Item 1. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are involved in certain claims and pending litigation arising from the normal conduct of business. Based on present knowledge of the facts and, in certain cases, opinions of outside counsel, we believe the resolution of these claims and pending litigation will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
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ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS
Information regarding risk factors appears in Part I, Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of this report on Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table summarizes purchases of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2025:
Period
Number of
Common
Shares
Purchased
Average Price
Paid Per
Common Share Purchased
Total Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of a
Publicly
Announced Plan
(1)
Maximum
Dollar
Amount
of Shares That
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plan
(in millions) (1)
January 1 through January 31, 2025
217,624
$
171.88
217,624
$
845
February 1 through February 28, 2025
819,469
168.67
819,469
708
March 1 through March 31, 2025
376,157
155.53
376,157
650
Total
1,413,250
$
165.67
1,413,250
$
650
(1) On August 16, 2024, our Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to $1 billion of our common stock. This stock repurchase program has no expiration date.
ITEM 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, none of our directors or officers adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS
Index to Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number
Exhibits
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. dated May 19, 1988 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005, filed April 29, 2005)
3.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. dated October 21, 2021 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed October 27, 2021)
3.3
Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., dated July 20, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed July 26, 2022)
3.4
Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., dated January 19, 2023 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed January 24, 2023)
3.5
Amendment No. 3 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., dated October 19, 2023 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed October 24, 2023)
4.1
Base Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2019, by and among the Company, J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2019)
4.2
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2025, by and among the Company, J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (successor-in-interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as Trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 11, 2025)
4.3
Form of 4.900% Senior Note due 2030 (set forth as Exhibit A to the Second Supplemental Indenture included as Exhibit 4.2 hereto)
22.1
List of Guarantor Subsidiaries of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 22.1 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed February 25, 2022)
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification
31.2
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification
32.1
Section 1350 Certification
32.2
Section 1350 Certification
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document and include in Exhibit 101)
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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 25th day of April 2025.
J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
BY:
/s/ Shelley Simpson
Shelley Simpson
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
BY:
/s/ John Kuhlow
John Kuhlow
Chief Financial Officer,
Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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