10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016

OR

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

For the transition period from                     to                    

Commission file number: 0-12255

YRC Worldwide Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	48-0948788
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)
10990 Roe Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas	66211
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(913) 696-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer	ý
Non-accelerated filer	o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    

Yes  o    No  ý

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at October 21, 2016
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	33,274,012 shares

INDEX

Item		Page
	PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1	Financial Statements	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets - September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015	3
	Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income - Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	4
	Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	5
	Statement of Consolidated Shareholders’ Deficit - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7
2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	14
3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	29
4	Controls and Procedures	29
	PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
1	Legal Proceedings	30
1A	Risk Factors	30
6	Exhibits	30
	Signatures	31

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

YRC Worldwide Inc. and Subsidiaries

(Amounts in millions except share and per share data)

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	276.4		$	173.8
Restricted amounts held in escrow	43.0			58.8
Accounts receivable, net	477.8			427.4
Prepaid expenses and other	75.3			74.4
Total current assets	872.5			734.4
Property and Equipment:
Cost	2,815.7			2,822.8
Less – accumulated depreciation	(1,927.9		)	(1,885.5		)
Net property and equipment	887.8			937.3
Intangibles, net	30.7			40.4
Restricted amounts held in escrow	—			63.4
Deferred income taxes, net	23.0			23.0
Other assets	56.6			80.9
Total Assets	$	1,870.6		$	1,879.4
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	163.9		$	161.1
Wages, vacations and employee benefits	203.6			195.1
Deferred income taxes, net	23.0			23.0
Claims and insurance accruals	122.8			125.0
Other accrued taxes	27.6			29.8
Other current and accrued liabilities	24.9			23.6
Current maturities of long-term debt	16.6			15.9
Total current liabilities	582.4			573.5
Other Liabilities:
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,023.9			1,046.5
Deferred income taxes, net	3.8			3.7
Pension and postretirement	311.4			339.9
Claims and other liabilities	291.3			295.2
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ Deficit:
Preferred stock, $1 par value per share	—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	0.3			0.3
Capital surplus	2,317.9			2,312.6
Accumulated deficit	(2,210.3		)	(2,239.3		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(357.4		)	(360.3		)
Treasury stock, at cost (410 shares)	(92.7		)	(92.7		)
Total shareholders’ deficit	(342.2		)	(379.4		)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit	$	1,870.6		$	1,879.4

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

YRC Worldwide Inc. and Subsidiaries

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30

(Amounts in millions except per share data, shares in thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months						Nine Months
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Operating Revenue	$	1,221.3		$	1,244.9		$	3,549.2		$	3,689.7
Operating Expenses:
Salaries, wages and employee benefits	715.8			725.8			2,132.6			2,148.6
Operating expenses and supplies	206.9			217.1			595.7			678.1
Purchased transportation	156.8			149.6			409.0			431.0
Depreciation and amortization	40.3			40.7			119.5			123.6
Other operating expenses	62.5			63.1			194.2			198.6
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	0.2			0.9			(11.2		)	1.5
Total operating expenses	1,182.5			1,197.2			3,439.8			3,581.4
Operating Income	38.8			47.7			109.4			108.3
Nonoperating Expenses:
Interest expense	25.6			25.7			77.9			81.2
Loss on extinguishment of debt	—			—			—			0.6
Other, net	(1.2		)	(4.5		)	(0.9		)	(8.1		)
Nonoperating expenses, net	24.4			21.2			77.0			73.7
Income before income taxes	14.4			26.5			32.4			34.6
Income tax expense	0.5			6.7			3.4			10.4
Net Income	13.9			19.8			29.0			24.2
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	2.3			(1.9		)	2.9			2.9
Comprehensive Income Attributable to YRC Worldwide Inc.	$	16.2		$	17.9		$	31.9		$	27.1
Average Common Shares Outstanding – Basic	32,466			32,065			32,398			31,602
Average Common Shares Outstanding – Diluted	33,194			32,621			32,915			32,569
Income Per Share – Basic	$	0.43		$	0.62		$	0.89		$	0.76
Income Per Share – Diluted	$	0.42		$	0.61		$	0.88		$	0.74

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS

YRC Worldwide Inc. and Subsidiaries

For the Nine Months Ended September 30

(Amounts in millions)

(Unaudited)

	2016			2015
Operating Activities:
Net Income	$	29.0		$	24.2
Noncash items included in net income:
Depreciation and amortization	119.5			123.6
Noncash equity-based compensation and employee benefits expense	16.2			18.5
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	(11.2		)	1.5
Gain on disposal of equity method investment	(2.3		)	—
Other noncash items, net	7.6			0.7
Changes in assets and liabilities, net:
Accounts receivable	(49.7		)	(29.4		)
Accounts payable	0.8			10.0
Other operating assets	4.1			(7.3		)
Other operating liabilities	(28.0		)	(50.3		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	86.0			91.5
Investing Activities:
Acquisition of property and equipment	(75.4		)	(71.8		)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment	26.5			15.7
Restricted escrow receipts	112.1			41.9
Restricted escrow deposits	(32.9		)	(25.0		)
Proceeds from disposal of equity method investment, net	14.6			—
Other, net	—			0.4
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	44.9			(38.8		)
Financing Activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(26.5		)	(13.1		)
Debt issuance costs	(1.8		)	—
Net cash used in financing activities	(28.3		)	(13.1		)
Net Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents	102.6			39.6
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period	173.8			171.1
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period	$	276.4		$	210.7
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Interest paid	$	(68.5	)	$	(79.3	)
Income tax payments, net	(4.1		)	(1.6		)
Debt redeemed for equity consideration	—			17.9

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

YRC Worldwide Inc. and Subsidiaries

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

(Amounts in millions)

(Unaudited)

Preferred Stock:
Beginning and ending balance	$	—
Common Stock:
Beginning and ending balance	$	0.3
Capital Surplus:
Beginning balance	$	2,312.6
Equity-based compensation	5.3
Ending balance	$	2,317.9
Accumulated Deficit:
Beginning balance	$	(2,239.3	)
Net income	29.0
Ending balance	$	(2,210.3	)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:
Beginning balance	$	(360.3	)
Reclassification of net pension actuarial losses to net income, net of tax	10.3
Foreign currency translation adjustments	3.0
Reclassification of foreign currency translation gains to net income	(10.4		)
Ending balance	$	(357.4	)
Treasury Stock, At Cost:
Beginning and ending balance	$	(92.7	)
Total Shareholders’ Deficit	$	(342.2	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YRC Worldwide Inc. and Subsidiaries

(Unaudited)

Certain of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contain forward-looking statements, as described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

1. Description of Business

YRC Worldwide Inc. (also referred to as “YRC Worldwide,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is a holding company that, through wholly owned operating subsidiaries, offers its customers a wide range of transportation services. We have one of the largest, most comprehensive less-than-truckload (“LTL”) networks in North America with local, regional, national and international capabilities. Through our team of experienced service professionals, we offer expertise in LTL shipments and flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods with confidence. Our reporting segments include the following:

• YRC Freight is the reporting segment that focuses on longer haul business opportunities with national, regional and international services. YRC Freight provides for the movement of industrial, commercial and retail goods, primarily through centralized management. This reporting segment includes YRC Inc. (“YRC Freight”), a U.S. LTL subsidiary, and Reimer Express (“YRC Reimer”), a subsidiary located in Canada that specializes in shipments into, across and out of Canada. In addition to the United States and Canada, YRC Freight also serves parts of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam.

• Regional Transportation is the reporting segment for our transportation service providers focused on business opportunities in the regional and next-day delivery markets. Regional Transportation is comprised of USF Holland LLC (“Holland”), New Penn Motor Express LLC (“New Penn”) and USF Reddaway Inc. (“Reddaway”). These companies each provide regional, next-day ground services in their respective regions through a network of facilities located across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

At September 30, 2016, approximately 78% of our labor force is subject to collective bargaining agreements, which predominantly expire in March 2019.

2. Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of YRC Worldwide and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We report on a calendar year basis. The quarters of the Regional Transportation companies (with the exception of New Penn) consist of thirteen weeks that end on a Saturday either before or after the end of March, June and September, whereas all other operating segment quarters end on the natural calendar quarter end. For ease of reference, the calendar quarter end dates are used herein. Our investment in our Chinese joint venture, a non-majority owned affiliate, was sold in March 2016 and was accounted for on the equity method.

We make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We have prepared the Consolidated Financial Statements, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In our opinion, we have made all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods included in these financial statements. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to SEC rules and regulations. Accordingly, the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2016:

			Fair Value Measurement Hierarchy
(in millions)	Total Carrying Value		Quoted prices in active market (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	$	43.0	$	43.0	$	—	$	—
Total assets at fair value	$	43.0	$	43.0	$	—	$	—

Restricted amounts held in escrow are invested in money market accounts and are recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Equity Method Investment

On October 23, 2015, the Company entered into a sale and purchase agreement to sell its fifty percent equity interest in its Chinese joint venture, JHJ International Transportation Co., Ltd. (“JHJ”), for a purchase price of $16.3 million, which subsequently closed on March 30, 2016. At closing, we received proceeds of $16.3 million and paid transaction fees of $1.7 million. As of March 30, 2016, the carrying value of the investment was $22.7 million with an offsetting cumulative foreign translation adjustment of $10.4 million, resulting in a net gain on the transaction of $2.3 million. The gain on the transaction is included in “Nonoperating expenses - Other, net” in the accompanying statement of consolidated comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we reclassified the amortization of our net pension loss totaling $3.5 million and $10.3 million, respectively, net of tax, from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we reclassified the amortization of our net pension loss totaling $4.0 million and $12.0 million respectively, net of tax, from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income. This reclassification is a component of net periodic pension cost and is discussed in the “Employee Benefits” footnote.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting,which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including the accounting for income taxes, statutory tax withholding requirements, and classification of related amounts within the statement of cash flows. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning with the first quarter of 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts the adoption of this accounting guidance will have on the consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize most leases, including operating leases, on-balance sheet via a right-of-use asset, and lease liability. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset or liability for leases with a term of 12 months or fewer. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures will be required. The new standard will be effective for the Company for its annual reporting period beginning January 1, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted. The ASU requires a modified retrospective transition, which means the Company will be required to apply the new guidance at the beginning of the earliest period presented in the financial statements; however, companies may elect to apply certain practical expedients on transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of this new standard to its consolidated balance sheets, results of operations and related disclosures.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Deferral of the Effective date, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new standard will supersede much of the previous requirements in ASU-605, Revenue Recognition and most industry specific guidance and introduces a five-step model to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The premise of the new model is that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will be effective for the Company for its annual reporting

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period beginning January 1, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for annual periods beginning January 1, 2017. Entities are allowed to transition to the new standard by either recasting prior periods or recognizing the cumulative effect. The Company continues to assess the method of application and impact, if any, on our consolidated balance sheets, results of operations and related disclosures.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest, which required debt issue costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with the accounting treatment for debt discounts. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2016 and applied it retrospectively. The December 31, 2015 consolidated balance sheet was adjusted to reflect the reclassification of $15.2 million in debt issuance costs from “Other assets” to “Long-term debt, less current portion.” There was no other impact as a result of the adoption of this standard.

3. Debt and Financing

Our outstanding debt as of September 30, 2016 consisted of the following:

As of September 30, 2016 (in millions)	Par Value			Discount			Debt Issuance Costs			Book Value			Stated Interest Rate			Average Effective Interest Rate
Term Loan	$	680.8		$	(3.2	)	$	(9.7	)	$	667.9		8.00	%	(a)	8.20	%
ABL Facility	—			—			—			—			N/A			N/A
Secured Second A&R CDA	29.0			—			(0.2		)	28.8			3.3-18.3%			7.3	%
Unsecured Second A&R CDA	73.2			—			(0.4		)	72.8			3.3-18.3%			7.3	%
Lease financing obligations	272.4			—			(1.4		)	271.0			9.0-18.2%			12.0	%
Total debt	$	1,055.4		$	(3.2	)	$	(11.7	)	$	1,040.5
Current maturities of Term Loan	(7.0		)	—			—			(7.0		)
Current maturities of lease financing obligations	(9.6		)	—			—			(9.6		)
Long-term debt	$	1,038.8		$	(3.2	)	$	(11.7	)	$	1,023.9

^(a) Variable interest rate of 1, 3 or 6-month LIBOR, with a floor of 1.0% plus a fixed margin of 7.0%.

ABL Facility Amendment

On June 28, 2016, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the asset based loan facility (the “ABL Facility”), which amended several key terms, to include: (1) a 50 bps reduction in interest spread from LIBOR plus 2.25%, to LIBOR plus 1.75%, (2) the option to extend maturity from February 13, 2019 to June 28, 2021, subject to the refinancing, replacement or extension beyond June 28, 2021 of the credit agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) governing our term loan facility (the “Term Loan”), and (3) increased flexibility to manage and optimize the amount of cash included in the borrowing base by (i) providing the Company more flexibility as to the timing of testing the eligible borrowing base cash and (ii) reducing the availability limits under our ABL Facility to 10% of the collateral line cap from 15%.

ABL Facility Availability

Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, available borrowings under our ABL Facility and net cash flow from operations. As of September 30, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of $276.4 million and the borrowing base and maximum availability on our ABL Facility were $412.6 million and $55.0 million, respectively. The maximum availability is calculated in accordance with the terms of the ABL Facility and is derived by reducing the borrowing base by our $357.6 million of outstanding letters of credit.  While our ABL Agreement permits us to access maximum availability subject to certain financial covenant restrictions (which restrictions did not limit our availability as of September 30, 2016), the maximum amount we expect to access on our ABL Facility at any time is maximum availability less the lower of 10% of the borrowing base ($41.3 million at September 30, 2016) or 10% of the facility size ($45.0 million at September 30, 2016). Thus, of the $55.0 million in maximum availability, we expected to access no more than $13.7 million as of September 30, 2016 (“Managed Accessibility”).  As a result, we had cash and cash equivalents and Managed Accessibility of $290.1 million as of September 30, 2016.

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Credit Facility Covenants

The Term Loan Agreement governing our Term Loan has certain financial covenants, as amended in September 2014, that, among other things, restricts certain capital expenditures and requires us to not exceed a maximum total leverage ratio (defined as Consolidated Total Debt divided by Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, each as defined below).

Our total maximum leverage ratio covenants are as follows:

Four Consecutive Fiscal Quarters Ending	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio	Four Consecutive Fiscal Quarters Ending	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio
September 30, 2016	3.75 to 1.00	June 30, 2017	3.25 to 1.00
December 31, 2016	3.50 to 1.00	September 30, 2017	3.25 to 1.00
March 31, 2017	3.25 to 1.00	December 31, 2017 and thereafter	3.00 to 1.00

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, defined in our Term Loan Agreement as “Consolidated EBITDA,” is a measure that reflects our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expense, and is further adjusted for, among other things, letter of credit fees, equity-based compensation expense, net gains or losses on property disposals, restructuring professional fees, non-recurring consulting fees, expenses associated with certain lump sum payments to our International Brotherhood of Teamsters (“IBT”) employees and the gains or losses from permitted dispositions and discontinued operations. Consolidated Total Debt, as defined in our Term Loan Agreement, is the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness outstanding. Our total leverage ratio for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2016 was 3.45 to 1.00.

To maintain compliance with the maximum total leverage ratio over the tenor of the Term Loan and satisfy our liquidity needs, we would have to achieve operating results that reflect significant improvement over our third quarter 2016 results. Means for improving our profitability may include ongoing successful implementation and realization of pricing, productivity and efficiency initiatives, as well as increased volume, some of which are outside of our control.

Although we are currently in compliance with the maximum total leverage ratio covenant under our Term Loan Agreement, the covenant levels tighten in the coming quarters. Our internal forecasts currently indicate that, absent one or more specific actions as described below, we could fail to comply with this covenant in one or more quarters over the next 12 months.  As a result, we may decide to pay down a sufficient amount of the Term Loan to comply with the covenant. We currently believe that the results of our operations will be sufficient to allow us to make such payments and fund our operations for the next twelve months.  However, we may also be required to pursue certain actions, including but not limited to reducing capital expenditures, curtailing actions relating to our planned revenue growth and/or seeking other cost reductions. Some of those actions might adversely affect our operations and financial performance over the long-term.

Alternatively, we may seek an amendment to the Term Loan that would modify the covenant or pursue some other corporate finance transaction that would reduce our total leverage so that we would remain in compliance.  There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining such relief.

Fair Value Measurement

The book value and estimated fair values of our long-term debt, including current maturities and other financial instruments, are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2016				December 31, 2015
(in millions)	Book Value		Fair value		Book Value		Fair value
Term Loan	$	667.9	$	655.5	$	669.0	$	594.6
Lease financing obligations	271.0		268.3		276.3		282.9
Second A&R CDA	101.6		98.4		117.1		102.1
Total debt	$	1,040.5	$	1,022.2	$	1,062.4	$	979.6

The fair values of the Term Loan and the Secured and Unsecured Second Amended and Restated Contribution Deferral Agreement (the “Second A&R CDA”) were estimated based on observable prices (level two inputs for fair value measurements). The fair value of the lease financing obligations is estimated using a publicly traded secured loan with similar characteristics (level three input for fair value measurement).

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Leases

As of September 30, 2016, our operating lease payment obligations through 2030 totaled $323.8 million and are expected to increase as we lease additional revenue equipment. Additionally, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we entered into new operating leases for revenue equipment totaling $95.2 million in future lease payments, payable over an average lease term of five years.

Our capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $75.4 million and $71.8 million, respectively. These amounts were principally used to pay capitalized costs for technology infrastructure, to refurbish engines for our revenue fleet, and to fund the purchase of used tractors and trailers.

4. Employee Benefits

Qualified and Nonqualified Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The following table presents the components of our Company-sponsored pension costs for the three and nine months ended September 30:

	Three Months						Nine Months
(in millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Service cost	$	1.6		$	1.2		$	4.8		$	3.6
Interest cost	14.0			14.3			42.0			42.9
Expected return on plan assets	(14.2		)	(15.0		)	(42.4		)	(45.0		)
Amortization of net pension loss	3.5			4.0			10.3			12.0
Total periodic pension cost	$	4.9		$	4.5		$	14.7		$	13.5

We expect to contribute $45.4 million to our Company-sponsored pension plans in 2016 of which we have contributed $33.1 million through September 30, 2016.

Performance Incentive Awards

The Company granted performance stock units in February 2016 that, to the extent earned based on company performance, will be settled in cash as the stock units vest equally over the next three years, with the first vesting occurring in February 2017. The awards are liability classified and remeasured to fair value at each reporting date until settlement.

5. Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was 3.5% and 10.5%, compared to 25.3% and 30.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The significant items impacting the 2016 rate include a provision for federal alternative minimum tax, a refund from a prior year amended return, a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance projected for December 31, 2016. The significant items impacting the 2015 rate include a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance that had been projected for December 31, 2015. We recognize valuation allowances on deferred tax assets if, based on the weight of the evidence, we determine it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. Changes in valuation allowances are included in our tax provision in the period of change. In determining whether a valuation allowance is warranted, we evaluate factors such as prior years’ earnings history, expected future earnings, loss carry-back and carry-forward periods, reversals of existing deferred tax liabilities and tax planning strategies that potentially enhance the likelihood of the realization of a deferred tax asset. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, substantially all of our net deferred tax assets were subject to a valuation allowance.

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6. Shareholders’ Deficit

The following reflects the activity in the shares of our common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:

(shares in thousands)	2016
Beginning balance	32,141
Issuance of equity awards	330
Ending balance	32,471

7. Earnings Per Share

We calculate basic earnings per share by dividing our net earnings by our weighted-average shares outstanding at the end of the period. The calculation for diluted earnings per share adjusts the weighted average shares outstanding for our dilutive unvested shares and stock units using the treasury stock method and for our convertible notes using the if-converted method. Our calculations for basic and dilutive earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

	Three Months				Nine Months
(dollars in millions, except per share data, shares and stock units in thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Basic and dilutive net income available to common shareholders	$	13.9	$	19.8	$	29.0	$	24.2
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	32,466		32,065		32,398		31,602
Effect of dilutive securities:
Unvested shares and stock units	728		556		517		646
Series B Notes	—		—		—		321
Dilutive weighted average shares outstanding	33,194		32,621		32,915		32,569
Basic earnings per share(a)	$	0.43	$	0.62	$	0.89	$	0.76
Diluted earnings per share(a)	$	0.42	$	0.61	$	0.88	$	0.74

^(a) Earnings per share is based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented.

At September 30, 2016 and 2015, our anti-dilutive unvested shares, options, and stock units were approximately 213,000 and 264,000, respectively.

8. Business Segments

We report financial and descriptive information about our reporting segments on a basis consistent with that used internally for evaluating segment performance and allocating resources to segments. We evaluate segment performance primarily on external revenue, operating income (loss), and operating ratio.

We charge management fees and other corporate service fees to our reporting segments based on the benefits received or an overhead allocation basis. Corporate and other operating losses represent residual operating expenses of the holding company. Corporate identifiable assets primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents. Intersegment revenue primarily relates to transportation services between our segments.

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The following table summarizes our operations by business segment:

(in millions)	YRC Freight		Regional Transportation		Corporate/ Eliminations			Consolidated
As of September 30, 2016
Identifiable assets	$	1,324.2	$	723.7	$	(177.3	)	$	1,870.6
As of December 31, 2015
Identifiable assets	$	1,351.5	$	652.9	$	(125.0	)	$	1,879.4
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
External revenue	$	777.9	$	443.7	$	(0.3	)	$	1,221.3
Operating income (loss)	$	20.8	$	21.9	$	(3.9	)	$	38.8
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
External revenue	$	2,228.6	$	1,321.3	$	(0.7	)	$	3,549.2
Operating income (loss)	$	53.3	$	64.9	$	(8.8	)	$	109.4
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
External revenue	$	789.2	$	455.7	$	—		$	1,244.9
Operating income (loss)	$	16.7	$	33.6	$	(2.6	)	$	47.7
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
External revenue	$	2,322.0	$	1,367.7	$	—		$	3,689.7
Operating income (loss)	$	39.4	$	75.9	$	(7.0	)	$	108.3

9. Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

California Labor Law Change

In October 2015, California adopted new rules governing the payment of piece-rate compensation. New California Labor Code section 226.2 sets forth requirements for the payment of a separate hourly wage for “nonproductive” time worked by piece-rate employees, and separate payment for compensable rest and recovery periods to those employees. The Company continues to assess the impact of this new law and ongoing compliance measures. We believe the possible loss or range of loss is inconsequential to our consolidated financial statements.

Other Legal Matters

We are involved in litigation or proceedings that arise in ordinary business activities. When possible, we insure against these risks to the extent we deem prudent, but no assurance can be given that the nature or amount of such insurance will be sufficient to fully indemnify us against liabilities arising out of pending and future legal proceedings. Many of these insurance policies contain self-insured retentions in amounts we deem prudent. Based on our current assessment of information available as of the date of these consolidated financial statements, we believe that our consolidated financial statements include adequate provisions for estimated costs and losses that may be incurred within the litigation and proceedings to which we are a party.

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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report. This report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include those preceded by, followed by or characterized by words such as “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “should,” “may,” “project,” “forecast,” “propose,” “plan,” “designed,” “estimate,” “enable” and similar expressions which speak only as of the date the statement was made. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, are based upon current beliefs, assumptions and expectations of Company management and current market conditions, and are subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, uncertainties and contingencies, known and unknown, many of which are beyond our control. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Our future financial condition and results could differ materially from those predicted in such forward-looking statements because of a number of factors, including (without limitation):

• the uncertainty in the overall economy, including (without limitation) customer demand in the retail and manufacturing sectors;

• the success of our management team in implementing its strategic plan and continued operational and productivity improvements, including (without limitation) our continued ability to meet quality delivery performance standards and our ability to increase volume and yield, and the impact of those improvements on our future liquidity and profitability;

• our ability to generate sufficient liquidity to satisfy our cash needs and future cash commitments, including (without limitation) our obligations related to our indebtedness and lease and pension funding requirements, and our ability to achieve increased cash flows through improvement in operations;

• our ability to comply with scheduled increases in financial performance-related debt covenants;

• our ability to finance the maintenance, acquisition and replacement of revenue equipment and other necessary capital expenditures;

• our dependence on our information technology systems in our network operations and the production of accurate information, and the risk of system failure, inadequacy or security breach;

• changes in equity and debt markets;

• seasonal factors such as severe weather conditions;

• the price of fuel;

• changes in the cost of fuel or the index upon which we base our fuel surcharge and the effectiveness of our fuel surcharge program in protecting us against fuel price volatility;

• competition and competitive pressure on pricing;

• expense volatility, including (without limitation) volatility due to changes in purchased transportation service or pricing for purchased transportation;

• our ability to comply and the cost of compliance with federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations, including (without limitation) labor laws and laws and regulations regarding the environment;

• a terrorist attack;

• labor relations, including (without limitation) our ability to attract and retain qualified drivers, the continued support of our union employees for our strategic plan, the impact of work rules, work stoppages, strikes or other disruptions, our obligations to multi-employer health, welfare and pension plans, wage requirements and employee satisfaction;

• the impact of claims and litigation to which we are or may become exposed; and

• other risks and contingencies, including (without limitation) the risk factors that are included in our reports filed with the SEC, including those described under “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, including this quarterly report.

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Overview

MD&A includes the following sections:

Our Business — a brief description of our business and a discussion of how we assess our operating results.

Consolidated Results of Operations — an analysis of our consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

Reporting Segment Results of Operations — an analysis of our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 for our YRC Freight and Regional Transportation reporting segments.

Certain Non-GAAP Financial Measures — an analysis of selected non-GAAP financial measures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 and trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

Financial Condition/Liquidity and Capital Resources — a discussion of our major sources and uses of cash and an analysis of our cash flows and aggregate contractual obligations and commercial commitments.

The “third quarter” and “first three quarters” of the years discussed below refer to the three and nine months ended September 30, respectively.

Our Business

YRC Worldwide is a holding company that, through wholly owned operating subsidiaries, offers our customers a wide range of transportation services. YRC Worldwide has one of the largest, most comprehensive LTL networks in North America with local, regional, national and international capabilities. Through its team of experienced service professionals, YRC Worldwide offers industry-leading expertise in LTL shipments and flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods with confidence.

We measure the performance of our business on both a consolidated basis and a reporting segment basis. We use several performance metrics, but rely primarily upon operating revenue, operating income (loss), and operating ratio. We also use certain non-GAAP financial measures as secondary measures to assess our operating performance.

• Operating Revenue: Our operating revenue has two primary components: volume (commonly evaluated using number of shipments and weight per shipment) and yield or price (commonly evaluated on a dollar-per-hundred weight basis and a dollar-per-shipment basis). Yield includes fuel surcharge revenue, which is common in the trucking industry and represents an amount charged to customers that adjusts with changing fuel prices. We base our fuel surcharges on a published national index and adjust them weekly. Rapid material changes in the index or our cost of fuel can positively or negatively impact our revenue and operating income versus prior periods, as there is a lag in our adjustment of base rates in response to changes in fuel surcharge. We believe that fuel surcharge is an accepted and important component of the overall pricing of our services to our customers. Without an industry accepted fuel surcharge program, our base pricing for our transportation services would require numerous changes. We believe the distinction between base rates and fuel surcharge has blurred over time, and it is impractical to clearly separate all the different factors that influence the price that our customers are willing to pay. In general, under our present fuel surcharge program, we believe rising fuel costs are beneficial to us and falling fuel costs are detrimental to us.

• Operating Income (Loss): Operating income (loss) is our operating revenue less operating expenses. Our consolidated operating income (loss) includes certain corporate charges that are not allocated to our YRC Freight and Regional Transportation reporting segments.

• Operating Ratio: Operating ratio is a common operating performance metric used in the trucking industry. It is calculated as (i) 100 percent (ii) minus the result of dividing operating income by operating revenue or (iii) plus the result of dividing operating loss by operating revenue, and expressed as a percentage.

• Non-GAAP Financial Measures: We use certain non-GAAP financial measures to assess our performance. These include EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

◦ EBITDA: a non-GAAP measure that reflects our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expense. EBITDA is used for internal management purposes as a financial measure that reflects our core operating performance.

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◦ Adjusted EBITDA: a non-GAAP measure that reflects our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expense, and further adjusts for letter of credit fees, equity-based compensation expense, net gains or losses on property disposals, restructuring professional fees, non-recurring consulting fees, expenses associated with certain lump sum payments to our IBT employees and the gains or losses from permitted dispositions, discontinued operations, among other items, as defined in our credit facilities. Adjusted EBITDA is used for internal management purposes as a financial measure that reflects our core operating performance, to measure compliance with financial covenants in our credit facilities and to calculate certain executive bonus compensation.

Our non-GAAP financial measures have the following limitations:

◦ EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or fund principal payments on our outstanding debt;

◦ Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to fund restructuring professional fees, nonrecurring consulting fees, letter of credit fees, service interest, principal payments on our outstanding debt or lump sum payments to our IBT employees required under the Memorandum of Understanding;

◦ Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;

◦ Equity-based compensation is an element of our long-term incentive compensation package, although Adjusted EBITDA excludes employee equity-based compensation expense when presenting our ongoing operating performance for a particular period; and

◦ Other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, potentially limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, our non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and use our non-GAAP measures as secondary measures.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Our consolidated results include the consolidated results of our YRC Freight and Regional Transportation reporting segments as well as any unallocated corporate charges. A more detailed discussion of the operating results of our segments is presented in the “Reporting Segment Results of Operations” section below.

The table below provides summary consolidated financial information for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2016 and 2015:

	Third Quarter					First Three Quarters
(in millions)	2016		2015		Percent Change	2016		2015		Percent Change
Operating revenue	$	1,221.3	$	1,244.9	(1.9)%	$	3,549.2	$	3,689.7	(3.8)%
Operating income	$	38.8	$	47.7	(18.7)%	$	109.4	$	108.3	1.0%
Nonoperating expenses, net	$	24.4	$	21.2	15.1%	$	77.0	$	73.7	4.5%
Net income	$	13.9	$	19.8	(29.8)%	$	29.0	$	24.2	19.8%

Third Quarter of 2016 Compared to the Third Quarter of 2015

Our consolidated operating revenue decreased$23.6 million, or 1.9%, during the third quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to a reduction in fuel surcharge revenue and declines in volumes, partially offset by improved yield (excluding fuel surcharge).

Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2016decreased$14.7 million, or 1.2%, compared to the third quarter in 2015, and consisted primarily of:

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• A $10.2 million, or 4.7%, decrease in operating expenses and supplies was primarily the result of an $8.9 million decrease in fuel expense in the third quarter of 2016, as compared to the third quarter of 2015. This decrease was largely driven by lower fuel prices on a per gallon basis, as well as fewer miles driven. Additionally, vehicle maintenance expense decreased by $4.1 million due to lower maintenance costs per mile and fewer miles driven.

• A $10.0 million, or 1.4%, decrease in salaries, wages and employee benefits was primarily attributed to an $8.1 million decrease in bonus compensation expense and a $3.9 million decrease in wages, which is primarily due to a decrease in shipping volumes, which required fewer employee hours to process freight. Offsetting this decrease is a $6.0 million increase in employee benefit costs.

• A $7.2 million, or 4.8%, increase in purchased transportation was primarily attributed to a $10.7 million increase in over-the-road and local purchased transportation expense and a $4.2 million increase in vehicle rent expense due to higher usage of operating leases for revenue equipment. Offsetting this increase is a $6.7 million decrease in rail purchased transportation expense due to a reduction in rail miles and lower rail rates, which is principally related to lower fuel surcharges paid to our providers.

Nonoperating expenses increased $3.2 million in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the third quarter of 2015 primarily driven by a $2.9 million increase in foreign currency transaction losses.

Our effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2016 and 2015 was 3.5% and 25.3%, respectively. The significant items impacting the 2016 rate include a provision for federal alternative minimum tax, a refund from a prior year amended return, a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance projected for December 31, 2016. The significant items impacting the 2015 rate include a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance that had been projected for December 31, 2015. We recognize valuation allowances on deferred tax assets if, based on the weight of the evidence, we determine it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized. Changes in valuation allowances are included in our tax provision in the period of change. In determining whether a valuation allowance is warranted, we evaluate factors such as prior years’ earnings history, expected future earnings, loss carry-back and carry-forward periods, reversals of existing deferred tax liabilities and tax planning strategies that potentially enhance the likelihood of the realization of a deferred tax asset. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, substantially all of our net deferred tax assets were subject to a valuation allowance.

First Three Quarters of 2016 Compared to the First Three Quarters of 2015

Our consolidated operating revenue decreased$140.5 million, or 3.8%, during the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to a reduction in fuel surcharge revenue and declines in volumes, partially offset by improved yield (excluding fuel surcharge).

Total operating expenses for the first three quarters of 2016decreased$141.6 million, or 4.0%, compared to the first three quarters in 2015, and consisted primarily of:

• An $82.4 million, or 12.2%, decrease in operating expenses and supplies was primarily the result of a $66.4 million decrease in fuel expense in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015. This decrease was largely driven by lower fuel prices on a per gallon basis, as well as fewer miles driven. Additionally, vehicle maintenance expense decreased by $13.5 million due to lower maintenance costs per mile and fewer miles driven.

• A $22.0 million, or 5.1%, decrease in purchased transportation was primarily due to a $35.5 million decrease in rail purchased transportation expense due to a reduction in rail miles and lower rail rates, which is principally related to lower fuel surcharges paid to our providers, partially offset by an $11.7 million increase in vehicle rent expense due to higher usage of operating leases for revenue equipment.

• A $16.0 million, or 0.7%, decrease in salaries, wages and employee benefits was primarily attributed to a $21.0 million decrease in wages primarily driven by a decrease in shipping volumes, which required fewer employee hours to process freight, a $9.3 million decrease in bonus compensation expense, and a $3.7 million decrease in workers’ compensation expense due to improvements in current year claim frequency. These decreases were partially offset by a $17.5 million increase in employee benefit costs.

• A $4.4 million, or 2.2%, decrease in other operating expenses was primarily driven by a $3.7 million decrease in cargo claims expense due to improved frequency of claims in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

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• Net gains from excess property sales in the first three quarters of 2016 were $11.2 million compared to losses of $1.5 million in the first three quarters of 2015.

Nonoperating expenses increased $3.3 million in the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the first three quarters of 2015 primarily driven by an $8.3 million increase in foreign currency transaction losses, offset by a $2.3 million gain on the disposal of JHJ and a $3.3 million decrease in interest expense primarily due to lower outstanding debt.

Our effective tax rate for the first three quarters of 2016 and 2015 was 10.5% and 30.1%, respectively. Significant items impacting the 2016 rate include a provision for federal alternative minimum tax, a refund from a prior year amended return, a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance projected for December 31, 2016. The significant items impacting the 2015 rate include a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance that had been projected for December 31, 2015.

Reporting Segment Results of Operations

We evaluate our operating performance using our YRC Freight and Regional Transportation reporting segments:

• YRC Freight is the reporting segment that focuses on longer haul business opportunities with national, regional and international services. YRC Freight provides for the movement of industrial, commercial and retail goods, primarily through centralized management. This reporting segment includes our LTL subsidiary YRC Freight and YRC Reimer, a subsidiary located in Canada that specializes in shipments into, across and out of Canada. In addition to the United States and Canada, YRC Freight also serves parts of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam.

• Regional Transportation is the reporting segment for our transportation service providers focused on business opportunities in the regional and next-day delivery markets. Regional Transportation is comprised of Holland, New Penn and Reddaway. These companies each provide regional, next-day ground services in their respective regions through a network of facilities located across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

YRC Freight Results

YRC Freight represented 63.7% of consolidated operating revenue for the third quarter of 2016, as compared to 63.4% for the third quarter of 2015. YRC Freight represented 62.8% and 62.9% of consolidated operating revenue for the first three quarters of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The table below provides summary financial information for YRC Freight for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2016 and 2015:

	Third Quarter							First Three Quarters
(in millions)	2016			2015			Percent Change	2016			2015			Percent Change
Operating revenue	$	777.9		$	789.2		(1.4)%	$	2,228.6		$	2,322.0		(4.0)%
Operating income	$	20.8		$	16.7		24.6%	$	53.3		$	39.4		35.3%
Operating ratio(a)	97.3		%	97.9		%	0.6 pp	97.6		%	98.3		%	0.7 pp

(a) pp represents the change in percentage points

Third Quarter of 2016 Compared to the Third Quarter of 2015

YRC Freight reported operating revenue of $777.9 million in the third quarter of 2016, a decrease of $11.3 million, or 1.4%, compared to the same period in 2015. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to a reduction in fuel surcharge revenue and declines in volume. The table below summarizes the key revenue metrics for the YRC Freight reporting segment for the third quarter of 2016 compared to the third quarter of 2015:

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	Third Quarter
	2016		2015		Percent Change(b)
Workdays	64.0		64.0
Total picked up revenue (in millions)(a)	$	763.6	$	784.4	(2.6	)%
Total tonnage (in thousands)	1,620		1,641		(1.3	)%
Total tonnage per day (in thousands)	25.31		25.64		(1.3	)%
Total shipments (in thousands)	2,678		2,740		(2.3	)%
Total shipments per day (in thousands)	41.84		42.82		(2.3	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight	$	23.57	$	23.90	(1.4	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	21.31	$	21.24	0.3	%
Total picked up revenue per shipment	$	285	$	286	(0.4	)%
Total picked up revenue per shipment (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	258	$	254	1.3	%
Total weight per shipment (in pounds)	1,210		1,198		1.0	%

	Third Quarter
(in millions)	2016			2015
(a) Reconciliation of operating revenue to total picked up revenue:
Operating revenue	$	777.9		$	789.2
Change in revenue deferral and other	(14.3		)	(4.8		)
Total picked up revenue	$	763.6		$	784.4

(a) Does not equal financial statement revenue due to revenue recognition adjustments between accounting periods and the impact of other revenue

(b) Percent change based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented

Operating income for YRC Freight was $20.8 million in the third quarter of 2016 compared to $16.7 million in the third quarter of 2015. Operating revenue in the third quarter of 2016 was lower by $11.3 million, which was offset by a $15.4 million decrease in total operating expenses.

The decrease in total operating expense consisted primarily of:

• A $12.5 million, or 8.8%, decrease in total operating expenses and supplies was primarily the result of a $6.0 million decrease in fuel expense, which was largely driven by lower fuel prices on a per gallon basis and fewer miles driven. Additionally, vehicle maintenance expense decreased by $4.6 million due to lower maintenance costs per mile and fewer miles driven in the third quarter of 2016, as compared to the third quarter of 2015.

• A $3.3 million, or 0.7%, decrease in salaries, wages and employee benefits was driven by a $4.7 million decrease in wages primarily driven by a decrease in shipping volumes, which required fewer employee hours to process freight, and improved employee productivity, partially offset by a $3.3 million increase in employee benefit costs, in the third quarter of 2016, as compared to the third quarter of 2015.

• A $3.3 million, or 2.8%, increase in purchased transportation was primarily due to a $10.4 million increase in over-the-road and local purchased transportation expense, offset by a $6.7 million decrease in rail purchased transportation expense due to a reduction in rail miles and lower rail rates, which is principally related to lower fuel surcharges paid to our providers, in the third quarter of 2016, as compared to the third quarter of 2015.

First Three Quarters of 2016 Compared to the First Three Quarters of 2015

YRC Freight reported operating revenue of $2,228.6 million in the first three quarters of 2016, a decrease of $93.4 million, or 4.0%, compared to the same period in 2015. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to a reduction in fuel surcharge revenue and declines in volume, partially offset by improved yield (excluding fuel surcharge). The table below summarizes the key revenue metrics for the YRC Freight reporting segment for the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the first three quarters of 2015:

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	First Three Quarters
	2016		2015		Percent Change(b)
Workdays	191.5		190.0
Total picked up revenue (in millions)(a)	$	2,208.9	$	2,313.9	(4.5	)%
Total tonnage (in thousands)	4,701		4,892		(3.9	)%
Total tonnage per day (in thousands)	24.55		25.75		(4.7	)%
Total shipments (in thousands)	7,875		8,135		(3.2	)%
Total shipments per day (in thousands)	41.12		42.81		(3.9	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight	$	23.49	$	23.65	(0.7	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	21.34	$	20.87	2.3	%
Total picked up revenue per shipment	$	280	$	284	(1.4	)%
Total picked up revenue per shipment (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	255	$	251	1.5	%
Total weight per shipment (in pounds)	1,194		1,203		(0.7	)%

	First Three Quarters
(in millions)	2016			2015
(a) Reconciliation of operating revenue to total picked up revenue:
Operating revenue	$	2,228.6		$	2,322.0
Change in revenue deferral and other	(19.7		)	(8.1		)
Total picked up revenue	$	2,208.9		$	2,313.9

(a) Does not equal financial statement revenue due to revenue recognition adjustments between accounting periods and the impact of other revenue

(b) Percent change based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented

Operating income for YRC Freight was $53.3 million in the first three quarters of 2016 compared to $39.4 million in the first three quarters of 2015. Operating revenue was lower by $93.4 million in the first three quarters of 2016, which was offset by a $107.3 million decrease in total operating expenses.

The decrease in total operating expense consisted primarily of:

• A $51.2 million, or 11.9%, decrease in total operating expenses and supplies was primarily the result of a $37.7 million decrease in fuel expense, which was largely driven by lower fuel prices on a per gallon basis and fewer miles driven. Additionally, vehicle maintenance expense decreased by $10.0 million due to lower maintenance costs per mile and fewer miles driven in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015. These expense reductions were partially offset by a $4.1 million favorable legal settlement recorded in the first three quarters of 2015, with no corresponding event in the first three quarters of 2016.

• A $26.5 million, or 7.8%, decrease in purchased transportation was primarily due to a $35.5 million decrease in rail purchased transportation expense due to a reduction in rail miles and lower rail rates, which is principally related to lower fuel surcharges paid to our providers, offset by a $5.8 million increase in local purchased transportation expense, in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

• A $14.0 million, or 1.1%, decrease in salaries, wages and employee benefits was driven by a $19.9 million decrease in wages primarily driven by a decrease in shipping volumes, which required fewer employee hours to process freight, and improved employee productivity, partially offset by a $9.4 million increase in employee benefit costs, in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

• A $0.7 million, or 0.6%, increase in other operating expense was primarily driven by a $5.5 million increase in our liability claims expense as a result of unfavorable development of prior year outstanding claims in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015. This was partially offset by a $3.0 million decrease in cargo claims expense due to improved frequency of claims in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

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• Net gains from excess property sales in the first three quarters of 2016 were $12.0 million compared to losses of $1.7 million in the first three quarters of 2015.

Regional Transportation Results

Regional Transportation represented 36.3% of consolidated operating revenue for the third quarter of 2016, as compared to 36.6% for the third quarter of 2015. Regional Transportation represented 37.2% and 37.1% of consolidated operating revenue for the first three quarters of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The table below provides summary financial information for Regional Transportation for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2016 and 2015:

	Third Quarter								First Three Quarters
(in millions)	2016			2015			Percent Change		2016			2015			Percent Change
Operating revenue	$	443.7		$	455.7		(2.6	)%	$	1,321.3		$	1,367.7		(3.4	)%
Operating income	$	21.9		$	33.6		(34.8	)%	$	64.9		$	75.9		(14.5	)%
Operating ratio(a)	95.1		%	92.6		%	(2.5	) pp	95.1		%	94.5		%	(0.6	) pp

(a) pp represents the change in percentage points

Third Quarter of 2016 Compared to the Third Quarter of 2015

Regional Transportation reported operating revenue of $443.7 million for the third quarter of 2016, a decrease of $12.0 million, or 2.6%, from the third quarter of 2015. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to a reduction in fuel surcharge revenue and declines in volume, partially offset by improved yield (excluding fuel surcharge). The table below summarizes the key revenue metrics for the Regional Transportation reporting segment for the third quarter of 2016 compared to the third quarter of 2015:

	Third Quarter
	2016		2015		Percent Change(b)
Workdays	63.0		64.0
Total picked up revenue (in millions)(a)	$	443.4	$	455.9	(2.8	)%
Total tonnage (in thousands)	1,914		1,974		(3.1	)%
Total tonnage per day (in thousands)	30.38		30.85		(1.5	)%
Total shipments (in thousands)	2,622		2,672		(1.9	)%
Total shipments per day (in thousands)	41.62		41.76		(0.3	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight	$	11.58	$	11.55	0.3	%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	10.48	$	10.32	1.5	%
Total picked up revenue per shipment	$	169	$	171	(0.9	)%
Total picked up revenue per shipment (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	153	$	153	0.3	%
Total weight per shipment (in pounds)	1,460		1,478		(1.2	)%

	Third Quarter
(in millions)	2016			2015
(a) Reconciliation of operating revenue to total picked up revenue:
Operating revenue	$	443.7		$	455.7
Change in revenue deferral and other	(0.3		)	0.2
Total picked up revenue	$	443.4		$	455.9

(a) Does not equal financial statement revenue due to revenue recognition adjustments between accounting periods

(b)Percent change based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented

Operating income for Regional Transportation was $21.9 million for the third quarter of 2016, compared to $33.6 million for the third quarter of 2015. Operating revenues decreased by $12.0 million, which were offset by a $0.3 million decrease in total operating expenses.

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The decrease in total operating expenses consisted primarily of:

• A $3.0 million, or 3.6%, decrease in operating expenses and supplies was primarily the result of a $2.9 million decrease in fuel expense, which was largely driven by lower fuel prices on a per gallon basis and fewer miles driven in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the third quarter of 2015.

• A $2.9 million, or 1.1%, decrease in salaries, wages and employee benefits was primarily driven by a $4.4 million decrease in bonus compensation expense, offset by a $2.3 million increase in employee benefit costs in the third quarter of 2016, as compared to the third quarter of 2015.

• A $4.2 million, or 13.4%, increase in purchased transportation was primarily due to a $3.9 million increase in vehicle rent expense due to higher usage of operating leases for revenue equipment, in the third quarter of 2016, as compared to the third quarter of 2015.

First Three Quarters of 2016 Compared to the First Three Quarters of 2015

Regional Transportation reported operating revenue of $1,321.3 million for the first three quarters of 2016, a decrease of $46.4 million, or 3.4%, from the first three quarters of 2015. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to a reduction in fuel surcharge revenue and declines in volume, partially offset by improved yield (excluding fuel surcharge). The table below summarizes the key revenue metrics for the Regional Transportation reporting segment for the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the first three quarters of 2015:

	First Three Quarters
	2016		2015		Percent Change(b)
Workdays	191.5		191.5
Total picked up revenue (in millions)(a)	$	1,323.0	$	1,367.6	(3.3	)%
Total tonnage (in thousands)	5,794		5,948		(2.6	)%
Total tonnage per day (in thousands)	30.26		31.06		(2.6	)%
Total shipments (in thousands)	7,876		7,987		(1.4	)%
Total shipments per day (in thousands)	41.13		41.71		(1.4	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight	$	11.42	$	11.50	(0.7	)%
Total picked up revenue per hundred weight (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	10.40	$	10.20	1.9	%
Total picked up revenue per shipment	$	168	$	171	(1.9	)%
Total picked up revenue per shipment (excluding fuel surcharge)	$	153	$	152	0.7	%
Total weight per shipment (in pounds)	1,471		1,489		(1.2	)%

	First Three Quarters
(in millions)	2016		2015
(a) Reconciliation of operating revenue to total picked up revenue:
Operating revenue	$	1,321.3	$	1,367.7
Change in revenue deferral and other	1.7		(0.1		)
Total picked up revenue	$	1,323.0	$	1,367.6

(a) Does not equal financial statement revenue due to revenue recognition adjustments between accounting periods

(b)Percent change based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented

Operating income for Regional Transportation was $64.9 million for the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to $75.9 million for the first three quarters of 2015. Operating revenues decreased $46.4 million which were offset by a $35.4 million decrease in total operating expenses.

The decrease in total operating expenses consisted primarily of:

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• A $35.4 million, or 13.0%, decrease in operating expenses and supplies was primarily the result of a $28.8 million decrease in fuel expense, which was largely driven by lower fuel prices on a per gallon basis and fewer miles driven. Additionally, vehicle maintenance expense decreased by $3.5 million due to lower maintenance costs and fewer miles driven and professional service fees decreased by $3.4 million in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

• A $5.2 million, or 6.6%, decrease in other operating expense was primarily driven by a $2.9 million decrease in our liability claims expense as a result of more favorable development of prior year claims in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

• A $5.1 million, or 5.5%, increase in purchased transportation was primarily due to a $9.4 million increase in vehicle rent expense due to higher usage of operating leases for revenue equipment, partially offset by a $3.9 million decrease in purchased transportation expense due to a reduction in miles and rates, in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

• A $0.8 million, or 0.1%, increase in salaries, wages and employee benefits was driven by a $4.8 million increase in employee benefit costs, offset by a $1.4 million decrease in bonus compensation expense and $1.1 million decrease in wages. The decrease in wages was primarily due to the decrease in shipping volumes and partially offset by general wage rate increases in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to the first three quarters of 2015.

Certain Non-GAAP Financial Measures

As discussed in the “Our Business” section, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to assess performance. These measures should be considered in addition to the results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, our GAAP financial measures. For segment Adjusted EBITDA, we present the reconciliation from operating income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA as it is consistent with how we measure performance.

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Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

The reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA (defined in our Term Loan Agreement as “Consolidated EBITDA”) for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2016 and 2015, and the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, is as follows:

	Third Quarter						First Three Quarters						Trailing Twelve Months Ended			Trailing Twelve Months Ended
(in millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015			September 30, 2016			September 30, 2015
Reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net income	$	13.9		$	19.8		$	29.0		$	24.2		$	5.5		$	30.4
Interest expense, net	25.5			25.6			77.6			80.9			103.8			108.1
Income tax expense (benefit)	0.5			6.7			3.4			10.4			(12.1		)	10.7
Depreciation and amortization	40.3			40.7			119.5			123.6			159.6			164.3
EBITDA	80.2			92.8			229.5			239.1			256.8			313.5
Adjustments for Term Loan Agreement:
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	0.2			0.9			(11.2		)	1.5			(10.8		)	(4.3		)
Letter of credit expense	1.7			2.2			6.0			6.6			8.2			8.9
Restructuring professional fees	—			0.2			—			0.2			—			0.2
Nonrecurring consulting fees	—			(0.8		)	—			5.1			—			5.1
Permitted dispositions and other	2.2			—			1.8			0.3			1.9			0.3
Equity-based compensation expense	1.5			2.8			6.0			6.5			8.0			9.7
Amortization of ratification bonus	—			4.6			4.6			14.4			9.1			19.6
Loss on extinguishment of debt	—			—			—			0.6			—			0.6
Non-union pension settlement charge	—			—			—			—			28.7			—
Other, net(a)	(0.3		)	(3.6		)	3.1			(7.0		)	3.9			(9.3		)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	85.5		$	99.1		$	239.8		$	267.3		$	305.8		$	344.3

^(a) As required under our Term Loan Agreement, other, net, shown above consists of the impact of certain items to be included in Adjusted EBITDA.

Segment Adjusted EBITDA

The following represents Adjusted EBITDA by segment for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2016 and 2015:

	Third Quarter				First Three Quarters
(in millions)	2016		2015		2016			2015
Adjusted EBITDA by segment:
YRC Freight	$	45.3	$	45.2	$	119.3		$	130.4
Regional Transportation	40.2		52.9		121.3			135.7
Corporate and other	—		1.0		(0.8		)	1.2
Adjusted EBITDA	$	85.5	$	99.1	$	239.8		$	267.3

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The reconciliation of operating income (loss), by segment, to Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2016 and 2015, is as follows:

	Third Quarter					First Three Quarters
YRC Freight segment (in millions)	2016		2015			2016			2015
Reconciliation of operating income to Adjusted EBITDA:
Operating income	$	20.8	$	16.7		$	53.3		$	39.4
Depreciation and amortization	22.9		23.3			67.9			70.5
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	—		1.1			(12.0		)	1.7
Letter of credit expense	1.1		1.6			3.9			4.6
Nonrecurring consulting fees	—		(0.8		)	—			5.1
Amortization of ratification bonus	—		3.0			3.0			9.3
Other, net(a)	0.5		0.3			3.2			(0.2		)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	45.3	$	45.2		$	119.3		$	130.4

^(a) As required under our Term Loan Agreement, other, net, shown above consists of the impact of certain items to be included in Adjusted EBITDA.

	Third Quarter					First Three Quarters
Regional Transportation segment (in millions)	2016		2015			2016		2015
Reconciliation of operating income to Adjusted EBITDA:
Operating income	$	21.9	$	33.6		$	64.9	$	75.9
Depreciation and amortization	17.4		17.4			51.6		53.2
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	0.3		(0.2		)	0.9		—
Letter of credit expense	0.6		0.5			2.0		1.5
Amortization of ratification bonus	—		1.6			1.6		5.1
Other, net(a)	—		—			0.3		—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	40.2	$	52.9		$	121.3	$	135.7

^(a) As required under our Term Loan Agreement, other, net, shown above consists of the impact of certain items to be included in Adjusted EBITDA.

	Third Quarter						First Three Quarters
Corporate and other (in millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Reconciliation of operating loss to Adjusted EBITDA:
Operating loss	$	(3.9	)	$	(2.6	)	$	(8.8	)	$	(7.0	)
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			—			(0.1		)
Gains on property disposals, net	(0.1		)	—			(0.1		)	(0.2		)
Letter of credit expense	—			0.1			0.1			0.5
Restructuring professional fees	—			0.2			—			0.2
Permitted dispositions and other	2.2			—			1.8			0.3
Equity-based compensation expense	1.5			2.8			6.0			6.5
Other, net(a)	0.3			0.5			0.2			1.0
Adjusted EBITDA	$	—		$	1.0		$	(0.8	)	$	1.2

^(a) As required under our Term Loan Agreement, other, net, shown above consists of the impact of certain items to be included in Adjusted EBITDA.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, available borrowings under our ABL Facility and any prospective net operating cash flows from operations. As of September 30, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of $276.4 million and the borrowing base and maximum availability under our ABL Facility were $412.6 million and $55.0 million, respectively. The maximum availability is calculated in accordance with the terms of the ABL Facility and is derived by reducing the borrowing base by our $357.6 million of outstanding letters of credit. While our ABL Agreement permits us to access maximum availability

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subject to certain financial covenant restrictions (which restrictions did not limit our availability as of September 30, 2016), the maximum amount we expect to access on our ABL Facility at any time is maximum availability less the lower of 10% of the borrowing base ($41.3 million at September 30, 2016) or 10% of the facility size ($45.0 million at September 30, 2016). Thus, of the $55.0 million in maximum availability, our Managed Accessibility was $13.7 million as of September 30, 2016.  As a result, we had cash and cash equivalents and Managed Accessibility of $290.1 million as of September 30, 2016. Due to the ABL Facility amendment on June 28, 2016, as referenced in the “Debt and Financing” footnote of our consolidated financial statements in this report, we increased our flexibility to manage and optimize the amount of cash included in the borrowing base by reducing availability limits.

Outside of funding normal operations, our principal uses of cash include making contributions to our single-employer pension plans and various multi-employer pension funds, and meeting our other cash obligations including, but not limited to, paying principal and interest on our funded debt, payments on our equipment leases and funding capital expenditures.

As of September 30, 2016, we had $1,055.4 million in aggregate par value of outstanding indebtedness, the majority of which matures in 2019. We also have future funding obligations for our single-employer pension plans and various multi-employer pension funds. We expect our funding obligations for the remainder of 2016 for our single-employer pension plans and multi-employer pension funds will be $12.3 million and $22.3 million, respectively. In addition, we have, and will continue to have, operating lease obligations. As of September 30, 2016, our operating lease payment obligations through 2030 totaled $323.8 million and are expected to increase as we lease additional revenue equipment. Additionally, for the first three quarters of 2016, we entered into new operating leases for revenue equipment totaling $95.2 million in future lease payments, payable over an average lease term of five years.

Our capital expenditures for the first three quarters of 2016 and 2015 were $75.4 million and $71.8 million, respectively. These amounts were principally used to pay capitalized costs for technology infrastructure, to refurbish engines for our revenue fleet, and to fund the purchase of used tractors and trailers.

As of September 30, 2016, our Standard & Poor’s Corporate Family Rating was “B-” with a stable outlook and Moody’s Investor Service Corporate Family Rating was “B3” with a stable outlook.

Credit Facility Covenants

Our Term Loan Agreement has certain financial covenants that, among other things, restricts certain capital expenditures and requires us to not exceed a maximum total leverage ratio (defined as Consolidated Total Debt divided by Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. Refer to the “Debt and Financing” footnote for an overview of our Term Loan covenants.

To maintain compliance with the maximum total leverage ratio over the tenor of the Term Loan and satisfy our liquidity needs, we would have to achieve operating results that reflect significant improvement over our third quarter 2016 results. Means for improving our profitability may include ongoing successful implementation and realization of pricing, productivity and efficiency initiatives, as well as increased volume, some of which are outside of our control.

Although we are currently in compliance with the maximum total leverage ratio covenant under our Term Loan Agreement, the covenant levels tighten in the coming quarters. Our internal forecasts currently indicate that, absent one or more specific actions as described below, we could fail to comply with this covenant in one or more quarters over the next 12 months.  As a result, we may decide to pay down a sufficient amount of the Term Loan to comply with the covenant. We currently believe that the results of our operations will be sufficient to allow us to make such payments and fund our operations for the next twelve months.  However, we may also be required to pursue certain actions, including but not limited to reducing capital expenditures, curtailing actions relating to our planned revenue growth and/or seeking other cost reductions. Some of those actions might adversely affect our operations and financial performance over the long-term.

Alternatively, we may seek an amendment to the Term Loan that would modify the covenant or pursue some other corporate finance transaction that would reduce our total leverage so that we would remain in compliance.  There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining such relief.

Cash Flows

Operating Cash Flow

Net cash provided by operating activities was $86.0 million and $91.5 million in the first three quarters of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The decrease in operating cash flow is primarily attributable to non-cash gains of $11.2 million recognized from the

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sale of excess properties in the first three quarters of 2016, as compared to a $1.5 million loss in the first three quarters of 2015. This was offset by an increase in net income of $4.8 million in the first three quarters of 2016 as compared to the first three quarters of 2015, and a net increase in operating assets and liabilities of $4.2 million, which consists primarily of improved cash inflow due to prior year expenses associated with certain lump sum payments to our IBT employees, offset by decreased cash inflow from accounts receivable.

Investing Cash Flow

Net cash provided by investing activities was $44.9 million during the first three quarters of 2016 compared to net cash used in investing activities of $38.8 million during the first three quarters of 2015, largely driven by a net receipt of $79.2 million in restricted escrow refunds in 2016 compared to a net receipt of $16.9 million in 2015. Additionally, cash flows in 2016 included $14.6 million in net proceeds from the sale of JHJ and an increase of $10.8 million in cash proceeds from the disposal of property and equipment due to certain significant property sales in 2016.

Financing Cash Flow

Net cash used in financing activities for the first three quarters of 2016 and 2015 was $28.3 million and $13.1 million, respectively, which consists mainly of repayments on our long-term debt. Cash flows used in financing activities for the first three quarters of 2016 also included $1.8 million in debt issuance costs related to the ABL Facility amendment.

Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments

The following sections provide aggregated information regarding our contractual cash obligations and other commercial commitments as of September 30, 2016.

Contractual Cash Obligations

The following table reflects our cash outflows that we are contractually obligated to make as of September 30, 2016:

	Payments Due by Period
(in millions)	Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years		Total
Balance sheet obligations:
ABL Facility(a)	$	7.1	$	11.6	$	—	$	—	$	18.7
Term Loan(b)	62.2		753.0		—		—		815.2
Lease financing obligations(c)	42.2		70.6		18.8		21.0		152.6
Pension deferral obligations(d)	7.6		15.3		104.1		—		127.0
Workers’ compensation, property damage and liability claims obligations(e)	101.1		131.1		58.0		100.7		390.9
Operating leases(f)	102.4		143.4		56.5		21.5		323.8
Other contractual obligations(g)	13.9		4.7		0.3		—		18.9
Capital expenditures(h)	23.6		—		—		—		23.6
Total contractual obligations	$	360.1	$	1,129.7	$	237.7	$	143.2	$	1,870.7

(a) The ABL Facility includes future payments for the letter of credit and unused line fees and are not included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(b) The Term Loan includes principal and interest payments, but excludes unamortized discounts.

(c) The lease financing obligations include interest payments of $103.2 million and principal payments of $49.4 million. The remaining principal obligation is offset by the estimated book value of leased property at the expiration date of each lease agreement.

(d) Pension deferral obligations includes principal and interest payments on the Second A&R CDA.

(e) The workers’ compensation, property damage and liability claims obligations represent our estimate of future payments for these obligations, not all of which are contractually required.

(f) Operating leases represent future payments, which include interest, under contractual lease arrangements primarily for revenue equipment and are not included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(g) Other contractual obligations includes future service agreements and certain maintenance agreements and are not included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(h) Capital expenditure obligations primarily includes noncancelable purchase orders for revenue equipment not yet delivered and are not included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

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Other Commercial Commitments

The following table reflects other commercial commitments or potential cash outflows that may result from a contingent event, such as a need to borrow short-term funds due to insufficient free cash flow.

	Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period
(in millions)	Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years		Total
Unused line of credit
ABL Facility(a)	$	—	$	55.0	$	—	$	—	$	55.0
Letters of credit(b)	—		357.6		—		—		357.6
Surety bonds(c)	134.1		1.6		0.1		—		135.8
Total commercial commitments	$	134.1	$	414.2	$	0.1	$	—	$	548.4

(a) As of September 30, 2016, we held $43.0 million in restricted escrow, which represents cash collateral on our ABL Facility. Managed Accessibility was $13.7 million, which represents maximum availability of $55.0 million less the lower of 10% of the borrowing base or the facility size.

(b) Letters of credit outstanding are generally required as collateral to support self-insurance programs and do not represent additional liabilities as the underlying self-insurance accruals are already included in our consolidated balance sheets.

(c) Surety bonds are generally required for workers’ compensation to support self-insurance programs, which include certain bonds that do not have an expiration date but are redeemable on demand, and do not represent additional liabilities as the underlying self-insurance accruals are already included in our consolidated balance sheets.

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Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are primarily exposed to the market risk associated with unfavorable movements in interest rates, foreign currencies, and fuel price volatility. The risk inherent in our market risk sensitive instruments and positions is the potential loss or increased expense arising from adverse changes in those factors. There have been no material changes to our market risk policies or our market risk sensitive instruments and positions as described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

As required by the Exchange Act, we maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Our disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, with the participation of our principal executive and financial officers, has evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2016 and have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2016.

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

We discuss legal proceedings in the “Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties” note to our consolidated financial statements included with this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and that discussion is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 1A.Risk Factors

There were no material changes during the quarter to the Risk Factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A - “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Item 6.Exhibits

31.1*	Certification of James L. Welch filed pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Jamie G. Pierson filed pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*	Certification of James L. Welch furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*	Certification of Jamie G. Pierson furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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* Indicates documents filed herewith.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

	YRC WORLDWIDE INC.
Date: October 27, 2016	/s/ James L. Welch
	James L. Welch
	Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 27, 2016	/s/ Jamie G. Pierson
	Jamie G. Pierson
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James L. Welch, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of YRC Worldwide Inc.;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5) The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 27, 2016	/s/ James L. Welch
	James L. Welch
	Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jamie G. Pierson, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of YRC Worldwide Inc.;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5) The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 27, 2016	/s/ Jamie G. Pierson
	Jamie G. Pierson
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of YRC Worldwide Inc. on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James L. Welch, Chief Executive Officer of YRC Worldwide Inc., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of YRC Worldwide Inc.

Date: October 27, 2016	/s/ James L. Welch
	James L. Welch
	Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of YRC Worldwide Inc. on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jamie G. Pierson, Chief Financial Officer of YRC Worldwide Inc., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of YRC Worldwide Inc.

Date: October 27, 2016	/s/ Jamie G. Pierson
	Jamie G. Pierson
	Chief Financial Officer

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Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Oct. 21, 2016
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Registrant Name	YRC Worldwide Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000716006
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		33,274,012

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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 276.4	$ 173.8
Restricted amounts held in escrow	43.0	58.8
Accounts receivable, net	477.8	427.4
Prepaid expenses and other	75.3	74.4
Total current assets	872.5	734.4
Property and Equipment:
Cost	2,815.7	2,822.8
Less – accumulated depreciation	(1,927.9)	(1,885.5)
Net property and equipment	887.8	937.3
Intangibles, net	30.7	40.4
Restricted amounts held in escrow	0.0	63.4
Deferred income taxes, net	23.0	23.0
Other assets	56.6	80.9
Total Assets	1,870.6	1,879.4
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit
Accounts payable	163.9	161.1
Wages, vacations and employee benefits	203.6	195.1
Deferred income taxes, net	23.0	23.0
Claims and insurance accruals	122.8	125.0
Other accrued taxes	27.6	29.8
Other current and accrued liabilities	24.9	23.6
Current maturities of long-term debt	16.6	15.9
Total current liabilities	582.4	573.5
Other Liabilities:
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,023.9	1,046.5
Deferred income taxes, net	3.8	3.7
Pension and postretirement	311.4	339.9
Claims and other liabilities	291.3	295.2
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ Deficit:
Preferred stock, $1 par value per share	0.0	0.0
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	0.3	0.3
Capital surplus	2,317.9	2,312.6
Accumulated deficit	(2,210.3)	(2,239.3)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(357.4)	(360.3)
Treasury stock, at cost (410 shares)	(92.7)	(92.7)
Total shareholders’ deficit	(342.2)	(379.4)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit	$ 1,870.6	$ 1,879.4

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Treasury stock, shares	410	410

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Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Operating Revenue	$ 1,221.3	$ 1,244.9	$ 3,549.2	$ 3,689.7
Operating Expenses:
Salaries, wages and employee benefits	715.8	725.8	2,132.6	2,148.6
Operating expenses and supplies	206.9	217.1	595.7	678.1
Purchased transportation	156.8	149.6	409.0	431.0
Depreciation and amortization	40.3	40.7	119.5	123.6
Other operating expenses	62.5	63.1	194.2	198.6
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	0.2	0.9	(11.2)	1.5
Total operating expenses	1,182.5	1,197.2	3,439.8	3,581.4
Operating Income	38.8	47.7	109.4	108.3
Nonoperating Expenses:
Interest expense	25.6	25.7	77.9	81.2
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Other, net	(1.2)	(4.5)	(0.9)	(8.1)
Nonoperating expenses, net	24.4	21.2	77.0	73.7
Income before income taxes	14.4	26.5	32.4	34.6
Income tax expense	0.5	6.7	3.4	10.4
Net Income	13.9	19.8	29.0	24.2
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	2.3	(1.9)	2.9	2.9
Comprehensive Income Attributable to YRC Worldwide Inc.	$ 16.2	$ 17.9	$ 31.9	$ 27.1
Average Common Shares Outstanding – Basic (in shares)	32,466	32,065	32,398	31,602
Average Common Shares Outstanding – Diluted (in shares)	33,194	32,621	32,915	32,569
Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share
Earnings (Loss) Per Share – Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.43	$ 0.62	$ 0.89	$ 0.76
Loss Per Share – Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.61	$ 0.88	$ 0.74

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Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Operating Activities:
Net Income	$ 29.0	$ 24.2
Noncash items included in net income:
Depreciation and amortization	119.5	123.6
Noncash equity-based compensation and employee benefits expense	16.2	18.5
(Gains) losses on property disposals, net	(11.2)	1.5
Gain on disposal of equity method investment	(2.3)	0.0
Other noncash items, net	7.6	0.7
Changes in assets and liabilities, net:
Accounts receivable	(49.7)	(29.4)
Accounts payable	0.8	10.0
Other operating assets	4.1	(7.3)
Other operating liabilities	(28.0)	(50.3)
Net cash provided by operating activities	86.0	91.5
Investing Activities:
Acquisition of property and equipment	(75.4)	(71.8)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment	26.5	15.7
Restricted escrow receipts	112.1	41.9
Restricted escrow deposits	(32.9)	(25.0)
Proceeds from disposal of equity method investment, net	14.6	0.0
Other, net	0.0	0.4
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	44.9	(38.8)
Financing Activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(26.5)	(13.1)
Debt issuance costs	(1.8)	0.0
Net cash used in financing activities	(28.3)	(13.1)
Net Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents	102.6	39.6
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period	173.8	171.1
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period	276.4	210.7
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Interest paid	(68.5)	(79.3)
Income tax payments, net	(4.1)	(1.6)
Debt redeemed for equity consideration	$ 0.0	$ 17.9

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Statement of Consolidated Shareholders' Deficit (Unaudited) - 9 months ended Sep. 30, 2016 - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Preferred Stock:	Common Stock:	Capital Surplus:	Accumulated Deficit:	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:	Treasury Stock, At Cost:
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2015				$ 2,312.6	$ (2,239.3)	$ (360.3)	$ 0.0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Equity-based compensation	$ 16.2			5.3
Net income					29.0
Reclassification of net pension actuarial losses to net income, net of tax						10.3
Foreign currency translation adjustments						3.0
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2016	$ (342.2)	$ 0.0	$ 0.3	$ 2,317.9	$ (2,210.3)	$ (357.4)	$ (92.7)

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Description of Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Description of Business

Description of Business

YRC Worldwide Inc. (also referred to as “YRC Worldwide,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is a holding company that, through wholly owned operating subsidiaries, offers its customers a wide range of transportation services. We have one of the largest, most comprehensive less-than-truckload (“LTL”) networks in North America with local, regional, national and international capabilities. Through our team of experienced service professionals, we offer expertise in LTL shipments and flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods with confidence. Our reporting segments include the following:

• YRC Freight is the reporting segment that focuses on longer haul business opportunities with national, regional and international services. YRC Freight provides for the movement of industrial, commercial and retail goods, primarily through centralized management. This reporting segment includes YRC Inc. (“YRC Freight”), a U.S. LTL subsidiary, and Reimer Express (“YRC Reimer”), a subsidiary located in Canada that specializes in shipments into, across and out of Canada. In addition to the United States and Canada, YRC Freight also serves parts of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam.

• Regional Transportation is the reporting segment for our transportation service providers focused on business opportunities in the regional and next-day delivery markets. Regional Transportation is comprised of USF Holland LLC (“Holland”), New Penn Motor Express LLC (“New Penn”) and USF Reddaway Inc. (“Reddaway”). These companies each provide regional, next-day ground services in their respective regions through a network of facilities located across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

At September 30, 2016, approximately 78% of our labor force is subject to collective bargaining agreements, which predominantly expire in March 2019.

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Principles of Consolidation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of YRC Worldwide and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We report on a calendar year basis. The quarters of the Regional Transportation companies (with the exception of New Penn) consist of thirteen weeks that end on a Saturday either before or after the end of March, June and September, whereas all other operating segment quarters end on the natural calendar quarter end. For ease of reference, the calendar quarter end dates are used herein. Our investment in our Chinese joint venture, a non-majority owned affiliate, was sold in March 2016 and was accounted for on the equity method.

We make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We have prepared the Consolidated Financial Statements, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In our opinion, we have made all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods included in these financial statements. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to SEC rules and regulations. Accordingly, the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2016:

			Fair Value Measurement Hierarchy
(in millions)	Total Carrying Value		Quoted prices in active market (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	$	43.0	$	43.0	$	—	$	—
Total assets at fair value	$	43.0	$	43.0	$	—	$	—

Restricted amounts held in escrow are invested in money market accounts and are recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Equity Method Investment

On October 23, 2015, the Company entered into a sale and purchase agreement to sell its fifty percent equity interest in its Chinese joint venture, JHJ International Transportation Co., Ltd. (“JHJ”), for a purchase price of $16.3 million, which subsequently closed on March 30, 2016. At closing, we received proceeds of $16.3 million and paid transaction fees of $1.7 million. As of March 30, 2016, the carrying value of the investment was $22.7 million with an offsetting cumulative foreign translation adjustment of $10.4 million, resulting in a net gain on the transaction of $2.3 million. The gain on the transaction is included in “Nonoperating expenses - Other, net” in the accompanying statement of consolidated comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we reclassified the amortization of our net pension loss totaling $3.5 million and $10.3 million, respectively, net of tax, from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we reclassified the amortization of our net pension loss totaling $4.0 million and $12.0 million respectively, net of tax, from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income. This reclassification is a component of net periodic pension cost and is discussed in the “Employee Benefits” footnote.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting,which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including the accounting for income taxes, statutory tax withholding requirements, and classification of related amounts within the statement of cash flows. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning with the first quarter of 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts the adoption of this accounting guidance will have on the consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize most leases, including operating leases, on-balance sheet via a right-of-use asset, and lease liability. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset or liability for leases with a term of 12 months or fewer. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures will be required. The new standard will be effective for the Company for its annual reporting period beginning January 1, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted. The ASU requires a modified retrospective transition, which means the Company will be required to apply the new guidance at the beginning of the earliest period presented in the financial statements; however, companies may elect to apply certain practical expedients on transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of this new standard to its consolidated balance sheets, results of operations and related disclosures.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Deferral of the Effective date, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new standard will supersede much of the previous requirements in ASU-605, Revenue Recognition and most industry specific guidance and introduces a five-step model to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The premise of the new model is that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will be effective for the Company for its annual reporting period beginning January 1, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for annual periods beginning January 1, 2017. Entities are allowed to transition to the new standard by either recasting prior periods or recognizing the cumulative effect. The Company continues to assess the method of application and impact, if any, on our consolidated balance sheets, results of operations and related disclosures.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest, which required debt issue costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with the accounting treatment for debt discounts. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2016 and applied it retrospectively. The December 31, 2015 consolidated balance sheet was adjusted to reflect the reclassification of $15.2 million in debt issuance costs from “Other assets” to “Long-term debt, less current portion.” There was no other impact as a result of the adoption of this standard.

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Debt and Financing

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt and Financing

Debt and Financing

Our outstanding debt as of September 30, 2016 consisted of the following:

As of September 30, 2016 (in millions)	Par Value			Discount			Debt Issuance Costs			Book Value			Stated Interest Rate			Average Effective Interest Rate
Term Loan	$	680.8		$	(3.2	)	$	(9.7	)	$	667.9		8.00	%	(a)	8.20	%
ABL Facility	—			—			—			—			N/A			N/A
Secured Second A&R CDA	29.0			—			(0.2		)	28.8			3.3-18.3%			7.3	%
Unsecured Second A&R CDA	73.2			—			(0.4		)	72.8			3.3-18.3%			7.3	%
Lease financing obligations	272.4			—			(1.4		)	271.0			9.0-18.2%			12.0	%
Total debt	$	1,055.4		$	(3.2	)	$	(11.7	)	$	1,040.5
Current maturities of Term Loan	(7.0		)	—			—			(7.0		)
Current maturities of lease financing obligations	(9.6		)	—			—			(9.6		)
Long-term debt	$	1,038.8		$	(3.2	)	$	(11.7	)	$	1,023.9

^(a) Variable interest rate of 1, 3 or 6-month LIBOR, with a floor of 1.0% plus a fixed margin of 7.0%.

ABL Facility Amendment

On June 28, 2016, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the asset based loan facility (the “ABL Facility”), which amended several key terms, to include: (1) a 50 bps reduction in interest spread from LIBOR plus 2.25%, to LIBOR plus 1.75%, (2) the option to extend maturity from February 13, 2019 to June 28, 2021, subject to the refinancing, replacement or extension beyond June 28, 2021 of the credit agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) governing our term loan facility (the “Term Loan”), and (3) increased flexibility to manage and optimize the amount of cash included in the borrowing base by (i) providing the Company more flexibility as to the timing of testing the eligible borrowing base cash and (ii) reducing the availability limits under our ABL Facility to 10% of the collateral line cap from 15%.

ABL Facility Availability

Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, available borrowings under our ABL Facility and net cash flow from operations. As of September 30, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of $276.4 million and the borrowing base and maximum availability on our ABL Facility were $412.6 million and $55.0 million, respectively. The maximum availability is calculated in accordance with the terms of the ABL Facility and is derived by reducing the borrowing base by our $357.6 million of outstanding letters of credit.  While our ABL Agreement permits us to access maximum availability subject to certain financial covenant restrictions (which restrictions did not limit our availability as of September 30, 2016), the maximum amount we expect to access on our ABL Facility at any time is maximum availability less the lower of 10% of the borrowing base ($41.3 million at September 30, 2016) or 10% of the facility size ($45.0 million at September 30, 2016). Thus, of the $55.0 million in maximum availability, we expected to access no more than $13.7 million as of September 30, 2016 (“Managed Accessibility”).  As a result, we had cash and cash equivalents and Managed Accessibility of $290.1 million as of September 30, 2016.

Credit Facility Covenants

The Term Loan Agreement governing our Term Loan has certain financial covenants, as amended in September 2014, that, among other things, restricts certain capital expenditures and requires us to not exceed a maximum total leverage ratio (defined as Consolidated Total Debt divided by Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, each as defined below).

Our total maximum leverage ratio covenants are as follows:

Four Consecutive Fiscal Quarters Ending	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio	Four Consecutive Fiscal Quarters Ending	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio
September 30, 2016	3.75 to 1.00	June 30, 2017	3.25 to 1.00
December 31, 2016	3.50 to 1.00	September 30, 2017	3.25 to 1.00
March 31, 2017	3.25 to 1.00	December 31, 2017 and thereafter	3.00 to 1.00

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, defined in our Term Loan Agreement as “Consolidated EBITDA,” is a measure that reflects our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expense, and is further adjusted for, among other things, letter of credit fees, equity-based compensation expense, net gains or losses on property disposals, restructuring professional fees, non-recurring consulting fees, expenses associated with certain lump sum payments to our International Brotherhood of Teamsters (“IBT”) employees and the gains or losses from permitted dispositions and discontinued operations. Consolidated Total Debt, as defined in our Term Loan Agreement, is the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness outstanding. Our total leverage ratio for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2016 was 3.45 to 1.00.

To maintain compliance with the maximum total leverage ratio over the tenor of the Term Loan and satisfy our liquidity needs, we would have to achieve operating results that reflect significant improvement over our third quarter 2016 results. Means for improving our profitability may include ongoing successful implementation and realization of pricing, productivity and efficiency initiatives, as well as increased volume, some of which are outside of our control.

Although we are currently in compliance with the maximum total leverage ratio covenant under our Term Loan Agreement, the covenant levels tighten in the coming quarters. Our internal forecasts currently indicate that, absent one or more specific actions as described below, we could fail to comply with this covenant in one or more quarters over the next 12 months.  As a result, we may decide to pay down a sufficient amount of the Term Loan to comply with the covenant. We currently believe that the results of our operations will be sufficient to allow us to make such payments and fund our operations for the next twelve months.  However, we may also be required to pursue certain actions, including but not limited to reducing capital expenditures, curtailing actions relating to our planned revenue growth and/or seeking other cost reductions. Some of those actions might adversely affect our operations and financial performance over the long-term.

Alternatively, we may seek an amendment to the Term Loan that would modify the covenant or pursue some other corporate finance transaction that would reduce our total leverage so that we would remain in compliance.  There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining such relief.

Fair Value Measurement

The book value and estimated fair values of our long-term debt, including current maturities and other financial instruments, are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2016				December 31, 2015
(in millions)	Book Value		Fair value		Book Value		Fair value
Term Loan	$	667.9	$	655.5	$	669.0	$	594.6
Lease financing obligations	271.0		268.3		276.3		282.9
Second A&R CDA	101.6		98.4		117.1		102.1
Total debt	$	1,040.5	$	1,022.2	$	1,062.4	$	979.6

The fair values of the Term Loan and the Secured and Unsecured Second Amended and Restated Contribution Deferral Agreement (the “Second A&R CDA”) were estimated based on observable prices (level two inputs for fair value measurements). The fair value of the lease financing obligations is estimated using a publicly traded secured loan with similar characteristics (level three input for fair value measurement).

Leases

As of September 30, 2016, our operating lease payment obligations through 2030 totaled $323.8 million and are expected to increase as we lease additional revenue equipment. Additionally, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we entered into new operating leases for revenue equipment totaling $95.2 million in future lease payments, payable over an average lease term of five years.

Our capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $75.4 million and $71.8 million, respectively. These amounts were principally used to pay capitalized costs for technology infrastructure, to refurbish engines for our revenue fleet, and to fund the purchase of used tractors and trailers.

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Employee Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits

Qualified and Nonqualified Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The following table presents the components of our Company-sponsored pension costs for the three and nine months ended September 30:

	Three Months						Nine Months
(in millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Service cost	$	1.6		$	1.2		$	4.8		$	3.6
Interest cost	14.0			14.3			42.0			42.9
Expected return on plan assets	(14.2		)	(15.0		)	(42.4		)	(45.0		)
Amortization of net pension loss	3.5			4.0			10.3			12.0
Total periodic pension cost	$	4.9		$	4.5		$	14.7		$	13.5

We expect to contribute $45.4 million to our Company-sponsored pension plans in 2016 of which we have contributed $33.1 million through September 30, 2016.

Performance Incentive Awards

The Company granted performance stock units in February 2016 that, to the extent earned based on company performance, will be settled in cash as the stock units vest equally over the next three years, with the first vesting occurring in February 2017. The awards are liability classified and remeasured to fair value at each reporting date until settlement.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was 3.5% and 10.5%, compared to 25.3% and 30.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The significant items impacting the 2016 rate include a provision for federal alternative minimum tax, a refund from a prior year amended return, a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance projected for December 31, 2016. The significant items impacting the 2015 rate include a net state and foreign tax provision, certain permanent items, and a change in the valuation allowance established for the net deferred tax asset balance that had been projected for December 31, 2015. We recognize valuation allowances on deferred tax assets if, based on the weight of the evidence, we determine it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. Changes in valuation allowances are included in our tax provision in the period of change. In determining whether a valuation allowance is warranted, we evaluate factors such as prior years’ earnings history, expected future earnings, loss carry-back and carry-forward periods, reversals of existing deferred tax liabilities and tax planning strategies that potentially enhance the likelihood of the realization of a deferred tax asset. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, substantially all of our net deferred tax assets were subject to a valuation allowance.

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Shareholders' Deficit

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Shareholders' Deficit

Shareholders’ Deficit

The following reflects the activity in the shares of our common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:

(shares in thousands)	2016
Beginning balance	32,141
Issuance of equity awards	330
Ending balance	32,471

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Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

We calculate basic earnings per share by dividing our net earnings by our weighted-average shares outstanding at the end of the period. The calculation for diluted earnings per share adjusts the weighted average shares outstanding for our dilutive unvested shares and stock units using the treasury stock method and for our convertible notes using the if-converted method. Our calculations for basic and dilutive earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

	Three Months				Nine Months
(dollars in millions, except per share data, shares and stock units in thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Basic and dilutive net income available to common shareholders	$	13.9	$	19.8	$	29.0	$	24.2
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	32,466		32,065		32,398		31,602
Effect of dilutive securities:
Unvested shares and stock units	728		556		517		646
Series B Notes	—		—		—		321
Dilutive weighted average shares outstanding	33,194		32,621		32,915		32,569
Basic earnings per share(a)	$	0.43	$	0.62	$	0.89	$	0.76
Diluted earnings per share(a)	$	0.42	$	0.61	$	0.88	$	0.74

^(a) Earnings per share is based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented.

At September 30, 2016 and 2015, our anti-dilutive unvested shares, options, and stock units were approximately 213,000 and 264,000, respectively.

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Business Segments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

Business Segments

We report financial and descriptive information about our reporting segments on a basis consistent with that used internally for evaluating segment performance and allocating resources to segments. We evaluate segment performance primarily on external revenue, operating income (loss), and operating ratio.

We charge management fees and other corporate service fees to our reporting segments based on the benefits received or an overhead allocation basis. Corporate and other operating losses represent residual operating expenses of the holding company. Corporate identifiable assets primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents. Intersegment revenue primarily relates to transportation services between our segments.

The following table summarizes our operations by business segment:

(in millions)	YRC Freight		Regional Transportation		Corporate/ Eliminations			Consolidated
As of September 30, 2016
Identifiable assets	$	1,324.2	$	723.7	$	(177.3	)	$	1,870.6
As of December 31, 2015
Identifiable assets	$	1,351.5	$	652.9	$	(125.0	)	$	1,879.4
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
External revenue	$	777.9	$	443.7	$	(0.3	)	$	1,221.3
Operating income (loss)	$	20.8	$	21.9	$	(3.9	)	$	38.8
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
External revenue	$	2,228.6	$	1,321.3	$	(0.7	)	$	3,549.2
Operating income (loss)	$	53.3	$	64.9	$	(8.8	)	$	109.4
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
External revenue	$	789.2	$	455.7	$	—		$	1,244.9
Operating income (loss)	$	16.7	$	33.6	$	(2.6	)	$	47.7
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
External revenue	$	2,322.0	$	1,367.7	$	—		$	3,689.7
Operating income (loss)	$	39.4	$	75.9	$	(7.0	)	$	108.3

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Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

California Labor Law Change

In October 2015, California adopted new rules governing the payment of piece-rate compensation. New California Labor Code section 226.2 sets forth requirements for the payment of a separate hourly wage for “nonproductive” time worked by piece-rate employees, and separate payment for compensable rest and recovery periods to those employees. The Company continues to assess the impact of this new law and ongoing compliance measures. We believe the possible loss or range of loss is inconsequential to our consolidated financial statements.

Other Legal Matters

We are involved in litigation or proceedings that arise in ordinary business activities. When possible, we insure against these risks to the extent we deem prudent, but no assurance can be given that the nature or amount of such insurance will be sufficient to fully indemnify us against liabilities arising out of pending and future legal proceedings. Many of these insurance policies contain self-insured retentions in amounts we deem prudent. Based on our current assessment of information available as of the date of these consolidated financial statements, we believe that our consolidated financial statements include adequate provisions for estimated costs and losses that may be incurred within the litigation and proceedings to which we are a party.

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Principles of Consolidation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2016:

			Fair Value Measurement Hierarchy
(in millions)	Total Carrying Value		Quoted prices in active market (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	$	43.0	$	43.0	$	—	$	—
Total assets at fair value	$	43.0	$	43.0	$	—	$	—

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Debt and Financing (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Our outstanding debt as of September 30, 2016 consisted of the following:

As of September 30, 2016 (in millions)	Par Value			Discount			Debt Issuance Costs			Book Value			Stated Interest Rate			Average Effective Interest Rate
Term Loan	$	680.8		$	(3.2	)	$	(9.7	)	$	667.9		8.00	%	(a)	8.20	%
ABL Facility	—			—			—			—			N/A			N/A
Secured Second A&R CDA	29.0			—			(0.2		)	28.8			3.3-18.3%			7.3	%
Unsecured Second A&R CDA	73.2			—			(0.4		)	72.8			3.3-18.3%			7.3	%
Lease financing obligations	272.4			—			(1.4		)	271.0			9.0-18.2%			12.0	%
Total debt	$	1,055.4		$	(3.2	)	$	(11.7	)	$	1,040.5
Current maturities of Term Loan	(7.0		)	—			—			(7.0		)
Current maturities of lease financing obligations	(9.6		)	—			—			(9.6		)
Long-term debt	$	1,038.8		$	(3.2	)	$	(11.7	)	$	1,023.9

^(a) Variable interest rate of 1, 3 or 6-month LIBOR, with a floor of 1.0% plus a fixed margin of 7.0%.

Schedule of Maximum Total Leverage Ratio for Remaining Test Periods [Table Text Block]

Our total maximum leverage ratio covenants are as follows:

Four Consecutive Fiscal Quarters Ending	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio	Four Consecutive Fiscal Quarters Ending	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio
September 30, 2016	3.75 to 1.00	June 30, 2017	3.25 to 1.00
December 31, 2016	3.50 to 1.00	September 30, 2017	3.25 to 1.00
March 31, 2017	3.25 to 1.00	December 31, 2017 and thereafter	3.00 to 1.00

Schedule of Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

The book value and estimated fair values of our long-term debt, including current maturities and other financial instruments, are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2016				December 31, 2015
(in millions)	Book Value		Fair value		Book Value		Fair value
Term Loan	$	667.9	$	655.5	$	669.0	$	594.6
Lease financing obligations	271.0		268.3		276.3		282.9
Second A&R CDA	101.6		98.4		117.1		102.1
Total debt	$	1,040.5	$	1,022.2	$	1,062.4	$	979.6

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Employee Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the components of our Company-sponsored pension costs for the three and nine months ended September 30:

	Three Months						Nine Months
(in millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Service cost	$	1.6		$	1.2		$	4.8		$	3.6
Interest cost	14.0			14.3			42.0			42.9
Expected return on plan assets	(14.2		)	(15.0		)	(42.4		)	(45.0		)
Amortization of net pension loss	3.5			4.0			10.3			12.0
Total periodic pension cost	$	4.9		$	4.5		$	14.7		$	13.5

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Shareholders' Deficit (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block]

The following reflects the activity in the shares of our common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:

(shares in thousands)	2016
Beginning balance	32,141
Issuance of equity awards	330
Ending balance	32,471

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Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

Our calculations for basic and dilutive earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

	Three Months				Nine Months
(dollars in millions, except per share data, shares and stock units in thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Basic and dilutive net income available to common shareholders	$	13.9	$	19.8	$	29.0	$	24.2
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	32,466		32,065		32,398		31,602
Effect of dilutive securities:
Unvested shares and stock units	728		556		517		646
Series B Notes	—		—		—		321
Dilutive weighted average shares outstanding	33,194		32,621		32,915		32,569
Basic earnings per share(a)	$	0.43	$	0.62	$	0.89	$	0.76
Diluted earnings per share(a)	$	0.42	$	0.61	$	0.88	$	0.74

^(a) Earnings per share is based on unrounded figures and not the rounded figures presented.

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Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes our operations by business segment:

(in millions)	YRC Freight		Regional Transportation		Corporate/ Eliminations			Consolidated
As of September 30, 2016
Identifiable assets	$	1,324.2	$	723.7	$	(177.3	)	$	1,870.6
As of December 31, 2015
Identifiable assets	$	1,351.5	$	652.9	$	(125.0	)	$	1,879.4
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
External revenue	$	777.9	$	443.7	$	(0.3	)	$	1,221.3
Operating income (loss)	$	20.8	$	21.9	$	(3.9	)	$	38.8
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
External revenue	$	2,228.6	$	1,321.3	$	(0.7	)	$	3,549.2
Operating income (loss)	$	53.3	$	64.9	$	(8.8	)	$	109.4
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
External revenue	$	789.2	$	455.7	$	—		$	1,244.9
Operating income (loss)	$	16.7	$	33.6	$	(2.6	)	$	47.7
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
External revenue	$	2,322.0	$	1,367.7	$	—		$	3,689.7
Operating income (loss)	$	39.4	$	75.9	$	(7.0	)	$	108.3

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Description of Business (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Workforce Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements [Member] | Labor Force Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of workforce subject to collective bargaining agreements	78.00%

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Principles of Consolidation (Fair Value Measurement) (Details) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Quoted prices in active market (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	$ 43.0
Total assets at fair value	43.0
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	0.0
Total assets at fair value	0.0
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	0.0
Total assets at fair value	0.0
Carrying (Reported) Amount, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted amounts held in escrow-current	43.0
Total assets at fair value	$ 43.0

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Principles of Consolidation (Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Oct. 23, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Comprehensive loss [Line Items]
Reclassification of net pension actuarial losses to net income, net of tax	$ 3.5		$ 4.0	$ 10.3	$ 12.0
JHJ International Transportation Co., Ltd. [Member]
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Comprehensive loss [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage						50.00%
Reclassification of Investment		$ 16.3
Equity Method Investment, Net Sales Proceeds		16.3
Transaction fees for JHJ disposal		1.7
JHJ Carrying Amount - Equity Method Investment		22.7
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Realized upon Sale or Liquidation, Net of Tax		10.4
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments		2.3
Other assets | Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member]
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Comprehensive loss [Line Items]
Deferred finance costs, net		(15.2)
Long-term debt | Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member]
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Comprehensive loss [Line Items]
Deferred finance costs, net		$ 15.2

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Debt and Financing (Details)		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 1,055,400,000		$ 1,055,400,000
Premium/(Discount), Debt			(3,200,000)		(3,200,000)
Debt Issuance Cost			(11,700,000)		(11,700,000)
Book Value			1,040,500,000		1,040,500,000
Book Value, Current Maturities			(16,600,000)		(16,600,000)	$ (15,900,000)
Par Value, Excluding Current Maturities			1,038,800,000		1,038,800,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net, Noncurrent Maturities			3,200,000		3,200,000
Book Value, Excluding Current Maturities			1,023,900,000		1,023,900,000	1,046,500,000
Debt Instrument, Borrowing Base Cash Release As Percent Of Collateral	$ 0.10	$ 0.15
Cash and cash equivalents			276,400,000	$ 210,700,000	276,400,000	173,800,000	$ 171,100,000
Operating leases, future minimum payments due			323,800,000		323,800,000
Acquisition of property and equipment			(75,400,000)	$ (71,800,000)
Carrying Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			1,040,500,000		1,040,500,000	1,062,400,000
Fair Value [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			1,022,200,000		1,022,200,000	979,600,000
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross			680,800,000		680,800,000
Premium/(Discount), Debt			(3,200,000)		(3,200,000)
Debt Issuance Cost			(9,700,000)		(9,700,000)
Book Value			667,900,000		667,900,000
Debt Instrument, Gross, Current Maturities			(7,000,000)		(7,000,000)
Premium/(Discount), Current Maturities			0		0
Deferred Finance Costs, Current, Net			0		0
Book Value, Current Maturities			$ (7,000,000)		$ (7,000,000)
Stated Interest Rate			8.00%		8.00%
Average Effective Interest Rate			8.20%		8.20%
Term Loan | Carrying Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			$ 667,900,000		$ 667,900,000	669,000,000
Term Loan | Fair Value [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			655,500,000		655,500,000	594,600,000
Line of Credit [Member] | 2014 ABL Facility Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross			0		0
Premium/(Discount), Debt			0		0
Debt Issuance Cost			0		0
Book Value			0		0
Borrowing base			412,600,000		412,600,000
Line of credit facility, total cash and availability			55,000,000		55,000,000
Secured Second A&R CDA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross			29,000,000		29,000,000
Premium/(Discount), Debt			0		0
Debt Issuance Cost			(200,000)		(200,000)
Book Value			$ 28,800,000		$ 28,800,000
Average Effective Interest Rate			7.30%		7.30%
Stated Interest Rate, Minimum			3.30%
Stated Interest Rate, Maximum			18.30%
Unsecured Second A&R CD [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 73,200,000		$ 73,200,000
Premium/(Discount), Debt			0		0
Debt Issuance Cost			(400,000)		(400,000)
Book Value			$ 72,800,000		$ 72,800,000
Average Effective Interest Rate			7.30%		7.30%
Stated Interest Rate, Minimum			3.30%
Stated Interest Rate, Maximum			18.30%
Lease Financing Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 272,400,000		$ 272,400,000
Premium/(Discount), Debt			0		0
Debt Issuance Cost			(1,400,000)		(1,400,000)
Book Value			271,000,000		271,000,000
Debt Instrument, Gross, Current Maturities			(9,600,000)		(9,600,000)
Premium/(Discount), Current Maturities			0		0
Deferred Finance Costs, Current, Net			0		0
Book Value, Current Maturities			$ (9,600,000)		$ (9,600,000)
Average Effective Interest Rate			12.00%		12.00%
Stated Interest Rate, Minimum			9.00%
Stated Interest Rate, Maximum			18.20%
Lease Financing Obligations [Member] | Carrying Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			$ 271,000,000		$ 271,000,000	276,300,000
Lease Financing Obligations [Member] | Fair Value [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			268,300,000		268,300,000	282,900,000
Letter of Credit [Member] | 2014 ABL Facility Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding, amount			357,600,000		357,600,000
10 percent of Borrowing Base			41,300,000		41,300,000
10 percent of line cap			45,000,000		45,000,000
Other Debt Obligations [Member] | Carrying Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			101,600,000		101,600,000	117,100,000
Other Debt Obligations [Member] | Fair Value [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value			$ 98,400,000		$ 98,400,000	$ 102,100,000
Credit Agreement Amendment, September 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio, September 30, 2016			3.75
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio, December 31, 2017			3.5
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio, March 31, 2017			3.25
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio, June 30, 2017			3.25
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio, September 30, 2017			3.25
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio, December 31, 2017 and thereafter			3.00
Debt Instrument, Total Leverage Ratio					3.45
2014 ABL Facility Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount able to be drawn			$ 13,700,000
2014 ABL Facility Credit Agreement [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, total cash and availability			290,100,000.0		$ 290,100,000.0
Revenue Equipment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Operating lease commitment			$ 95,200,000		$ 95,200,000
Operating lease term			5 years
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Floor interest rate			1.00%		1.00%
Basis Spread On Variable Rate, Total Leverage Ratio Less Than 3.25			7.00%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | ABL Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate decrease		50.00%
Basis spread on variable rate	1.75%	2.25%

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Employee Benefits (Details) - Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 1.6	$ 1.2	$ 4.8	$ 3.6
Interest cost	14.0	14.3	42.0	42.9
Expected return on plan assets	(14.2)	(15.0)	(42.4)	(45.0)
Amortization of net pension loss	3.5	4.0	10.3	12.0
Total periodic pension cost	4.9	$ 4.5	14.7	$ 13.5
Expected future benefit payments, remainder of the year	$ 45.4		45.4
Contributions by employer			$ 33.1

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Income Taxes (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective Tax Rate	3.50%	25.30%	10.50%	30.10%

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Shareholders' Deficit (Details) shares in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 shares
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	32,141
Issuance of equity awards	330
Ending balance	32,471

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Loss Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Basic and dilutive net income available to common shareholders	$ 13.9	$ 19.8	$ 29.0	$ 24.2
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	32,466	32,065	32,398	31,602
Dilutive weighted average shares outstanding	33,194	32,621	32,915	32,569
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.43	$ 0.62	$ 0.89	$ 0.76
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.61	$ 0.88	$ 0.74
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share			213	264
Unvested shares and stock units
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Effect of dilutive securities:	728	556	517	646
Series B Notes
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Effect of dilutive securities:	0	0	0	321

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Business Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	$ 1,870.6		$ 1,870.6		$ 1,879.4
External revenue	1,221.3	$ 1,244.9	3,549.2	$ 3,689.7
Operating income (loss)	38.8	47.7	109.4	108.3
Operating Segments | YRC Freight
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	1,324.2		1,324.2		1,351.5
External revenue	777.9	789.2	2,228.6	2,322.0
Operating income (loss)	20.8	16.7	53.3	39.4
Operating Segments | Regional Transportation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	723.7		723.7		652.9
External revenue	443.7	455.7	1,321.3	1,367.7
Operating income (loss)	21.9	33.6	64.9	75.9
Corporate/ Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	(177.3)		(177.3)		$ (125.0)
External revenue	(0.3)	0.0	(0.7)	0.0
Operating income (loss)	$ (3.9)	$ (2.6)	$ (8.8)	$ (7.0)