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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Washington, D.C. 20549</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): </b><u><b>October 31, 2018</b></u></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.</b></u></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u>71-0633135</u></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u>297 West Henri De Tonti, Tontitown, Arkansas 72770</u></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code: <u>(479) 361-9111</u></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13c-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Emerging growth company &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">On October 31, 2018, the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) elected Edwin J. Lukas to serve as director of the Company. He will serve in this capacity until the Company&rsquo;s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until such time as his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. The Board does not expect to appoint Mr. Lukas to any Board committees at this time.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Mr. Lukas, age 51, has served as Vice President of CenTra, Inc., a diversified holding company in Warren, Michigan, since January 2016. Prior to joining CenTra, Mr. Lukas was a partner at Bodman PLC, a 150-attorney law firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, where his practice focused on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities compliance matters. He previously served as the Chairman of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Detroit School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the <i>University of Detroit Law Review</i>. Mr. Lukas brings to our Board extensive experience in representing both public and private companies in a wide range of industries. His breadth of experience provides him with subject matter expertise in corporate law, corporate finance, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and securities compliance matters.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">CenTra, Inc. is controlled by the Chairman of the Board and controlling stockholder of the Company, Mr. Matthew Moroun. Information regarding certain transactions between the Company and certain subsidiaries of CenTra and other companies owned or controlled by our directors, Mr. Matthew Moroun and Mr. Manuel Moroun, is available under the caption &ldquo;Transactions with Related Persons&rdquo; in the Company&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Company&rsquo;s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2018.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">SIGNATURES</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">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.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Date: November 5, 2018</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ </u><u>Allen W. West</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer</p>
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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):
October 31, 2018
________________________________
P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-15057
71-0633135
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
297 West Henri De Tonti, Tontitown, Arkansas 72770
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(479) 361-9111
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13c-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company     ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 31, 2018, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (the "Company") elected Edwin J. Lukas to serve as director of the Company. He will serve in this capacity until the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until such time as his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. The Board does not expect to appoint Mr. Lukas to any Board committees at this time.
Mr. Lukas, age 51, has served as Vice President of CenTra, Inc., a diversified holding company in Warren, Michigan, since January 2016. Prior to joining CenTra, Mr. Lukas was a partner at Bodman PLC, a 150-attorney law firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, where his practice focused on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities compliance matters. He previously served as the Chairman of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Detroit School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the
University of Detroit Law Review
. Mr. Lukas brings to our Board extensive experience in representing both public and private companies in a wide range of industries. His breadth of experience provides him with subject matter expertise in corporate law, corporate finance, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and securities compliance matters.
CenTra, Inc. is controlled by the Chairman of the Board and controlling stockholder of the Company, Mr. Matthew Moroun. Information regarding certain transactions between the Company and certain subsidiaries of CenTra and other companies owned or controlled by our directors, Mr. Matthew Moroun and Mr. Manuel Moroun, is available under the caption "Transactions with Related Persons" in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2018.
SIGNATURES
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.
P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: November 5, 2018
By:
/s/
Allen W. West
Allen W. West
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer