SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2023

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Arkansas 0-11757 71-0335111

(State or other Jurisdiction of	Commission File Number	(IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)

615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive
Lowell, Arkansas	72745	(479) 820-0000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (Registrant’s telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	JBHT	NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 5.03. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR

On October 19, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately, to include proxy access provisions. Amendment No. 3 amends Article II of the Bylaws to include a new Section 2.14 which permits a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock continuously for at least three years, to nominate and include in the Company’s proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two nominees or 20% of the Board then in office. The stockholders’ proxy access rights are subject to the satisfaction of conditions and other requirements by the stockholders and the director nominees as specified in the Bylaws.

The foregoing description of Amendment No. 3 to the Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 3, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits.

3.1 Amendment No. 3 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., dated October 19, 2023

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on the 24^th day of October 2023.

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
BY:	/s/ John N. Roberts, III
	John N. Roberts, III
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
BY:	/s/ John Kuhlow
	John Kuhlow
	Chief Financial Officer,
	Executive Vice President
	(Principal Financial Officer)