SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.   20549

 

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):

December 14, 2004

 

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

Arkansas

 

0-11757

 

71-0335111

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION

 

Commission File Number

 

(IRS EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

 

 

 

 

615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive
Lowell, Arkansas

 

72745

 

(479) 820-0000

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

 

(ZIP CODE)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                                   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR  240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR  240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

 

On December 14, 2004, the registrant issued a news release announcing that its Board of Directors raised the Company’s quarterly dividend from 3 cents to 12 cents per outstanding share of common stock and authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of its common stock over the next year.  A copy of the news release is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(c)          Exhibits.

99.1  Press Release dated December 14, 2004.

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Lowell, Arkansas, on the 14th day of December 2004.

 

 

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Kirk Thompson

 

 

 

Kirk Thompson

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Jerry W. Walton

 

 

 

Jerry W. Walton

 

 

Executive Vice President, Finance and
Administration,
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Donald G. Cope

 

 

 

Donald G. Cope

 

 

Senior Vice President, Controller,
Chief Accounting Officer

 

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