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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BELL RODNEY L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FORWARD AIR CORP [FWRD] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CFO, SVP & Treasurer (Last) (First) (Middle) 430 AIRPORT ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/06/2015 (Street) GREENEVILLE, TN 37745 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/31/2014   J V 12.8754 (1) A $ 0 72,191.7158 D   Common Stock 02/06/2015   M   75,000 A $ 28.9733 147,191.7158 D   Common Stock 02/06/2015   F   51,777 (2) D $ 0 95,414.7158 D   Common Stock 02/06/2015   F(3)   780 D $ 0 94,634.7158 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 28.9733

02/06/2015

M

75,000

(4)

02/14/2015

Common Stock

75,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BELL RODNEY L 430 AIRPORT ROAD GREENEVILLE, TN 37745			CFO, SVP & Treasurer

Signatures

/s/ Michael P. McLean, Attorney-in-Fact		02/10/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 12.8754 shares acquired under the Issuer's employee stock purchase plan in June and December 2014.
(2)	Represents shares surrendered to the Issuer as payment for the exercise price and withholding taxes associated with the exercise of employee stock option expiring on February 14,2015.
(3)	Restricted stock withheld by Issuer to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligation on vesting of restricted stock.
(4)	At the time of grant, this option was scheduled to vest 25% each year over a four year period commencing on 2/14/06. As of 12/31/05, all options then outstanding became fully exercisable as a result of the Board of Directors accelerating the vesting of all outstanding stock options awarded to employees, officers and non-employee directors under the Company's stock option award plans.

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