# DFA Securities LLC X-17A-5 (2026-03-24) — Broker-dealer annual report

- Company: DFA Securities LLC
- Form: X-17A-5
- Filed: 2026-03-24
- Period: 2025-12-31
- Accession: 0000700039-26-000004
- CIK: 700039
- File #: 8-27006
- Type: Broker-dealer
- Material weakness: No
- Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Auditor location: Kansas City, MO
- Contact: Bernard J. Grzelak
- Phone: (512) 306-4409
- Email: bernard.grzelak@dimensional.com
- Website: dimensional.com
- Signed by: Bernard J. Grzelak (Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Vice President)

Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700039/000070003926000004/exemption_report2025.pdf

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## UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

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## ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART Ill

| SEC FILE NUMBER |
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| 8-27006         |

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| Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and 18a-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934                                                                                                      |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 0 1/01/2025                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                            |       | AND ENDING 12/31/2025           |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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| A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| NAME oF FIRM: DFA Securities LLC                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| TYPE OF REGISTRANT (check all applicable boxes):<br>0 Broker-dealer<br>O Security-based swap dealer<br>□ Major security-based swap participant<br>D Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.)                                                                                                                                            |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                | (No. and Street)                                           |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Austin                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                            | Texas | 78746                           |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (City)                                                                                                                                                                                                         | (State)                                                    |       | (Zip Code)                      |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Bernard J. Grzelak                                                                                                                                                                                             | (512) 306-4409                                             |       | Bernard.Grzelak@Dimensional.com |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (Name)                                                                                                                                                                                                         | (Area Code - Telephone Number)                             |       | (Email Address)                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION                               |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing*                                                                                                                                      |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                            |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                | (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) |       |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1100 Walnut Street, Suite 1300 Kansas City                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                            |       | MO                              | 64106      |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (Address)                                                                                                                                                                                                      | (City}                                                     |       | (State}                         | (Zip Code) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 10/20/2023                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                            | 0238  |                                 |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (Date of Re istration with PCAOB if a<br>licable                                                                                                                                                               |                                                            |       | PCAOB Re ·stration Number if a  | licable    |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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• Claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual reports be covered by the reports of an independent public accountant must be supported by a statement of facts and circumstances relied on as the basis of the exemption. See 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(l)(ii), if applicable.

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## OATH OR AFFIRMATION

| I, Bernard J. Grzelak                                         |    |                                                                                   | swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the |  |       |
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| financial report pertaining to the firm of DFA securities LLC |    |                                                                                   |                                                                     |  | as of |
| 12/31                                                         | 2~ | is true and correct. I further swear (or affirm) that neither the company nor any |                                                                     |  |       |
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partner, officer, director, or equivalent person, as the case may be, has any proprietary interest in any account classified solely as that of a customer.

**Signature:** 

Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Vice President

## **This filing .. contains (check all applicable boxes):**

- Iii (a) Statement of financial condition.
- Iii {b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition.
- iii (c) Statement of income (loss) or, if there is other comprehensive income in the period(s) presented, a statement of comprehensive income (as defined in§ 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X).
- Iii {d) Statement of cash flows.
- ii (e) Statement of changes in stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity.
- D (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors.
- Iii {g) Notes to consolidated financial statements.
- iii {h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-1 or 17 CFR 240.18a-1, as applicable.
- D (i) Computation of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.18a-2.
- Iii (j) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-3.
- D **(k)** Computation for determination of security-based swap reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit B to 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-3 or Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable.
- D {I) Computation for Determination of PAB Requirements under Exhibit A to § 240.1Sc3-3.
- Iii {m) Information relating to possession or control requirements for customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3.
- D {n) Information relating to possession or control requirements for security-based swap customers under 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-3{p)(2) or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable.
- Iii (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capital or tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-l, 17 CFR 240.18a•1, or 17 CFR 240.18a-2, as applicable, and the reserve requirements under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable, if material differences exist, or a statement that no material differences exist.
- D {p) Summary of financial data for subsidiaries not consolidated in the statement offinancial condition.
- ii {q) Oath or affirmation in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a•S, 17 CFR 240.17a-12, or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable.
- D (r) Compliance report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable.
- ii (s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-S or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable.
- D (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the statement of financial condition.
- ii (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial report or financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-S, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable.
- D {v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-S or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable.
- ii {w) Independent public accountant's report based on a review of the exemption report under 17 CFR 240.17a-S or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable.
- **l!!!il (x)** Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-1e or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable.
- D (y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to exist or found to have existed since the date of the previous audit, or a statement that no material inadequacies exist, under 17 CFR 240.17a-12(k). D {z) Other: \_ \_\_ \_
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- <sup>0</sup> To request confidential treatment of certain portions of this filing, see 17 CFR 240.17a-S(e)(3} or 17 CFR 240.1Ba-7{d}(2}, as applicable.


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