NEW YORK, April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan E. Monteverde, a partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of SWS Group, Inc. ("SWS" or the "Company") (NYSE: SWS) in connection to the sale of the Company to Hilltop Holdings Inc.  The Company's stockholders will receive 0.2496 shares of Hilltop common stock and $1.94 of cash, equating to $7.88 per share of SWS common stock based on Hilltop's closing price on March 31, 2014.  This is lower than the previous $8 cash per share offer made by Esposito Global.

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The investigation focuses on whether SWS's Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders by failing to conduct a fair sales process and whether and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of SWS's shareholders.

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If you own common stock in SWS and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please visit us at www.faruqilaw.com/SWS or contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq. either via e-mail at jmonteverde@faruqilaw.com or by telephone at (877) 247-4292 or (212) 983-9330. 

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