YRC Worldwide Schedules Second Quarter Conference Call
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: YRCW) will host a conference call for shareholders and the investment community on Friday, July 28, 2006, beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET, 8:30 a.m. CT. Second quarter earnings will be released Thursday, July 27, 2006 after the market close.
Hosting the teleconference will be: Bill Zollars - Chairman, President and CEO, YRC Worldwide; Don Barger - Sr. Vice President and CFO, YRC Worldwide; Jim Staley - President, YRC Regional Transportation; James Welch - President, Yellow Transportation; Mike Smid - President, Roadway; and Jim Ritchie - President, Meridian IQ.
Investors and analysts should dial 1.888.609.3912 at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. The Conference ID number is 1605043. The conference call will be open to listeners through a live webcast via StreetEvents at streetevents.com and via the YRC Worldwide Internet site yrcw.com.
Investor lunch: Bill Zollars, Don Barger and Phil Gaines - Sr. Vice President of Investor Relations, will also host an investor lunch on Friday, July 28, 2006 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET in New York. Interested investors should e-mail sheila.taylor@yrcw.com for reservations and lunch details no later than Friday, July 14, 2006.
An audio playback of the teleconference will be available beginning two hours after the call ends until midnight on August 11, 2006, by dialing 1.800.642.1687 and then entering the access code 1605043. An audio playback also will be available for 30 days after the call via the StreetEvents and the YRC Worldwide web sites.
YRC Worldwide Inc., a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest transportation service providers in the world, is the holding company for a portfolio of successful brands including Yellow Transportation, Roadway, Reimer Express, Meridian IQ, USF Holland, USF Reddaway, USF Bestway, USF Glen Moore and New Penn Motor Express. The enterprise provides global transportation services, transportation management solutions and logistics management. The portfolio of brands represents a comprehensive array of services for the shipment of industrial, commercial and retail goods domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, YRC Worldwide employs approximately 70,000 people.
SOURCE: YRC Worldwide Inc.
CONTACT: Investor Contact, Phil J. Gaines of YRC Worldwide Inc.,
+1-913-696-6108, phil.gaines@yrcw.com , or Media Contact, Suzanne Dawson of
Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, +1-212-329-1420, sdawson@lakpr.com
Web site: http://www.yrcw.com