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):   July 20, 2009

 

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

 

Commission File Number

 

(IRS EMPLOYER

INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION

 

 

 

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:

 

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ITEM 5.02.                        DEPARTURE AND APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

 

(b)  On July 20, 2009, we issued a news release announcing that Jerry W. Walton, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, will retire on September 30, 2009.

 

(c), (d), (e)  The news release also announced that David Mee, currently Senior Vice President of Tax and Risk Management and Corporate Secretary, will assume the position of Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2009.

 

Mr. Mee, 49, joined the Company on September 1, 1992 as Vice President, Tax.  He was named Senior Vice President in 2000 and Corporate Secretary in May 2008.  Mr. Mee has been with J.B. Hunt for approximately 16 years and has a B.A. degree from Westminster College.  Prior to joining the Company, he worked for KMPG for ten years.  Mr. Mee is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Effective July 19, 2009, Mr. Mee will be paid a base salary of $287,400 per year.  He was awarded 30,000 restricted share units which will vest over a three-year period from July 2014 through July 2016.  He will also be eligible to receive an annual bonus consistent with the Company’s annual bonus award plan which is administered by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors.

 

Consistent with the Company’s general practice of not entering into employment contracts, there is no written agreement related to Mr. Mee’s appointment or employment.

 

A copy of that news release is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

 

ITEM 9.01.                        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

99.1  News release issued by J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. on July 20, 2009.

 

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 22nd day of July 2009.

 

 

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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