UNITED STATES
                       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


Date of report
(Date of earliest event reported)         August 28, 2006 (August 28, 2006)
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                                    SYMS CORP
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                   New Jersey
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                 1-8546                              22-2465228
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        (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer Identification No.)


     Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey                    07094
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)

                                 (201) 902-9600
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

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ITEM 8.01     OTHER EVENTS.

         Section 303A of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Listed Company
Manual requires NYSE-listed companies to disclose in their annual proxy
statements the non-management director who is chosen to preside at all
regularly-scheduled executive sessions of the non-management members of the
board of directors or, alternatively, the procedure by which a presiding
director is chosen for each session.

         Syms Corp (the "Company") reported in its annual proxy statement filed
June 2, 2006 that its non-management directors meet in executive sessions
routinely and regularly, however, the Company inadvertently omitted the name of
the non-management director who presides at such meetings. The presiding
director for each non-management executive session is Harvey Weinberg, chairman
of the company's audit committee.







                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                     SYMS CORP

                                     By: /s/ Antone F. Moreira
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                                         Name:   Antone F. Moreira
                                         Title:  Vice President, Chief Financial
                                                 Officer

Date: August 28, 2006