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) January 9, 2014
SWS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-19483 | 75-2040825 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(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)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
A copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines of SWS Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is available to the public on the Company’s website at http://swsgroupinc.com/Pages/swsgroupcorporategovernance.aspx. Section I.B.1.a of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines discloses the procedure by which a presiding director is selected for each of the executive sessions of the non-management directors of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The non-management directors of the Board meet in executive session during each of the Board’s regularly scheduled meetings without any management directors or any members of management present. The non-management directors rotate the presiding position among the chairs of the authorized Board committees.
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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: January 9, 2014 | By: | /s/ J. Michael Edge | ||||
| J. Michael Edge | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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