-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, ReoP7GtZ4+mgoxb9jZQnxdvGzOnMDlX9CNL43JiT0VfOQMVNaMal7PItNI/qfaiU qN1Kabr8UAjF54nfd8rhDQ== 0001104659-10-063712.txt : 20101221 0001104659-10-063712.hdr.sgml : 20101221 20101221142502 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-063712 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101216 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20101221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARKANSAS BEST CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000894405 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 710673405 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19969 FILM NUMBER: 101265252 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3801 OLD GREENWOOD RD CITY: FORT SMITH STATE: AR ZIP: 72903 BUSINESS PHONE: 5017856000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 48 CITY: FORT SMITH STATE: AR ZIP: 72902 8-K 1 a10-24112_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549-1004

 

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):  December 21, 2010 (December 16, 2010)

 

ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-19969

 

71-0673405

(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

3801 Old Greenwood Road

Fort Smith, Arkansas

 

72903

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (479) 785-6000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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:

 

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

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01   Other Events.

 

On December 16, 2010, Judge Susan Webber Wright of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas granted the motion to dismiss the case brought by Arkansas Best Corporation’s (Nasdaq: ABFS) largest subsidiary, ABF Freight System, Inc. (ABF), for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in the case that was filed on November 1, 2010 against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and other parties including several YRC Worldwide subsidiaries (Nasdaq: YRCW) for violation of the National Master Freight Agreement, the collective bargaining agreement covering most unionized trucking employees in the country.  ABF is reviewing the ruling and is considering its potential course of action, including possibly an appeal of the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 21, 2010

 

 

/s/

Michael R. Johns

 

 

Michael R. Johns,

 

 

Vice President — General Counsel and

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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