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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 * MCCONNELL JOHN P/OH   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES INC [WOR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman/Chief Exec Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/01/2008 (Street) COLUMBUS, OH 43085 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               12,415,982 (1) I By JDEL, Inc. (1) Common Shares               2,428,312 (2) I By the Porter Rardin trust f/b/o John P. McConnell and Margaret Kollis (2) Common Shares               1,166,539 D   Common Shares               22,427 (3) I As custodian for his son, J. H. McConnell, II Common Shares               25,662 (3) I custodian for his daughter, J.R. McConnell Common Shares               23,206 (3) I Custodian for son, P. W. McConnell Common Shares               3,824 (3) I Custodian for son, C.R.McConnell Common Shares               3,053 (3) I By Spouse, Amy McConnell, as custodian for son, Luke A. Edmonds Common Shares               118,000 I By The McConnell Family Trust Common Shares               255,875 I By The Margaret R. McConnell Trust f/b/o Margaret Kollis Common Shares               15,846 (4) I By 401(k) Plan Worthington Industries, Inc. Deferred Profit Sharing Plan) (4)

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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

Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)

$ 20.21

07/01/2008

A

100,000

07/01/2009(5)

06/30/2018

common shares

100,000

$ 0

100,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MCCONNELL JOHN P/OH WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD COLUMBUS, OH 43085	X		Chairman/Chief Exec Officer

Signatures

/S/ Dale T. Brinkman, as attorney-in-fact for John P. McConnell		07/02/2008
**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)	These Common Shares are held of record by JDEL, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JDEL"). JDEL is a wholly-owned sbusidiary of JMAC, Inc., a private investment company substantially owned, directly or indirectly, by John P. McConnell and certain entities with whom John P. McConnell is affiliated. Effective May 2, 2008, following the death of John H. McConnell, the directors of JDEL granted John P. McConnell sole voting power and sole investment power with respect to these Common Shares.
(2)	These Common Shares are held by The Porter Rardin Trust f/b/o John P. McConnell and Margaret Kollis. Following the death of John H. McConnell, John P. McConnell may be deemed to have acquired shared voting and dispositive power with respect to such Common Shares by virtue of his right of prior approval of the voting and dispositive powers held by the independent corporate trustee.
(3)	The account is enrolled in the Company's dividend reinvestment plan and the amount listed is the most up-to-date information available.
(4)	Amount listed is the most up-to-date information available regarding holdings in the Company Plan Fund which invests in Common Shares of the Company.
(5)	This non-qualified stock option was granted out of the Worthington Industries, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan and vests at 20% per year beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. Date listed is the first day any portion of the option will vest. Additional portions of 20% of the option vest annually on 07/01/2010, 07/01/2011, 07/01/2012, and 07/01/2013.

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