Werner Enterprises Inc 8-K, filed Oct 21, 2025
Werner Enterprises Inc (WERN)
8-K
2025-10-21
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About this 8-K
Werner Enterprises Inc filed this 8-K on October 21, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS
Werner Enterprises, Inc. ("Werner") has reached an agreement with the plaintiffs in the consolidated class action lawsuits entitled Abarca et al. v. Werner that are pending in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, to settle these cases for a combined $18 million after more than a decade of litigation. The settlement is subject to court approval. The cases involved a variety of allegations brought by a small group of drivers that were eventually converted into a class action with tens of thousands of class members, covering the years 2010 to 2023.
The information contained in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section 18, nor shall such information deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless the registrant expressly states that such information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates such information by specific reference in an Exchange Act or Securities Act filing.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are based on information presently available to the registrant’s management and are current only as of the date made. Actual results could also differ materially from those anticipated as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed in the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. For those reasons, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statement. The registrant assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, although it may do so from time to time as management believes is warranted or as may be required by applicable securities law. Any such updates or revisions may be made by filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, through the issuance of press releases or by other methods of public disclosure.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. | |||||||||||
Date: October 21, 2025 | By: | /s/ Christopher D. Wikoff | |||||||||
| Christopher D. Wikoff | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
Date: October 21, 2025 | By: | /s/ James L. Johnson | |||||||||
| James L. Johnson | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |||||||||||