FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
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1.Name and Address of 2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6.Relationship of Reporting
Reporting Person* Person(s) to Issuer
Swift Energy Company (SFY) (check all applicable)
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Swift A. Earl 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for X Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (MI) Person, if an entity X Officer Other
(Voluntary) 02/25/03 --- (give title --- (specify
16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400 ----------------- below) below)
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(Street) Date of Original -------------------------------------
Houston Texas 77060 (Month/Day/Year) 7.Individual or Joint/Group
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(City) (State) (Zip) ------------------- Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One
--- Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 2A. 3. Transaction 4. Security Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner 7. Nature of
(Instr.3) Date Deemed Code or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Indirect
(Month/ Execution (Instr.8) (Inst.3, 4 & 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
Day/Yr) Date, if ----------------------------------------- Owned Direct Owner-
any Following (D) or Ship
(Month/ Reported Indirect
Day/ (A) Transaction(s) (I)
Year) or (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (D) Price
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. *If the form is filed by more than one reporting
person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Conversion 3. Transaction 3A. Deemed 4. Transaction 5. Number of Deriv-
Derivative or Exercise Date (Month Execution Code ative Securities Ac-
Security Price of (Day/Year) Date, if (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis-
(Instr.3) Derivative any posed of (D)
Security (Month/ (Instr. 3,4, and 5)
Day/Year)
Code V (A) (D)
Employee Stock option (right
to buy) $9.50 02/25/03 A V 25,000
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6. Date Exercisable 7. Title & Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature
& Expiration Date Underlying Securities of Deriv- of Deriv- ship of
(Mon./Day/Year) (Inst. 3 & 4) ative ative Form of Indirect
Secur- Secur- Deriv- Benefi-
ity ities ative cial
(Instr. 5) Bene- Security: Owner-
ficially (D) or ship
Owned Indirect (Instr. 4)
Follow- (I)
ing (Instr. 4)
Reported
Trans-
action(s)
(Instr. 4)
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Date Expira- Title Amount or number
Exer- tion of Shares
cisable Date
02/25/04(1) 02/25/13 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Options become exercisable as to 20% of the underlying shares on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date.
/s/ Donald W. Brodsky 02/27/03
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal ------------------------------------------
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
for A. Earl Swift
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