Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SPH Group Holdings LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/01/2011
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SL INDUSTRIES INC [SLI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $.20 Par Value (1) 927,231
D (2)
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SPH Group Holdings LLC
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    
SPH Group LLC
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    

Signatures

By: SPH Group Holdings LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Manager, By: /s/ Sanford Antignas, Chief Operating Officer 06/03/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: SPH Group LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Managing Member, By: /s/ Sanford Antignas, Chief Operating Officer 06/03/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) This Form 3 is filed jointly by SPH Group LLC ("SPHG") and SPH Group Holdings LLC ("SPHG Holdings"). SPHG may be deemed to be a 10% owner of the Issuer and SPHG Holdings is a 10% owner of the Issuer.
(2) The shares reported in this Form 3 were owned directly by SPHG as a result of a distribution of such shares from its affiliate Steel Partners II, L.P. on June 1, 2011. Immediately thereafter, the shares were contributed by SPHG to SPHG Holdings. As a result, the shares are now owned directly by SPHG Holdings and owned indirectly by SPHG by virtue of it being the sole member of SPHG Holdings. SPHG disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by SPHG Holdings except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

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