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) May 11, 2005
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:
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On May 12, 2005, Bill Zollars, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Yellow Roadway Corporation (the “Company”) will deliver a presentation at the Bear Sterns Global Transportation Conference. The presentation will be open to listeners through a live webcast via the Company’s internet site http://www.yellowroadway.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days. A copy of the slide show is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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 Bear Sterns Global Transportation Conference slide show. |
Information presented in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements and certain assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are in part based. Numerous important factors, including those factors identified as in the Yellow Roadway Annual Report on Form 10-K and other of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the fact that the assumptions set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K could prove incorrect, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements.
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: May 11, 2005 | By: | /s/ Stephen L. Bruffett | ||
| Stephen L. Bruffett | ||||
| Senior Vice President, | ||||
| Corporate Development | ||||
| and Investor Relations | ||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | The Yellow Roadway Corporation Bear Sterns Transportation Conference slide show. |