8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 9, 2002

Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)

THE RYLAND GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 001-08029
(Commission File Number) 52-0849948
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 400, Calabasas, California 91302
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 223-7500

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.2

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On August 9, 2002, both the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of The Ryland Group, Inc. submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460. A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	THE RYLAND GROUP, INC.
Date: August 9, 2002	By:	/s/   Timothy J. Geckle
		Timothy J. Geckle Senior Vice President and General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 5, 2002
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 2, 2002

EX-99.1 3 a83560exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

(THE RYLAND GROUP, INC. LETTERHEAD)

Exhibit A-2

OMB Number: 3235-0569
Expires: January 31, 2003

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filing

I, R. Chad Dreier, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of The Ryland Group, Inc., state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of The Ryland Group, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)	I have reviewed the contents of this statement with The Ryland Group, Inc.’s audit committee.
(3)	In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 19, 2002 of The Ryland Group, Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of The Ryland Group, Inc. filed with the commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

	/s/   R. Chad Dreier R. Chad Dreier August 5, 2002	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 2002.
[SEAL]	ANDREA L. RIORDAN Commission # 1317601 Notary Public — California Los Angeles County	/s/   Andrea L. Riordan Notary Public My Commission Expires:
	My Comm. Expires Aug 21, 2005	August 21, 2005

EX-99.2 4 a83560exv99w2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

EXHIBIT 99.2

(THE RYLAND GROUP, INC. LETTERHEAD)

Exhibit A-2

OMB Number: 3235-0569
Expires: January 31, 2003

Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filing

I, Gordon A. Milne, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of The Ryland Group, Inc., state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of The Ryland Group, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)	I have reviewed the contents of this statement with The Ryland Group, Inc.’s audit committee.
(3)	In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 19, 2002 of The Ryland Group, Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of The Ryland Group, Inc. filed with the commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

	/s/   Gordon Milne Gordon A. Milne August 2, 2002	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of August, 2002.
[SEAL]	ANDREA L. RIORDAN Commission # 1317601 Notary Public — California Los Angeles County	/s/   Andrea L. Riordan Notary Public My Commission Expires:
	My Comm. Expires Aug 21, 2005	August 21, 2005

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EX-99.1

THE RYLAND GROUP

EX-99.2

THE RYLAND GROUP