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):  August 25, 2004

 

STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas

 

0-8493

 

74-1051605

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

2707 North Loop West
Houston, Texas

 

77008

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (713) 868-7700

 

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):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 2.02(a).           Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

All of the information furnished in Item 2.02(a) of this report and the accompanying exhibit(s) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On August 25, 2004, Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. (the “Company”) issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing its fiscal 2004 second quarter results.

 

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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 hereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  August 25, 2004

By:

/s/ John B. Simmons

 

 

Name:

John B. Simmons

 

Title:

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1

 

Company Press Release dated August 25, 2004, titled “Stewart & Stevenson Services Reports Second Quarter 2004 Results”.

 

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