EX-99.1 2 wernexh99012010.txt WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. 8-K 01/20/10 Exhibit 99.1 WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. 14507 Frontier Road P.O. Box 45308 Omaha, Nebraska 68145 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John J. Steele --------------------- Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (402) 894-3036 WERNER ENTERPRISES TO PARTICIPATE IN TWO UPCOMING INVESTMENT CONFERENCES Omaha, Nebraska; January 20, 2010: --------------------------------- Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one of the nation's largest transportation and logistics companies, announced that it will participate in two upcoming investment conferences during February. At each conference, Werner will be represented by Derek J. Leathers, Chief Operating Officer of Werner and President of Werner Global Logistics, and John J. Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Werner. Werner will participate in the Stifel Nicolaus 2010 Transportation and Logistics Conference on Wednesday February 10, 2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Messrs. Leathers and Steele will present a business overview of Werner to the investment community during a 30-minute presentation, discussion and Q&A session with investors that will begin at 8:40 a.m. (EST). Messrs. Leathers and Steele will take part in meetings with investors at the conference. Werner will also participate in the 25th Annual BB&T Capital Markets Transportation Services Conference on Thursday, February 11, 2010 in Coral Gables, Florida. Messrs. Leathers and Steele will provide a business overview of Werner to investors during a 40-minute presentation, discussion and Q&A session that will begin at 10:45 a.m. (EST). Messrs. Leathers and Steele will also participate in meetings with investors at the conference. A live audio webcast of Werner's Stifel Nicolaus and BB&T conference presentations and the investor materials provided by Werner at each conference will be publicly accessible, on the respective conference date, on the internet through the "Investor Information" link on the Werner website at www.werner.com. The investor materials and replays of the webcast presentations will then be archived and available to the public on the Werner website during the 30-day period following each individual conference date. Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage throughout North America, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia. Werner maintains its global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and maintains offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Australia. Werner is among the five largest truckload carriers in the United States, with a diversified portfolio of transportation services that includes dedicated, medium-to-long-haul, regional and local van capacity, expedited, temperature-controlled and flatbed services. Werner's Value Added Services portfolio includes freight management, truck brokerage, intermodal, load/mode and network optimization and freight forwarding. Werner, through its subsidiary companies, is a licensed U.S. NVOCC, U.S. Customs Broker, Class A Freight Forwarder in China, China NVOCC, TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier and IATA Accredited Cargo Agent. Werner Enterprises, Inc.'s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM under the symbol "WERN". For further information about Werner, visit the company's website at www.werner.com. This press release, as well as the investor materials provided by and the oral public statements made by a Werner representative during the conference presentations, meetings and webcasts announced in this press release, may contain 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, and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward- looking statements are based on information presently available to Werner's management and are current only as of the date made. Actual results could also differ materially from those anticipated as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed in Werner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009. For those reasons, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statement. Werner assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, although it may do so from time to time as management believes is warranted or as may be required by applicable securities law. Any such updates or revisions may be made by filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, through the issuance of press releases or by other methods of public disclosure.