Exhibit 99.1
WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.
14507 Frontier Road
P. O. Box 45308
Omaha, Nebraska 68145
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John J. Steele
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Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
(402) 894-3036
WERNER ENTERPRISES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JPMORGAN
AVIATION & TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE
Omaha, Nebraska, March 7, 2008:
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one of the
nation's largest truckload transportation and logistics companies,
announced that it will participate in the 6th Annual JPMorgan
Aviation & Transportation Conference on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in
New York City, New York.
At the conference, John J. Steele, Werner Executive Vice
President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, will present a
business overview and highlights of Werner to the investment
community. The presentation will begin at 8:30 A.M. (ET) on
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 and will be approximately 30 minutes in
length.
A live audio webcast of the presentation will be broadcast on
the internet and publicly accessible through the "Investor
Information" link on the Werner website at www.werner.com. Replays
of the webcast presentation will be archived on the website for 30
days.
Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is a premier
transportation and logistics company, with coverage throughout the
United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia, Europe and South America. Werner
maintains its global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and maintains
offices throughout North America and China. Werner is among the five
largest truckload carriers in the United States, with a diversified
portfolio of transportation services that includes dedicated,
medium-to-long-haul, regional and local van capacity, expedited,
temperature-controlled and flatbed services. Werner's Value Added
Services portfolio includes freight management, truck brokerage,
intermodal, load/mode and network optimization and freight
forwarding. Werner, through its subsidiary companies, is a licensed
U.S. NVOCC, U.S. Customs Broker, licensed Freight Forwarder in China,
licensed China NVOCC, TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier and IATA
Accredited Cargo Agent.
Note: Oral public statements made by a Werner representative
during the webcast announced in this press release may contain
forward-looking statements, which are based on information currently
available to Werner's management and are current only as of the date
made. For that reason, undue reliance should not be placed on any
such forward-looking statement. Actual results could also differ
materially from those anticipated as a result of a number of factors,
including, but not limited to, those discussed in Werner's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Werner
assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement, although it may do so from time to time as management
believes is warranted. Any such updates or revisions may be made by
filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, issuing
press releases or by other methods of public disclosure.