Exhibit 99.2
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 TWO UPCOMING INVESTMENT CONFERENCES,
UPDATED PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Omaha, Nebraska; January 22, 2010:
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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 two upcoming investment conferences
during February. At each conference, Werner will be represented by
Derek J. Leathers, Chief Operating Officer of Werner and President of
Werner Global Logistics, and John J. Steele, Executive Vice
President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Werner.
Werner will participate in the Stifel Nicolaus 2010
Transportation and Logistics Conference on Wednesday February 10,
2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Messrs. Leathers and Steele will
present a business overview of Werner to the investment community
during a 30-minute presentation, discussion and Q&A session with
investors. Due to recent conference scheduling changes, Werner's
presentation will now begin at 9:10 a.m. (EST), rather than at 8:40
a.m. (EST) as previously reported. Messrs. Leathers and Steele will
also take part in meetings with investors at the conference.
Werner will also participate in the 25th Annual BB&T Capital
Markets Transportation Services Conference on Thursday, February 11,
2010 in Coral Gables, Florida. Messrs. Leathers and Steele will
provide a business overview of Werner to investors during a
40-minute presentation, discussion and Q&A session that will begin at
10:45 a.m. (EST). Messrs. Leathers and Steele will also participate
in meetings with investors at the conference.
A live audio webcast of Werner's Stifel Nicolaus and BB&T
conference presentations and the investor materials provided by
Werner at each conference will be publicly accessible, on the
respective conference date, on the internet through the "Investor
Information" link on the Werner website at www.werner.com. The
investor materials and replays of the webcast presentations will then
be archived and available to the public on the Werner website during
the 30-day period following each individual 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.