Form 8-K

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)    September 7, 2004

 

YELLOW ROADWAY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   0-12255   48-0948788

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission
File Number)		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

10990 Roe Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas 66211

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code    (913) 696-6100

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

Yellow Roadway Corporation will provide a presentation to investors on September 8 and 9, 2004. A copy of the presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

Not applicable

 

  (b) Pro forma financial information.

Not applicable

 

  (c) Exhibits.

99.1    The Yellow Roadway Corporation presentation.

 

 

Information in this Current Report that is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The furnishing of the information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information Item 7.01 of this Current Report contains is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly available.

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

           

YELLOW ROADWAY CORPORATION

            (Registrant)

             
Date:  

September 7, 2004

       By:  

/S/    STEPHEN L. BRUFFETT

               

Stephen L. Bruffett

Senior Vice President,

Corporate Development

and Investor Relations