UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
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, 2003 (April 28, 2003)
ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-19969 71-0673405
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation or
organization)
3801 Old Greenwood Road
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903
(479) 785-6000
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
the registrant's principal executive offices)
ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
On April 28, 2003, Arkansas Best Corporation ("the Company") issued a press
release announcing that it had completed the sale of its 19% ownership interest
in Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems, LLC to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
("Goodyear") for the "Put Price" of $71.3 million in cash, as determined by the
amended joint venture agreement between the Company, Goodyear and Treadco, Inc.
A copy of the press release is attached as an exhibit to this Report on Form
8-K.
ITEM 7. EXHIBITS.
99.1 Press release of Arkansas Best Corporation dated April 28, 2003.
SIGNATURES
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.
ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: April 30, 2003 /s/ David E. Loeffler
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David E. Loeffler,
Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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99.1 Press release of Arkansas Best Corporation dated April 28, 2003
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