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Yellow Roadway to Hold Investor Meeting

Mar 03, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST
Yellow Roadway to Hold Investor Meeting

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 3, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Yellow Roadway Corporation (Nasdaq: YELL) will host a meeting for investors and analysts on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 4:30 p.m. ET. The meeting will be held at the Barclay Intercontinental Hotel, Astor Ballroom, 111 East 48th Street, New York, New York 10017. Bill Zollars, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Yellow Roadway, will make a presentation and be available to answer questions from those in attendance.

Investors and analysts may listen to the presentation by dialing 888.578.6632 or 719.955.1564 at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the presentation. Other listeners may access the presentation via live webcasts through links at either http://www.yellowroadway.com , http://www.usfc.com , or the special website established for the USFC acquisition at http://www.transportationupdate.com . The presentation material will also be available on these websites.

An audio replay of the presentation will be available beginning three hours after the presentation ends until March 15 by calling 888.203.1112 or 719.457.0820 and entering the access code 7574414. A webcast replay will be available for 30 days after the presentation via the websites provided above.

Yellow Roadway Corporation is one of the largest transportation service providers in the world. Through its subsidiaries including Yellow Transportation, Roadway Express, New Penn Motor Express, Reimer Express, Meridian IQ and Yellow Roadway Technologies, Yellow Roadway provides a wide range of asset and non-asset-based transportation services integrated by technology. The portfolio of brands provided through Yellow Roadway Corporation subsidiaries represents a comprehensive array of services for the shipment of industrial, commercial and retail goods domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, Yellow Roadway Corporation employs over 50,000 people.

USF Corporation, a $2.4 billion leader in the transportation industry, specializes in delivering comprehensive supply chain management solutions, including high-value next-day, regional and national LTL transportation, third-party logistics, and premium regional and national truckload transportation. The company serves the North American market, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and Guam. USF Corporation is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit http://www.usfc.com .

SOURCE Yellow Roadway Corporation

Investors, Stephen Bruffett of Yellow Roadway Corporation, 1-913-696-6108, steve.bruffett@yellowroadway.com , or James Hyland of USF Corporation, 1-773-824-2213, james.hyland@usfc.com , or Media, Suzanne Dawson of Linden Alschule & Kaplan, 1-212-329-1420, sdawson@lakpr.com