	)	$	(40,219	)	$	(35,703	)
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend requirements on Series E Redeemable    Preferred		(8,889	)		(7,764	)		(25,885	)		(22,609	)
Dividend requirements on Series B Preferred		(60	)		(60	)		(180	)		(180	)
Dividend requirements on Series D Preferred		(15	)		(15	)		(45	)		(45	)
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred		(508	)		(500	)		(1,517	)		(1,493	)
Numerator for basic and dilutive net loss per common    share - net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(29,874	)	$	(39,133	)	$	(67,846	)	$	(60,030	)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic and dilutive net loss per    common share - adjusted weighted-average    shares (1)		28,211,905			28,065,519			28,195,691			28,025,130
Basic and dilutive net loss per common share	$	(1.06	)	$	(1.39	)	$	(2.41	)	$	(2.14	)

(1) Excludes the weighted-average shares of unvested restricted stock that are contingently issuable.

The following weighted-average shares of securities were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per common share as their effect would have been antidilutive:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Restricted stock and stock units		1,404,423		803,611		1,306,720		846,902
Convertible preferred stocks		916,666		916,666		916,666		916,666
Series E Redeemable Preferred - embedded derivative		303,646		303,646		303,646		303,646
Stock options		124,000		124,000		124,000		124,000
		2,748,735		2,147,923		2,651,032		2,191,214

3. Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities

	September 30,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	(In Thousands)
Accrued interest	$	19,174	$	7,091
Accrued payroll and benefits		6,819		5,385
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		6,265		4,066
Accrued death and other executive benefits		2,545		2,564
Deferred revenue		2,080		3,443
Other		9,670		9,149
		46,553		31,698
Less noncurrent portion		5,596		6,214
Current portion of accrued and other liabilities	$	40,957	$	25,484

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4. Long-Term Debt

Our long-term debt consists of the following: 

	September 30,			December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Working Capital Revolver Loan, with a current interest    rate of 4.00% (A)	$	—		$	—
Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (B)		435,000			435,000
Secured Promissory Note due 2021, with an interest    rate of 5.25% (C)		2,119			4,746
Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022, with an interest    rate of 1.00% (D)		10,000			—
Secured Financing due 2023, with an interest    rate of 8.32% (E)		11,425			13,476
Secured Loan Agreement due 2025, with an interest    rate of 8.75% (F)		7,162			5,219
Secured Financing due 2025, with an interest    rate of 8.75% (G)		29,642			—
Secured Promissory Note due 2023 (G)		—			12,705
Other		172			159
Unamortized discount, net of premium and debt issuance   costs		(9,566	)		(12,261	)
		485,954			459,044
Less current portion of long-term debt		15,203			9,410
Long-term debt due after one year, net	$	470,751		$	449,634

(A) Our revolving credit facility, as amended (the “Working Capital Revolver Loan”), provides for advances up to $65 million (the “Maximum Revolver Amount”), based on specific percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventories and up to $10 million of letters of credit, the outstanding amount of which reduces the available for borrowing under the Working Capital Revolver Loan.  At September 30, 2020, our available borrowings under our Working Capital Revolver Loan were approximately $36.3 million, based on our eligible collateral, less outstanding letters of credit and loan balance.  The maturity date of the Working Capital Revolver Loan is on the earlier of (i) the date that is 90 days prior to the earliest stated maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes (unless refinanced or repaid) and (ii) February 26, 2024.  Subject to certain conditions and subject to lender approval, the Maximum Revolver Amount may increase up to an additional $10 million, less the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the unforgiven portion (as defined in the agreement) of the PPP loan discussed below within footnote (D). The Working Capital Revolver Loan also provides for a springing financial covenant (the “Financial Covenant”), which requires that, if the borrowing availability is less than 10.0% of the total revolver commitments, then the borrowers must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. The Financial Covenant, if triggered, is tested monthly.  

(B) On April 25, 2018, LSB completed the issuance and sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of April 25, 2018.  The Notes were issued at a price equal to 99.509% of their face value.  

On June 21, 2019, LSB completed the issuance and sale of $35 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “New Notes”).  The New Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture (the Notes together with the New Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”).  The New Notes were issued at a price equal to 102.125% of their face value, plus accrued interest from May 1, 2019 to June 21, 2019.

The Senior Secured Notes mature on May 1, 2023.  Interest is to be paid semiannually in arrears on May 1^st and November 1^st.

(C) EDC is party to a secured promissory note due in March 2021.  Principal and interest are payable in monthly installments.

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4. Long-Term Debt (continued)

(D) In April 2020, LSB entered into a federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”) for $10 million with a lender pursuant to a new loan program through the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) as the result of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020.  We applied ASC 470, Debt, to account for the PPP loan. We have used all or substantially all of the proceeds from the PPP loan for payroll, rent, utilities, and other specified costs that qualify for loan forgiveness.  Under the current terms of the PPP loan, loan forgiveness applications are due within 10 months after the end of the loan forgiveness covered period, which period began on the date the PPP loan was disbursed and ends either 8-weeks or 24-weeks after disbursement of the loan. Once the SBA notifies the lender the amount of the loan which has been approved for forgiveness, the lender will determine the date that the equal monthly principal and interest payments will begin for the remaining loan balance, if any.  Currently, the loan matures in April 2022, which term may be extended to April 2025 if mutually agreed to by the parties.  As for the potential loan forgiveness, once the PPP loan is, wholly or partially, forgiven and a legal release is received, the liability would be reduced by the amount forgiven and a gain on extinguishment would be recorded.

(E) EDC is party to a secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding L.L.C. (“LSB Funding”).  Principal and interest are payable in 48 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $3 million due in June 2023.

(F) EDC is party to a secured loan agreement with an affiliate of LSB Funding, which provided for available borrowings (the “Interim Loan”) during the construction of certain equipment (the “Interim Loan Period”), subject to certain conditions.  During the Interim Loan Period, interest only was payable in monthly installments.  Effective February 28, 2020, the Interim Loan Period ended, and the Interim Loan was replaced by a secured promissory note due in March 2025.  Under the terms of the note, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments.

(G) In August 2020, El Dorado Ammonia L.L.C. (“EDA”), one of our subsidiaries, entered into a $30 million secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding. Beginning in September 2020, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $5 million due in August 2025. This financing arrangement is secured by an ammonia storage tank and is guaranteed by LSB. A portion of the proceeds from this secured financing arrangement was used to pay off the Secured Promissory Note that was scheduled to mature in May 2023.

5. Commitments and Contingencies

Natural Gas Purchase Commitments – At September 30, 2020, certain of our natural gas contracts qualify as normal purchases under GAAP and thus are not mark-to-market, which contracts included volume purchase commitments with fixed costs of approximately 4.3 million MMBtus of natural gas.  These contracts extend through February 2021 at a weighted-average cost of $2.46 per MMBtu ($10.6 million) and a weighted-average market value of $2.48 per MMBtu ($10.7 million).

Legal Matters - Following is a summary of certain legal matters involving the Company:

A. Environmental Matters

Our facilities and operations are subject to numerous federal, state and local environmental laws and to other laws regarding health and safety matters (collectively, the “Environmental and Health Laws”), many of which provide for certain performance obligations, substantial fines and criminal sanctions for violations.  Certain Environmental and Health Laws impose strict liability as well as joint and several liability for costs required to remediate and restore sites where hazardous substances, hydrocarbons or solid wastes have been stored or released.  We may be required to remediate contaminated properties currently or formerly owned or operated by us or facilities of third parties that received waste generated by our operations regardless of whether such contamination resulted from the conduct of others or from consequences of our own actions that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time those actions were taken.  

In addition, claims for damages to persons or property, including natural resources, may result from the environmental, health and safety effects of our operations.

There can be no assurance that we will not incur material costs or liabilities in complying with such laws or in paying fines or penalties for violation of such laws.  Our insurance may not cover all environmental risks and costs or may not provide sufficient coverage if an environmental claim is made against us.  The Environmental and Health Laws and related enforcement policies have in the past resulted, and could in the future result, in significant compliance expenses, cleanup costs (for our sites or third-party sites where our wastes were disposed of), penalties or other liabilities relating to the handling, manufacture, use, emission, discharge or disposal of hazardous or toxic materials at or from our facilities or the use or disposal of certain of its chemical products.  Further, a number of our facilities are dependent on environmental permits to operate, the loss or modification of which could have a material adverse effect on their operations and our financial condition.

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5.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

Historically, significant capital expenditures have been incurred by our subsidiaries in order to comply with the Environmental and Health Laws, and significant capital expenditures are expected to be incurred in the future.  We will also be obligated to manage certain discharge water outlets and monitor groundwater contaminants at our facilities should we discontinue the operations of a facility.

As of September 30, 2020, our accrued liabilities for environmental matters totaled $183,000 relating primarily to the matters discussed below.  It is reasonably possible that a change in the estimate of our liability could occur in the near term.   

1. Discharge Water Matters

Each of our manufacturing facilities generates process wastewater, which may include cooling tower and boiler water quality control streams, contact storm water and miscellaneous spills and leaks from process equipment.  The process water discharge, storm-water runoff and miscellaneous spills and leaks are governed by various permits generally issued by the respective state environmental agencies as authorized and overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  These permits limit the type and amount of effluents that can be discharged and control the method of such discharge.  

In October 2017, PCC filed a Permit Renewal Application for its Non-Hazardous Injection Well Permit at the Pryor Facility.  Although the Injection Well Permit expired in 2018, PCC continues to operate the injection well pending the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) action on the Permit Renewal Application.  PCC and ODEQ are engaged in ongoing discussions related to the renewal of the injection well to address the wastewater stream.

Our El Dorado Facility is subject to a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) in 2004.  In 2010, the ADEQ issued a draft NPDES permit renewal for the El Dorado Facility, which contained more restrictive discharge limits than the previous 2004 permit.  In August 2017, ADEQ issued a final NPDES permit with new dissolved mineral limits.  EDC filed an appeal in September 2017 and a Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) was signed in July 2018.  EDC is in compliance with the revised permit limits agreed upon in the PAR.

In November 2006, the El Dorado Facility entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) that recognizes the presence of nitrate contamination in the shallow groundwater.  The CAO required EDC to perform semi-annual groundwater monitoring, continue operation of a groundwater recovery system, submit a human health and ecological risk assessment, and submit a remedial action plan.

The risk assessment was submitted in August 2007.  In February 2015, the ADEQ stated that El Dorado Chemical was meeting the requirements of the CAO and should continue semi-annual monitoring.  Subsequent to the PAR mentioned previously, a new CAO was signed in October 2018, which required an Evaluation Report of the data and effectiveness of the groundwater remedy for nitrate contamination.  In February 2019, the Evaluation Report was submitted to the ADEQ and the ADEQ approved the report in August 2019. No liability has been established at September 30, 2020, in connection with this ADEQ matter.

2. Other Environmental Matters

In 2002, certain of our subsidiaries sold substantially all of their operating assets relating to a Kansas chemical facility (the “Hallowell Facility”) but retained ownership of the real property where the facility is located.  Our subsidiary retained the obligation to be responsible for, and perform the activities under, a previously executed consent order to investigate the surface and subsurface contamination at the real property and develop a corrective action strategy based on the investigation.  In addition, certain of our subsidiaries agreed to indemnify the buyer of such assets for these environmental matters.

As the successor to a prior owner of the Hallowell Facility, Chevron Environmental Management Company (“Chevron”) has agreed in writing, within certain limitations, to pay and has been paying one-half of the costs of the investigation and interim measures relating to this matter as approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (the “KDHE”), subject to reallocation.

Our subsidiary and Chevron have retained an environmental consultant to prepare and perform a corrective action study work plan as to the appropriate method to remediate the Hallowell Facility.  The proposed strategy includes long-term surface and groundwater monitoring to track the natural decline in contamination.  The KDHE selected a remedy of annual monitoring and the implementation of an Environmental Use Control (“EUC”).  The final remedy, including the EUC, the finalization of the cost estimates and any required financial assurances remains under negotiation.  Additionally, the current operator of the site recently closed its operations at the site.  The change in the use of the site, from active manufacturing to a closed facility, may impact the selected remedy and remains an open item to be discussed with the KDHE. Pending the negotiation of the final remedy and any impact based on operational changes at the site, we continue to accrue our allocable portion of costs primarily for the additional testing, monitoring and risk assessments that could be reasonably estimated, which is included in our accrued liabilities for environmental matters discussed above.    

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5.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

The estimated amount is not discounted to its present value.  As more information becomes available, our estimated accrual will be refined, as necessary.

B. Other Pending, Threatened or Settled Litigation

In 2013, an explosion and fire occurred at the West Fertilizer Co. (“West Fertilizer”) located in West, Texas, causing death, bodily injury and substantial property damage.  West Fertilizer is not owned or controlled by us, but West Fertilizer was a customer of EDC, and purchased AN from EDC from time to time.  LSB and EDC received letters from counsel purporting to represent subrogated insurance carriers, personal injury claimants and persons who suffered property damages informing LSB and EDC that their clients are conducting investigations into the cause of the explosion and fire to determine, among other things, whether AN manufactured by EDC and supplied to West Fertilizer was stored at West Fertilizer at the time of the explosion and, if so, whether such AN may have been one of the contributing factors of the explosion.  Initial lawsuits filed named West Fertilizer and another supplier of AN as defendants.

In 2014, EDC and LSB were named as defendants, together with other AN manufacturers and brokers that arranged the transport and delivery of AN to West Fertilizer, in the case styled City of West, Texas vs. CF Industries, Inc., et al., in the District Court of McLennan County, Texas.  The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that LSB and EDC were negligent in the production and marketing of fertilizer products sold to West Fertilizer, resulting in death, personal injury and property damage.  EDC retained a firm specializing in cause and origin investigations with particular experience with fertilizer facilities, to assist EDC in its own investigation.  LSB and EDC placed its liability insurance carrier on notice, and the carrier is handling the defense for LSB and EDC concerning this matter.

Our product liability insurance policies have aggregate limits of general liability totaling $100 million, with a self-insured retention of $250,000, which retention limit has been met relating to the West Fertilizer matter.  In August 2015, the trial court dismissed plaintiff’s negligence claims against us, and EDC based on a duty to inspect but allowed the plaintiffs to proceed on claims for design defect and failure to warn.

Subsequently, we and EDC have entered into confidential settlement agreements (with approval of our insurance carriers) with several plaintiffs that had claimed wrongful death and bodily injury and insurance companies asserting subrogation claims for damages from the explosion.  While these settlements resolve the claims of a number of the claimants in this matter, we continue to be party to litigation related to the explosion.  We continue to defend these lawsuits vigorously and we are unable to estimate a possible range of loss at this time if there is an adverse outcome in this matter as to EDC.  As of September 30, 2020, no liability reserve has been established in connection with this matter.

In 2015, we and EDA received formal written notice from Global Industrial, Inc. (“Global”) of Global’s intention to assert mechanic liens for labor, service, or materials furnished under certain subcontract agreements for the improvement of the new ammonia plant (“Ammonia Plant”) at our El Dorado Facility.  Global was a subcontractor of Leidos Constructors, LLC (“Leidos”), the general contractor for EDA for the construction for the Ammonia Plant.  Leidos terminated the services of Global with respect to their work performed at our El Dorado Facility.

LSB and EDA intend to pursue recovery of any damage or loss caused by Global’s work performed through their contract with Leidos at our El Dorado Facility.  In March 2016, EDC and LSB were served a summons in a case styled Global Industrial, Inc. d/b/a Global Turnaround vs. Leidos Constructors, LLC et al., in the Circuit court of Union County, Arkansas, wherein Global seeks damages under breach of contract and other claims. At the time of the summons, our accounts payable included invoices totaling approximately $3.5 million related to the claims asserted by Global but such invoices were not approved by Leidos for payment.  We have requested indemnification from Leidos under the terms of our contracts, which they have denied.  As a result, we are seeking reimbursement of legal expenses from Leidos under our contracts.  We also seek damages from Leidos for their wrongdoing during the expansion, including breach of contract, fraud, gross negligence, professional negligence and gross negligence.

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5.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

On September 25, 2018, the Court bifurcated the case into: (1) Global’s claims against Leidos and LSB, and (2) the cross-claims between Leidos and LSB.  Part (1) of the case was tried in the Court during the fall of 2018 and the Court rendered an interim judgment in March 2020 and issued its final judgment on April 23, 2020.  In summary, the judgment awarded Global (i) approximately $7.4 million (amount includes the $3.5 million discussed above) for labor, service, and materials furnished relating to the Ammonia Plant, (ii) approximately $1.3 million for prejudgment interest, and (iii) a claim of lien on certain property and the foreclosure of the lien to satisfy these obligations.  In addition, post-judgment interest will accrue at the annual rate of 4.25% until paid.  As a result of the judgment during the first quarter of 2020, we accounted for the following:

• accrued an additional $3.9 million in accounts payable, which offset amount was capitalized as PP&E, since such costs directly related to the construction of the Ammonia Plant;

• recognized additional depreciation expense of $0.5 million associated with the amount above capitalized to PP&E, which offset amount was a credit to PP&E (accumulated depreciation);

• accrued prejudgment and post-judgment interest totaling $1.4 million in accrued interest, which offset amount was classified as interest expense.

We have filed a notice of intent to appeal and the Court entered a stay of the judgment pending appeal.

LSB intends to vigorously prosecute its claims against Leidos in Part (2) of the matter.  Due to the impact from the coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the Trial date for Part (2) of the matter has been delayed and we are awaiting a new trial date.

We are also involved in various other claims and legal actions (including matters involving gain contingencies).  It is possible that the actual future development of claims could be different from our estimates but, after consultation with legal counsel, we believe that changes in our estimates will not have a material effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

6.  Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments

For the periods presented, the following significant instruments are accounted for on a fair value basis:

Natural Gas Contracts

During the first nine months of 2020, we entered into certain forward natural gas contracts (“natural gas contracts”), which are accounted for on a mark-to-market basis.  We are utilizing these natural gas contracts as economic hedges for risk management purposes but are not designated as hedging instruments.  At September 30, 2020, our natural gas contracts included 1.0 million MMBtu of natural gas and extend through January 2021 (there were none at December 31, 2019).  The valuations of the natural gas contracts are classified as Level 2.  At September 30, 2020, the valuation inputs included the contractual weighted-average cost of $2.01 per MMBtu and the weighted-average market value of $2.53 per MMBtu.  

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized a $0.5 million gain and a $0.2 million loss (classified as cost of sales), respectively (none for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019), which includes an unrealized gain of $0.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively, attributed to natural gas contracts still held at the reporting date.

Embedded Derivative

As discussed in Note 8, certain embedded features (“embedded derivative”) relating to the redemption of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, which includes certain contingent redemption features and the participation rights value have been bifurcated from the Series E Redeemable Preferred and recorded as a liability. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we estimate that the contingent redemption features have fair value since we estimate that it is probable that a portion of the shares of this preferred stock would be redeemed prior to October 25, 2023.  For certain other embedded features, we estimated no fair value based on our assessment that there is a remote probability that these features will be exercised.

The fair value of the embedded derivative was valued using discounted cash flow models and primarily based on the difference in the present value of estimated future cash flows with no redemptions prior to October 25, 2023 compared to certain redemptions deemed probable during the same period and applying the effective dividend rate of the Series E Redeemable Preferred. In addition, at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the fair value of the embedded derivative included the valuation of the participation rights, which was based on the equivalent of 303,646 shares of our common stock at $1.61 and $4.20 per share, respectively.

The valuations of the embedded derivative are classified as Level 3.  This derivative is valued using market information, management’s redemption assumptions, the underlying number of shares as defined in the terms of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, and the market price of our common stock.

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6.  Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments (continued)

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recognized an unrealized gain and unrealized loss of approximately $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, due to the change in fair value of the embedded derivative.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recognized an unrealized gain of approximately $0.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively, due to the change in fair value of the embedded derivative.  These unrealized gains are included in non-operating other income.

The following details our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

			Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2020 Using
Description	Total Fair Value at September 30, 2020		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Contracts (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)(1)		Total Fair Value at December 31, 2019
	(In Thousands)
Assets - Supplies, prepaid items and other:
Natural gas contracts	$	623	$	—	$	623	$	—	$	—
Total	$	623	$	—	$	623	$	—	$	—
Liabilities - Current and noncurrent accrued and    other liabilities:
Embedded derivative	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468	$	1,084
Total	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468	$	1,084

(1) There was no Level 3 transfer activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Other Financial Instruments

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we did not have any financial instruments with fair values significantly different from their carrying amounts (which excludes issuance costs, if applicable), except for the Senior Secured Notes as shown below.

	September 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Carrying		Estimated		Carrying		Estimated
	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
	(In Millions)
Senior Secured Notes (1)	$	435	$	426	$	435	$	449

(1)Based on a quoted price of 98.0 at September 30, 2020 and 103.25 at December 31, 2019.

The Senior Secured Notes valuations are classified as Level 2.  The fair value of financial instruments is not indicative of the overall fair value of our assets and liabilities since financial instruments do not include all assets, including intangibles, and all liabilities.

7. Income Taxes

On March 27, 2020, the President of the U.S. signed into law the CARES Act.  The CARES Act provides relief to corporate taxpayers by permitting a five year carryback of 2018-2020 net operating losses (“NOLs”), removing the 80% limitation on the carryback of those NOLs, increasing the Section 163(j) 30% limitation on interest expense deductibility to 50% of adjusted taxable income for 2019 and 2020, and accelerates refunds for minimum tax credit carryforwards, along with a few other provisions.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, no material adjustments were required to the income tax benefit as a result of the enactment of the CARES Act.  On July 28, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department released final regulations, which are effective January 1, 2021, and proposed regulations with guidance on the business interest expense limitation under Section 163(j). Currently, we are in the process of evaluating the effect of these regulations on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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7.  Income Taxes (continued)

Benefit for income taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	(4	)	$	—		$	(4	)	$	—
State		27			24			50			(19	)
Total Current	$	23		$	24		$	46		$	(19	)
Deferred:
Federal	$	(1,188	)	$	(668	)	$	(3,079	)	$	(501	)
State		(205	)		161			25			(5,296	)
Total Deferred	$	(1,393	)	$	(507	)	$	(3,054	)	$	(5,797	)
Benefit for income taxes	$	(1,370	)	$	(483	)	$	(3,008	)	$	(5,816	)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the current provision (benefit) for state income taxes shown above includes regular state income tax, provisions for uncertain state income tax positions, the impact of state tax law changes and other similar adjustments.

Our estimated annual effective rate for 2020 includes the impact of permanent tax differences, limits on deductible compensation, valuation allowances and other permanent items.

We considered both positive and negative evidence in our determination of the need for valuation allowances for deferred tax assets.  Information evaluated includes our financial position and results of operations for the current and preceding years, the availability of deferred tax liabilities and tax carrybacks, as well as an evaluation of currently available information about future years.  Valuation allowances are reflective of our quarterly analysis of the four sources of taxable income, including the calculation of the reversal of existing tax assets and liabilities, the impact of financing activities and our quarterly results.  Based on our analysis, we currently believe that it is more-likely-than-not that a portion of our federal deferred tax assets will not be able to be utilized and we estimate the valuation allowance to be recorded during 2020 to be approximately $7.0 million.  We have also determined it was more-likely-than-not that a portion of our state deferred tax assets would not be able to be utilized and we estimate the valuation allowance associated with these state deferred tax assets to be recorded during 2020 will be approximately $3.7 million.

We will continue to evaluate both the positive and negative evidence on a quarterly basis in determining the need for a valuation allowance with respect to our deferred tax assets.  Changes in positive and negative evidence, including differences between estimated and actual results and additional guidance for various provisions of the CARES Act, could result in changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets that could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.  Changes in existing tax laws could also affect actual tax results and the realization of deferred tax assets over time.

The tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $3.0 million (7% benefit on pre-tax loss) and the tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $5.8 million (14% benefit on pre-tax loss).  For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective tax rate is less than the statutory tax rate primarily due to the impact of the valuation allowances.  

LSB and certain of its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions.  With few exceptions, the 2016-2019 years remain open for all purposes of examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and other major tax jurisdictions.  

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8. Redeemable Preferred Stocks

Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred

As of September 30, 2020, the Series E Redeemable Preferred has a 14% annual dividend rate and a participating right in dividends and liquidating distributions equal to 303,646 shares of common stock (participation rights value).  Dividends accrue semi-annually in arrears and are compounded.  Pursuant to the terms of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, the annual dividend rate will increase (a) by 0.50% in April 2021 (b) by an additional 0.50% in April 2022 and (c) by an additional 1.0% in April 2023. The Series E Redeemable Preferred contains redemption features and a participation rights value that are being accounted for as derivative instruments and have been bifurcated from the Series E Redeemable Preferred as discussed in Note 6.

As of September 30, 2020, the Series F Redeemable Preferred has voting rights to vote as a single class on all matters which the common stock have the right to vote and is entitled to a number of votes equal to 456,225 shares of our common stock.

Changes in our Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred are as follows:

	Series E Redeemable Preferred
	Shares		Amount
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2019		139,768	$	234,893
Accretion relating to liquidation preference on    preferred stock		—		811
Accretion for discount and issuance costs on    preferred stock		—		706
Accumulated dividends		—		25,885
Balance at September 30, 2020		139,768	$	262,295

9.  Net Sales

Disaggregated Net Sales

As discussed in Note 1, we primarily derive our revenues from the sales of various chemical products.  The following table presents our net sales disaggregated by our principal markets, which disaggregation is consistent with other financial information utilized or provided outside of our consolidated financial statements:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Net sales:
Agricultural products	$	31,986	$	35,494	$	138,441	$	154,790
Industrial acids and other chemical products		32,372		30,552		97,137		105,579
Mining products		9,611		9,449		26,835		30,805
Total net sales	$	73,969	$	75,495	$	262,413	$	291,174

Other Information

Although most of our contracts have an original expected duration of one year or less, for our contracts with a duration greater than one year at contract inception, the average remaining expected duration was approximately 10 months at September 30, 2020.

Liabilities associated with contracts with customers (contract liabilities) primarily relate to deferred revenue and customer deposits associated with cash payments received in advance from customers for volume shortfall charges and product shipments.  We had approximately $2.1 million and $3.6 million of contract liabilities as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 revenues of $0.6 million and $1.5 million, respectively, were recognized and included in the balance at the beginning of the respective period.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, revenues of $1.2 million and $3.2 million, respectively, were recognized and included in the balance at the beginning of the respective period.

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10. Related Party Transactions

As of September 30, 2020, we have three separate outstanding financing arrangements with an affiliate of LSB Funding as discussed in footnotes (E), (F) and (G) of Note 4.  Also, an affiliate of LSB Funding holds $50 million of our Senior Secured Notes discussed in footnote (B) of Note 4.  In addition, LSB Funding holds all outstanding shares of the Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred discussed in Note 8.

The Golsen Holders hold all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred and Series D Preferred, which accumulated dividends on such shares totaled approximately $1.5 million at September 30, 2020.

11. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following provides additional information relating to cash flow activities:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Cash refunds for:
Income taxes, net	$	(319	)	$	(66	)
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Supplies and accounts payable associated with    additions of property, plant and equipment	$	12,974		$	21,251
Dividends accrued on Series E Redeemable Preferred	$	25,885		$	22,609
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred	$	1,517		$	1,493

12.  NOL Rights Agreement

On July 6, 2020, we entered into the Section 382 Rights Agreement (the “NOL Rights Agreement”), dated as of July 6, 2020, between LSB and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.

The purpose of the NOL Rights Agreement is to facilitate our ability to preserve our NOLs and other tax attributes in order to be able to offset potential future income taxes for federal income tax purposes. Our ability to use these NOLs and other tax attributes would be substantially limited if we experience an “ownership change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). A company generally experiences an ownership change if the percentage of the value of its stock owned by certain 5% shareholders, as defined in Section 382 of the Code, increases by more than 50% points over a rolling three-year period. The NOL Rights Agreement is intended to reduce the likelihood of an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code by deterring any person (as defined in the NOL Rights Agreement) or group of affiliated or associated persons (“Group”) from acquiring beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more of our outstanding common shares.

The rights issued under the NOL Rights Agreement will expire on the earliest to occur of (i) the close of business on the day following the certification of the voting results of our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, or other duly held stockholders’ meeting, (ii) the date on which our Board of Directors (the “Board”) determines in its sole discretion that (x) the NOL Rights Agreement is no longer necessary for the preservation of material valuable NOLs or tax attributes or (y) the NOLs and tax attributes have been fully utilized and may no longer be carried forward and (iii) the close of business on July 6, 2023.

Our Board may, in its discretion, determine that a person, entity or a certain transaction is exempt from the operation of the NOL Rights Agreement or amend the terms of the rights.

This summary description of the NOL Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2020.

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Item 2.  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 a review of the other Items included in this Form 10-Q and our September 30, 2020 condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.  A reference to a “Note” relates to a note in the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.  This MD&A reflects our operating results, unless otherwise noted.  Certain statements contained in this MD&A may be deemed to be forward-looking statements.  See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Overview

General

LSB is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells chemical products for the agricultural, mining, and industrial markets.  We own and operate facilities in Cherokee, Alabama, El Dorado, Arkansas and Pryor, Oklahoma, and operate a facility for Covestro in Baytown, Texas.  Our products are sold through distributors and directly to end customers primarily throughout the U.S.

Key Operating Initiatives for 2020

We believe our future results of operations and financial condition will depend significantly on our ability to successfully implement the following key initiatives:

• Continue Focusing on Becoming a “Best in Class” Chemical Plant Operator with respect to Safe, Reliable Operations that Produce the Highest Quality Product.

o We believe that high safety standards are critical and a precursor to improved plant performance.  With that in mind, we implemented and are currently managing enhanced safety programs at our facilities that focus on improving our safety culture that will reduce risks and continuously improve our safety performance.

o Additionally, over the last several years, our focus has been on upgrading our existing maintenance management system through technology enhancements and work processes to improve our predictive and preventative maintenance programs at our facilities.

o We have several initiatives underway that we believe will improve the overall reliability of our plants and allow us to produce more products for sale while lowering our cost of production.  Those initiatives are focused on building internal expertise to improve oversight of external contractors, operating behavior and procedure enhancements including operator training, leadership training, shift change enhancements and operating and maintenance procedures and developing systems to advance the use of process data to identify and correct anomalies in the manufacturing processes and asset performance.

• Continue Broadening the Distribution of our Products.  To further leverage our plants current production capacity, we are continuing to expand the distribution of our industrial and mining products by partnering with customers to take product into different markets within the U.S. as well as markets outside the U.S. In October 2020, we announced a new long- term nitric acid supply contract with a customer.  Under the agreement, we will supply between 70,000 to 100,000 tons of nitric acid per year, with sales beginning in the first quarter of 2021.  This contract advances our focus to leverage underutilized nitric acid production capacity at our El Dorado Facility. We also executed a new contract to capture and sell carbon dioxide out of our El Dorado Facility, where our customer is building a guest plant.  We expect to begin sales under this agreement in the fourth quarter of 2021. Additionally, early in the second quarter, we completed a key storage project that will allow us to further maximize our production of HDAN at our El Dorado Facility, which we expect to enable us to achieve higher production, a lower cost per ton and increased sales of that product during periods of more attractive pricing.

• Improve Our Capital Structure and Overall Cost of Capital.  We are actively seeking ways to improve our capital structure and reduce our overall cost of capital.  We believe that continued improvement in operating performance combined with economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and improved pricing for our products will be a benefit in achieving those efforts.

We may not successfully implement any or all of these initiatives.  Even if we successfully implement the initiatives, they may not achieve the results that we expect or desire.  

Recent Business Developments

COVID-19 Pandemic

All of the facilities we operate have been designated as essential critical infrastructure based on guidelines issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.  Since we produce fertilizer products used by the agriculture industry, as well as chemical products required in a variety of industrial manufacturing processes, LSB has been determined to be a critical service provider, and therefore, our facilities have remained operational despite the government mandated operational limitations or business closings resulting from the federal, state and local government responses to the evolving global

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health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Management has taken significant measures to ensure the health and safety of our employees and our business continuity during this challenging situation.  For our personnel at our manufacturing facilities and retail agricultural centers, we have developed plans and procedures that have allowed them to operate in a safe manner in order to protect them, their families, our vendors and our customers.  These include daily health screenings, including temperature checks and questionnaires, use of proper personal protection equipment, regular disinfection and cleaning of equipment and workspaces, social distancing, working from home where appropriate and quarantining of employees according to specific protocols.  Our efforts have been successful to date as we have had only a small number of employees known to contract COVID-19.  We intend to maintain our discipline in this regard for however long the current health risk persists.

The nitrogen chemical industry continued to be pressured during the third quarter of 2020.  As a result of the COVID-19 global economic downturn and the resultant decline in energy prices, industry operating rates globally have risen, resulting in greater supply and lower fertilizer pricing.  Pricing for all major agricultural product categories was impacted by the continued oversupply of ammonia in our primary end markets, along with increased imports of some of our downstream products.  Industrial and mining sales volume declined as a result of pandemic-related weakness in demand in several of our end markets.  

Looking ahead to the fourth quarter of 2020, while much of the U.S. economy has a least partially reopened, substantial uncertainty remains for the balance of the year with respect to our various end markets.  On the agricultural side, the fall harvest is currently picking up momentum after some delay resulting from warm weather throughout much of the country in recent weeks. Also, the corn market has recently experienced some positive indicators. The corn acres planted for the 2020 planting season are now expected to be approximately 91 million, which is up from 2019 plantings of 89 million. Also, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (the “USDA”) revised downward its estimates on U.S. ending corn inventory to 55 million metric tons compared to approximately 67 million metric tons estimated in July. In addition, demand from ethanol-related consumption has increased since the second quarter, although overall demand continues to be lower compared to 2019 due to the stay-at-home orders, we experienced in the U.S.  Lower expected corn inventory is currently improving crop pricing and may translate into higher fertilizer pricing for the balance of 2020.  However, improvements in fertilizer pricing could be tempered from additional imported fertilizers. With respect to industrial and mining sales volume, we are seeing gradual improvement in demand for nitric acid, industrial ammonia and ammonium nitrate as sectors such as automotive manufacturing, home building, and copper mining have increased activity.  Also see discussion below concerning a new long-term nitric acid supply contract with a customer.

On the liquidity front, as of September 30, 2020, we had approximately $78.4 million of combined cash and borrowing capacity, which, we believe, provides us with ample liquidity to fund our operations and meet our obligations.

As discussed in footnote (G) of Note 4, in August 2020, EDA entered into a $30 million secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding with an interest rate of 8.75%. Beginning in September 2020, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $5 million due in August 2025. This $30 million financing arrangement is secured by an ammonia storage tank and is guaranteed by LSB. A portion of the proceeds from this secured financing arrangement was used to pay off the Secured Promissory Note that was scheduled to mature in May 2023.

Also see discussions below under “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Long-Term Nitric Acid Supply Contract

During October 2020, EDC entered into a new long-term nitric acid supply contract with a customer. Under the agreement, EDC will supply between 70,000 to 100,000 tons of nitric acid annually.  The initial contract term extends through 2027 but includes automatic one-year renewal terms unless terminated by either party pursuant to the terms of the contract. Sales are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021.  

Key Industry Factors

Supply and Demand

Agricultural

See discussion above concerning the COVID-19 pandemic under “Recent Business Developments.”

Sales of our agricultural products were approximately 43% of our total net sales for the third quarter of 2020.  The price at which our agricultural products are ultimately sold depends on numerous factors, including the supply and demand for nitrogen fertilizers which, in turn, depends upon world grain demand and production levels, the cost and availability of transportation and storage, weather conditions, competitive pricing and the availability of imports.  Additionally, expansions or upgrades of competitors’ facilities and international and domestic political and economic developments continue to play an important role in the global nitrogen fertilizer industry economics.  These factors can affect, in addition to selling prices, the level of inventories in the market which can cause price volatility and affect product margins.

From a farmers’ perspective, the demand for fertilizer is affected by the aggregate crop planting decisions and fertilizer application rate decisions of individual farmers.  Individual farmers make planting decisions based largely on prospective profitability of a

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harvest, while the specific varieties and amounts of fertilizer they apply depend on factors such as their financial resources, soil conditions, weather patterns and the types of crops planted.

Additionally, changes in corn prices and those of soybean, cotton and wheat prices, can affect the number of acres of corn planted in a given year, and the number of acres planted will drive the level of nitrogen fertilizer consumption, likely effecting prices.  The USDA estimates the number of acres of corn being planted in the U.S. in 2020 to be approximately 91 million acres.  In addition, the USDA estimates corn production for the 2020 harvest at approximately 14.7 billion bushels, up 8 percent from the 2019 harvest.  The average yield in the U.S. is estimated at 178.4 bushels per acre, 10.9 bushels above the 2019 harvest yield of 167.5 bushels per acre.  

The following October estimates are associated with the corn market:

	2021 Crop		2020 Crop					2019 Crop
	(2020 Harvest)		(2019 Harvest)		Percentage			(2018 Harvest)		Percentage
	October Report (1)		October Report (1)		Change (2)			October Report (1)		Change (3)
U.S. Area Planted (Million acres)		91.0		89.7		1.4	%		88.9		2.4	%
U.S. Yield per Acre (Bushels)		178.4		167.5		6.5	%		176.4		1.1	%
U.S. Production (Million bushels)		14,722		13,620		8.1	%		14,340		2.7	%
U.S. Ending Stocks (Million metric tons)		55.0		50.7		8.5	%		56.4		(2.5	%)
World Ending Stocks (Million metric tons)		300.5		304.2		(1.2	%)		319.8		(6.0	%)

(1) Information obtained from WASDE reports dated October 9, 2020 (“October Report”) for the 2020/2021 (“2021 Crop”), 2019/2020 (“2020 Crop”) and 2018/2019 (“2019 Crop”) corn marketing years.  The marketing year is the twelve-month period during which a crop normally is marketed.  For example, the marketing year for the current corn crop is from September 1 of the current year to August 31 of the next year.  The year begins at the harvest and continues until just before harvest of the following year.

(2) Represents the percentage change between the 2021 Crop amounts compared to the 2020 Crop amounts.

(3) Represents the percentage change between the 2021 Crop amounts compared to the 2019 Crop amounts.

After a challenging 2019 for U.S. corn farmers, a lower 2019 harvest and a decline in the stock-to-use ratio for corn, the USDA is estimating an increase in planted corn acres for the 2020 planting season representing an approximate 1.4% increase in corn acres year over year. However, with continuing national restrictions and stay at home orders placed on traveling earlier this year, in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, gasoline usage had been significantly curtailed causing a slowdown in production across many U.S. ethanol facilities.  With the easing of the pandemic-related restrictions and the onset of summer driving season in the third quarter, demand for ethanol improved after bottoming out in April, however, it is expected to average well below 2019 U.S. ethanol production.  Most gasoline has 10% ethanol content.  Ethanol is commonly made from corn and ethanol production is the largest user of U.S. corn, representing roughly 40% of total U.S. corn demand.  As compared to the USDA July report, the USDA decreased corn demand from ethanol production by 150 million bushels for 2020 as a result of overall lower expected ethanol demand.  However, the USDA also lowered expected planted acres by 1 million acres and slight decline in yield per acre.  As a result, the USDA significantly decreased the ending corn stocks forecast from the 2020 harvest to 55 million metric tons from approximately 67 million metric tons.  This decrease in ending corn stocks has elevated current and projected corn prices, which may positively impact fertilizer demand and prices for the 2020 fall and 2021 spring planting seasons.

On the supply side, given the low price of natural gas in North America over the last several years, North American fertilizer producers have become the global low-cost producers for delivered fertilizer products to the Midwest U.S.  Several years ago, the market believed that low natural gas prices would continue.  That belief, combined with favorable fertilizer pricing, stimulated investment in numerous expansions of existing nitrogen chemical facilities and the construction of new nitrogen chemical facilities.  Following the expansions, global nitrogen fertilizer supply outpaced global nitrogen fertilizer demand causing oversupply in the global and North American markets.  In addition, the new domestic supply of ammonia and other fertilizer products changed the physical flow of ammonia in North America placing pressure on nitrogen fertilizer selling prices as the new capacity was absorbed by the market.  More recently, ammonia pricing has been under pressure as a result of inordinately inclement weather in late 2018 and 2019, which led to limited fertilizer application and resultant elevated ammonia inventory levels in the domestic distribution channel.  Additionally, UAN prices have pulled back in part, due to European anti-dumping duties that were imposed on imports from certain countries, including the U.S., which has caused increased imports of UAN into the U.S. primarily from Trinidad and Russia and exports from the U.S. to decrease, resulting in increased overall supply in the U.S market.  Also, ammonia prices in the Southern Plains market have been under additional pricing pressure relating to the closure of the Magellan ammonia pipeline discussed below under “Transportation Costs.”

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Industrial and Mining

See discussion above concerning the COVID-19 pandemic under “Recent Business Developments.”

Sales of our industrial products were approximately 44% of our total net sales for the third quarter of 2020.  Our industrial products sales volumes are dependent upon general economic conditions primarily in the housing, automotive, and paper industries.  According to the American Chemistry Council, the U.S. economic indicators are experiencing weakness and contracting in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the U.S market we serve in addition to weakness in the global economy.  Our sales prices generally vary with the market price of ammonia or natural gas, as applicable, in our pricing arrangements with customers.  See discussion above concerning a new long-term nitric acid supply contract under “Recent Business Developments.”

Sales of our mining products were approximately 13% of our total net sales for the third quarter of 2020.  Our mining products are LDAN and AN solution, which are primary used as AN fuel oil and specialty emulsions for usage in the quarry and the construction industries, for metals mining, and to a lesser extent, for coal.  In our mining markets, our sales volumes are typically driven by changes in the overall North American consumption levels of mining products that can be impacted by weather.  Additionally, reduction in coal mining activities, due in part, to the shift from coal to natural gas and renewable power sources such as wind and solar in the electrical generation sector, is increasing competition within the other sectors of this market.  We believe our plants are well located to support the more stable quarry and construction industries and the metals mining industries. Although our mining sales volumes for the third quarter of 2020 improved compared to the same period of 2019, customer demand for the quarter was impacted due to COVID-19’s impact on our customer base which resulted in mine closures or reductions in mining operating rates.

Natural Gas Prices

Natural gas is the primary feedstock used to produce nitrogen fertilizers at our manufacturing facilities.  In recent years, U.S. natural gas reserves have increased significantly due to, among other factors, advances in extracting shale gas, which has reduced and stabilized natural gas prices, providing North America with a cost advantage over certain imports.  As a result, our competitive position and that of other North American nitrogen fertilizer producers have been positively affected.  Over the last several months, the COVID-19 global economic downturn and resultant decline in energy prices has lowered natural gas costs in countries where low natural gas has not been the norm.  Although the North American cost advantage has narrowed, North America is still the low-cost producer.  While we believe a recovery in global markets and easing of stay-at-home orders combined with a reduction in global natural gas production will lead to a long-term increase in global natural gas prices, in the short term we believe the low-price environment will continue.

We historically have purchased natural gas in the spot market, using forward purchase contracts, or through a combination of both and have used forward purchase contracts to lock in pricing for a portion of our natural gas requirements.  These forward purchase contracts are generally either fixed-price or index-price, short-term in nature and for a fixed supply quantity.  As noted in Note 6, we also have certain forward natural gas contracts.  We are able to purchase natural gas at competitive prices due to our connections to large distribution systems and their proximity to interstate pipeline systems.  The following table shows the volume of natural gas we purchased and the average cost per MMBtu:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020		2019
Natural gas volumes (MMBtu in millions)		7.4		6.0
Natural gas average cost per MMBtu	$	1.98	$	2.35

Transportation Costs

Costs for transporting nitrogen-based products can be significant relative to their selling price.  For example, ammonia is a hazardous gas at ambient temperatures and must be transported in specialized equipment, which is more expensive than other forms of nitrogen fertilizers.  In recent years, a significant amount of the ammonia consumed annually in the U.S. was imported.  Therefore, nitrogen fertilizers prices in the U.S. are influenced by the cost to transport product from exporting countries, giving domestic producers who transport shorter distances an advantage.  However, we continue to evaluate the recent rising costs of rail and truck freight domestically.  Additionally, the Magellan ammonia pipeline, which had an annual capacity to transport approximately 900,000 tons per year, most of which was produced in Oklahoma and Texas and delivered via the pipeline in the Midwest has been permanently shut down.  Without the pipeline in place for ammonia transport, producers that relied on the pipeline to transport their ammonia now have to rely on other transportation modes, primarily trucks, but will also include rail and barge transport of ammonia.  Due to increases in demand for ammonia trucks during the spring and fall planting seasons, higher transportation costs have and could  continue to impact our margins, if we were unable to fully pass through these costs to our customers.  As a result, we continue to evaluate supply chain efficiencies to reduce or counter the impact of higher logistics costs.

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Key Operational Factors

Facility Reliability

Consistent, reliable and safe operations at our chemical plants are critical to our financial performance and results of operations.  The financial effects of planned downtime at our plants, including Turnarounds, is mitigated through a diligent planning process that considers the availability of resources to perform the needed maintenance and other factors.  Unplanned downtime of our plants typically results in lost contribution margin from lost sales of our products, lost fixed cost absorption from lower production of our products and increased costs related to repairs and maintenance.  All Turnarounds result in lost contribution margin from lost sales of our products, lost fixed cost absorption from lower production of our products, and increased costs related to repairs and maintenance, which repair, and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.  

Our Pryor Facility is currently on a two-year Turnaround cycle with the next Turnaround planned for the third quarter of 2021.  At that time, we will seek to move to a three-year Turnaround cycle.

Our El Dorado Facility is currently on a three-year Turnaround cycle with the next Turnaround planned in the third quarter of 2022.

Our Cherokee Facility is currently on a three-year Turnaround cycle with the next Turnaround planned in the third quarter of 2021.

Forward Sales Contracts

We use forward sales of our fertilizer products to optimize our asset utilization, planning process and production scheduling.  These sales are made by offering customers the opportunity to purchase product on a forward basis at prices and delivery dates that are agreed upon with dates typically occurring within 12 months.  We use this program to varying degrees during the year depending on market conditions and our view of changing price environments.  Fixing the selling prices of our products months in advance of their ultimate delivery to customers typically causes our reported selling prices and margins to differ from spot market prices and margins available at the time of shipment.

Consolidated Results of the Third Quarter of 2020

Our consolidated net sales for the third quarter of 2020 were $74.0 million compared to $75.5 million for the same period in 2019.  Our consolidated operating loss was $9.0 million compared to $19.2 million for the same period in 2019.  The items impacting our operating results are discussed in more detail below and under “Results of Operations.”

Items Affecting Comparability of Results of the Third Quarter

Selling Prices

During the third quarter of 2020, average agricultural selling prices for our ammonia, UAN and HDAN decreased 26%, 22% and 18%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2019.  As discussed above under “Key Industry Factors,” the COVID-19 economic downturn and the resultant decline in energy prices has led to lower natural gas prices globally.  These factors have led to an increase in operating rates for nitrogen producers around the globe, resulting in greater supply of nitrogen products and lower fertilizer pricing.  This, combined with elevated ammonia inventory levels from the inordinately inclement weather throughout the Midwest in 2019 and the closure of the Magellan ammonia pipeline in September 2019, has led to excess ammonia supply in the Southern Plains market.  Also pricing pressures were driven by the impact of ammonia producers selling ammonia that would otherwise have been sold into the industrial market but was instead sold into the agricultural market due to the pandemic-related slowdown of the industrial market. UAN prices were negatively impacted by European anti-dumping duties, which resulted in less exports of UAN from the U.S. and more imports of UAN from Russia and Trinidad into the U.S.  HDAN prices were impacted by the overall decline in agricultural commodity prices.   

Our third quarter 2020 average industrial selling prices for our products were lower compared to the same period of 2019 as a result of the aforementioned negative impact on the markets we serve from the COVID-19 pandemic and the elevated ammonia inventory levels.  The Tampa Ammonia pricing has declined 6% compared to the same period in 2019, which led to a decrease in industrial selling prices as many of our industrial contracts are indexed to the Tampa Ammonia benchmark price. Our third quarter 2020 average mining selling prices were lower compared to the same period of 2019 primarily as a result of certain mining sales contracts are linked to natural gas indexes and as the cost of natural gas declines, the pricing for these products declines accordingly.

Legal Fees

For the third quarters of 2020 and 2019, legal fees were approximately $1.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively.  The change primarily relates to fees incurred as we pursue our claims against Leidos to recover damages and losses associated with the construction of the ammonia plant at the El Dorado Facility as discussed in footnote B of Note 5.  Due to the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial date has been delayed and we are awaiting a new trial date.  Once a new trial date is set, we expect these costs will increase as we restart preparations for the trial.

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Turnaround Expense (2019 only)

During the third quarter of 2019, we incurred Turnaround costs totaling approximately $7.2 million relating to a Turnaround at our Pryor Facility of which 24 days occurred during the third quarter of 2019, and an 18-day Turnaround performed at our El Dorado Facility. Turnaround costs are included in cost of sales.  

These Turnaround costs discussed above do not include the impact on operating results relating to lost absorption of fixed costs or the reduced margins due to the lost production and subsequent sales of product from our plants being shut down during the Turnaround.

Results of Operations

The following Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and accompanying notes and the discussions under “Overview” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” included in this MD&A.

We present the following information about our results of operations.  Net sales to unaffiliated customers are reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and gross profit (loss) represents net sales less cost of sales.  Net sales are reported on a gross basis with the cost of freight being recorded in cost of sales.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2019

The following table contains certain financial information:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,									Percentage
	2020			2019			Change			Change
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Net sales:
Agricultural products	$	31,986		$	35,494		$	(3,508	)		(10	)%
Industrial and mining products		41,983			40,001			1,982			5	%
Total net sales	$	73,969		$	75,495		$	(1,526	)		(2	)%
Gross profit (loss):
Agricultural products (1)	$	2,919		$	3,158		$	(239	)		(8	)%
Industrial and mining products (1)		13,418			11,990			1,428			12	%
Adjusted gross profit by market (1)		16,337			15,148			1,189			8	%
Depreciation and amortization (2)		(17,362	)		(17,649	)		287			(2	)%
Turnaround expense		(34	)		(7,232	)		7,198
Total gross loss		(1,059	)		(9,733	)		8,674			(89	)%
Selling, general and administrative expense		7,068			9,115			(2,047	)		(22	)%
Other expense, net		875			383			492
Operating loss		(9,002	)		(19,231	)		10,229			(53	)%
Interest expense, net		12,554			12,007			547			5	%
Non-operating other expense, net		216			39			177
Benefit for income taxes		(1,370	)		(483	)		(887	)
Net loss	$	(20,402	)	$	(30,794	)	$	10,392			(34	)%
Other information:
Gross profit (loss) percentage (3)		(1.4	)%		(12.9	)%		11.5	%
Property, plant and equipment expenditures	$	4,277		$	7,589		$	(3,312	)		(44	)%

(1) Represents a non-GAAP measure since the amount excludes unallocated depreciation, amortization and Turnaround expenses.

(2) Represents amount classified as cost of sales.

(3) As a percentage of the total net sales.

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The following table provides certain financial information by market (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020						2019						Change
	Agricultural Products			Industrial and Mining Products			Agricultural Products			Industrial and Mining Products			Agricultural Products			Industrial and Mining Products
Net sales	$	31,986		$	41,983		$	35,494		$	40,001		$	(3,508	)	$	1,982
Adjusted gross profit by market (1)	$	2,919		$	13,418		$	3,158		$	11,990		$	(239	)	$	1,428
Adjusted gross profit percentage    by market (2)		9.1	%		32.0	%		8.9	%		30.0	%		0.2	%		2.0	%

(1) Represents a non-GAAP measure since the amount excludes unallocated depreciation, amortization and Turnaround expenses.  See reconciliation included in the financial information table above.

(2) As a percentage of the respective net sales.

The following tables provide key operating metrics for the agricultural products:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Product (tons sold)	2020		2019		Change			Change
UAN		140,524		105,847		34,677			33	%
HDAN		27,800		32,248		(4,448	)		(14	)%
Ammonia		20,181		19,420		761			4	%
Other		2,824		3,434		(610	)		(18	)%
Total		191,329		160,949		30,380			19	%

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Gross Average Selling Prices (price per ton)	2020		2019		Change			Change
UAN	$	138	$	176	$	(38	)		(22	)%
HDAN	$	232	$	282	$	(50	)		(18	)%
Ammonia	$	192	$	259	$	(67	)		(26	)%

With respect to sales of industrial products, the following tables indicate key operating metrics of our major products:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Product (tons sold)	2020		2019		Change			Change
Ammonia		68,366		56,854		11,512			20	%
Nitric Acid		20,254		25,304		(5,050	)		(20	)%
Other Industrial Products		13,031		8,046		4,985			62	%
Total		101,651		90,204		11,447			13	%
Tampa Ammonia Benchmark (price per metric ton)	$	207	$	221	$	(14	)		(6	)%

With respect to sales of mining products, the following table indicates the volumes sold of our major products:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,						Percentage
Product (tons sold)	2020		2019		Change		Change
LDAN/HDAN/AN Solution		41,469		39,305		2,164		6	%

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Net Sales

• Agricultural product sales decreased driven by lower selling prices for all of our agricultural products as discussed above under “Items Affecting Comparability of Results of the Third Quarter.” Additionally, hot and very dry weather across the Southern Plains delayed the shipment of HDAN fill tons during the quarter resulting in lower overall sales volumes during the 2020 third quarter.  The impact from the decline in selling prices and lower HDAN volume was partially offset by an increase in sales volume of UAN from higher production from our Pryor Facility as a result of a new Urea reactor, which was installed in the fourth quarter of 2019 and the resultant improvement in production rates.  

• Industrial acids and other industrial product sales increased primarily from higher sales volumes of ammonia and other industrial products despite the affect from the COVID-19 pandemic on the end markets we serve. Offsetting this volume increase were lower selling prices due primarily to lower Tampa Ammonia benchmark pricing.  The average Tampa ammonia pricing was approximately $14 per ton lower compared to the same period in 2019.  Additionally, nitric acid sales volumes continue to be impacted by pandemic related market weakness in polyurethane end markets.

• Mining products sales improved slightly driven by increased sales volumes partially offset by lower selling prices.  Certain mining sales contracts are linked to natural gas indexes and as the cost of natural gas declines, the pricing for these products declines accordingly.

Gross Profit (Loss)

As noted in the tables above, we recognized a gross loss of $1.1 million for the third quarter of 2020 compared to $9.7 million for the same period in 2019, or an $8.7 million improvement.  Overall, our gross loss percentage was (1.4)% compared to (12.9)% for the same period in 2019.

Our agricultural products adjusted gross profit percentage increased slightly to 9.1% for the third quarter of 2020 from 8.9% for the third quarter of 2019 due primarily to higher sales volumes of UAN and lower production costs partially offset by declines in selling prices for all of our agricultural products, as discussed above.

Industrial and mining products adjusted gross profit percentage increased to 32% for the third quarter of 2020 from 30% for the same period in 2019 primarily driven by a shift of product mix, higher sales volumes of ammonia, and lower production costs partially offset by lower selling prices as discussed above.

In addition to the items discussed above, the decline in our gross loss was also impacted by approximately $2.7 million in lower natural gas costs per MMBtu.  Also, during the third quarter of 2019, we incurred Turnaround costs totaling approximately $7.2 million (no Turnarounds were performed during the same period of 2020).

Selling, General and Administrative

Our SG&A expenses were $7.1 million for the third quarter of 2020, a decrease of $2.0 million compared to the same period in 2019.  The decrease was primarily driven by lower professional fees including legal fees associated with the legal matter discussed above under “Items Affecting Comparability of Results of the Third Quarter.”

Benefit for Income Taxes

The benefit for income taxes for the third quarter of 2020 was $1.4 million compared to $0.5 million for the same period in 2019.  For the third quarter of 2020, the effective tax rate was impacted by adjustments made to our valuation allowances.  For the third quarter of 2019, the effective tax rate was impacted by adjustments made to our valuation allowances and enacted state tax law changes.  The resulting effective tax rate for the third quarters of 2020 and 2019 was 7% and 2% (benefit on pre-tax loss), respectively. Also see discussion in Note 7.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

The following table contains certain financial information:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,									Percentage
	2020			2019			Change			Change
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Net sales:
Agricultural products	$	138,441		$	154,790		$	(16,349	)		(11	)%
Industrial and mining products		123,972			136,384			(12,412	)		(9	)%
Total net sales	$	262,413		$	291,174		$	(28,761	)		(10	)%
Gross profit:
Agricultural products (1)	$	20,750		$	28,934		$	(8,184	)		(28	)%
Industrial and mining products (1)		46,043			47,693			(1,650	)		(3	)%
Adjusted gross profit by market (1)		66,793			76,627			(9,834	)		(13	)%
Depreciation and amortization (2)		(51,899	)		(51,529	)		(370	)		1	%
Turnaround expense		(45	)		(7,836	)		7,791
Recovery from settlements with certain vendors (3)		5,664			—			5,664
Total gross profit		20,513			17,262			3,251			19	%
Selling, general and administrative expense		25,578			24,705			873			4	%
Other expense, net		240			372			(132	)
Operating loss		(5,305	)		(7,815	)		2,510			(32	)%
Interest expense, net (4)		38,509			34,309			4,200			12	%
Non-operating other income, net		(587	)		(605	)		18
Benefit for income taxes		(3,008	)		(5,816	)		2,808
Net loss	$	(40,219	)	$	(35,703	)	$	(4,516	)		(13	)%
Other information:
Gross profit percentage (5)		7.8	%		5.9	%		1.9	%
Property, plant and equipment expenditures	$	22,230		$	20,455		$	1,775			9	%

(1) Represents a non-GAAP measure since the amount excludes unallocated depreciation, amortization and Turnaround expenses and a recovery from settlements.

(2) Represents amount classified as cost of sales.

(3) See discussion in “Contingencies” of Note 1.

(4) Includes interest expense of $1.5 million associated with a litigation judgment issued during the first nine months of 2020 as discussed in footnote (B) of Note 5.

(5) As a percentage of the total net sales.

The following table provides certain financial information by market (dollars in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020						2019						Change
	Agricultural Products			Industrial and Mining Products			Agricultural Products			Industrial and Mining Products			Agricultural Products			Industrial and Mining Products
Net sales	$	138,441		$	123,972		$	154,790		$	136,384		$	(16,349	)	$	(12,412	)
Adjusted gross profit by market (1)	$	20,750		$	46,043		$	28,934		$	47,693		$	(8,184	)	$	(1,650	)
Adjusted gross profit percentage    by market (2)		15.0	%		37.1	%		18.7	%		35.0	%		(3.7	)%		2.1	%

(1) Represents a non-GAAP measure since the amount excludes unallocated depreciation, amortization, Turnaround expenses and a recovery from settlements.  See reconciliation included in the financial information table above.

(2) As a percentage of the respective net sales.

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The following tables provide key operating metrics for the agricultural products:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Product (tons sold)	2020		2019		Change			Change
UAN		367,073		295,607		71,466			24	%
HDAN		221,692		219,217		2,475			1	%
Ammonia		69,074		66,853		2,221			3	%
Other		15,027		17,139		(2,112	)		(12	)%
Total		672,866		598,816		74,050			12	%

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Gross Average Selling Prices (price per ton)	2020		2019		Change			Change
UAN	$	153	$	203	$	(50	)		(25	)%
HDAN	$	250	$	273	$	(23	)		(8	)%
Ammonia	$	233	$	341	$	(108	)		(32	)%

With respect to sales of industrial products, the following tables indicate key operating metrics of our major products:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Product (tons sold)	2020		2019		Change			Change
Ammonia		201,002		210,385		(9,383	)		(4	)%
Nitric Acid		65,125		69,950		(4,825	)		(7	)%
Other Industrial Products		33,506		25,268		8,238			33	%
Total		299,633		305,603		(5,970	)		(2	)%
Tampa Ammonia Benchmark (price per metric ton)	$	231	$	245	$	(14	)		(6	)%

With respect to sales of mining products, the following table indicates the volumes sold of our major products:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,							Percentage
Product (tons sold)	2020		2019		Change			Change
LDAN/HDAN/AN Solution		116,546		122,920		(6,374	)		(5	)%

Net Sales

• Agricultural product sales decreased driven by lower selling prices for all of our agricultural products. The impact from the decline in selling prices was partially offset by an increase in sales volume of UAN as a result of higher production from the Pryor facility as a result of the new Urea reactor which was installed in the fourth quarter of 2019.

• Industrial acids and other industrial product sales decreased primarily from lower selling prices due primarily to lower Tampa Ammonia benchmark pricing.  The average Tampa ammonia pricing was approximately $14 per ton lower compared to the same period in 2019.  Additionally, overall sales volumes were slightly lower into markets we serve due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

• Mining products sales decreased primarily as the result of overall lower sales volume and selling prices for our mining products.  Sales volumes were impacted by reduced production or complete closures of gold, copper, iron ore and vanadium ore mines which impacted overall demand for mining products.  Certain mining sales contracts are linked to natural gas indexes and as the cost of natural gas declines, the pricing for these products declines accordingly.

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Gross Profit

As noted in the tables above, we recognized a gross profit $20.5 million in the first nine months of 2020 compared to $17.3 million for the same period of 2019, or an increase of approximately $3.2 million. Overall, our gross profit percentage was 7.8% compared to 5.9% for the same period in 2019.

Our agricultural products adjusted gross profit percentage decreased to 15% during the first nine months of 2020 from 18.7% for the first nine months of 2019 due primarily to lower selling prices for all of our agricultural products, partially offset by increased sales volumes for all of our major products as discussed above.

Industrial and mining products adjusted gross profit percentage increased in the first nine months of 2020 to 37.1% from 35% in first nine months of 2019 primarily driven by a shift of product mix and lower production costs partially offset by lower overall Tampa Ammonia pricing, which averaged approximately $231 per metric ton during 2020 compared to approximately $245 per metric ton for the same period in 2019 and from the lower sales volumes for all of our major products as discussed above.

The net negative effect on gross profit from activity discussed above was partially offset by approximately $13.7 million in lower natural gas costs per MMBtu and the result of settlements with certain vendors resulting in a recovery of approximately $5.7 million as discussed in Note 1. Also, during the third quarter of 2019, we incurred Turnaround costs totaling approximately $7.2 million (no Turnarounds were performed during the same period of 2020).

Selling, General and Administrative

Our SG&A expenses were $25.6 million for the first nine months of 2020, an increase of $0.9 million compared to the same period in 2019.  This net increase was primarily driven by an increase in compensation-related costs and marketing fees partially offset by lower legal fees.

Interest Expense, net

Interest expense for the first nine months of 2020 was $38.5 million compared to $34.3 million for the same period in 2019.  The net increase relates primarily to interest expense incurred associated with the issuance of the New Notes in 2019, the Secured Financing due 2023 and the Secured Financing Agreement due 2025 as discussed in Note 4 in addition to a litigation judgment discussed in footnote (B) of Note 5.

Benefit for Income Taxes

The benefit for income taxes for the first nine months of 2020 was $3.0 million compared to $5.8 million for the same period in 2019.  For the first nine months of 2020, the effective tax rate was impacted by adjustments made to our valuation allowances.   For the first nine months of 2019, the effective tax rate was impacted by adjustments made to our valuation allowances and enacted state tax law changes.  The resulting effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2020 and 2019 was 7% and 14% (benefit on pre-tax loss), respectively.    

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The following table summarizes our cash flow activities for the nine months ended September 30:

	2020			2019			Change
	(In Thousands)
Net cash flows from operating activities	$	24,715		$	40,972		$	(16,257	)
Net cash flows from investing activities	$	(20,219	)	$	(20,358	)	$	139
Net cash flows from financing activities	$	14,807		$	20,121		$	(5,314	)

Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $24.7 million for the nine months of 2020 compared to $41.0 million for the same period of 2019, a change of $16.3 million.

For the first nine months of 2020, the net cash provided is the result of a net loss of $40.2 million plus adjustments of $52 million for depreciation and amortization of PP&E and other adjustments of $6.2 million less an adjustment of $3.1 million for deferred taxes and net cash provided of $9.8 million primarily from our working capital.  

For the first nine months of 2019, the net cash provided is the result of a net loss of $35.7 million plus adjustments of $51.6 million for depreciation and amortization of PP&E and other adjustments of $5.7 million less an adjustment of $5.8 million for deferred taxes and net cash provided of approximately $25.2 million primarily from our working capital.

Net Cash Flow from Investing Activities

Net cash used by investing activities was $20.2 million for the nine months of 2020 compared to $20.4 million for the same period of 2019, a change of approximately $0.2 million.

For the first nine months of 2020 and 2019, the net cash used relates primarily to expenditures for PP&E.

Net Cash Flow from Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $14.8 million for the nine months of 2020 compared to $20.1 million for the same period of 2019, a change of $5.3 million.

For the first nine months of 2020, the net cash provided primarily consists of proceeds of $42.6 million from other long-term debt partially offset by payments on other long-term debt and short-term financing of $27.6 million and payments of $0.2 million for other financing activities.

For the first nine months of 2019, the net cash provided primarily consists of net proceeds of $35.1 million from the New Notes, proceeds of $16.8 million from other long-term debt partially offset by payments on other long-term debt and short-term financing of $20.0 million, net payments of $10 million on the Working Capital Revolver Loan, and payments of $1.8 million for other financing activities.

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Capitalization

The following is our total current cash, long-term debt, redeemable preferred stock and stockholders’ equity:

	September 30,			December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Millions)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	42.1		$	22.8
Long-term debt:
Working Capital Revolver Loan	$	—		$	—
Senior Secured Notes due 2023		435.0			435.0
Secured Promissory Note due 2021		2.1			4.7
Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022		10.0			—
Secured Financing due 2023		11.4			13.5
Secured Loan Agreement due 2025		7.2			5.2
Secured Loan Agreement due 2025		29.6			—
Secured Promissory Note due 2023		—			12.7
Other		0.2			0.2
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs		(9.6	)		(12.3	)
Total long-term debt, including current portion, net	$	485.9		$	459.0
Series E and F redeemable preferred stock (1)	$	262.3		$	234.9
Total stockholders' equity	$	181.3		$	247.3

(1) Liquidation preference of $268.7 million as of September 30, 2020. 

See discussion above concerning the COVID-19 pandemic under “Recent Business Developments.”

As discussed in footnote (G) of Note 4, in August 2020, EDA entered into a $30 million secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding that matures in August 2025. A portion of the proceeds from this secured financing arrangement was used to pay off the Secured Promissory Note that was scheduled to mature in May 2023.

As of September 30, 2020, we have a revolving credit facility, our Working Capital Revolver Loan, with a borrowing base of $65 million.  As of September 30, 2020, our Working Capital Revolver Loan was undrawn and had approximately $36.3 million of availability.  

For the full year of 2020, we expect capital expenditures to be approximately $25 million to $30 million, which includes approximately $5 million to $10 million for margin enhancement projects.  The remaining capital spending is planned for reliability and maintenance capital projects.

We believe that the combination of our cash on hand, the availability on our revolving credit facility, and our cash flow from operations will be sufficient to fund our anticipated liquidity needs for the next twelve months.

Compliance with Long - Term Debt Covenants

As discussed below in Note 4, the Working Capital Revolver Loan requires, among other things, that we meet certain financial covenants.  The Working Capital Revolver Loan does not include financial covenant requirements unless a defined covenant trigger event has occurred and is continuing.  As of September 30, 2020, no trigger event had occurred.

Loan Agreements and Redeemable Preferred Stock

Senior Secured Notes due 2023 – LSB has $435 million aggregate principal amount of the 9.625% Senior Secured Notes currently outstanding, as discussed in footnote (B) of Note 4.  Interest is to be paid semiannually on May 1^st and November 1^st, maturing May 1, 2023.

Secured Promissory Note due 2021 – EDC is party to a secured promissory note due in March 2021.  This promissory note bears interest at the annual rate of 5.25%.  Principal and interest are payable in monthly installments.

Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022 – As discussed in footnote (D) of Note 4, LSB is a party to an unsecured PPP loan with a lender pursuant to a new loan program through the SBA as the result of the PPP established by the CARES Act and amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020. We have used all or substantially all of the proceeds from the PPP loan for payroll, rent, utilities, and other specified costs that qualify for loan forgiveness.  Under the current terms of the PPP loan, loan forgiveness applications are due within 10 months after the end of the loan forgiveness covered period, which period began on the date the PPP loan was disbursed and ends either 8-weeks or 24-weeks after disbursement of the loan. Once the SBA notifies the lender the

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amount of the loan that is approved for forgiveness, the lender will determine the date that the equal monthly principal and interest payments will begin for the remaining loan balance, if any.  Currently the loan matures in April 2022, which term may be extended to April 2025 if mutually agreed to by the parties.  As for the potential loan forgiveness, once the PPP loan is, wholly or partially, forgiven and a legal release is received, the liability would be reduced by the amount forgiven and a gain on extinguishment would be recorded.

Secured Financing due 2023 – EDC is party to a secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding.  Principal and interest are payable in 48 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $3 million due in June 2023.

Secured Loan Agreement due 2025 - EDC is party to a secured loan agreement with an affiliate of LSB Funding, which provided for available borrowings (the “Interim Loan”) during the construction of certain equipment (the “Interim Loan Period”), subject to certain conditions. During the Interim Loan Period, interest only was payable in monthly installments.  Effective February 28, 2020, the Interim Loan Period ended, and the Interim Loan was replaced by a secured promissory note due in March 2025.  Under the terms of the note, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments.

Secured Financing due 2025 – As discussed in footnote (G) of Note 4, EDA is party to a $30 million secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding. Principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $5 million due in August 2025.

Working Capital Revolver Loan – At September 30, 2020, our Working Capital Revolver Loan was undrawn and had approximately $36.3 million of availability, based on our eligible collateral, less outstanding letters of credit as of that date.  Also see discussion above under “Compliance with Long-Term Debt Covenants.”

Redemption of Series E Redeemable Preferred – At September 30, 2020, there were 139,768 outstanding shares of Series E Redeemable Preferred and the aggregate liquidation preference (par value plus accrued dividends) was $268.7 million.

At any time on or after October 25, 2023, each Series E holder has the right to elect to have such holder’s shares redeemed by us at a redemption price per share equal to the liquidation preference per share of $1,000 plus accrued and unpaid dividends plus the participation rights value (the “Liquidation Preference”).  Additionally, at our option, we may redeem the Series E Redeemable Preferred at any time at a redemption price per share equal to the Liquidation Preference of such share as of the redemption date.  Lastly, with receipt of (i) prior consent of the electing Series E holder or a majority of shares of Series E Redeemable Preferred and (ii) all other required approvals, including under any principal U.S. securities exchange on which our common stock is then listed for trading, we can redeem the Series E Redeemable Preferred by the issuance of shares of common stock having an aggregate common stock price equal to the amount of the aggregate Liquidation Preference of such shares being redeemed in shares of common stock in lieu of cash at the redemption date.

In the event of liquidation, the Series E Redeemable Preferred is entitled to receive its Liquidation Preference before any such distribution of assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of our common stock and any other junior stock.  In the event of a change of control, we must make an offer to purchase all of the shares of Series E Redeemable Preferred outstanding at the Liquidation Preference.

Since carrying values of the redeemable preferred stocks are being increased by periodic accretions (including the amount for dividends earned but not yet declared or paid) using the interest method so that the carrying amount will equal the redemption value as of October 25, 2023, the earliest possible redemption date by the holder, this accretion has and will continue to affect income (loss) per common share.  However, this accretion will change if the expected redemption date changes.

Capital Expenditures – First Nine Months of 2020

For the first nine months of 2020, capital expenditures relating to PP&E were $22.2 million.  The capital expenditures were funded primarily from cash and working capital. 

See discussion above under “Capitalization” for our expected capital expenditures.

Expenses Associated with Environmental Regulatory Compliance

We are subject to specific federal and state environmental compliance laws, regulations and guidelines.  As a result, we incurred expenses of $2.9 million during the first nine months of 2020 in connection with environmental projects.  For the fourth quarter of 2020, we expect to incur expenses ranging from $0.9 million to $1.1 million in connection with additional environmental projects.  However, it is possible that the actual costs could be significantly different than our estimates.

Dividends

We have not paid cash dividends on our outstanding common stock in many years, and we do not currently anticipate paying cash dividends on our outstanding common stock in the near future.

Dividends on the Series E Redeemable Preferred are cumulative and payable semi-annually (May 1 and November 1) in arrears at the current annual rate of 14% of the liquidation value of $1,000 per share, but such annual rate will increase beginning on April 25, 2021 as discussed in Note 8. Each share of Series E Redeemable Preferred is entitled to receive a semi-annual dividend, only when declared

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by our Board.  In addition, dividends in arrears at the dividend date, until paid, shall compound additional dividends at the current annual rate of 14%, but such annual rate will increase beginning on April 25, 2021.  The current semi-annual compounded dividend is approximately $127.20 per share for the current aggregate semi-annual dividend of $17.8 million.  We also must declare a dividend on the Series E Redeemable Preferred on a pro rata basis with our common stock.  As long as the Purchaser holds at least 10% of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, we may not declare dividends on our common stock and other preferred stocks unless and until dividends have been declared and paid on the Series E Redeemable Preferred for the then current dividend period in cash.  As of September 30, 2020, the amount of accumulated dividends on the Series E Redeemable Preferred was approximately $128.9 million.

Dividends on the Series D 6% cumulative convertible Class C preferred stock (the “Series D Preferred”) and Series B 12% cumulative convertible Class C Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred”) are payable annually, only when declared by our Board, as follows:

• $0.06 per share on our outstanding non-redeemable Series D Preferred for an aggregate dividend of $60,000, and

• $12.00 per share on our outstanding non-redeemable Series B Preferred for an aggregate dividend of $240,000.

As of September 30, 2020, the amount of accumulated dividends on the Series D Preferred and Series B Preferred totaled approximately $1.5 million.  All shares of the Series D Preferred and Series B Preferred are owned by the Golsen Holders.  There are no optional or mandatory redemption rights with respect to the Series B Preferred or Series D Preferred.

Seasonality

We believe fertilizer products sold to the agricultural industry are seasonal while sales into the industrial and mining sectors generally are less susceptible.  The selling seasons for agricultural products are primarily during the spring and fall planting seasons, which typically extend from March through June and from September through November in the geographical markets we distribute the majority of our agricultural products.  As a result, we typically increase our inventory of fertilizer products prior to the beginning of each planting season in order to meet the demand for our products.  In addition, the amount and timing of sales to the agricultural markets depend upon weather conditions and other circumstances beyond our control.

Performance and Payment Bonds

We are contingently liable to sureties in respect of insurance bonds issued by the sureties in connection with certain contracts entered into by subsidiaries in the normal course of business.  These insurance bonds primarily represent guarantees of future performance of our subsidiaries.  As of September 30, 2020, we have agreed to indemnify the sureties for payments, up to $9.7 million, made by them in respect of such bonds.  These insurance bonds are expected to expire or be renewed later in 2020.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1 for recently issued accounting standards.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates,” Item 7 of our 2019 Form 10-K.  In addition, the preparation of financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosures of contingencies and fair values, including, but not limited to, various environmental and legal matters, including a remedy of annual monitoring and the implementation of an EUC selected by the KDHE discussed under footnote 2 – Other Environmental Matters of Note 5 and the lawsuits styled City of West, Texas vs. CF Industries, Inc., et al., discussed under “Other Pending, Threatened or Settled Litigation” of Note 5. Also, we recognize contingent gains when such gains are realized or when the contingencies have been resolved (generally at the time a settlement has been reached). As a result, a recovery from settlements with certain vendors was recognized during the first nine months of 2020 discussed under Contingencies of Note 1.

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  We establish valuation allowances if we believe it is more-likely-than-not that some or all of deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Significant judgment is applied in evaluating the need for and the magnitude of appropriate valuation allowances against deferred tax assets. 

The carrying values of the redeemable preferred stocks discussed in Note 8 are being increased by periodic accretions (recorded to retained earnings and included in determining income or loss per share) using the interest method so that the carrying amount will equal the redemption value as of October 25, 2023, the earliest possible redemption date by the holder.   

It is also reasonably possible that the estimates and assumptions utilized as of September 30, 2020 could change in the near term.  Actual results could differ materially from these estimates and judgments, as additional information becomes known.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.  

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

General

Our results of operations and operating cash flows are impacted by changes in market prices of ammonia and natural gas and changes in market interest rates.

Forward Sales Commitments Risk

Periodically, we enter into forward firm sales commitments for products to be delivered in future periods.  As a result, we could be exposed to embedded losses should our product costs exceed the firm sales prices as of September 30, 2020.  At September 30, 2020, we had no embedded losses associated with sales commitments with firm sales prices.

Commodity Price Risk

A substantial portion of our products and raw materials are commodities whose prices fluctuate as market supply and demand fundamentals change.  Since we are exposed to commodity price risk, we periodically enter into contracts to purchase natural gas for anticipated production needs to manage risk related to changes in prices of natural gas commodities.  Generally, these contracts are considered normal purchases because they provide for the purchase of natural gas that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used over a reasonable period of time in the normal course of business, these contracts are exempt from the accounting and reporting requirements relating to derivatives. As discussed in Note 6, during the first nine months of 2020, we entered into certain natural gas contracts, which are accounted for on a mark-to-market basis.  At September 30, 2020, these natural gas contracts included 1.0 million MMBtus of natural gas and therefore a $0.10 change in natural gas price would impact pre-tax operating results by approximately $0.1 million.

Interest Rate Risk

Generally, we are exposed to variable interest rate risk with respect to our revolving credit facility.  As of September 30, 2020, we had no outstanding borrowings on this credit facility.  We do not have any variable rate borrowings as of September 30, 2020.  We currently do not hedge our interest rate risk associated with these variable interest loans.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. These include controls and procedures designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020.  Based on this evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2020, at the reasonable assurance level.

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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, the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act.  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,” “plan,” “may,” “could” and similar expressions identify Forward-Looking Statements.  Forward-Looking Statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, the following: our ability to invest in projects that will generate best returns for our stockholders;

• the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic;

• our future liquidity outlook;

• the outlook our chemical products and related markets;

• the amount, timing and effect on the nitrogen market from the recent nitrogen expansion projects;

• the effect from the lack of non-seasonal volume;

• our belief that competition is based upon service, price, location of production and distribution sites, and product quality and performance;

• our outlook for the industrial and mining industries;

• the availability of raw materials;

• the result of our product and market diversification strategy

• changes in domestic fertilizer production;

• the increasing output and capacity of our production facilities;

• on-stream rates at our production facilities;

• our ability to moderate risk inherent in agricultural markets;

• the sources to fund our cash needs and how this cash will be used;

• the ability to enter into the additional borrowings;

• the anticipated cost and timing of our capital projects;

• certain costs covered under warranty provisions;

• our ability to pass to our customers cost increases in the form of higher prices;

• our belief as to whether we have sufficient sources for materials and components;

• annual natural gas requirements;

• compliance by our Facilities with the terms of our permits;

• the costs of compliance with environmental laws, health laws, security regulations and transportation regulations;

• our belief as to when Turnarounds will be performed and completed;

• expenses in connection with environmental projects;

• the effect of litigation and other contingencies;

• the increase in interest expense;

• our ability to comply with debt servicing and covenants;

• our ability to meet debt maturities or redemption obligations when due; and

• our beliefs as to whether we can meet all required covenant tests for the next twelve months.

While we believe the expectations reflected in such Forward-Looking Statements are reasonable, we 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, the following:  

• changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic;

• changes in general economic conditions, both domestic and foreign;

• material reductions in revenues;

• material changes in interest rates;

• our ability to collect in a timely manner a material amount of receivables;

• increased competitive pressures;

• adverse effects on increases in prices of raw materials;

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• changes in federal, state and local laws and regulations, especially environmental regulations or the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or in the interpretation of such;

• changes in laws, regulations or other issues related to climate change;

• releases of pollutants into the environment exceeding our permitted limits;

• material increases in equipment, maintenance, operating or labor costs not presently anticipated by us;

• the requirement to use internally generated funds for purposes not presently anticipated;

• the inability to secure additional financing for planned capital expenditures or financing obligations due in the near future;

• our substantial existing indebtedness;

• material changes in the cost of natural gas and certain precious metals;

• limitations due to financial covenants;

• changes in competition;

• the loss of any significant customer;

• increases in cost to maintain internal controls over financial reporting;

• changes in operating strategy or development plans;

• an inability to fund the working capital and expansion of our businesses;

• changes in the production efficiency of our facilities;

• adverse results in our contingencies including pending litigation;

• unplanned downtime at one or more of our chemical facilities;

• changes in production rates at any of our chemical plants;

• an inability to obtain necessary raw materials and purchased components;

• material increases in cost of raw materials;

• material changes in our accounting estimates;

• significant problems within our production equipment;

• fire or natural disasters;

• an inability to obtain or retain our insurance coverage;

• difficulty obtaining necessary permits;

• difficulty obtaining third-party financing;

• risks associated with proxy contests initiated by dissident stockholders;

• changes in fertilizer production;

• reduction in acres planted for crops requiring fertilizer;

• decreases in duties for products we sell resulting in an increase in imported products into the U.S.;

• adverse effects from regulatory policies, including tariffs;

• volatility of natural gas prices;

• weather conditions;

• increases in imported agricultural products; and

• other factors described in “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and our Form 10-Qs for the fiscal periods ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020.

Given these uncertainties, all parties are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such Forward-Looking Statements.  We disclaim 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.

The following is a list of terms used in this report.

ADEQ	-	The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
AN	-	Ammonium nitrate.
ASU	-	Accounting Standard Update.
Baytown Facility	-	The nitric acid production facility located in Baytown, Texas.
CARES	-	Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
CAO	-	A consent administrative order.
Cherokee Facility	-	Our chemical production facility located in Cherokee, Alabama.

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Chevron	-	Chevron Environmental Management Company.
COVID-19	-	The novel coronavirus disease of 2019.
Covestro	-	The party with whom our subsidiary in Baytown has entered into an agreement for supply of nitric acid through at least October 2021, the Covestro Agreement.
EDA	-	El Dorado Ammonia L.L.C.
EDC	-	El Dorado Chemical Company.
El Dorado Facility	-	Our chemical production facility located in El Dorado, Arkansas.
Environmental and Health Laws	-	Numerous federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws.
EUC	-	Environmental Use Control.
FASB	-	Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Financial Covenant	-	Certain springing financial covenants associated with the working capital revolver loan.
GAAP	-	U. S.  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Global	-	Global Industrial, Inc., a subcontractor asserting mechanics liens for work rendered to LSB and EDC.
Golsen Holders	-	Jack E. Golsen, our Executive Chairman of the Board, and Barry H. Golsen, a member of the Board, entities owned by them and trusts for which they possess voting or dispositive power as trustee.
Hallowell Facility	-	A chemical facility previously owned by two of our subsidiaries located in Kansas.
HDAN	-	High density ammonium nitrate prills used in the agricultural industry.
Interim Loan	-	A loan agreement between EDC and a lender, which had borrowing availability for the construction of certain equipment.
Interim Loan Period	-	The time period covered by the Interim Loan for certain equipment construction between EDC and a lender.
KDHE	-	The Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
LDAN	-	Low density ammonium nitrate prills used in the mining industry.
Leidos	-	Leidos Constructors L.L.C.
Liquidation Preference	-	The Series E Redeemable Preferred liquidation preference of $1,000 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends plus the participation rights value.
LSB	-	LSB Industries, Inc.
LSB Funding	-	LSB Funding L.L.C.
MD&A	-	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
New Notes	-	The notes issued on June 21, 2019 with an interest rate of 9.625%, which mature in May 2023.
Note	-	A note in the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Notes	-	The notes issued on April 28, 2018 with an interest rate of 9.625%, which mature in May 2023.
NPDES	-	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
ODEQ	-	The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.
PAR	-	Permit Appeal Resolution.
PCC	-	Pryor Chemical Company.
PP&E	-	Plant, property and equipment.
PPP	-	Paycheck Protection Program.
Pryor Facility	-	Our chemical production facility located in Pryor, Oklahoma.
Purchaser	-	LSB Funding L.L.C.
SBA	-	Small Business Administration
SEC	-	The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Secured Financing due 2023	-	A secured financing arrangement between EDC and an affiliate of LSB Funding L.L.C. which matures in June 2023.
Secured Financing due 2025	-	A secured financing arrangement between EDA and an affiliate of LSB Funding L.L.C. which matures in August 2025.
Secured Loan Agreement due 2025	-	A secured loan agreement between EDC and an affiliate of LSB Funding L.L.C. which matures in March 2025.
Secured Promissory Note due 2021	-	A secured promissory note between EDC and a lender which matures in March 2021.

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Secured Promissory Note due 2023	-	A secured promissory note between EDA and a lender which was paid off during August 2020 with a portion of the proceeds from the Secured Financing due 2025.
Senior Secured Notes	-	The Notes and New Notes, taken together due on May 1, 2023 with a stated interest rate of 9.625%.
Series B Preferred	-	The Series B 12% cumulative convertible Class C Preferred stock.
Series D Preferred	-	The Series D 6% cumulative convertible Class C preferred stock.
Series E Redeemable Preferred	-	The 14% Series E Redeemable Preferred stock with participating rights and liquidating distributions based on a certain number of shares of our common stock.
Series F Redeemable Preferred	-	The Series F Redeemable Preferred stock with one share to vote as a single class on all matters with our common stock equal to 456,225 shares of our common stock.
SG&A	-	Selling, general and administrative expense.
Turnaround	-	A planned major maintenance activity.
UAN	-	Urea ammonium nitrate.
U.S.	-	United States.
USDA	-	United States Department of Agriculture.
WASDE	-	World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report.
West Fertilizer	-	West Fertilizer Company.
Working Capital Revolver Loan	-	Our secured revolving credit facility.
2019 Crop	-	Corn crop marketing year (September 1 - August 31), which began in 2018 and ended in 2019 and primarily relates to corn planted and harvested in 2018.
2020 Crop	-	Corn crop marketing year (September 1 - August 31), which began in 2019 and will end in 2020 and primarily relates to corn planted and harvested in 2019.
2021 Crop	-	Corn crop marketing year (September 1 - August 31), which began in 2020 and will end in 2021 and primarily relates to corn planted and harvested in 2020.

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

Other Litigation  

We are from time to time subject to various legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, examinations by the Internal Revenue Service.  For further discussion of our legal matters, see “Note 5—Commitments and Contingencies—Legal Matters” in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Reference is made to Item 1A of our 2019 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2020, our March 31, 2020 Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2020 and our June 30, 2020 Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on July 31, 2020 for our discussion regarding risk factors.  There are no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our 2019 Form 10-K, March 31, 2020 Form 10-Q and June 30, 2020.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

Not applicable

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable

Item 6. Exhibits

See “Index to Exhibits” on page 42.

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Index to Exhibits Item

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title	Incorporated by Reference to the Following
3(i).1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LSB Industries, Inc., dated January 21, 1977, as amended August 27, 1987	Exhibit 3(i).1 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2013
3(ii).1	Amended and Restated Bylaws of LSB Industries, Inc. dated August 20, 2009, as amended February 18, 2010, January 17, 2014, February 4, 2014 and August 21, 2014	Exhibit 3(ii).1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed August 27, 2014
3(ii).2	Fifth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of LSB Industries, Inc., dated as of April 26, 2015	Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company’s Form 8-K filed April 30, 2015
3(ii).3	Sixth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of LSB Industries, Inc., dated as of December 2, 2015	Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 8, 2015
3(ii).4	Seventh Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of LSB Industries, Inc., dated as of December 22, 2015	Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 29, 2015
3.1	Certificate of Designations of Series G Class C Preferred Stock of LSB Industries, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 6, 2020.	Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 6, 2020
4.1	Section 382 Rights Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2020, between LSB Industries, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.	Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 6, 2020
31.1(a)	Certification of Mark T. Behrman, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 302
31.2(a)	Certification of Cheryl A. Maguire, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 302
32.1(b)	Certification of Mark T. Behrman, Chief Executive Officer, furnished pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 906
32.2(b)	Certification of Cheryl A. Maguire, Chief Financial Officer, furnished pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 906
101.INS(a)	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded with in the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH(a)	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL(a)	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF(a)	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB(a)	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE(a)	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

(a) Filed herewith

(b) Furnished herewith

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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 6^th day of November 2020.

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

/s/ Cheryl A. Maguire

Cheryl A. Maguire

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Harold L. Rieker, Jr.

Harold L. Rieker, Jr.

Vice President – Financial Reporting

(Principal Accounting Officer)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Mark T. Behrman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of LSB Industries, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in this case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 6, 2020

/s/ Mark T. Behrman

Mark T. Behrman

President, Chief Executive Officer

and Director

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Cheryl A. Maguire, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of LSB Industries, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in this case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 6, 2020

/s/ Cheryl A. Maguire

Cheryl A. Maguire

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”).  I, Mark T. Behrman, President and Chief Executive Officer of LSB, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of LSB.

/s/ Mark T. Behrman

Mark T. Behrman

President, Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer) and

Director

November 6, 2020

This certification is furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely for purpose of 18 U.S.C. §1350 subject to the knowledge standard contained therein, and not for any other purpose.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Cheryl A. Maguire, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of LSB, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of LSB.

/s/ Cheryl A. Maguire

Cheryl A. Maguire

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

November 6, 2020

This certification is furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely for purpose of 18 U.S.C. §1350 subject to the knowledge standard contained therein and not for any other purpose.

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Redeemable preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 268,685,000	$ 242,800,000
Series F Preferred Stock [Member]
Redeemable preferred stock, par value	$ 0	$ 0
Redeemable preferred stock, shares issued	1
Redeemable preferred stock, shares outstanding	1
Redeemable preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 100
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Convertible preferred stock dividend rate	12.00%	12.00%
Preferred stock, shares issued	20,000	20,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	20,000	20,000
Series B cumulative, convertible preferred stock, par value	$ 100	$ 100
Preferred stock, liquidation preference, value	$ 3,205,000	$ 3,025,000
Series D Preferred Stock [Member]
Convertible preferred stock dividend rate	6.00%	6.00%
Preferred stock, shares issued	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference, value	$ 1,297,000	$ 1,252,000
Series D cumulative, convertible Class C preferred stock, par value

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Net sales	$ 73,969	$ 75,495	$ 262,413	$ 291,174
Cost of sales	75,028	85,228	241,900	273,912
Gross profit (loss)	(1,059)	(9,733)	20,513	17,262
Selling, general and administrative expense	7,068	9,115	25,578	24,705
Other expense, net	875	383	240	372
Operating loss	(9,002)	(19,231)	(5,305)	(7,815)
Interest expense, net	12,554	12,007	38,509	34,309
Non-operating other expense (income), net	216	39	(587)	(605)
Loss before benefit for income taxes	(21,772)	(31,277)	(43,227)	(41,519)
Benefit for income taxes	(1,370)	(483)	(3,008)	(5,816)
Net loss	(20,402)	(30,794)	(40,219)	(35,703)
Dividends on convertible preferred stocks	75	75	225	225
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$ (29,874)	$ (39,133)	$ (67,846)	$ (60,030)
Basic and dilutive net loss per common share	$ (1.06)	$ (1.39)	$ (2.41)	$ (2.14)
Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
Dividends on Series E redeemable preferred stock	$ 8,889	$ 7,764	$ 25,885	$ 22,609
Accretion of Series E redeemable preferred stock	$ 508	$ 500	$ 1,517	$ 1,493

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock Shares [Member]	Treasury Stock-Common [Member]	Capital in Excess of Par Value [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Non-Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 342,197	$ 3,128	$ (16,186)	$ 198,482	$ 153,773	$ 3,000
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2018		31,283	(2,438)
Net loss	(11,540)				(11,540)
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(7,256)				(7,256)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(496)				(496)
Stock-based compensation	612			612
Other	(690)		$ (546)	(144)
Other, Shares			(76)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019	322,827	$ 3,128	$ (16,732)	198,950	134,481	3,000
Balance, shares at Mar. 31, 2019		31,283	(2,514)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	342,197	$ 3,128	$ (16,186)	198,482	153,773	3,000
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2018		31,283	(2,438)
Net loss	(35,703)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2019	283,496	$ 3,128	$ (16,645)	200,045	93,968	3,000
Balance, shares at Sep. 30, 2019		31,283	(2,501)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019	322,827	$ 3,128	$ (16,732)	198,950	134,481	3,000
Balance, shares at Mar. 31, 2019		31,283	(2,514)
Net loss	6,631				6,631
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(7,589)				(7,589)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(497)				(497)
Stock-based compensation	686			686
Balance at Jun. 30, 2019	322,058	$ 3,128	$ (16,732)	199,636	133,026	3,000
Balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2019		31,283	(2,514)
Net loss	(30,794)				(30,794)
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(7,764)				(7,764)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(500)				(500)
Stock-based compensation	501			501
Other	(5)		$ 87	(92)
Other, Shares			13
Balance at Sep. 30, 2019	283,496	$ 3,128	$ (16,645)	200,045	93,968	3,000
Balance, shares at Sep. 30, 2019		31,283	(2,501)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	247,327	$ 3,128	$ (13,266)	196,833	57,632	3,000
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2019		31,283	(2,010)
Net loss	(19,452)				(19,452)
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(8,307)				(8,307)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(504)				(504)
Stock-based compensation	495			495
Other	(64)		$ 292	(356)
Other, Shares			30
Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	219,495	$ 3,128	$ (12,974)	196,972	29,369	3,000
Balance, shares at Mar. 31, 2020		31,283	(1,980)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	247,327	$ 3,128	$ (13,266)	196,833	57,632	3,000
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2019		31,283	(2,010)
Net loss	(40,219)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2020	181,268	$ 3,128	$ (12,884)	198,013	(9,989)	3,000
Balance, shares at Sep. 30, 2020		31,283	(1,966)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	219,495	$ 3,128	$ (12,974)	196,972	29,369	3,000
Balance, shares at Mar. 31, 2020		31,283	(1,980)
Net loss	(365)				(365)
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(8,689)				(8,689)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(505)				(505)
Stock-based compensation	684			684
Other			$ 90	(90)
Other, Shares			14
Balance at Jun. 30, 2020	210,620	$ 3,128	$ (12,884)	197,566	19,810	3,000
Balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2020		31,283	(1,966)
Net loss	(20,402)				(20,402)
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(8,889)				(8,889)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(508)				(508)
Stock-based compensation	447			447
Balance at Sep. 30, 2020	$ 181,268	$ 3,128	$ (12,884)	$ 198,013	$ (9,989)	$ 3,000
Balance, shares at Sep. 30, 2020		31,283	(1,966)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$ (40,219)	$ (35,703)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Deferred income taxes	(3,054)	(5,797)
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment	51,957	51,575
Amortization of intangible and other assets	946	936
Stock-based compensation	1,626	1,799
Other	3,630	2,951
Cash provided (used) by changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(1,860)	15,511
Inventories	3,661	8,852
Prepaid insurance	10,359	9,446
Accounts payable	(11,269)	(15,257)
Accrued interest	12,083	10,886
Other assets and other liabilities	(3,145)	(4,227)
Net cash provided by operating activities	24,715	40,972
Cash flows from investing activities
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	(22,230)	(20,455)
Proceeds from vendor settlements associated with property, plant and equipment	1,647
Other investing activities	364	97
Net cash used by investing activities	(20,219)	(20,358)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from revolving debt facility	30,000	5,000
Payments on revolving debt facility	(30,000)	(15,000)
Net proceeds from 9.625% senior secured notes		35,086
Proceeds from other long-term debt	42,570	16,830
Payments on other long-term debt	(18,397)	(12,065)
Payments of debt-related costs	(124)	(1,065)
Payments on short-term financing	(9,178)	(7,970)
Taxes paid on equity awards	(64)	(695)
Net cash provided by financing activities	14,807	20,121
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	19,303	40,735
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	22,791	26,048
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 42,094	$ 66,783

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Parenthetical)	Sep. 30, 2020
Debt instrument, interest rate	9.625%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

For a complete discussion of our significant accounting policies, refer to the notes to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (“2019 Form 10-K”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 25, 2020.

Basis of Consolidation – LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB”) and its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  LSB is a holding company with no significant operations or assets other than cash, cash equivalents, and investments in its subsidiaries.  All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.  Certain prior period amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Nature of Business – We are engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemical products.  The chemical products we primarily manufacture, market and sell are ammonia, fertilizer grade AN (“HDAN”) and UAN for agricultural applications, high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity AN, sulfuric acids, concentrated, blended and regular nitric acid, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluid for industrial applications, and industrial grade AN (“LDAN”) and solutions for the mining industry.  We manufacture and distribute our products in four facilities; three of which we own and are located in El Dorado, Arkansas (the “El Dorado Facility”); Cherokee, Alabama (the “Cherokee Facility”); and Pryor, Oklahoma (the “Pryor Facility”); and one of which we operate on behalf of a global chemical company in Baytown, Texas (the “Baytown Facility”).  

Sales to customers include farmers, ranchers, fertilizer dealers and distributors primarily in the ranch land and grain production markets in the United States (“U.S.”); industrial users of acids throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada; and explosive manufacturers in the U.S. and parts of Mexico.

In our opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company as of September 30, 2020 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 include all adjustments and accruals, consisting of normal, recurring accrual adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods.  These interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year due, in part, to the seasonality of our sales of agricultural products and the timing of performing our major plant maintenance activities.  Our selling seasons for agricultural products are primarily during the spring and fall planting seasons, which typically extend from March through June and from September through November.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.  These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in connection with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2019 Form 10-K.

Use of Estimates – The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Income Taxes – Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statement of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.  We establish valuation allowances if we believe it is more-likely-than-not that some or all of deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Significant judgment is applied in evaluating the need for and the magnitude of appropriate valuation allowances against deferred tax assets.

In addition, we do not recognize a tax benefit unless we conclude that it is more likely than not that the benefit will be sustained on audit by the relevant taxing authorities based solely on the technical merits of the associated tax position.  If the recognition threshold is met, we recognize a tax benefit measured at the largest amount of the tax benefit that, in our judgment, is greater than 50% likely to be realized.

Income tax benefits associated with amounts that are deductible for income tax purposes are recorded through the statement of operations.  These benefits are principally generated from exercises of restricted stock.  We reduce income tax expense for investment tax credits in the period the credit arises and is earned.

See Note 7 regarding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Contingencies – Certain conditions may exist which may result in a loss, but which will only be resolved when future events occur.  We and our legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment.  If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a loss has been incurred, we would accrue for such contingent losses when such losses can be reasonably estimated.  If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed.  Estimates of potential legal fees and other directly related costs associated with contingencies are not accrued but rather are expensed as incurred.  Loss contingency liabilities are included in current and noncurrent accrued and other liabilities and are based on current estimates that may be revised in the near term.  In addition, we recognize contingent gains when such gains are realized or when the contingencies have been resolved (generally at the time a settlement has been reached).  

In June 2020, one of our subsidiaries, El Dorado Chemical Company (“EDC”), and certain vendors mediated settlements for EDC to recover certain costs associated with a nitric acid plant at our El Dorado Facility.  The construction of this plant was completed and the plant began production in 2016.  As a result of the settlements, the vendors paid EDC $4.3 million and will provide services and parts totaling $2.8 million, which amount, or portion thereof, may be paid in cash at the option of the vendors (amount included in noncurrent accounts receivable, which is classified as a noncurrent other asset at September 30, 2020).  As part of the settlements, EDC paid the vendors $2.7 million to settle $3.2 million of invoices that were held in our accounts payable.  As a result, the recovery from these settlements recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes approximately $5.7 million classified as a reduction to cost of sales and approximately $1.9 million classified as a reduction to property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”).  

Redeemable Preferred Stocks – Our redeemable preferred stocks that are redeemable outside of our control are classified as temporary/mezzanine equity.  The redeemable preferred stocks were recorded at fair value upon issuance, net of issuance costs or discounts.  In addition, certain embedded features included in the Series E Redeemable Preferred required bifurcation and are classified as derivative liabilities.  The carrying values of the redeemable preferred stocks are being increased by periodic accretions (including the amount for dividends earned but not yet declared or paid) using the interest method so that the carrying amount will equal the redemption value as of October 25, 2023, the earliest possible redemption date by the holder.  The accretion was recorded to retained earnings. However, this accretion will change if the expected redemption date changes.

Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments – Derivatives are recognized in the balance sheet and are measured at fair value.  Changes in fair value of derivatives are recorded in results of operations unless the normal purchase or sale exceptions apply, or hedge accounting is elected.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified using the following hierarchy, which is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date:

Level 1 - Valuations of contracts classified as Level 1 are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical contracts.

Level 2 - Valuations of contracts classified as Level 2 are based on quoted prices for similar contracts and valuation inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for these contracts

Level 3 - Valuations of assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement

Revenue Recognition

We determine revenue recognition through the following steps:

• Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

• Determination of the transaction price;

• Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

• Recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.

1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account.  A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.  Generally, satisfaction occurs when control of the promised goods is transferred to the customer or as services are rendered or completed in exchange for consideration in an amount for which we expect to be entitled.  Generally, control is transferred when the preparation for shipment of the product to a customer has been completed.  Most of our contracts contain a single performance obligation with the promise to transfer a specific product.

Most of our revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied at a point in time, however, we have a performance obligation to perform certain services that are satisfied over a period of time.  Revenue is recognized from this type of performance obligation as services are rendered and are based on the amount for which we have a right to invoice, which reflects the amount of expected consideration that corresponds directly with the value of the services performed.  

For most of our contracts with customers, the transaction price from the inception of a contract is constrained to a short period of time (generally one month) as these contracts contain terms with variable consideration related to both price and quantity.  These contract prices are often based on commodity indexes (such as NYMEX natural gas index) published monthly and the contract quantities are typically based on estimated ranges.  The quantities become fixed and determinable over a period of time as each sale order is received from the customer.

The nature of our contracts also gives rise to other types of variable consideration, including volume discounts and rebates, make-whole provisions, other pricing concessions, and short-fall charges.  We estimate these amounts based on the expected amount to be provided to customers, which result in a transaction price adjustment reducing revenue (net sales) with the offset increasing contract or refund liabilities.  These estimates are based on historical experience, anticipated performance, and our best judgment at the time.  We reassess these estimates on a quarterly basis.

The aforementioned constraints over transaction prices in conjunction with the variable consideration included in our material contracts prevent a practical assignment of a specific dollar amount to performance obligations at the beginning and end of the period.  Therefore, we have applied the variable consideration allocation exception.

Future revenues to be earned from the satisfaction of performance obligations will be recognized when control transfers as goods are loaded and weighed or services are performed over the remaining duration of our contracts.  

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2020-06 - In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This ASU addresses the complexity associated with applying GAAP to certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. The ASU includes amendments to the guidance on convertible instruments and the derivative scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity and simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments which include beneficial conversion features or cash conversion features by removing certain separation models. Additionally, the ASU requires entities to use the “if-converted” method when calculating diluted earnings per share for convertible instruments. This ASU will be effective for us on January 1, 2024, however early adoption is permitted beginning January 1, 2021. We are evaluating the timing and the effect of our pending adoption of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures at this time.

ASU 2020-04 – In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates such as LIBOR that are expected to be discontinued.  This ASU provides exceptions and optional expedients for applying GAAP to contract modifications, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates to be discontinued as a result of reference rate reform.  They do not apply to modifications made or hedges entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, unless the hedging relationships existed as of that date and optional expedients for them were elected and retained through the end of the hedging relationship.  This ASU became effective upon issuance.  We continue to evaluate the effect of this ASU and plan to utilize this relief for our debt agreements that include LIBOR rates.

ASU 2019-12 – In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which affects general principles within Topic 740, Income Taxes.  The amendments of ASU 2019-12 are meant to simplify and reduce the cost of accounting for income taxes.  The ASU removes certain exceptions to the general framework and also seeks to simplify and/or clarify accounting for income taxes by adding certain requirements that would simplify GAAP for financial statement preparers.  We plan to adopt this new standard on January 1, 2021, which is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

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Loss Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Loss Per Common Share

2. Loss Per Common Share

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(20,402	)	$	(30,794	)	$	(40,219	)	$	(35,703	)
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend requirements on Series E Redeemable    Preferred		(8,889	)		(7,764	)		(25,885	)		(22,609	)
Dividend requirements on Series B Preferred		(60	)		(60	)		(180	)		(180	)
Dividend requirements on Series D Preferred		(15	)		(15	)		(45	)		(45	)
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred		(508	)		(500	)		(1,517	)		(1,493	)
Numerator for basic and dilutive net loss per common    share - net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(29,874	)	$	(39,133	)	$	(67,846	)	$	(60,030	)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic and dilutive net loss per    common share - adjusted weighted-average    shares (1)		28,211,905			28,065,519			28,195,691			28,025,130
Basic and dilutive net loss per common share	$	(1.06	)	$	(1.39	)	$	(2.41	)	$	(2.14	)

(1) Excludes the weighted-average shares of unvested restricted stock that are contingently issuable.

The following weighted-average shares of securities were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per common share as their effect would have been antidilutive:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Restricted stock and stock units		1,404,423		803,611		1,306,720		846,902
Convertible preferred stocks		916,666		916,666		916,666		916,666
Series E Redeemable Preferred - embedded derivative		303,646		303,646		303,646		303,646
Stock options		124,000		124,000		124,000		124,000
		2,748,735		2,147,923		2,651,032		2,191,214

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Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities

3. Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities

	September 30,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	(In Thousands)
Accrued interest	$	19,174	$	7,091
Accrued payroll and benefits		6,819		5,385
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		6,265		4,066
Accrued death and other executive benefits		2,545		2,564
Deferred revenue		2,080		3,443
Other		9,670		9,149
		46,553		31,698
Less noncurrent portion		5,596		6,214
Current portion of accrued and other liabilities	$	40,957	$	25,484

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Long-Term Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

4. Long-Term Debt

Our long-term debt consists of the following: 

	September 30,			December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Working Capital Revolver Loan, with a current interest    rate of 4.00% (A)	$	—		$	—
Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (B)		435,000			435,000
Secured Promissory Note due 2021, with an interest    rate of 5.25% (C)		2,119			4,746
Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022, with an interest    rate of 1.00% (D)		10,000			—
Secured Financing due 2023, with an interest    rate of 8.32% (E)		11,425			13,476
Secured Loan Agreement due 2025, with an interest    rate of 8.75% (F)		7,162			5,219
Secured Financing due 2025, with an interest    rate of 8.75% (G)		29,642			—
Secured Promissory Note due 2023 (G)		—			12,705
Other		172			159
Unamortized discount, net of premium and debt issuance   costs		(9,566	)		(12,261	)
		485,954			459,044
Less current portion of long-term debt		15,203			9,410
Long-term debt due after one year, net	$	470,751		$	449,634

(A) Our revolving credit facility, as amended (the “Working Capital Revolver Loan”), provides for advances up to $65 million (the “Maximum Revolver Amount”), based on specific percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventories and up to $10 million of letters of credit, the outstanding amount of which reduces the available for borrowing under the Working Capital Revolver Loan.  At September 30, 2020, our available borrowings under our Working Capital Revolver Loan were approximately $36.3 million, based on our eligible collateral, less outstanding letters of credit and loan balance.  The maturity date of the Working Capital Revolver Loan is on the earlier of (i) the date that is 90 days prior to the earliest stated maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes (unless refinanced or repaid) and (ii) February 26, 2024.  Subject to certain conditions and subject to lender approval, the Maximum Revolver Amount may increase up to an additional $10 million, less the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the unforgiven portion (as defined in the agreement) of the PPP loan discussed below within footnote (D). The Working Capital Revolver Loan also provides for a springing financial covenant (the “Financial Covenant”), which requires that, if the borrowing availability is less than 10.0% of the total revolver commitments, then the borrowers must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. The Financial Covenant, if triggered, is tested monthly.  

(B) On April 25, 2018, LSB completed the issuance and sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of April 25, 2018.  The Notes were issued at a price equal to 99.509% of their face value.  

On June 21, 2019, LSB completed the issuance and sale of $35 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “New Notes”).  The New Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture (the Notes together with the New Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”).  The New Notes were issued at a price equal to 102.125% of their face value, plus accrued interest from May 1, 2019 to June 21, 2019.

The Senior Secured Notes mature on May 1, 2023.  Interest is to be paid semiannually in arrears on May 1^st and November 1^st.

(C) EDC is party to a secured promissory note due in March 2021.  Principal and interest are payable in monthly installments.

4. Long-Term Debt (continued)

(D) In April 2020, LSB entered into a federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”) for $10 million with a lender pursuant to a new loan program through the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) as the result of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020.  We applied ASC 470, Debt, to account for the PPP loan. We have used all or substantially all of the proceeds from the PPP loan for payroll, rent, utilities, and other specified costs that qualify for loan forgiveness.  Under the current terms of the PPP loan, loan forgiveness applications are due within 10 months after the end of the loan forgiveness covered period, which period began on the date the PPP loan was disbursed and ends either 8-weeks or 24-weeks after disbursement of the loan. Once the SBA notifies the lender the amount of the loan which has been approved for forgiveness, the lender will determine the date that the equal monthly principal and interest payments will begin for the remaining loan balance, if any.  Currently, the loan matures in April 2022, which term may be extended to April 2025 if mutually agreed to by the parties.  As for the potential loan forgiveness, once the PPP loan is, wholly or partially, forgiven and a legal release is received, the liability would be reduced by the amount forgiven and a gain on extinguishment would be recorded.

(E) EDC is party to a secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding L.L.C. (“LSB Funding”).  Principal and interest are payable in 48 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $3 million due in June 2023.

(F) EDC is party to a secured loan agreement with an affiliate of LSB Funding, which provided for available borrowings (the “Interim Loan”) during the construction of certain equipment (the “Interim Loan Period”), subject to certain conditions.  During the Interim Loan Period, interest only was payable in monthly installments.  Effective February 28, 2020, the Interim Loan Period ended, and the Interim Loan was replaced by a secured promissory note due in March 2025.  Under the terms of the note, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments.

(G) In August 2020, El Dorado Ammonia L.L.C. (“EDA”), one of our subsidiaries, entered into a $30 million secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding. Beginning in September 2020, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $5 million due in August 2025. This financing arrangement is secured by an ammonia storage tank and is guaranteed by LSB. A portion of the proceeds from this secured financing arrangement was used to pay off the Secured Promissory Note that was scheduled to mature in May 2023.

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

5. Commitments and Contingencies

Natural Gas Purchase Commitments – At September 30, 2020, certain of our natural gas contracts qualify as normal purchases under GAAP and thus are not mark-to-market, which contracts included volume purchase commitments with fixed costs of approximately 4.3 million MMBtus of natural gas.  These contracts extend through February 2021 at a weighted-average cost of $2.46 per MMBtu ($10.6 million) and a weighted-average market value of $2.48 per MMBtu ($10.7 million).

Legal Matters - Following is a summary of certain legal matters involving the Company:

A. Environmental Matters

Our facilities and operations are subject to numerous federal, state and local environmental laws and to other laws regarding health and safety matters (collectively, the “Environmental and Health Laws”), many of which provide for certain performance obligations, substantial fines and criminal sanctions for violations.  Certain Environmental and Health Laws impose strict liability as well as joint and several liability for costs required to remediate and restore sites where hazardous substances, hydrocarbons or solid wastes have been stored or released.  We may be required to remediate contaminated properties currently or formerly owned or operated by us or facilities of third parties that received waste generated by our operations regardless of whether such contamination resulted from the conduct of others or from consequences of our own actions that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time those actions were taken.  

In addition, claims for damages to persons or property, including natural resources, may result from the environmental, health and safety effects of our operations.

There can be no assurance that we will not incur material costs or liabilities in complying with such laws or in paying fines or penalties for violation of such laws.  Our insurance may not cover all environmental risks and costs or may not provide sufficient coverage if an environmental claim is made against us.  The Environmental and Health Laws and related enforcement policies have in the past resulted, and could in the future result, in significant compliance expenses, cleanup costs (for our sites or third-party sites where our wastes were disposed of), penalties or other liabilities relating to the handling, manufacture, use, emission, discharge or disposal of hazardous or toxic materials at or from our facilities or the use or disposal of certain of its chemical products.  Further, a number of our facilities are dependent on environmental permits to operate, the loss or modification of which could have a material adverse effect on their operations and our financial condition.

5.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

Historically, significant capital expenditures have been incurred by our subsidiaries in order to comply with the Environmental and Health Laws, and significant capital expenditures are expected to be incurred in the future.  We will also be obligated to manage certain discharge water outlets and monitor groundwater contaminants at our facilities should we discontinue the operations of a facility.

As of September 30, 2020, our accrued liabilities for environmental matters totaled $183,000 relating primarily to the matters discussed below.  It is reasonably possible that a change in the estimate of our liability could occur in the near term.   

1. Discharge Water Matters

Each of our manufacturing facilities generates process wastewater, which may include cooling tower and boiler water quality control streams, contact storm water and miscellaneous spills and leaks from process equipment.  The process water discharge, storm-water runoff and miscellaneous spills and leaks are governed by various permits generally issued by the respective state environmental agencies as authorized and overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  These permits limit the type and amount of effluents that can be discharged and control the method of such discharge.  

In October 2017, PCC filed a Permit Renewal Application for its Non-Hazardous Injection Well Permit at the Pryor Facility.  Although the Injection Well Permit expired in 2018, PCC continues to operate the injection well pending the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) action on the Permit Renewal Application.  PCC and ODEQ are engaged in ongoing discussions related to the renewal of the injection well to address the wastewater stream.

Our El Dorado Facility is subject to a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) in 2004.  In 2010, the ADEQ issued a draft NPDES permit renewal for the El Dorado Facility, which contained more restrictive discharge limits than the previous 2004 permit.  In August 2017, ADEQ issued a final NPDES permit with new dissolved mineral limits.  EDC filed an appeal in September 2017 and a Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) was signed in July 2018.  EDC is in compliance with the revised permit limits agreed upon in the PAR.

In November 2006, the El Dorado Facility entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) that recognizes the presence of nitrate contamination in the shallow groundwater.  The CAO required EDC to perform semi-annual groundwater monitoring, continue operation of a groundwater recovery system, submit a human health and ecological risk assessment, and submit a remedial action plan.

The risk assessment was submitted in August 2007.  In February 2015, the ADEQ stated that El Dorado Chemical was meeting the requirements of the CAO and should continue semi-annual monitoring.  Subsequent to the PAR mentioned previously, a new CAO was signed in October 2018, which required an Evaluation Report of the data and effectiveness of the groundwater remedy for nitrate contamination.  In February 2019, the Evaluation Report was submitted to the ADEQ and the ADEQ approved the report in August 2019. No liability has been established at September 30, 2020, in connection with this ADEQ matter.

2. Other Environmental Matters

In 2002, certain of our subsidiaries sold substantially all of their operating assets relating to a Kansas chemical facility (the “Hallowell Facility”) but retained ownership of the real property where the facility is located.  Our subsidiary retained the obligation to be responsible for, and perform the activities under, a previously executed consent order to investigate the surface and subsurface contamination at the real property and develop a corrective action strategy based on the investigation.  In addition, certain of our subsidiaries agreed to indemnify the buyer of such assets for these environmental matters.

As the successor to a prior owner of the Hallowell Facility, Chevron Environmental Management Company (“Chevron”) has agreed in writing, within certain limitations, to pay and has been paying one-half of the costs of the investigation and interim measures relating to this matter as approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (the “KDHE”), subject to reallocation.

Our subsidiary and Chevron have retained an environmental consultant to prepare and perform a corrective action study work plan as to the appropriate method to remediate the Hallowell Facility.  The proposed strategy includes long-term surface and groundwater monitoring to track the natural decline in contamination.  The KDHE selected a remedy of annual monitoring and the implementation of an Environmental Use Control (“EUC”).  The final remedy, including the EUC, the finalization of the cost estimates and any required financial assurances remains under negotiation.  Additionally, the current operator of the site recently closed its operations at the site.  The change in the use of the site, from active manufacturing to a closed facility, may impact the selected remedy and remains an open item to be discussed with the KDHE. Pending the negotiation of the final remedy and any impact based on operational changes at the site, we continue to accrue our allocable portion of costs primarily for the additional testing, monitoring and risk assessments that could be reasonably estimated, which is included in our accrued liabilities for environmental matters discussed above.    

5.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

The estimated amount is not discounted to its present value.  As more information becomes available, our estimated accrual will be refined, as necessary.

B. Other Pending, Threatened or Settled Litigation

In 2013, an explosion and fire occurred at the West Fertilizer Co. (“West Fertilizer”) located in West, Texas, causing death, bodily injury and substantial property damage.  West Fertilizer is not owned or controlled by us, but West Fertilizer was a customer of EDC, and purchased AN from EDC from time to time.  LSB and EDC received letters from counsel purporting to represent subrogated insurance carriers, personal injury claimants and persons who suffered property damages informing LSB and EDC that their clients are conducting investigations into the cause of the explosion and fire to determine, among other things, whether AN manufactured by EDC and supplied to West Fertilizer was stored at West Fertilizer at the time of the explosion and, if so, whether such AN may have been one of the contributing factors of the explosion.  Initial lawsuits filed named West Fertilizer and another supplier of AN as defendants.

In 2014, EDC and LSB were named as defendants, together with other AN manufacturers and brokers that arranged the transport and delivery of AN to West Fertilizer, in the case styled City of West, Texas vs. CF Industries, Inc., et al., in the District Court of McLennan County, Texas.  The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that LSB and EDC were negligent in the production and marketing of fertilizer products sold to West Fertilizer, resulting in death, personal injury and property damage.  EDC retained a firm specializing in cause and origin investigations with particular experience with fertilizer facilities, to assist EDC in its own investigation.  LSB and EDC placed its liability insurance carrier on notice, and the carrier is handling the defense for LSB and EDC concerning this matter.

Our product liability insurance policies have aggregate limits of general liability totaling $100 million, with a self-insured retention of $250,000, which retention limit has been met relating to the West Fertilizer matter.  In August 2015, the trial court dismissed plaintiff’s negligence claims against us, and EDC based on a duty to inspect but allowed the plaintiffs to proceed on claims for design defect and failure to warn.

Subsequently, we and EDC have entered into confidential settlement agreements (with approval of our insurance carriers) with several plaintiffs that had claimed wrongful death and bodily injury and insurance companies asserting subrogation claims for damages from the explosion.  While these settlements resolve the claims of a number of the claimants in this matter, we continue to be party to litigation related to the explosion.  We continue to defend these lawsuits vigorously and we are unable to estimate a possible range of loss at this time if there is an adverse outcome in this matter as to EDC.  As of September 30, 2020, no liability reserve has been established in connection with this matter.

In 2015, we and EDA received formal written notice from Global Industrial, Inc. (“Global”) of Global’s intention to assert mechanic liens for labor, service, or materials furnished under certain subcontract agreements for the improvement of the new ammonia plant (“Ammonia Plant”) at our El Dorado Facility.  Global was a subcontractor of Leidos Constructors, LLC (“Leidos”), the general contractor for EDA for the construction for the Ammonia Plant.  Leidos terminated the services of Global with respect to their work performed at our El Dorado Facility.

LSB and EDA intend to pursue recovery of any damage or loss caused by Global’s work performed through their contract with Leidos at our El Dorado Facility.  In March 2016, EDC and LSB were served a summons in a case styled Global Industrial, Inc. d/b/a Global Turnaround vs. Leidos Constructors, LLC et al., in the Circuit court of Union County, Arkansas, wherein Global seeks damages under breach of contract and other claims. At the time of the summons, our accounts payable included invoices totaling approximately $3.5 million related to the claims asserted by Global but such invoices were not approved by Leidos for payment.  We have requested indemnification from Leidos under the terms of our contracts, which they have denied.  As a result, we are seeking reimbursement of legal expenses from Leidos under our contracts.  We also seek damages from Leidos for their wrongdoing during the expansion, including breach of contract, fraud, gross negligence, professional negligence and gross negligence.

5.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

On September 25, 2018, the Court bifurcated the case into: (1) Global’s claims against Leidos and LSB, and (2) the cross-claims between Leidos and LSB.  Part (1) of the case was tried in the Court during the fall of 2018 and the Court rendered an interim judgment in March 2020 and issued its final judgment on April 23, 2020.  In summary, the judgment awarded Global (i) approximately $7.4 million (amount includes the $3.5 million discussed above) for labor, service, and materials furnished relating to the Ammonia Plant, (ii) approximately $1.3 million for prejudgment interest, and (iii) a claim of lien on certain property and the foreclosure of the lien to satisfy these obligations.  In addition, post-judgment interest will accrue at the annual rate of 4.25% until paid.  As a result of the judgment during the first quarter of 2020, we accounted for the following:

• accrued an additional $3.9 million in accounts payable, which offset amount was capitalized as PP&E, since such costs directly related to the construction of the Ammonia Plant;

• recognized additional depreciation expense of $0.5 million associated with the amount above capitalized to PP&E, which offset amount was a credit to PP&E (accumulated depreciation);

• accrued prejudgment and post-judgment interest totaling $1.4 million in accrued interest, which offset amount was classified as interest expense.

We have filed a notice of intent to appeal and the Court entered a stay of the judgment pending appeal.

LSB intends to vigorously prosecute its claims against Leidos in Part (2) of the matter.  Due to the impact from the coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the Trial date for Part (2) of the matter has been delayed and we are awaiting a new trial date.

We are also involved in various other claims and legal actions (including matters involving gain contingencies).  It is possible that the actual future development of claims could be different from our estimates but, after consultation with legal counsel, we believe that changes in our estimates will not have a material effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments

6.  Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments

For the periods presented, the following significant instruments are accounted for on a fair value basis:

Natural Gas Contracts

During the first nine months of 2020, we entered into certain forward natural gas contracts (“natural gas contracts”), which are accounted for on a mark-to-market basis.  We are utilizing these natural gas contracts as economic hedges for risk management purposes but are not designated as hedging instruments.  At September 30, 2020, our natural gas contracts included 1.0 million MMBtu of natural gas and extend through January 2021 (there were none at December 31, 2019).  The valuations of the natural gas contracts are classified as Level 2.  At September 30, 2020, the valuation inputs included the contractual weighted-average cost of $2.01 per MMBtu and the weighted-average market value of $2.53 per MMBtu.  

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized a $0.5 million gain and a $0.2 million loss (classified as cost of sales), respectively (none for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019), which includes an unrealized gain of $0.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively, attributed to natural gas contracts still held at the reporting date.

Embedded Derivative

As discussed in Note 8, certain embedded features (“embedded derivative”) relating to the redemption of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, which includes certain contingent redemption features and the participation rights value have been bifurcated from the Series E Redeemable Preferred and recorded as a liability. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we estimate that the contingent redemption features have fair value since we estimate that it is probable that a portion of the shares of this preferred stock would be redeemed prior to October 25, 2023.  For certain other embedded features, we estimated no fair value based on our assessment that there is a remote probability that these features will be exercised.

The fair value of the embedded derivative was valued using discounted cash flow models and primarily based on the difference in the present value of estimated future cash flows with no redemptions prior to October 25, 2023 compared to certain redemptions deemed probable during the same period and applying the effective dividend rate of the Series E Redeemable Preferred. In addition, at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the fair value of the embedded derivative included the valuation of the participation rights, which was based on the equivalent of 303,646 shares of our common stock at $1.61 and $4.20 per share, respectively.

The valuations of the embedded derivative are classified as Level 3.  This derivative is valued using market information, management’s redemption assumptions, the underlying number of shares as defined in the terms of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, and the market price of our common stock.

6.  Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments (continued)

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recognized an unrealized gain and unrealized loss of approximately $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, due to the change in fair value of the embedded derivative.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recognized an unrealized gain of approximately $0.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively, due to the change in fair value of the embedded derivative.  These unrealized gains are included in non-operating other income.

The following details our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

			Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2020 Using
Description	Total Fair Value at September 30, 2020		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Contracts (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)(1)		Total Fair Value at December 31, 2019
	(In Thousands)
Assets - Supplies, prepaid items and other:
Natural gas contracts	$	623	$	—	$	623	$	—	$	—
Total	$	623	$	—	$	623	$	—	$	—
Liabilities - Current and noncurrent accrued and    other liabilities:
Embedded derivative	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468	$	1,084
Total	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468	$	1,084

(1) There was no Level 3 transfer activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Other Financial Instruments

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we did not have any financial instruments with fair values significantly different from their carrying amounts (which excludes issuance costs, if applicable), except for the Senior Secured Notes as shown below.

	September 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Carrying		Estimated		Carrying		Estimated
	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
	(In Millions)
Senior Secured Notes (1)	$	435	$	426	$	435	$	449

(1)Based on a quoted price of 98.0 at September 30, 2020 and 103.25 at December 31, 2019.

The Senior Secured Notes valuations are classified as Level 2.  The fair value of financial instruments is not indicative of the overall fair value of our assets and liabilities since financial instruments do not include all assets, including intangibles, and all liabilities.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

7. Income Taxes

On March 27, 2020, the President of the U.S. signed into law the CARES Act.  The CARES Act provides relief to corporate taxpayers by permitting a five year carryback of 2018-2020 net operating losses (“NOLs”), removing the 80% limitation on the carryback of those NOLs, increasing the Section 163(j) 30% limitation on interest expense deductibility to 50% of adjusted taxable income for 2019 and 2020, and accelerates refunds for minimum tax credit carryforwards, along with a few other provisions.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, no material adjustments were required to the income tax benefit as a result of the enactment of the CARES Act.  On July 28, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department released final regulations, which are effective January 1, 2021, and proposed regulations with guidance on the business interest expense limitation under Section 163(j). Currently, we are in the process of evaluating the effect of these regulations on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

7.  Income Taxes (continued)

Benefit for income taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	(4	)	$	—		$	(4	)	$	—
State		27			24			50			(19	)
Total Current	$	23		$	24		$	46		$	(19	)
Deferred:
Federal	$	(1,188	)	$	(668	)	$	(3,079	)	$	(501	)
State		(205	)		161			25			(5,296	)
Total Deferred	$	(1,393	)	$	(507	)	$	(3,054	)	$	(5,797	)
Benefit for income taxes	$	(1,370	)	$	(483	)	$	(3,008	)	$	(5,816	)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the current provision (benefit) for state income taxes shown above includes regular state income tax, provisions for uncertain state income tax positions, the impact of state tax law changes and other similar adjustments.

Our estimated annual effective rate for 2020 includes the impact of permanent tax differences, limits on deductible compensation, valuation allowances and other permanent items.

We considered both positive and negative evidence in our determination of the need for valuation allowances for deferred tax assets.  Information evaluated includes our financial position and results of operations for the current and preceding years, the availability of deferred tax liabilities and tax carrybacks, as well as an evaluation of currently available information about future years.  Valuation allowances are reflective of our quarterly analysis of the four sources of taxable income, including the calculation of the reversal of existing tax assets and liabilities, the impact of financing activities and our quarterly results.  Based on our analysis, we currently believe that it is more-likely-than-not that a portion of our federal deferred tax assets will not be able to be utilized and we estimate the valuation allowance to be recorded during 2020 to be approximately $7.0 million.  We have also determined it was more-likely-than-not that a portion of our state deferred tax assets would not be able to be utilized and we estimate the valuation allowance associated with these state deferred tax assets to be recorded during 2020 will be approximately $3.7 million.

We will continue to evaluate both the positive and negative evidence on a quarterly basis in determining the need for a valuation allowance with respect to our deferred tax assets.  Changes in positive and negative evidence, including differences between estimated and actual results and additional guidance for various provisions of the CARES Act, could result in changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets that could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.  Changes in existing tax laws could also affect actual tax results and the realization of deferred tax assets over time.

The tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $3.0 million (7% benefit on pre-tax loss) and the tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $5.8 million (14% benefit on pre-tax loss).  For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective tax rate is less than the statutory tax rate primarily due to the impact of the valuation allowances.  

LSB and certain of its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions.  With few exceptions, the 2016-2019 years remain open for all purposes of examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and other major tax jurisdictions.  

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Redeemable Preferred Stocks

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Redeemable Preferred Stocks

8. Redeemable Preferred Stocks

Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred

As of September 30, 2020, the Series E Redeemable Preferred has a 14% annual dividend rate and a participating right in dividends and liquidating distributions equal to 303,646 shares of common stock (participation rights value).  Dividends accrue semi-annually in arrears and are compounded.  Pursuant to the terms of the Series E Redeemable Preferred, the annual dividend rate will increase (a) by 0.50% in April 2021 (b) by an additional 0.50% in April 2022 and (c) by an additional 1.0% in April 2023. The Series E Redeemable Preferred contains redemption features and a participation rights value that are being accounted for as derivative instruments and have been bifurcated from the Series E Redeemable Preferred as discussed in Note 6.

As of September 30, 2020, the Series F Redeemable Preferred has voting rights to vote as a single class on all matters which the common stock have the right to vote and is entitled to a number of votes equal to 456,225 shares of our common stock.

Changes in our Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred are as follows:

	Series E Redeemable Preferred
	Shares		Amount
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2019		139,768	$	234,893
Accretion relating to liquidation preference on    preferred stock		—		811
Accretion for discount and issuance costs on    preferred stock		—		706
Accumulated dividends		—		25,885
Balance at September 30, 2020		139,768	$	262,295

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Net Sales

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Net Sales

9.  Net Sales

Disaggregated Net Sales

As discussed in Note 1, we primarily derive our revenues from the sales of various chemical products.  The following table presents our net sales disaggregated by our principal markets, which disaggregation is consistent with other financial information utilized or provided outside of our consolidated financial statements:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Net sales:
Agricultural products	$	31,986	$	35,494	$	138,441	$	154,790
Industrial acids and other chemical products		32,372		30,552		97,137		105,579
Mining products		9,611		9,449		26,835		30,805
Total net sales	$	73,969	$	75,495	$	262,413	$	291,174

Other Information

Although most of our contracts have an original expected duration of one year or less, for our contracts with a duration greater than one year at contract inception, the average remaining expected duration was approximately 10 months at September 30, 2020.

Liabilities associated with contracts with customers (contract liabilities) primarily relate to deferred revenue and customer deposits associated with cash payments received in advance from customers for volume shortfall charges and product shipments.  We had approximately $2.1 million and $3.6 million of contract liabilities as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 revenues of $0.6 million and $1.5 million, respectively, were recognized and included in the balance at the beginning of the respective period.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, revenues of $1.2 million and $3.2 million, respectively, were recognized and included in the balance at the beginning of the respective period.

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Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

10. Related Party Transactions

As of September 30, 2020, we have three separate outstanding financing arrangements with an affiliate of LSB Funding as discussed in footnotes (E), (F) and (G) of Note 4.  Also, an affiliate of LSB Funding holds $50 million of our Senior Secured Notes discussed in footnote (B) of Note 4.  In addition, LSB Funding holds all outstanding shares of the Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred discussed in Note 8.

The Golsen Holders hold all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred and Series D Preferred, which accumulated dividends on such shares totaled approximately $1.5 million at September 30, 2020.

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Supplemental Cash Flow Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

11. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following provides additional information relating to cash flow activities:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Cash refunds for:
Income taxes, net	$	(319	)	$	(66	)
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Supplies and accounts payable associated with    additions of property, plant and equipment	$	12,974		$	21,251
Dividends accrued on Series E Redeemable Preferred	$	25,885		$	22,609
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred	$	1,517		$	1,493

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NOL Rights Agreement

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

NOL Rights Agreement

12.  NOL Rights Agreement

On July 6, 2020, we entered into the Section 382 Rights Agreement (the “NOL Rights Agreement”), dated as of July 6, 2020, between LSB and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.

The purpose of the NOL Rights Agreement is to facilitate our ability to preserve our NOLs and other tax attributes in order to be able to offset potential future income taxes for federal income tax purposes. Our ability to use these NOLs and other tax attributes would be substantially limited if we experience an “ownership change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). A company generally experiences an ownership change if the percentage of the value of its stock owned by certain 5% shareholders, as defined in Section 382 of the Code, increases by more than 50% points over a rolling three-year period. The NOL Rights Agreement is intended to reduce the likelihood of an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code by deterring any person (as defined in the NOL Rights Agreement) or group of affiliated or associated persons (“Group”) from acquiring beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more of our outstanding common shares.

The rights issued under the NOL Rights Agreement will expire on the earliest to occur of (i) the close of business on the day following the certification of the voting results of our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, or other duly held stockholders’ meeting, (ii) the date on which our Board of Directors (the “Board”) determines in its sole discretion that (x) the NOL Rights Agreement is no longer necessary for the preservation of material valuable NOLs or tax attributes or (y) the NOLs and tax attributes have been fully utilized and may no longer be carried forward and (iii) the close of business on July 6, 2023.

Our Board may, in its discretion, determine that a person, entity or a certain transaction is exempt from the operation of the NOL Rights Agreement or amend the terms of the rights.

This summary description of the NOL Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2020.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Consolidation

Basis of Consolidation – LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB”) and its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  LSB is a holding company with no significant operations or assets other than cash, cash equivalents, and investments in its subsidiaries.  All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.  Certain prior period amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Nature of Business

Nature of Business – We are engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemical products.  The chemical products we primarily manufacture, market and sell are ammonia, fertilizer grade AN (“HDAN”) and UAN for agricultural applications, high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity AN, sulfuric acids, concentrated, blended and regular nitric acid, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluid for industrial applications, and industrial grade AN (“LDAN”) and solutions for the mining industry.  We manufacture and distribute our products in four facilities; three of which we own and are located in El Dorado, Arkansas (the “El Dorado Facility”); Cherokee, Alabama (the “Cherokee Facility”); and Pryor, Oklahoma (the “Pryor Facility”); and one of which we operate on behalf of a global chemical company in Baytown, Texas (the “Baytown Facility”).  

Sales to customers include farmers, ranchers, fertilizer dealers and distributors primarily in the ranch land and grain production markets in the United States (“U.S.”); industrial users of acids throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada; and explosive manufacturers in the U.S. and parts of Mexico.

In our opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company as of September 30, 2020 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 include all adjustments and accruals, consisting of normal, recurring accrual adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods.  These interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year due, in part, to the seasonality of our sales of agricultural products and the timing of performing our major plant maintenance activities.  Our selling seasons for agricultural products are primarily during the spring and fall planting seasons, which typically extend from March through June and from September through November.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.  These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in connection with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2019 Form 10-K.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates – The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes – Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statement of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.  We establish valuation allowances if we believe it is more-likely-than-not that some or all of deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Significant judgment is applied in evaluating the need for and the magnitude of appropriate valuation allowances against deferred tax assets.

In addition, we do not recognize a tax benefit unless we conclude that it is more likely than not that the benefit will be sustained on audit by the relevant taxing authorities based solely on the technical merits of the associated tax position.  If the recognition threshold is met, we recognize a tax benefit measured at the largest amount of the tax benefit that, in our judgment, is greater than 50% likely to be realized.

Income tax benefits associated with amounts that are deductible for income tax purposes are recorded through the statement of operations.  These benefits are principally generated from exercises of restricted stock.  We reduce income tax expense for investment tax credits in the period the credit arises and is earned.

See Note 7 regarding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

Contingencies

Contingencies – Certain conditions may exist which may result in a loss, but which will only be resolved when future events occur.  We and our legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment.  If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a loss has been incurred, we would accrue for such contingent losses when such losses can be reasonably estimated.  If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed.  Estimates of potential legal fees and other directly related costs associated with contingencies are not accrued but rather are expensed as incurred.  Loss contingency liabilities are included in current and noncurrent accrued and other liabilities and are based on current estimates that may be revised in the near term.  In addition, we recognize contingent gains when such gains are realized or when the contingencies have been resolved (generally at the time a settlement has been reached).  

In June 2020, one of our subsidiaries, El Dorado Chemical Company (“EDC”), and certain vendors mediated settlements for EDC to recover certain costs associated with a nitric acid plant at our El Dorado Facility.  The construction of this plant was completed and the plant began production in 2016.  As a result of the settlements, the vendors paid EDC $4.3 million and will provide services and parts totaling $2.8 million, which amount, or portion thereof, may be paid in cash at the option of the vendors (amount included in noncurrent accounts receivable, which is classified as a noncurrent other asset at September 30, 2020).  As part of the settlements, EDC paid the vendors $2.7 million to settle $3.2 million of invoices that were held in our accounts payable.  As a result, the recovery from these settlements recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes approximately $5.7 million classified as a reduction to cost of sales and approximately $1.9 million classified as a reduction to property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”).  

Redeemable Preferred Stocks

Redeemable Preferred Stocks – Our redeemable preferred stocks that are redeemable outside of our control are classified as temporary/mezzanine equity.  The redeemable preferred stocks were recorded at fair value upon issuance, net of issuance costs or discounts.  In addition, certain embedded features included in the Series E Redeemable Preferred required bifurcation and are classified as derivative liabilities.  The carrying values of the redeemable preferred stocks are being increased by periodic accretions (including the amount for dividends earned but not yet declared or paid) using the interest method so that the carrying amount will equal the redemption value as of October 25, 2023, the earliest possible redemption date by the holder.  The accretion was recorded to retained earnings. However, this accretion will change if the expected redemption date changes.

Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments

Derivatives, Hedges and Financial Instruments – Derivatives are recognized in the balance sheet and are measured at fair value.  Changes in fair value of derivatives are recorded in results of operations unless the normal purchase or sale exceptions apply, or hedge accounting is elected.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified using the following hierarchy, which is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date:

Level 1 - Valuations of contracts classified as Level 1 are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical contracts.

Level 2 - Valuations of contracts classified as Level 2 are based on quoted prices for similar contracts and valuation inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for these contracts

Level 3 - Valuations of assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

We determine revenue recognition through the following steps:

• Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

• Determination of the transaction price;

• Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

• Recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.

1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account.  A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.  Generally, satisfaction occurs when control of the promised goods is transferred to the customer or as services are rendered or completed in exchange for consideration in an amount for which we expect to be entitled.  Generally, control is transferred when the preparation for shipment of the product to a customer has been completed.  Most of our contracts contain a single performance obligation with the promise to transfer a specific product.

Most of our revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied at a point in time, however, we have a performance obligation to perform certain services that are satisfied over a period of time.  Revenue is recognized from this type of performance obligation as services are rendered and are based on the amount for which we have a right to invoice, which reflects the amount of expected consideration that corresponds directly with the value of the services performed.  

For most of our contracts with customers, the transaction price from the inception of a contract is constrained to a short period of time (generally one month) as these contracts contain terms with variable consideration related to both price and quantity.  These contract prices are often based on commodity indexes (such as NYMEX natural gas index) published monthly and the contract quantities are typically based on estimated ranges.  The quantities become fixed and determinable over a period of time as each sale order is received from the customer.

The nature of our contracts also gives rise to other types of variable consideration, including volume discounts and rebates, make-whole provisions, other pricing concessions, and short-fall charges.  We estimate these amounts based on the expected amount to be provided to customers, which result in a transaction price adjustment reducing revenue (net sales) with the offset increasing contract or refund liabilities.  These estimates are based on historical experience, anticipated performance, and our best judgment at the time.  We reassess these estimates on a quarterly basis.

The aforementioned constraints over transaction prices in conjunction with the variable consideration included in our material contracts prevent a practical assignment of a specific dollar amount to performance obligations at the beginning and end of the period.  Therefore, we have applied the variable consideration allocation exception.

Future revenues to be earned from the satisfaction of performance obligations will be recognized when control transfers as goods are loaded and weighed or services are performed over the remaining duration of our contracts.  

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2020-06 - In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This ASU addresses the complexity associated with applying GAAP to certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. The ASU includes amendments to the guidance on convertible instruments and the derivative scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity and simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments which include beneficial conversion features or cash conversion features by removing certain separation models. Additionally, the ASU requires entities to use the “if-converted” method when calculating diluted earnings per share for convertible instruments. This ASU will be effective for us on January 1, 2024, however early adoption is permitted beginning January 1, 2021. We are evaluating the timing and the effect of our pending adoption of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures at this time.

ASU 2020-04 – In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates such as LIBOR that are expected to be discontinued.  This ASU provides exceptions and optional expedients for applying GAAP to contract modifications, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates to be discontinued as a result of reference rate reform.  They do not apply to modifications made or hedges entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, unless the hedging relationships existed as of that date and optional expedients for them were elected and retained through the end of the hedging relationship.  This ASU became effective upon issuance.  We continue to evaluate the effect of this ASU and plan to utilize this relief for our debt agreements that include LIBOR rates.

ASU 2019-12 – In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which affects general principles within Topic 740, Income Taxes.  The amendments of ASU 2019-12 are meant to simplify and reduce the cost of accounting for income taxes.  The ASU removes certain exceptions to the general framework and also seeks to simplify and/or clarify accounting for income taxes by adding certain requirements that would simplify GAAP for financial statement preparers.  We plan to adopt this new standard on January 1, 2021, which is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

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Loss Per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Common Share

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(20,402	)	$	(30,794	)	$	(40,219	)	$	(35,703	)
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend requirements on Series E Redeemable    Preferred		(8,889	)		(7,764	)		(25,885	)		(22,609	)
Dividend requirements on Series B Preferred		(60	)		(60	)		(180	)		(180	)
Dividend requirements on Series D Preferred		(15	)		(15	)		(45	)		(45	)
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred		(508	)		(500	)		(1,517	)		(1,493	)
Numerator for basic and dilutive net loss per common    share - net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(29,874	)	$	(39,133	)	$	(67,846	)	$	(60,030	)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic and dilutive net loss per    common share - adjusted weighted-average    shares (1)		28,211,905			28,065,519			28,195,691			28,025,130
Basic and dilutive net loss per common share	$	(1.06	)	$	(1.39	)	$	(2.41	)	$	(2.14	)

(1) Excludes the weighted-average shares of unvested restricted stock that are contingently issuable.

Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

The following weighted-average shares of securities were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per common share as their effect would have been antidilutive:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Restricted stock and stock units		1,404,423		803,611		1,306,720		846,902
Convertible preferred stocks		916,666		916,666		916,666		916,666
Series E Redeemable Preferred - embedded derivative		303,646		303,646		303,646		303,646
Stock options		124,000		124,000		124,000		124,000
		2,748,735		2,147,923		2,651,032		2,191,214

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Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities

	September 30,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	(In Thousands)
Accrued interest	$	19,174	$	7,091
Accrued payroll and benefits		6,819		5,385
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		6,265		4,066
Accrued death and other executive benefits		2,545		2,564
Deferred revenue		2,080		3,443
Other		9,670		9,149
		46,553		31,698
Less noncurrent portion		5,596		6,214
Current portion of accrued and other liabilities	$	40,957	$	25,484

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Revolving Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt

Our long-term debt consists of the following: 

	September 30,			December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Working Capital Revolver Loan, with a current interest    rate of 4.00% (A)	$	—		$	—
Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (B)		435,000			435,000
Secured Promissory Note due 2021, with an interest    rate of 5.25% (C)		2,119			4,746
Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022, with an interest    rate of 1.00% (D)		10,000			—
Secured Financing due 2023, with an interest    rate of 8.32% (E)		11,425			13,476
Secured Loan Agreement due 2025, with an interest    rate of 8.75% (F)		7,162			5,219
Secured Financing due 2025, with an interest    rate of 8.75% (G)		29,642			—
Secured Promissory Note due 2023 (G)		—			12,705
Other		172			159
Unamortized discount, net of premium and debt issuance   costs		(9,566	)		(12,261	)
		485,954			459,044
Less current portion of long-term debt		15,203			9,410
Long-term debt due after one year, net	$	470,751		$	449,634

(A) Our revolving credit facility, as amended (the “Working Capital Revolver Loan”), provides for advances up to $65 million (the “Maximum Revolver Amount”), based on specific percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventories and up to $10 million of letters of credit, the outstanding amount of which reduces the available for borrowing under the Working Capital Revolver Loan.  At September 30, 2020, our available borrowings under our Working Capital Revolver Loan were approximately $36.3 million, based on our eligible collateral, less outstanding letters of credit and loan balance.  The maturity date of the Working Capital Revolver Loan is on the earlier of (i) the date that is 90 days prior to the earliest stated maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes (unless refinanced or repaid) and (ii) February 26, 2024.  Subject to certain conditions and subject to lender approval, the Maximum Revolver Amount may increase up to an additional $10 million, less the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the unforgiven portion (as defined in the agreement) of the PPP loan discussed below within footnote (D). The Working Capital Revolver Loan also provides for a springing financial covenant (the “Financial Covenant”), which requires that, if the borrowing availability is less than 10.0% of the total revolver commitments, then the borrowers must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. The Financial Covenant, if triggered, is tested monthly.  

(B) On April 25, 2018, LSB completed the issuance and sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of April 25, 2018.  The Notes were issued at a price equal to 99.509% of their face value.  

On June 21, 2019, LSB completed the issuance and sale of $35 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “New Notes”).  The New Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture (the Notes together with the New Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”).  The New Notes were issued at a price equal to 102.125% of their face value, plus accrued interest from May 1, 2019 to June 21, 2019.

The Senior Secured Notes mature on May 1, 2023.  Interest is to be paid semiannually in arrears on May 1^st and November 1^st.

(C) EDC is party to a secured promissory note due in March 2021.  Principal and interest are payable in monthly installments.

4. Long-Term Debt (continued)

(D) In April 2020, LSB entered into a federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”) for $10 million with a lender pursuant to a new loan program through the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) as the result of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020.  We applied ASC 470, Debt, to account for the PPP loan. We have used all or substantially all of the proceeds from the PPP loan for payroll, rent, utilities, and other specified costs that qualify for loan forgiveness.  Under the current terms of the PPP loan, loan forgiveness applications are due within 10 months after the end of the loan forgiveness covered period, which period began on the date the PPP loan was disbursed and ends either 8-weeks or 24-weeks after disbursement of the loan. Once the SBA notifies the lender the amount of the loan which has been approved for forgiveness, the lender will determine the date that the equal monthly principal and interest payments will begin for the remaining loan balance, if any.  Currently, the loan matures in April 2022, which term may be extended to April 2025 if mutually agreed to by the parties.  As for the potential loan forgiveness, once the PPP loan is, wholly or partially, forgiven and a legal release is received, the liability would be reduced by the amount forgiven and a gain on extinguishment would be recorded.

(E) EDC is party to a secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding L.L.C. (“LSB Funding”).  Principal and interest are payable in 48 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $3 million due in June 2023.

(F) EDC is party to a secured loan agreement with an affiliate of LSB Funding, which provided for available borrowings (the “Interim Loan”) during the construction of certain equipment (the “Interim Loan Period”), subject to certain conditions.  During the Interim Loan Period, interest only was payable in monthly installments.  Effective February 28, 2020, the Interim Loan Period ended, and the Interim Loan was replaced by a secured promissory note due in March 2025.  Under the terms of the note, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments.

(G) In August 2020, El Dorado Ammonia L.L.C. (“EDA”), one of our subsidiaries, entered into a $30 million secured financing arrangement with an affiliate of LSB Funding. Beginning in September 2020, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $5 million due in August 2025. This financing arrangement is secured by an ammonia storage tank and is guaranteed by LSB. A portion of the proceeds from this secured financing arrangement was used to pay off the Secured Promissory Note that was scheduled to mature in May 2023.

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The following details our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

			Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2020 Using
Description	Total Fair Value at September 30, 2020		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Contracts (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)(1)		Total Fair Value at December 31, 2019
	(In Thousands)
Assets - Supplies, prepaid items and other:
Natural gas contracts	$	623	$	—	$	623	$	—	$	—
Total	$	623	$	—	$	623	$	—	$	—
Liabilities - Current and noncurrent accrued and    other liabilities:
Embedded derivative	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468	$	1,084
Total	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468	$	1,084

(1) There was no Level 3 transfer activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Summary of Financial Instruments with Fair Values Significantly Different from Carrying Amounts Except for Senior Secured Notes

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we did not have any financial instruments with fair values significantly different from their carrying amounts (which excludes issuance costs, if applicable), except for the Senior Secured Notes as shown below.

	September 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Carrying		Estimated		Carrying		Estimated
	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
	(In Millions)
Senior Secured Notes (1)	$	435	$	426	$	435	$	449

(1)Based on a quoted price of 98.0 at September 30, 2020 and 103.25 at December 31, 2019.

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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

Benefit for income taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	(4	)	$	—		$	(4	)	$	—
State		27			24			50			(19	)
Total Current	$	23		$	24		$	46		$	(19	)
Deferred:
Federal	$	(1,188	)	$	(668	)	$	(3,079	)	$	(501	)
State		(205	)		161			25			(5,296	)
Total Deferred	$	(1,393	)	$	(507	)	$	(3,054	)	$	(5,797	)
Benefit for income taxes	$	(1,370	)	$	(483	)	$	(3,008	)	$	(5,816	)

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Redeemable Preferred Stocks (Table)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Summary of Redeemable Preferred Stock

Changes in our Series E and Series F Redeemable Preferred are as follows:

	Series E Redeemable Preferred
	Shares		Amount
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2019		139,768	$	234,893
Accretion relating to liquidation preference on    preferred stock		—		811
Accretion for discount and issuance costs on    preferred stock		—		706
Accumulated dividends		—		25,885
Balance at September 30, 2020		139,768	$	262,295

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Net Sales (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Net Sales Disaggregated by Principal Markets

As discussed in Note 1, we primarily derive our revenues from the sales of various chemical products.  The following table presents our net sales disaggregated by our principal markets, which disaggregation is consistent with other financial information utilized or provided outside of our consolidated financial statements:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Net sales:
Agricultural products	$	31,986	$	35,494	$	138,441	$	154,790
Industrial acids and other chemical products		32,372		30,552		97,137		105,579
Mining products		9,611		9,449		26,835		30,805
Total net sales	$	73,969	$	75,495	$	262,413	$	291,174

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Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Additional Information Relating to Cash Flow Activities

The following provides additional information relating to cash flow activities:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Cash refunds for:
Income taxes, net	$	(319	)	$	(66	)
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Supplies and accounts payable associated with    additions of property, plant and equipment	$	12,974		$	21,251
Dividends accrued on Series E Redeemable Preferred	$	25,885		$	22,609
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred	$	1,517		$	1,493

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) Facility
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of facilities for manufacture and distribution of products | Facility	4
Tax benefit recognized	greater than 50%
El Dorado Chemical Company [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Litigation settlement received from other party	$ 4.3
Litigation settlement, services and parts awarded from other party	2.8
Litigation settlement, expense paid	2.7
Settle of invoices held in account payable	3.2
El Dorado Chemical Company [Member] | Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Recovery from litigation settlement	1.9
Cost of Sales [Member] | El Dorado Chemical Company [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Recovery from litigation settlement	$ 5.7

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Loss Per Common Share - Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Common Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Numerator:
Net loss	$ (20,402)	$ (365)	$ (19,452)	$ (30,794)	$ 6,631	$ (11,540)	$ (40,219)	$ (35,703)
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	(8,889)	$ (8,689)	$ (8,307)	(7,764)	$ (7,589)	$ (7,256)
Dividend requirements	(75)			(75)			(225)	(225)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$ (29,874)			$ (39,133)			$ (67,846)	$ (60,030)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic and dilutive net loss per common share - adjusted weighted-average shares	28,211,905			28,065,519			28,195,691	28,025,130
Basic and dilutive net loss per common share	$ (1.06)			$ (1.39)			$ (2.41)	$ (2.14)
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend accrued on redeemable preferred stock	$ (8,889)			$ (7,764)			$ (25,885)	$ (22,609)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(508)			(500)			(1,517)	(1,493)
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend requirements	(60)			(60)			(180)	(180)
Series D Preferred Stock [Member]
Adjustments for basic net loss per common share:
Dividend requirements	$ (15)			$ (15)			$ (45)	$ (45)

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Loss Per Common Share - Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Diluted Net Loss Per Common Share (Detail) - shares	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	2,748,735	2,147,923	2,651,032	2,191,214
Restricted Stock and Stock Units [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	1,404,423	803,611	1,306,720	846,902
Stock Options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	124,000	124,000	124,000	124,000
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Embedded Derivative [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	303,646	303,646	303,646	303,646
Convertible Preferred Stocks [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	916,666	916,666	916,666	916,666

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Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities - Summary of Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Payables And Accruals [Abstract]
Accrued interest	$ 19,174	$ 7,091
Accrued payroll and benefits	6,819	5,385
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	6,265	4,066
Accrued death and other executive benefits	2,545	2,564
Deferred revenue	2,080	3,443
Other	9,670	9,149
Total current and noncurrent accrued liabilities	46,553	31,698
Less noncurrent portion	5,596	6,214
Current portion of accrued and other liabilities	$ 40,957	$ 25,484

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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Revolving Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized discount, net of premium and debt issuance costs	$ (9,566)	$ (12,261)
Long-term debt	485,954	459,044
Less current portion of long-term debt	15,203	9,410
Long-term debt due after one year, net	470,751	449,634
Senior Secured Notes Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	435,000	435,000
5.25% Secured Promissory Note Due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	2,119	4,746
1.00% Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	10,000
8.32% Secured Financing Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	11,425	13,476
8.75% Secured Loan Agreement Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	7,162	5,219
8.75% Secured Financing Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	29,642
Other [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount	$ 172	159
Secured Promissory Note Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt carrying amount		$ 12,705

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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Revolving Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
4.00% Working Capital Revolver Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, interest rate	4.00%	4.00%
1.00% Unsecured Loan Agreement due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, effective Interest Rate	1.00%	1.00%
8.75% Secured Financing Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, effective Interest Rate	8.75%	8.75%
5.25% Secured Promissory Note Due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, effective Interest Rate	5.25%	5.25%
8.32% Secured Financing Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, effective Interest Rate	8.32%	8.32%
8.75% Secured Loan Agreement Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, effective Interest Rate	8.75%	8.75%

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Long-Term Debt - Working Capital Revolver Loan and Senior Secured Notes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 21, 2019	Apr. 25, 2018	Sep. 30, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate			9.625%
Working Capital Revolver Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum amount of revolving credit facility				$ 65,000,000
Revolving credit facility, increase (decrease), net			$ 10,000,000
Amount available for borrowing			$ 36,300,000
Maturity date			Feb. 26, 2024
Springing Financials Covenant [Member] | Working Capital Revolver Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Working capital revolver loan requirements			borrowers must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00.
Maximum revolver commitment available, percentage			10.00%
Loan requirements description			less than 10.0% of the total revolver commitments
Fixed charge coverage ratio			100.00%
9.625% Senior Secured Notes Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			May 01, 2023
Debt issued - principal amount	$ 35,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	9.625%	9.625%
Debt instrument, maturity term	2023	2023
Debt instrument issued price percentage	102.125%	99.509%
Debt instrument, frequency of interest payment			Interest is to be paid semiannually in arrears on May 1st and November 1st
5.25% Secured Promissory Note Due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			Mar. 31, 2021
Secured promissory note, payment term			Principal and interest are payable in monthly installments.
Paycheck Protection Program [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”)			$ 10,000,000
Federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”), disbursement description			Under the current terms of the PPP loan, loan forgiveness applications are due within 10 months after the end of the loan forgiveness covered period, which period began on the date the PPP loan was disbursed and ends either 8-weeks or 24-weeks after disbursement of the loan.
Federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”), maturity period			2022-04
Federally guaranteed loan agreement (“PPP loan”), loan maturity period description			Currently, the loan matures in April 2022, which term may be extended to April 2025 if mutually agreed to by the parties.
8.32% Secured Financing Due 2023 [Member] | El Dorado Chemical Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			Jun. 30, 2023
Debt instrument, frequency of interest payment			Principal and interest are payable in 48 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $3 million due in June 2023
Final balloon payment			$ 3,000,000
Secured Loan Agreement [Member] | El Dorado Chemical Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, frequency of interest payment			Under the terms of the note, principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments.
8.75% Secured Financing Due 2025 [Member] | El Dorado Ammonia L.L.C. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			Aug. 31, 2025
Debt issued - principal amount			$ 30,000,000
Debt instrument, frequency of interest payment			principal and interest are payable in 60 equal monthly installments with a final balloon payment of approximately $5 million due in August 2025
Final balloon payment			$ 5,000,000
Secured Promissory Note Due 2023 [Member] | El Dorado Ammonia L.L.C. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity month and year			2023-05
Letter of Credit [Member] | Working Capital Revolver Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum amount of revolving credit facility				$ 10,000,000

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) MMBTU in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) MMBTU Settlement $ / MMBTU	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrued liabilities for environmental matters	$ 183,000
Percentage of payment of investigation costs agreed by Hallowell Facility	50.00%
Insurance coverage of general liability and auto liability risks	$ 100,000,000
Product liability deductible per claim	$ 250,000
Confidential settlement agreement with family groups | Settlement	3
Liability reserve	$ 0
Accrued prejudgment and post-judgment interest	1,400,000
Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrued accounts payable	3,900,000
Depreciation expense	500,000
Global Industrial Inc [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded for labor, service, materials and other	7,400,000
Prejudgment interest	$ 1,300,000
Percentage of accrue post judgement interest	4.25%
Leidos Constructors, LLC [Member] | Global Industrial Inc [Member] | Accounts Payable [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Claim amount not approved for payment		$ 3,500,000
Natural Gas Purchase Commitments [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Natural gas purchase commitments volume | MMBTU	4.3
Weighted average cost of natural gas per unit | $ / MMBTU	2.46
Weighted average purchase price of natural gas	$ 10,600,000
Weighted average natural gas market value per unit | $ / MMBTU	2.48
Weighted average natural gas market value	$ 10,700,000

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, MMBTU in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) MMBTU $ / shares $ / MMBTU	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) MMBTU $ / shares $ / MMBTU shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of natural gas | $	$ 0.5		$ (0.2)
Unrealized gain on sale of natural gas | $		$ 0.8		$ 0.6
Non-Operating Other Income [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Unrealized gain (loss) on fair value of embedded derivative | $	$ 0.1	$ 0.4	$ 0.6	$ 0.1
Embedded Derivative [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Participating right in dividends and liquidating distributions expressed in number of common shares | shares			303,646		303,646
Embedded Derivative [Member] | Common Stock Shares [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Common stock per share | $ / shares	$ 1.61		$ 1.61		$ 4.20
Natural Gas Purchase Commitments [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Natural gas purchase commitments volume | MMBTU	4.3		4.3
Weighted average cost of natural gas per unit	2.46		2.46
Weighted average natural gas market value per unit	2.48		2.48
Natural Gas Purchase Commitments [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Natural gas purchase commitments volume | MMBTU	1.0		1.0
Weighted average cost of natural gas per unit	2.01		2.01
Weighted average natural gas market value per unit	2.53		2.53

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments - Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) - Fair Value, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets - Supplies, prepaid items and other:
Natural gas contracts	$ 623
Total	623
Liabilities - Current and noncurrent accrued and other liabilities:
Embedded derivative	468	$ 1,084
Total	468	$ 1,084
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Assets - Supplies, prepaid items and other:
Natural gas contracts	623
Total	623
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Liabilities - Current and noncurrent accrued and other liabilities:
Embedded derivative	468
Total	$ 468

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments - Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Parenthetical) (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Offsetting [Abstract]
Level 3 transfer	$ 0

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments - Summary of Financial Instruments with Fair Values Significantly Different from Carrying Amounts Except for Senior Secured Notes (Detail) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior Secured Notes	$ 98.0	$ 103.25
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Carrying Amount [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior Secured Notes	435,000,000	435,000,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior Secured Notes	$ 426,000,000	$ 449,000,000

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Derivatives Hedges and Financial Instruments - Summary of Financial Instruments with Fair Values Significantly Different from Carrying Amounts Except for Senior Secured Notes (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Quoted price	$ 98.0	$ 103.25

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Income Taxes - Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Current:
Federal	$ (4)		$ (4)
State	27	$ 24	50	$ (19)
Total Current	23	24	46	(19)
Deferred:
Federal	(1,188)	(668)	(3,079)	(501)
State	(205)	161	25	(5,296)
Total Deferred	(1,393)	(507)	(3,054)	(5,797)
Benefit for income taxes	$ (1,370)	$ (483)	$ (3,008)	$ (5,816)

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Benefit for income taxes	$ (1,370)	$ (483)	$ (3,008)	$ (5,816)
Percentage of benefit/provision on pre-tax loss			7.00%	14.00%
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Portion of state deferred tax assets, not able to be utilized	$ 3,700		$ 3,700
Federal [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance			$ 7,000

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Redeemable Preferred Stocks - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 shares
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock cumulative dividend rate	14.00%
Participating right in dividends and liquidating distributions expressed in number of common shares	303,646
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | April 2021
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Increase in preferred stock cumulative dividend rate	0.50%
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | April 2022
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Increase in preferred stock cumulative dividend rate	0.50%
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | April 2023
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Increase in preferred stock cumulative dividend rate	1.00%
Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock voting rights shares	456,225
Voting rights description	As of September 30, 2020, the Series F Redeemable Preferred has voting rights to vote as a single class on all matters which the common stock have the right to vote and is entitled to a number of votes equal to 456,225 shares of our common stock.

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Redeemable Preferred Stocks - Summary of Redeemable Preferred Stock (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Accumulated dividends	$ 8,889	$ 8,689	$ 8,307	$ 7,764	$ 7,589	$ 7,256
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Beginning balance			$ 234,893				$ 234,893
Beginning balance, shares			139,768				139,768
Accretion relating to liquidation preference on preferred stock							$ 811
Accretion for discount and issuance costs on preferred stock							706
Accumulated dividends	8,889			$ 7,764			25,885	$ 22,609
Ending balance	$ 262,295						$ 262,295
Ending balance, shares	139,768						139,768

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Net Sales - Summary of Net Sales Disaggregated by Principal Markets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Net sales:
Net sales	$ 73,969	$ 75,495	$ 262,413	$ 291,174
Chemical [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	73,969	75,495	262,413	291,174
Chemical [Member] | Agricultural Products [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	31,986	35,494	138,441	154,790
Chemical [Member] | Industrial Acids and Other Chemical Products [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	32,372	30,552	97,137	105,579
Chemical [Member] | Mining Products [Member]
Net sales:
Net sales	$ 9,611	$ 9,449	$ 26,835	$ 30,805

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Net Sales - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction, description			contracts have an original expected duration of one year or less, for our contracts with a duration greater than one year at contract inception, the average remaining expected duration was approximately 10 months
Average revenue remaining performance obligation expected timing of satisfaction period			10 months
Contract liabilities	$ 2.1		$ 2.1		$ 3.6
Contract with customer, liability partially offset revenue recognized	$ 0.6	$ 1.2	$ 1.5	$ 3.2

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, accumulated dividends	$ 1.5
Affiliate of LSB Funding [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount of notes hold	$ 50.0

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Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Additional Information Relating to Cash Flow Activities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Cash refunds for:
Income taxes, net	$ (319)	$ (66)
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Supplies and accounts payable associated with additions of property, plant and equipment	12,974	21,251
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Dividends accrued on Series E Redeemable Preferred	25,885	22,609
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred	$ 1,517	$ 1,493

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NOL Rights Agreement - Additional Information (Detail)	Jul. 06, 2020
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Ownership change description	A company generally experiences an ownership change if the percentage of the value of its stock owned by certain 5% shareholders, as defined in Section 382 of the Code, increases by more than 50% points over a rolling three-year period.
Beneficial ownership percentage	4.90%