SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.   20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of
The Securities Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report

 

Commission file number

November 21, 2002

 

0-11757

 

 

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

Arkansas

 

71-0335111

(STATE OF OTHER JURISDICTION OF

 

(I.R.S. EMPLOYER

INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION

 

IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive

 

 

Lowell, Arkansas

 

72745

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

 

(ZIP CODE)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(479) 820-0000

 

 



 

Item 5.                                     Other Events

 

On November 15, 2002, the registrant issued a news release announcing that J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and Werner Enterprises, Inc. had reached an agreement in principle to sell a portion of Werner Enterprises’ ownership interest in Transplace, Inc. to J.B. Hunt.  A copy of the news release is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8K.

 

 

 

Item 7.                                     Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)      Exhibits

 

            99.1     News release issued by the registrant, Inc. on November 15, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, in the city of Lowell, Arkansas, on the 21 day of November, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Kirk Thompson

 

 

 

 

 

Kirk Thompson

 

 

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Jerry W. Walton

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry W. Walton

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Finance and

 

 

 

 

 

Administration,

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Donald G. Cope

 

 

 

 

 

Donald G. Cope

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, Controller,

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

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