0001140361-17-035231.txt : 20170912 0001140361-17-035231.hdr.sgml : 20170912 20170912174025 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-17-035231 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170908 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170912 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170912 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Quast Kevin CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001513280 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35007 FILM NUMBER: 171081856 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5601 WEST BUCKEYE ROAD CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492691 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 205589597 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 BUSINESS PHONE: 602-269-9700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION Co DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110512 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101209 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION Co DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101129 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2017-09-08 0 0001492691 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. KNX 0001513280 Quast Kevin 20002 NORTH 19TH AVENUE PHOENIX AZ 85027 0 1 0 0 EVP & COO of Knight Trans. Inc Class A Common Stock 2017-09-08 4 A 0 60028 A 60028 D Class A Common Stock 2017-09-08 4 M 0 6220 A 66248 D Class A Common Stock 2017-09-08 4 F 0 2803 40.85 D 63445 D Restricted Stock Units 2017-09-08 4 M 0 6220 0 D 2017-09-08 Common Stock 6220 0 D Acquired pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 9, 2017, among the issuer, Bishop Merger Sub, Inc., and Knight Transportation, Inc., providing that issuer would issue to each shareholder of Knight Transportation, Inc. the number of issuer's shares equal to the number of shares of Knight Transportation, Inc. held by the shareholder. Each acquired share's market value is $40.85. On March 14, 2014, the reporting person was granted restricted stock units with the amount of shares of common stock awarded to be based on achieving or failing to achieve performance targets measured over a three-year period that ended December 31, 2016. As part of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 9, 2017, among the issuer, Bishop Merger Sub, Inc., and Knight Transportation, Inc., the restricted stock units vest on the effective date of the merger and the shares issued have a market value of $40.85 per share on the effective date of the merger. /s/ Jessica Benford, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-09-12 EX-24 2 poa_quast.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of James E. Brophy and Jessica Benford, either acting alone, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

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prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC, required to be filed by the undersigned in connection with any transaction involving securities of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), regardless of class;

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execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

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do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

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take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney‑in‑fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney‑in‑fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  The undersigned agrees that those persons appointed here as attorneys-in-fact may rely on information provided by the undersigned, the Company, or by the undersigned’s brokers, accountants, or investment advisors, whether telephonically or by email or other means, without further inquiry or investigation, with respect to the purchase and sale of the Company’s securities or any other transaction involving the Company’s securities.
 
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of August, 2017.

 
/s/ Kevin H. Quast
 
Kevin H. Quast
 
 
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