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  (Date of earliest event reported):

 

Commission file number

July 15, 2004

 

0-11757

 

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

Arkansas

 

71-0335111

(STATE OF OTHER JURISDICTION OF
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION

 

(I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

 

 

615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive
Lowell, Arkansas

 

72745

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

 

(ZIP CODE)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(479) 820-0000

 

 



 

Item 7.                                     Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)                                  Exhibits

 

99.1 News release issued by the registrant on July 15, 2004.

 

Item 12.                               Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On July 15, 2004, the registrant issued a news release announcing its revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2004.  A copy of the news release is attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

 

The information furnished under Item 12 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

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 15th day of July 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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