FORWARD AIR CORP 10-Q

Item 5. Other Information. On October 29, 2021, we entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Advisory Agreement with Michael J. Morris (the “Amendment”), one of our former executive officers. The Amendment extends the term of his Advisory Agreement that was set to expire in October to December 31, 2021, during which time Mr. Morris will continue to provide consulting services as requested for time to time by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer. All other terms of the Advisory Agreement are unchanged by the Amendment, and Mr. Morris will continue to receive a fixed monthly fee of $5,000 per month. 51 Table of Contents Item 6. Exhibits. In accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8212, Exhibit 32.1 is to be treated as “accompanying” this report rather than “filed” as part of the report. No. Exhibit 3.1 Restated Charter of the registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 1999 (File No. 0-22490)) 3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2017 (File No. 0-22490)) 10.1 Advisory Agreement effective April 5, 2021, between Forward Air Corporation and Michael J. Morris (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2021) 10.2 Rebecca J. Garbrick Offer Letter dated as of June 21, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2021 (File No. 0-22490)) 10.3 Second Amendment dated July 20, 2021 to Credit Agreement dated September 29, 2017 by and among Forward Air Corporation and Forward Air, Inc., as borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the borrowers as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, U.S. Bank National Association, as lender and the other lenders part thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2021) 10.4 Amendment No. 1 dated October 29 , 2021 to Advisory Agreement , dated October 2 9, 2021, bet ween Forward Air Corporation and Michael J. Morris 31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)) 31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)) 32.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 101.INS The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document. 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase 104 Cover Page Interactive File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). 52 Table of Contents 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. Forward Air Corporation November 8, 2021 By: /s/ Thomas Schmitt Thomas Schmitt President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Duly Authorized Officer) Forward Air Corporation November 8, 2021 By: /s/ Rebecca J. Garbrick Rebecca J. Garbrick Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer) 53