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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Jalbout Fred   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LSI INDUSTRIES INC [LYTS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Pres., LSI Saco Technologies (Last) (First) (Middle) 7809 TRANS CANADA 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/13/2009 (Street) MONTREAL, A8 H4S IL3 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Shares 03/13/2009   S   10,000 D $ 5.29 840,000 (1) I By corporation (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option to Buy (3)

$ 14.36

(3)

06/02/2016

Common Stock

20,000

20,000

D

Option to Buy (3)

$ 19.76

(3)

08/24/2017

Common Stock

25,000

25,000

D

Option to Buy (4)

$ 8.98

(4)

08/22/2018

Common Stock

25,000

25,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Jalbout Fred 7809 TRANS CANADA MONTREAL, A8 H4S IL3			Pres., LSI Saco Technologies

Signatures

Mark A. Weiss, Attorney-in-Fact for Fred Jalbout		03/16/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	All of the shares will be held in escrow pursuant to the terms of an Escrow Agreement dated as of June 26, 2006 by and among the Issuer, Saco and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the "Escrow Agreement"), under which Saco, of which the reporting person beneficially owns 50%, will have the authority to direct the escrow agent thereunder to sell all or a portion of the escrowed shares. The shares held in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement are subject to forfeiture under the terms of the Escrow Agreement for a period following the closing date in order to satisfy claims arising as a result of breaches of representations and warranties or covenants under the SPA by Saco, Canco, Holdings, Bassam Jalbout or the reporting person. Following the termination of the escrow period under the Escrow Agreement, any remaining shares and any proceeds from sales thereof will be distributed to Saco.
(2)	The corporation, Saco, of which the reporting person beneficially owns 50%, acquired these shares pursuant to the SPA, which shares shall be held in escrow, as provided in footnote 1 above. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
(3)	Non-qualified stock options granted pursuant to the Company's 2003 Equity Compensation Plan. The options are exercisable at a rate of 25% per year of the aggregate grant, beginning on the 1st anniversary of the grant date.
(4)	The options vest in equal annual amounts of 25% per year beginning on August 22, 2009.

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