wern-20211028

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nebraska

0-14690

47-0648386

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

14507 Frontier Road

Post Office Box 45308

Omaha

Nebraska

68145-0308

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value

WERN

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

On October 28, 2021, Werner Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Current Report on Form 8-K ("Initial Form 8-K") to report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. A copy of the press release announcing such results was attached to the Initial Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and included the Company's Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Subsequent to that filing, the Company determined that a balance sheet reclassification of $36.6 million was necessary to report “Noncontrolling interest” as “Temporary equity” rather than as a separate component of permanent “Stockholders’ equity” on the Company’s September 30, 2021 Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet (unaudited). As a result, the Company is filing this Form 8-K/A to furnish the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, as revised to include the foregoing balance sheet reclassification. Other than this correction, no other changes have been made to the Initial Form 8-K or the press release furnished therewith.

ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On October 28, 2021, the Company issued a press release regarding, among other things, its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. On November 12, 2021, the Company issued a correction to its September 30, 2021 Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet (unaudited) as described in the Explanatory Note above. A copy of the Company's revised Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, is attached to this Form 8-K/A as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 to the Form 8-K, the information under this Item 2.02 and the exhibit to this Form 8-K/A shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section 18, nor shall such information and exhibit deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless the registrant expressly states that such information and exhibit are to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates such information and exhibit by specific reference in an Exchange Act or Securities Act filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.


99.1						Revised Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (unaudited) issued by Werner Enterprises, Inc.

101						Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

104						The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.

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 hereunto duly authorized.


	WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.

Date: November 12, 2021	By:	/s/ John J. Steele
		John J. Steele
		Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 12, 2021	By:	/s/ James L. Johnson
		James L. Johnson
		Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary