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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
April 29, 2015
 
 
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Exact name or registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Arizona
001-32396
86-0649974
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
20002 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ
  
85027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
     
(602) 269-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
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Item 8.01
Other Events
   
 
Following recommendation from the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Knight Transportation, Inc. (“Knight”) adopted, in March 2015, the Knight Transportation, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and recommended that it be submitted to our shareholders for their approval at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 14, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). A description of the Plan was included in our 2015 Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”). The Proxy Statement also included a proposal (Proposal No. 4) to approve the Plan.
 
On April 29, 2015, based upon voting results received and a proxy advisory firm recommendation, the Board amended the Plan by approving the Knight Transportation, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Amended and Restated Plan”). The Amended and Restated Plan reduces the number of shares set aside and reserved for issuance to 3,250,000 from 5,000,000 and requires a minimum vesting period of at least one year for awards to executive officers.
 
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Amended and Restated Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Plan, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
   
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
 
(d)
Exhibits.
     
 
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
 
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
     
 
99.1
Knight Transportation, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan
     

 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
    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.


 
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC.
   
   
Date: April 29, 2015
By:
 /s/ Adam W. Miller 
   
Adam W. Miller
   
Chief Financial Officer