Daseke (DSKE) Form 4 Daseke / Jason R. Bates ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Bates Jason R.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

15455 DALLAS PARKWAY

STE 550

(Street)

ADDISON TX 75001

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Daseke, Inc. [ DSKE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP & Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/23/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	04/23/2020		A		388,500		(2)	(3)	Common Stock	388,500	$0.0000	388,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each performance restricted stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.

2. (2) The awarded PSUs (the "Award") shall only be deemed fully vested when it has met both time- and performance-vesting conditions. The number of PSUs represent a target amount. The Award shall time-vest with respect to the total number of PSUs subject to the Award on April 20, 2023 (such period following the grant date, the "Performance Period"). The Award shall performance-vest as follows: (i) one-third of the Award will vest upon the Issuer's common stock price equaling or exceeding $4.00 for any 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days during the Performance Period, (ii) one-third of the Award will vest upon the Issuer's common stock price equaling or exceeding $6.00 for any 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days during the Performance Period, and (iii) one-third of the Award will vest upon the Issuer's common stock price equaling or exceeding $9.00 for any 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days during the Performance Period.

3. Not Applicable

	/s/ Soumit Roy, attorney-in-fact	04/27/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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