ptsi20150818_8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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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): August 12, 2015

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P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

0-15057

71-0633135

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

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

 

297 West Henri De Tonti, Tontitown, Arkansas 72770

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (479) 361-9111

 

 

N/A

  
 

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

  

 

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On August 12, 2015, the Board of Directors of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Matt Herndon, age 43, as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. He will serve in this capacity until such time as his successor shall be duly appointed and qualified or until his resignation or removal. 

 

Mr. Herndon has served as the Vice President of Operations for the Company’s primary operating subsidiary, P.A.M. Transport, Inc. (“P.A.M. Transport”), since 2009. Prior to that time, he served as General Manager and Director of Operations for P.A.M. Transport and as an Operations Supervisor for Choctaw Express, a subsidiary of P.A.M. Transport that was acquired in 1995. Mr. Herndon joined Choctaw Express in September 1991. 

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between him and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed, and he is not a party to any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. 

 

 
 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

   

(Registrant)

     

Date: August 18, 2015

By:

/s/ Allen W. West

   

Allen W. West

Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer