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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Swift Transportation Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>27-2646153<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2200 South 75th Avenue<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85043</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Swift Transportation Company 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James Fry, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Swift Transportation Company<BR>
2200 South 75th Avenue<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85043<BR>
(602)&nbsp;269-9700</B><BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to</I><B>:<BR>
Richard B. Aftanas, Esq.<BR>
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#038; Flom LLP<BR>
Four Times Square<BR>
New York, New York 10036-6522<BR>
(212)&nbsp;735-3000</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934.
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<TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right" valign="top">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered</B><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share</B><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10.34</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">124,080,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14,405.69</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock that may become issuable under the Equity Incentive Plan (as
defined below) by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of
the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) of the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share is based upon the
weighted average exercise price of the options currently outstanding under the Equity Incentive
Plan (as defined below).</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the registration fee paid hereby is offset
by $3,878.36, which was previously paid by the registrant on December&nbsp;15, 2010 (Registration No.
333-171189) to register 4,945,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock that remained unsold at the
completion of the offering pursuant to which they were registered.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be delivered to
participants in the Swift Transportation Company 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, effective October&nbsp;10,
2007, as amended and restated as of December&nbsp;15, 2010 (the &#147;Equity Incentive Plan&#148;), covered by
this Registration Statement prepared by Swift Transportation Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) to register
shares of its Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock&#148;), in
accordance with Form S-8 and Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II.</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s prospectus, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) of the Securities Act on December&nbsp;17, 2010; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on December
13, 2010, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing by the Company of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), provides that a
corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section
174 of the DGCL (regarding, among other things, the payment of unlawful dividends), or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant&#146;s amended
and restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal
liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation also provides
that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by
law. The Registrant is also expressly required to advance certain expenses to its directors and
officers and to carry directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance providing indemnification for its
directors and officers for certain liabilities. The Registrant believes that these indemnification
provisions and the directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified
directors and executive officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer,
employee, or agent, or former director, officer, employee, or agent, who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, or his service, at the corporation&#146;s request, as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, provided that such director or officer acted in
good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding; provided that such director or
officer had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit
by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of another enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit; provided that such director or officer acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter
as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director or officer is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in the bylaws, the Registrant is required
to indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such
person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by any such person was
authorized by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is included in the
Exhibit&nbsp;Index which is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</div>

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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt"><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on the 20th day of January, 2011.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James Fry
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James Fry&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Jerry Moyes, Virginia Henkels and James Fry, and each of them, the true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign in any and all
capacities (including, without limitation, the capacities listed below), the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed herewith, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done to enable Swift Transportation
Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the requirements of the Commission
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jerry Moyes
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerry Moyes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Virginia Henkels
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Virginia Henkels
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Cary M. Flanagan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Cary M. Flanagan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate Controller<br>
(Principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard H. Dozer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard H. Dozer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Vander Ploeg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Vander Ploeg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Glenn Brown
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glenn Brown
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William Post
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Post
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 20, 2011</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B>                                                                  </TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Class&nbsp;A Common Stock Certificate of Swift Transportation Company
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-1 originally filed on July&nbsp;22, 2010 (File No.&nbsp;333-168257))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#038; Flom LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#038; Flom LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page herein)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Swift Transportation Company 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, effective October
10, 2007, as amended and restated as of December&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Swift Transportation Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
27-2646153
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2200 South 75th Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85043
Swift Transportation Company 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James Fry, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Swift Transportation Company
2200 South 75th Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85043
(602) 269-9700
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to
:
Richard B. Aftanas, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934.
Large Accelerated Filer
o
Accelerated Filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)
per share
(2)
offering price
fee
(3)
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
12,000,000
$
10.34
$
124,080,000
$
14,405.69
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers additional shares of the
Registrant's Class A common stock that may become issuable under the Equity Incentive Plan (as
defined below) by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of
the Registrant's Class A common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) of the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share is based upon the
weighted average exercise price of the options currently outstanding under the Equity Incentive
Plan (as defined below).
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the registration fee paid hereby is offset
by $3,878.36, which was previously paid by the registrant on December 15, 2010 (Registration No.
333-171189) to register 4,945,000 shares of Class A common stock that remained unsold at the
completion of the offering pursuant to which they were registered.
PART I.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to
participants in the Swift Transportation Company 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, effective October 10,
2007, as amended and restated as of December 15, 2010 (the "Equity Incentive Plan"), covered by
this Registration Statement prepared by Swift Transportation Company (the "Company") to register
shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), in
accordance with Form S-8 and Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
a)
The Company's prospectus, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) of the Securities Act on December 17, 2010; and
b)
The description of the Company's Class A Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on December
13, 2010, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing by the Company of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (the "DGCL"), provides that a
corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section
174 of the DGCL (regarding, among other things, the payment of unlawful dividends), or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's amended
and restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal
liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
In addition, the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation also provides
that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by
law. The Registrant is also expressly required to advance certain expenses to its directors and
officers and to carry directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for its
directors and officers for certain liabilities. The Registrant believes that these indemnification
provisions and the directors' and officers' insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified
directors and executive officers.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer,
employee, or agent, or former director, officer, employee, or agent, who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, or his service, at the corporation's request, as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, provided that such director or officer acted in
good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding; provided that such director or
officer had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit
by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of another enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit; provided that such director or officer acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter
as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director or officer is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding
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the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in the bylaws, the Registrant is required
to indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such
person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by any such person was
authorized by the Registrant's board of directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is included in the
Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
a)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
b)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
c)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
d)
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and
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each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
e)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on the 20th day of January, 2011.
SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
By:
/s/ James Fry
Name:
James Fry
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Jerry Moyes, Virginia Henkels and James Fry, and each of them, the true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign in any and all
capacities (including, without limitation, the capacities listed below), the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed herewith, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed
pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done to enable Swift Transportation
Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the requirements of the Commission
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jerry Moyes
Jerry Moyes
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal executive officer)
January 20, 2011
/s/ Virginia Henkels
Virginia Henkels
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal financial officer)
January 20, 2011
/s/ Cary M. Flanagan
Cary M. Flanagan
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal accounting officer)
January 20, 2011
/s/ Richard H. Dozer
Richard H. Dozer
Director
January 20, 2011
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ David Vander Ploeg
David Vander Ploeg
Director
January 20, 2011
/s/ Glenn Brown
Glenn Brown
Director
January 20, 2011
/s/ William Post
William Post
Chairman
January 20, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate of Swift Transportation Company
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-1 originally filed on July 22, 2010 (File No. 333-168257))
5.1
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page herein)
99.1
Swift Transportation Company 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, effective October
10, 2007, as amended and restated as of December 15, 2010