SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.   20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of
The Securities Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report		Commission file number
November 21, 2002		0-11757

 

 

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(479) 820-0000

 

 

Item 5.                                     Other Events

 

On November 15, 2002, the registrant issued a news release announcing that J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and Werner Enterprises, Inc. had reached an agreement in principle to sell a portion of Werner Enterprises’ ownership interest in Transplace, Inc. to J.B. Hunt.  A copy of the news release is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8K.

 

 

 

Item 7.                                     Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)      Exhibits

 

            99.1     News release issued by the registrant, Inc. on November 15, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 21 day of November, 2002.

 

				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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