ITEM 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure
On September 29, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing
the signing of the Merger Agreement. The Company plans to hold a conference call to discuss the details of the Transaction and will refer
to a slide presentation, which is being furnished herewith. Slides will also be posted on the company’s website and will be available
to download prior to the scheduled conference time. To view the presentation, please visit arcb.com.
The call will be held on September 29, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. EDT
(4:00 p.m. CDT). Interested parties may listen by calling (800) 931-6428 or by joining the webcast which can be found on ArcBest’s
website at arcb.com. Following the call, a recorded playback will be available through the end of the day on November 1, 2021. To
listen to the playback, dial (800) 633-8284 or (402) 977-9140 (for international callers). The conference call ID for the playback is
21998087. The conference call and playback can also be accessed, through November 1, 2021, on the Company’s website at arcb.com.
The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1, and the slide presentation distributed
in connection with the conference call is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities
of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and information contained in this current report on Form 8-K may constitute
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as “anticipate,”
“believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “foresee,”
“intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “scheduled,” “should,”
“would,” and similar expressions and the negatives of such terms are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions, and expectations based on currently available information, are not guarantees
of future performance, and involve certain risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control). Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, we cannot provide assurance that our expectations
will prove to be correct. Actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied, or forecasted in these
statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to: widespread outbreak of an illness or disease, including the COVID-19
pandemic and its effects, or any other public health crisis, as well as regulatory measures implemented in response to such events; external
events which may adversely affect us or the third parties who provide services for us, for which our business continuity plans may not
adequately prepare us; a failure of our information systems, including disruptions or failures of services essential to our operations
or upon which our information technology platforms rely, data breach, and/or cybersecurity incidents; interruption or failure of third-party
software or information technology systems or licenses; untimely or ineffective development and implementation of, or failure to realize
potential benefits associated with, new or enhanced technology or processes, including the pilot test program at ABF Freight; the loss
or reduction of business from large customers; the ability to manage our cost structure, and the timing and performance of growth initiatives;
inability to close the Transaction in the anticipated timeframe or at all; the cost, integration, and performance of any recent or future
acquisitions, including the Transaction, and the inability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition within the expected
time period or at all; the timing or amount of the earnout payments for the Transaction, if any; maintaining our corporate reputation
and intellectual property rights; competitive initiatives and pricing pressures; increased prices for and decreased availability of new
revenue equipment, decreases in value of used revenue equipment, and higher costs of equipment-related operating expenses such as maintenance,
fuel, and related taxes; availability of fuel, the effect of volatility in fuel prices and the associated changes in fuel surcharges on
securing increases in base freight rates, and the inability to collect fuel surcharges; relationships with employees, including unions,
and our ability to attract, retain, and develop employees; unfavorable terms of, or the inability to reach agreement on, future collective
bargaining agreements or a workforce stoppage by our employees covered under ABF Freight’s collective bargaining agreement;
union employee wages and benefits, including changes in required contributions to multiemployer plans; availability and cost of reliable
third-party services; our ability to secure independent owner operators and/or operational or regulatory issues related to our use of
their services; litigation or claims asserted against us; governmental regulations; environmental laws and regulations, including emissions-control
regulations; default on covenants of financing arrangements and the availability and terms of future financing arrangements; self-insurance
claims and insurance premium costs; potential impairment of goodwill and intangible assets; general economic conditions and related shifts
in market demand that impact the performance and needs of industries we serve and/or limit our customers’ access to adequate financial
resources; seasonal fluctuations and adverse weather conditions; and other financial, operational, and legal risks and uncertainties detailed
from time to time in the Company’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results
to differ from our projected results, please see our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they
are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.