-----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, S1051dbrqKKduHxWYBLsIsweNT12oRxL38hO4UTmy8DxpnxGbjX4KawaQqMEM4ZR PF+t1O/X7Ham4oVL1YfbSA== 0000923571-07-000023.txt : 20070622 0000923571-07-000023.hdr.sgml : 20070622 20070622160604 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000923571-07-000023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070622 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070622 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: US XPRESS ENTERPRISES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000923571 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 621378182 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24806 FILM NUMBER: 07936588 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4080 JENKINS ROAD CITY: CHATTANOOGA STATE: TN ZIP: 37421 BUSINESS PHONE: 4235103000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4080 JENKINS ROAD CITY: CHATTANOOGA STATE: TN ZIP: 37421 11-K 1 form11k.htm FORM 11-K 12/31/2006 form11k.htm



 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
______________
 
 
FORM 11-K
 
______________
 

 
(Mark One)
[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [No Fee Required]


For the year ended December 31, 2006

or
 

[  ]           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [No Fee Required]


For the transition period from _____________ to ________________


Commission file number 33-91238


A.           Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
XPRE$$AVINGS 401(k) PLAN


B.           Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan and the address of its principal executive office:

U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.
4080 Jenkins Road
Chattanooga, TN  37421




 

 



Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 with Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


 

 


Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan

Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for the Year Ended December 31, 2006



Contents
 
       
 
1
 
       
Audited Financial Statements
     
       
 
2
 
       
 
3
 
       
 
4
 
       
Supplemental Schedule
     
       
 
11
 
       
 
12
 
       
 
14
 


 

 




The Plan Administrator of the
Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2006 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chattanooga, Tennessee
June 20, 2007

 
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Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits


 
   
December 31
 
   
2006
   
2005
 
Assets
           
Investments, at fair value:
           
Interest-bearing cash
  $
316,067
    $
215,351
 
Participant loans
   
2,837,834
     
2,396,932
 
Mutual funds
   
27,918,290
     
24,377,695
 
Common stock
   
2,906,560
     
2,877,098
 
Collective trust fund
   
7,032,839
     
5,992,027
 
Total investments
   
41,011,590
     
35,859,103
 
Contributions receivable:
               
 Participants
   
238,940
     
211,128
 
 Employer
   
1,949,086
     
1,815,854
 
Total contributions receivable
   
2,188,026
     
2,026,982
 
Total assets
   
43,199,616
     
37,886,085
 
                 
Liabilities
               
Excess contributions payable
   
74,492
     
182,985
 
Total liabilities
   
74,492
     
182,985
 
                 
Net assets available for benefits, at fair value
   
43,125,124
     
37,703,100
 
                 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for investment in the collective trust fund
   
101,118
     
82,781
 
                 
Net assets available for benefits
  $
43,226,242
    $
37,785,881
 

See accompanying notes.

 
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year ended December 31, 2006

 
Additions to net assets attributed to:
     
Investment income
  $
1,622,847
 
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
   
796,404
 
         
Contributions:
       
Participants
   
6,610,011
 
Employer
   
1,949,086
 
Total additions
   
10,978,348
 
         
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
       
Benefits paid to participants
   
5,501,196
 
Administrative expenses
   
36,791
 
Total deductions
   
5,537,987
 
         
Net increase
   
5,440,361
 
         
Net assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of year
   
37,785,881
 
End of year
  $
43,226,242
 

See accompanying notes.



 
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Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006
 
 
The following description of the Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. More complete information regarding the Plan’s provisions may be found in the Plan document.
 
General
 
The Plan is a defined contribution plan established January 1, 1993, by U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company” and “Plan Administrator”) under the provisions of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”), which includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement as described in Section 401(k) of the IRC, for the benefit of eligible employees of the Company.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).
 
Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan when they have completed six months of service, as defined in the Plan document, and have attained age 18, effective January 1, 2006. Prior to January 1, 2006, the minimum age requirement was 21.
 
Plan Administration
 
The Plan is administered by the Investment Committee, which includes management personnel appointed by the executive officers of the Company, and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. who provides investment advisory services to the Plan. Investors Bank and Trust Company (“IBT”, the trustee) has a servicing agent agreement for trustee services with Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. (“Diversified”) to provide the recordkeeping services for the trust.
 
Contributions
 
As defined in the Plan document, eligible employees may make before-tax contributions up to 75% of compensation and under certain circumstances, participants may make an additional catch-up contribution subject to certain limitations of the IRC. Catch-up contributions are not matched by the Company. The Company provides a contribution equal to 50% of each participant’s before-tax contribution up to a maximum of 6%, not to exceed 3% of a participant’s compensation. Participants must be employed on the last day of the Plan year to be eligible for the Company contribution.
 


 
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Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
 
Vesting
 
Participants are fully vested in their contributions and the earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company matching contributions and earnings thereon is based on years of service. Participants who were eligible to enter the Plan before July 1, 2000, vest according to the following schedule:
 
 Years of Service
 
Percent Vested
 
Less than 2 years
    0 %
2 but not more than 3 years
    30 %
3 but not more than 4 years
    65 %
4 or more years
    100 %

Participants who were eligible to enter the Plan on or after July 1, 2000, vest according to the following schedule:
 
Years of Service
 
Percent Vested
 
Less than 2 years
    0 %
2 but not more than 3 years
    20 %
3 but not more than 4 years
    40 %
4 but not more than 5 years
    60 %
5 but not more than 6 years
    80 %
6 or more years
    100 %

 
Participants automatically become 100% vested in the Company contributions upon attainment of normal retirement age, as defined in the Plan document, or termination due to death or total disability.
 
At December 31, 2006 and 2005 forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $204,494 and $136,147, respectively. These accounts may be used to reduce future employer contributions or pay Plan expenses. For the 2006 Plan year, non-vested forfeitures utilized to reduce employer contributions were $204,494.
 
Benefits
 
Upon retirement, death, disability, or termination of service, a participant (or participant’s beneficiary in the event of death) may elect to receive a lump-sum distribution equal to the value of the participant’s vested account balance. In addition, participants may receive an in-service withdrawal of after-tax contributions or rollover contributions from previous plans. Hardship distributions are also permitted if certain criteria are met.
 
 
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Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
 
Participant Accounts
 
Individual accounts are maintained for each of the Plan’s participants to reflect the participant’s contributions and related Company matching contributions, as well as the participant’s share of the Plan’s investment results and any related administrative expenses. Allocations of income and expenses are based on individual participant account balances in proportion to total participant account balances.
 
Participant Loans
 
Subject to approval, a participant can secure a loan from the Plan against his/her account balance for a minimum of $1,000 up to the lesser of 50% of the vested account balance or $50,000. Participants can have up to two loans outstanding at a time. Loans may generally be repaid over one to five years, unless the loan is used to purchase a principal residence in which case the repayment period can be extended up to fifteen years. Loans must be repaid through automatic payroll deductions unless otherwise provided for by the Plan Administrator. The interest rate is the prime rate plus 1% as determined by the Plan Administrator and is fixed over the life of the loan.
 
Plan Termination
 
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.
 
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of Accounting
 
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared using the accrual method of accounting.
 
New Accounting Pronouncement
 
In December 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the FSP).  The FSP defines the circumstances in which an investment contract is considered fully benefit responsive and provides certain reporting and disclosure requirements for fully benefit responsive investment contracts in defined contribution health and welfare and pension plans.  The financial statement presentation and disclosure provisions of the FSP are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods ending after December 15, 2006 and are required to be applied retroactively to all prior periods presented for comparative purposes.  The Plan has adopted the provisions of the FSP at December 31, 2006.
 

 
6

 
      
Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
As required by the FSP, investments in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits include fully benefit responsive investment contracts recognized at fair value.  AICPA Statement of Position 94-4, Reporting of Investment Contracts Held by Health and Welfare Benefit Plans and Defined Contribution Pension Plans, as amended, requires fully benefit responsive investment contracts to be reported at fair value in the Plan’s Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits with a corresponding adjustment to reflect these investments at contract value.  The requirements of the FSP have been applied retroactively to the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2005 presented for comparative purposes.  Adoption of the FSP had no effect on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for any period presented.
 
Income Recognition
 
Investment income is recorded as earned on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) are presented in the accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits as net appreciation in fair value of investments.
 
Investment Valuation
 
Investments of the Plan in mutual funds and common stock are stated at fair value, as determined by quoted active market prices on the last business day of the Plan year. Participant loans are valued at their outstanding balance, which approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are reflected on a trade-date basis.
 
The Diversified Investment Advisors Stable Pooled Fund (Stable Pooled Fund) is a common/collective fund which invests all of its assets in the Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund G (the G Fund), a common/collective fund sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank.  The value of the Stable Pooled Fund is based on the underlying unit value reported by the G Fund.  The G Fund invests in investment contracts, such as traditional guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and security-backed contracts issued by insurance companies and other financial institutions and carries its investments at contract value. The contract value of GICs represents contributions made under the contract less any participant-directed withdrawals plus accrued interest which has not been received from the issuer.  Security-backed contracts are carried at contract value in the aggregate, which consists of the fair value of the underlying portfolio, accrued interest on the underlying portfolio assets, the fair value of the contract, and the adjustment to contract value.  The fair value of a GIC is based on the present value of future cash flows using the current discount rate.  The fair value of a security-backed contract includes the value of the underlying securities and the value of the wrapper contract.  The fair value of a wrapper contract provided by a security-backed contract issuer is the replacement cost, and is based on the wrapper contract fees.  All GICs and security-backed contracts held by the G Fund are fully benefit responsive, which means withdrawals from these investment contracts may be made at contract value for qualifying benefit payments, including participant-directed transfers.  The G Fund does not distribute investment income to unit holders, therefore, the appreciation or depreciation of units held and gain or loss on sale of units represent the sources of income to holders of the G Fund.
 

 
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Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
Administrative Expenses
 
A Plan service fee equal to 0.0275% of each participant’s account balance is charged each quarter for administration and maintenance. In addition, a loan set-up fee of $75 per loan is charged to a participant’s account upon issuance of a loan. All other expenses, if any, are paid by the Company.
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Risk and Uncertainties
 
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.
 
3. Investments

The individual assets that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31 are as follows:
   
2006
   
2005
 
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock
  $
2,906,560
    $
2,877,098
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.:
               
Equity Growth Fund
   
8,315,122
     
8,090,732
 
Intermediate Horizon Strategic Allocation Fund
   
4,484,267
     
3,832,434
 
Stable Pooled Fund (fair value is $7,032,839 and $5,992,027 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively)
   
7,133,957
     
6,074,807
 
Value and Income Fund
   
2,264,535
     
1,622,223
 
American EuroPacific R3 Fund
   
2,392,194
     
-
 


 
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Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Plan’s investments (including investments purchased and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated/(depreciated) in fair value as follows:
 
Fair value as determined by quoted market prices:
     
Mutual Funds
  $
887,146
 
Common Stock
    (344,390 )
Contract value as determined by quoted redemption value:
       
Collective Trust Fund
   
253,648
 
    $
796,404
 
 
4. Income Tax Status
 
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated May 24, 2004, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualification. The Plan Administrator has indicated that it will take the necessary steps, if any, to bring the Plan’s operations into compliance with the IRC.
 
5. Related Party Transactions
 
Parties-in-interest are defined under Department of Labor regulations as any fiduciary of the Plan, any party rendering service to the Plan, the Company, and certain others. Party-in-interest transactions include purchases and sales of mutual funds and a common trust fund offered by Diversified through IBT.
 
Other party-in-interest investments held by the Plan include Company common stock and participant loans.
 
6. Reconciliation Between Financial Statements and Form 5500
 
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

   
December 31, 2006
 
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $
43,226,242
 
Adjustment to report collective trust fund at fair value
    (101,118 )
Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
  $
43,125,124
 

 
9

 
      
Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


6. Reconciliation Between Financial Statements and Form 5500 (continued)
 
The following is a reconciliation of additions per the financial statements to total income on the Form 5500:

   
Year Ended
December 31, 2006
 
Total additions per the financial statements
  $
10,978,348
 
Adjustment to report collective trust fund at fair value
    (101,118 )
Total income per the Form 5500
  $
10,877,230
 

The following is a reconciliation of additions per the financial statements to net income on the Form 5500:

   
Year Ended
December 31, 2006
 
Net additions per the financial statements
  $
5,440,361
 
Adjustment to report collective trust fund at fair value
    (101,118 )
Net income per the Form 5500
  $
5,339,243
 


 
10

 


EIN 62-1378182 Plan Number 001
Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

 
(a)
 
 
(b)
Identity of Issue,  Borrower, Lessor, of Similar Party
 
(c)
Description of Investment Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
 
(e)
Current Value
 
 
*
 
Investors Bank & Trust Company
Interest—bearing Cash
  $
316,067
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Stable Pooled Fund
   
7,032,839
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Short Horizon Strategic Allocation Fund
   
291,439
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Short/Intermediate Horizon Strategic Allocation Fund
   
374,492
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Intermediate Horizon Strategic Allocation Fund
   
4,484,267
 
 
*
 
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc.
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock
   
2,906,560
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Intermediate/Long Horizon Strategic Allocation Fund
   
806,545
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Long Horizon Strategic Allocation Fund
   
1,257,869
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Core Bond Fund
   
1,231,047
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Value & Income Fund
   
2,264,535
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Stock Index Fund
   
1,170,122
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Equity Growth Fund
   
8,315,122
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Mid—Cap Value Fund
   
1,872,616
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Mid—Cap Growth Fund
   
1,613,065
 
 
*
 
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.
Special Equity Fund
   
1,562,124
 
     
Vanguard Funds
REIT Index Investment Fund
   
282,853
 
     
American Funds
American EuroPacific R3 Fund
   
2,392,194
 
 
*
 
Participant Loans
Loans to participants, with interest rates from 5.00% to 9.25%
   
2,837,834
 
            $
41,011,590
 

*Indicates a party-in-interest to the Plan.
Note:  Cost information has not been included in column (d) because all investments are participant directed.

 
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:                      June 22, 2007

U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.’S
Xpre$$avings 401(K) Plan

BY:           INVESTMENT COMMITTEE



BY:           /s/ LISA M. PATE
Lisa M. Pate
Member of the Investment Committee

 
12

 





Exhibit Number                                           
Description of Exhibit
23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


 
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Exhibit 23


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-91238) pertaining to the Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan of our report dated June 20, 2007, with respect to the financial statements and schedule of the Xpre$$avings 401(k) Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Chattanooga, Tennessee
June ­­­20, 2007


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