Covenant Logistics (CVLG) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

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):

April 30, 2019

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COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	000-24960	88-0320154
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer   Identification No.)

400 Birmingham Hwy., Chattanooga, TN	37419
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(423) 821-1212

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
$0.01 Par Value Class A common stock	CVTI	The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Item 5.02

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

On April 30, 2019, the Board of Director (the “Board”) of Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. (the “Company”) promoted T. Ryan Rogers to Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer of the Company, effective May 13, 2019. In his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Mr. Rogers will oversee our brokerage operations that are conducted through Covenant Transport Solutions, LLC, as well as technology, innovation, and mergers and acquisitions functions.Prior to his promotion, Mr. Rogers served as the Company’s Chief Transformation Officer since January 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rogers worked as a Supply Chain & Transportation Executive at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company, in 2017 and as Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Xpress Logistics, a division of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., a freight transportation provider from 2012 to 2015. Mr. Rogers has also served as a Mentor at Dynamo Accelerator and Fund, a logistics, supply chain, and transportation accelerator program and early stage fund, since 2016, and as a Strategic Advisor for Trucker Path, a Silicon Valley-based transportation navigation technology company, since 2015. On April 30, 2019, in association with his promotion, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved the following compensation changes for Mr. Rogers, each effective May 13, 2019: ·          Increased annualized base salary to $270,000, from $255,000; ·          Increased target bonus under the Company’s 2019 cash bonus program (expressed as a percentage of year-end annualized base salary) to 50%, from 40%; and ·          Increased annualized car allowance to $12,000, from $9,000.

SIGNATURE

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.

	COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC.
Date: May 3, 2019	By:	/s/ Richard B. Cribbs
		Richard B. Cribbs
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer