Exhibit 99.1
WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.
14507 Frontier Road
P.O. Box 45308
Omaha, Nebraska 68145
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John J. Steele
- --------------------- Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
(402) 894-3036
WERNER ENTERPRISES TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE BAIRD INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
Omaha, Nebraska; October 28, 2009:
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one of the
nation's largest transportation and logistics companies, announced
that it will participate in the Baird Industrial Conference on
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago,
Illinois. John J. Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer of Werner, will represent the company at the
conference.
Mr. Steele will provide a general overview of Werner's business
and operations to the investment community during a formal
presentation and series of meetings with investors. The formal
presentation will begin at 10:05 a.m. (CST) and will be approximately
30 minutes in length, followed by a brief informal breakout session
with investors. At the conference, Mr. Steele will also participate
in several 30-minute investor meetings.
On the date of the conference, a live audio webcast of Werner's
formal presentation and the investor materials provided by Werner at
the Baird Industrial Conference will be publicly accessible on the
internet through the "Investor Information" link on the Werner
website at www.werner.com. The investor materials and replays of the
webcast presentation will then be archived and available to the
public on the Werner 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 North
America, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia. Werner
maintains its global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and maintains
offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Australia.
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 provided
by and the oral public statements made by a Werner representative
during the conference presentations, meetings and webcasts announced
in this press release, may contain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-
looking statements are based on information presently available to
Werner's management and are current only as of the date made. 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 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March 31, 2009. For those reasons, undue reliance
should not be placed on any forward-looking statement. 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 or as may be required by applicable securities
law. 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.