UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report:
(Date of earliest event reported)
September 26, 2005
SWS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 0-19483 | 75-2040825 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
1201 Elm Street, Suite 3500 Dallas, Texas 75270 | ||||
| (Address of principal executive offices and zip code) | ||||
| (214) 859-1800 | ||||
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||||
| N/A | ||||
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) | ||||
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 Other Events
As of September 26, 2005, Southwest Securities intends to reduce the number of securities in which it makes a market to 349 common stocks.
Southwest Securities is a market maker in OTC and exchange-listed equity securities. Trading securities in the OTC market involves the purchase of securities from, and the sale of securities to, our own clients or to other dealers who may be purchasing or selling securities for their own account or acting as agent for their clients. Profits and losses are derived from the spreads between bid and asked prices, as well as market trends for the individual securities during the holding period.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SWS GROUP, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: September 26, 2005 | By: | /s/ Kenneth R. Hanks | ||||||
Kenneth R. Hanks Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||||
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