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
TWO UPCOMING INVESTOR CONFERENCES
Omaha, Nebraska; May 11, 2009:
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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 two upcoming investment
conferences during the months of May and June.
Werner will first participate in the 2nd Annual Wolfe Research
Global Transportation Conference on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the
Fordham University School of Law in New York City, New York. Werner
will be represented at the conference by Derek J. Leathers, Senior
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and John J.
Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Leathers will provide a ten-minute presentation on
Werner's business and operations and participate in a 25-minute Q&A
panel discussion with two other transportation and logistics
companies. Following the presentation and panel discussion, Mr.
Leathers and Mr. Steele will host an informal breakout session with
investors. The presentation and panel discussion will begin at 8:00
a.m. EDT and will be approximately 55 minutes in length. The 30-
minute breakout session will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
A live audio webcast of the presentation and panel discussion
and the investor materials provided at the Wolfe Research conference
will be available on the internet and publicly accessible through the
"Investor Information" link on the Werner website at www.werner.com.
The investor materials and a replay of the webcast presentation and
panel discussion will then be archived and available on the website
during the 30-day period following the conference date.
Werner will also participate in the 2009 KeyBanc Capital Markets
Industrial, Automotive and Transportation Conference on Tuesday, June
2, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr.
Steele and H. Marty Nordlund, Senior Executive Vice President, will
represent Werner at the conference. They will present a business
overview of Werner to the investment community during a series of 50-
minute small group and general presentation meetings with investors.
The meetings will be conducted from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00
p.m. EDT.
The materials presented to investors at the KeyBanc Capital
Markets conference will be available on the internet and publicly
accessible on the aforementioned Werner website on the day prior to
the conference, Monday, June 1, 2009. The investor materials will
also be archived and available on the website during the 30-day
period following the conference date.
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, Class A Freight Forwarder in China,
China NVOCC, TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier and IATA Accredited
Cargo Agent.
Werner Enterprises, Inc.'s common stock trades on the NASDAQ
Global Select MarketSM under the symbol "WERN". For further
information about Werner, visit the company's website at
www.werner.com.
This press release, as well as the investor materials and the
oral public statements made by a Werner representative during the
conference presentations and webcast announced in this press release,
may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"). Such forward-looking statements 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, 2008. 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 U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, through the issuance of press releases or by
other methods of public disclosure.