Roadway eNews for February 2003

In this month's edition:

Click here to read more about this article Michael Wickham Opens Trading on NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Click here to read more about this article NEW Sealed Divider Service
Click here to read more about this article Gary Bradley Reaches One-Million Accident Free Miles
Click here to read more about this article Electronic Bills of Lading (BOL) Transmissions Increase
Click here to read more about this article Forget Your my.roadway.com Password?
Click here to read more about this article Sale of Arnold Transportation Is Complete
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Michael Wickham Opens Trading on NASDAQ Stock Exchange

The NASDAQ Stock Market welcomed the Roadway Corporation and its executive team to the Market Opening on January 22, 2003. Michael Wickham, Roadway Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, opened trading at 9:30 a.m. Roadway Corp. released its fourth-quarter earnings and year-end results before the market opened that same day. The company also hosted a conference call and Webcast at 11:00 a.m. to review the quarter.

Read more about the NASDAQ opening at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/market_open_012203.stm

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NEW Sealed Divider Service

Roadway's new Sealed Divider Service protects your shipment behind a tamper-resistant barrier within a trailer. You pay only for the space you use and enjoy additional protection because your cargo is handled less and is not co-mingled with other freight.

Find out more about this new service at: http://www.roadway.com/services/sealeddivider.html

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Gary Bradley Reaches One-Million Accident Free Miles

Gary Bradley, a driver at our Asheville, North Carolina terminal has logged over a million miles without a preventable accident. That's the equivalent of circling the earth's equator 77 times without a preventable accident. Bradley is in charge of our Asheville, North Carolina's Injury Prevention Information program. Bradley says, "You never get your mind off of driving safely . . . and it pays."

Almost 1,500 of our active drivers have reached the one-million mile mark.

Read more about Roadway's safety facts and achievements at: http://www.roadway.com/about/safety/safety_1.html

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Electronic Bills of Lading (BOL) Transmissions Increase

More customers are utilizing our electronic bills of lading instead of typing or writing bills of lading by hand. Choose from our web-based application in my.roadway.com or the bill of lading (BOL) module in ExpressWORKS (Roadway's PC Transportation Management Software). You can transmit your electronic bills of lading via EDI using the ANSI ASC X12 industry standard 211 transaction set. Customers can use the fillable bill of lading in the Forms Library of www.roadway.com.

For more information, contact your Roadway representative or visit Roadway's eCommerce Tools section at: http://www.roadway.com/e_commerce/

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Forget Your my.roadway.com Password?

Now there's a quick solution when you've lost or forgotten your my.roadway.com password. Just submit your user-id and the e-mail address you entered when you registered. We will e-mail you back with your password at the e-mail address you used to register with a subject line of "my.roadway Account Request."

If your e-mail address has changed or you are having difficulties, please contact the eCommerce Support Desk by telephone at 1-800-548-0435 or by e-mail at ecomm@roadway.com.

Check out this feature at: http://my.roadway.com/dynamic/rex/servlet?CONTROLLER=com.rdwy.ec.rexcommon.proxy.http.controller.PublicProxyController&redir=/ecm076

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Sale of Arnold Transportation Is Complete

Roadway Corporation announced on January 24, 2003, that the sale of its subsidiary, Arnold Transportation Services, is complete. Arnold has been purchased by a management group led by Michael S. Walters, the unit's President and Chief Executive Officer and a private equity firm, Jefferies Capital Partners.

The transaction is valued at approximately $55 million. Roadway will use the proceeds to reduce debt levels and pursue additional LTL opportunities.

Read more at: http://www.roadway.com/news/articles/581.html

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February Tradeshow Exhibit Dates

Roadway Express will exhibit at the following locations in February:

If you are in Orlando or Louisville--please stop and say hello, and check out some of the innovative products and services we offer at: http://www.roadway.com/services/

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